Anime Girls Who Speak Incorrect Japanese

[@ThatJapaneseManYuta]

Learn Japanese with Yuta: bit.ly/3o21Z8E

[@nicbentulan]

Great series of how anime characters speak Japanese. Please do Itsuki Nakano from the quintessential quintuplets or any or all the 7 main characters in TQQ. how they speak Japanese I believe is very important to understanding the plot eg the honorifics, the lost in translation stuff (eg when they say things like tsurui, hatsukoi, uso, etc that are removed from the dub). I compiled a lot of the lost in translation stuff in r/gotoubun

[@RaptorZX3]

Here is a suggestion for videos like this one: keep the incorrect sentence on the screen, but highlight the mistakes in red, and put the corrected sentence in green, under it.

[@nicbentulan]

Indeed!

[@TeaCaku]

This is helpful! I'm still learning japanese in school, listening to anime gets me confused at times since these type of talking it done purposely for the cutsey stuff lol

[@yum3ka111]

I’m surprised no one has said hi to you yet because people seem to do that when they see popular KZbinrs

[@KatKit52]

Your corrections for Rika confirmed something I've been thinking for a while: there's an anime trope I see a lot where "cutesy" characters will end every sentence with something like "desu", "de arimasu", or "nano ja".

[@Whillyy]

it depends, the "nano ja" or the "ja" in general is supposed to be used by old/mature men, like in "slime 300" Beelzebub sounds oldish, with おぬし to say "you" and lot of "じゃ" to end her sentence. I think it's because she's and old demon that lived for centuries. On the opposite, the "nano da/desu" is used by loli to add cutesy. If you watch vtuber, there's Himemori Luna who's supposed to be a loli princess and she uses it a lot. There's another new vtuber that's been popular recently, it's Hyakumantenbara Salome which is "an ordinary woman who longs to be a real lady" and used "desu wa" a lot, and here the "wa" is supposed to be ladyish, which match her background So it's not necessarly to be cute, but to add a personality. Another example is in Non non biyori, all the characters comes from countryside village, with the exception of Hotaru, which comes from Tokyo. All the girls speak with there dialect, using "uchi" instead of "watashi". Hotaru uses a lot of keigo, with masu/desu because she's shy, afraid to be rude, comes from a huge city where she's not used to know like all the people living in her town, and wants to become part of the group. (i may be wrong, i'm also learning so if i'm wrong please tell me :) )

[@marccuypers2439]

or "dayo" if you're Pikamee. 😄

[@captsorghum]

Or "cha."

[@jaycee330]

or "peko" is you are Pekora

[@nicbentulan]

Same as Anya? Or not really? I thought Anya is the same with masu.

[@moose304]

Always interesting to see/hear these corrections. One thing that would be additionally helpful is the wrong version (maybe in red, or some other color) on screen at the same time as the correct version. It easy to lose track. Awesome either way though! Thanks!

[@kimguir303]

lol I love when Yuta does the smooth transition to promote his course, he smiles a little

[@dylives7667]

_"Desu is love. Desu is life."_ - Some weeb.

[@newsmanfedora]

DESU

[@careditz2007]

Hhhhhhhhweee

[@danielantony1882]

Anata, Taida Desu Ne~

[@andrewpinedo1883]

said weeb's exagerrated Japanese: DESUUU WUAH AYEEEE. DESUUU WUA IIIIIIMOHSEINNNNN!

[@khalilahd.]

This is actually helpful because I definitely try to watch anime to help with my Japanese studies 😅

[@anequhcit3754]

I understood Dekomori uses "desu" a pronunciation of "death" because she uses it out of sentences too

[@GeorgAnkar]

Sounds similar to Dlanor A. Knox from Umineko :)

[@ice-choco-Icecream]

I remember not knowing anything about Japanese and first watching Rika, I was confused when people didn't even say desu as desu but more like des, still gotta love Rika for putting up with her childish persona _if you know what I mean_

[@bigtoblerone8446]

I know what you mean, nipaah~⭐

[@GeorgAnkar]

Berunkasuteru-kyou...

[@blazi2293]

What a coincidence, I started reading Higurashi again while I'm also learning japanese. After your previous videos about some anime character's language (Anya's childish speech, Marine's gyaru speech...) I pay more attention to how the characters speak. I wondered if Rika's "なのです" was correct. Another "catchphrase" that is very noticeable is how Rena often ends her sentences with "かな? かな?" By the way you guys should check the Higurashi visual novel. It's really amazing (and way better than the anime, although the anime is good), it's cheap on Steam, and you can practice your japanese since you can switch between english and japanese anytime.

[@imheretofiremylazeh]

Higurashi is a hidden gem

[@bernkasteler7190]

I would really recommend to play umineko, better than higurashi in many ways tbh

[@nwc2392]

@@bernkasteler7190 They are both really good and enjoyable to read. It doesn't matter which one is better.

[@nicbentulan]

@@bernkasteler7190 is better call Saul 'better' than breaking bad? I mean it's all part of the same universe right? Or in the WTC / Higurashi / Umineko case maybe same metaverse.

[@triggerfinger7831]

Can you do a video on Aharen-san? The anime speaks in a slow pace and were easy to understand but I don't know if it's real japanese or not. Great video as always! 👍

[@khalilahd.]

Such a good idea! I hope he sees this!

[@noahpolimon]

I do think there way of speaking was pretty much normal. I might have to watch it again

[@ONI37]

No

[@bigtoblerone8446]

Rika Furude is doing that on purpose. She's wearing a mask. Rika is a character with many layers, but as you said spoilers... Higurashi has good art imo!

[@mysmallnoman]

Well, gou and sotsu do

[@Leon-dw1jm]

@@mysmallnoman Kai, Rei and Kira also have a WAYY Better animation. Only the 2006 anime has a ugly one.

[@mysmallnoman]

@@Leon-dw1jm lol no

[@17year_cicada]

O my god, the Yamamoto example is so funny. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like there's a good pun intended in her words. When she says 分かるません (wakarumsen) and あるません (arumasen) she uses the casual, informal base verbs (with bare ‐る -ru endings, you don't use those when speaking to your sensei) stating that the action is positive (in our cases: (I) know, (I) have) and then she slaps the polite negative endings (-ません -masen) on top of those (the proper way to speak to your sensei). So if we tried to roughly translate the intended pun into English it would be something like: Sensei: Do you know why you were called today? Yamamoto: I know, not. (It, then, explains why sensei says 'That kind of Japanese doesn't exist') ... Sensei: Do you rembember why you were called today? (literally: 'Do you have a memory of doing something why you were called today?') Yamamoto: I have, not.

[@energeticstunts993]

Thanks for pointing that out. We Japanese beginners can use every information we can get about the language

[@VFD4u]

I'll definitely give Joshikousei no mudazukai a watch, so far your anime recomendations have been flawless

[@therevolutionary5148]

Pretty sure Dekomori uses Desu like that because it sounds like Death, which is very Chuuni

[@careditz2007]

Yes , in a episode where (she untied her hair ) it was mentioned by Ishiki that the girl says freaking death word

[@paradoxine6287]

*cough cough* petelguese *cough cough*

[@Ryogawa96]

Nihongojouzu'ed should totally be a word. nihongojouzu'es, nihongojouzu'ing and nihongojouzu'ed. It's a real thing if you know any Japanese exchange students or friends XD

[@Thelaretus]

I'm keeping notes of these anime for research.

[@Shadow_Wolf_190]

If Anya were real she’d be like… HEH… I don’t care 😏

[@mfaizsyahmi]

𓁹‿𓁹

[@khalilahd.]

Lol exactly

[@avlinrbdig5715]

I find small mistakes like that rather cute myself.. no matter the language really.. i do aspire to learn different lamguages whilst also being able to keep making cute mistakes! That is the real goal of learning any language!

[@wildestnothing927]

she's also like 5, so she's excused.

[@xcyan_lilyx5788]

Yeah Anya is still a little kid so it at least makes a bit more sense. I mean, 5 year old English speakers don’t have correct grammar or spelling either.

[@ben_sisko2149]

Finally you include Rika in one of these videos XD

[@nirin8993]

“Nihongo jouzu-ed” needs to be an actual phrase

[@nicbentulan]

1:10 I love when Japanese stuff is part of the plot like Yuta won't say this or that about Rika from Higurashi/Umineko or won't explain Shingeki no Kyojin because it's a spoiler. :D 1:08 I love when there's a spoiler thing like the way someone talks is related to plot. :D Man I sure wish I knew Japanese so that I could get these nuances. But eh at least anime peeps make up for it like with Rika (spoilers) . . . . . . . . . . . . They change the tone/sound of Rika's voice I guess? XD

[@zobralolz]

This is what I love about translation, and how much context is lost between translations, im guessing most of these were intentional, given that character like Anya are children who’s grammar is probably not fully formed, it’s a nice touch that doesn’t come across well in localizations.

[@zaiyafonix9352]

ほー、面白いやり方で日本語を教えてますなぁ。僕もアメリカでネイティブに日本語教えてますが、参考にさせていただきやす。

[@texx8205]

Yuta, can you please make a video about dialects used in new Urusei Yatsura anime too? Thanks!

[@nicbentulan]

2nd comment: Great series of how anime characters speak Japanese. Please do Itsuki Nakano from the quintessential quintuplets or any or all the 7 main characters in TQQ. how they speak Japanese I believe is very important to understanding the plot eg the honorifics, the lost in translation stuff (eg when they say things like tsurui, hatsukoi, uso, etc that are removed from the dub). I compiled a lot of the lost in translation stuff in r/gotoubun

[@XSpImmaLion]

ROFL... I'm from an older anime fan generation, so my reference to excessive -desu usage is Suiseiseki from Rozen Maiden. She might still trample all other characters on excessive usage to this day though... xD

[@acgm046]

I was actually able to correct some of those mistakes thanks to the few basic lessons I've started checking from Yuta's course, and I ain't even 上手 yet!

[@hoangtrung21525]

Up hand?

[@Dankyjrthethird]

@@hoangtrung21525 上手 means to be good at something. Having the upper hand = being skilled

[@Aleksandar292]

6:27 I'm lucky I'm not blind

[@MarcusAllen86]

Yuta, all the Japanese words I know are from the national sport of sumo. It is the only sport I watch. I understand words like dohyo iri, tawara, sekiwaki, heya, kesho mawashi, and phrases like Takakeisho no kachi and maki-koshi. Just curious if you've ever done a video on the Japanese words and phrases used in Ozumo. Thank you.

[@name3583]

Great job, Yuta 👍

[@marcello7781]

All this "desu" made me hear "How about desu" at 3:30

[@dynamitebsb4520]

ありがとう yuta san

[@user_Z-]

5:24 never expected Yuta to be so cultured 😎

[@CineShinya]

It's funny how I haven't been taught Japanese but from the films, anime, songs and series I am watching just by hearing I could correct most of them in the right way.

[@smcdonough1427]

I'm glad you like the way Dekomori speaks. Her speech cracks me up lol

[@RedOneM]

Never expected Yuta to talk about World's End Harem in any kind of context 😅

[@ThunderDragonRandy]

Came here for Anya's adorable speeching.

[@DavidKAnderson]

Which reminds me: I need to go on an ooting. To buy peanuts.

[@Marth667]

Got to say Yuta you're rocking that stubble. No idea why beards are seen as unattractive in Japan, Yuta looks handsome af.

[@afuyan]

* Japanese start to learn polite Japanese when getting old enough * Javanese: Hmmm… Interesting.

[@wickederagon3866]

I was so happy that I was able to correct some of them. Even if they were only simple flexion mistakes but still 🥰

[@KMO325]

Since I am following the English Dub of Spy x Family, it is interesting to hear the Japanese version.

[@danielantony1882]

Bruh

[@nodvick]

the only time that desu at the end of everything worked and got the intended result was izuna hatsuse in no game no life. Her situation and linguistic skills made the misunderstanding realistic, and after having it explained to her, in-cannon, she began consciously trying to break the habit. For some reason writers seem to think the desu-in-every-sentence thing is "cute" "childish" or "innocent" when it really just comes off as a "look, look, they speak incorrectly, that's a 'personality', right??"

[@elemcor1103]

Hi, I enjoy and learn a lot with your videos. Thank U! By the way wrong Japanese, you can explain us about anime "The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window", Mikado (glasses guy) say all the time that Hiyakawa (blonde guy) have a weird Japanese. The reason is Hiyakawa didn't have a normal education in school.

[@davidyodo24]

I can't believe we learning Japanese from World End Harem 🤣

[@MisterJang0]

Your last translation used "you're" (contraction of "you are") when what you meant was "your". While teaching Japanese blunders you fell victim to a classic English blunder.

[@vivvy_0]

Uno reverse card!

[@hoangtrung21525]

He became the very thing he swore to destroy

[@Christopher._M]

Hahaha

[@mfreak1126]

It's obviously a typo. There is no way he doesn't know that basic rule when his English is this good. And some English speakers intentionally use it simply because it's easier to type that way. They do know the correct way of spelling the word. You must be very socially inept.

[@Christopher._M]

@@mfreak1126 obviously this comment is just a joke nothing to take seriously

[@ko-kyusan]

I thought 僕 was for boys and 私 was for girls

[@justdoggdadon]

Good video yuta

[@tomislavnagy8715]

And what is with Anime Boys? Do all of them speak correct Japanese? Yuta-san, could You make a Video about them? Thank You!

[@monsterzero9456]

4:53 EIGO WAKARIMASEN EIGO WAKARIMASEN ASIA AMERICA JIN EIGO WAKARIMASEN

[@AK-lg8fj]

I might have to watch that very last anime in your list with Chloe in it. You know, for purely educational purposes.

[@MorningMetaphorr]

In the end, the character says umai instead of jouzu, is there a difference in use for 上手 and 上手い? or is it the same?

[@mohammadbashammakh]

How about shampoo from Ranma 1/2 and suzuna taki from eyeshield 21 ?

[@winao23]

On watching 中二病でも恋がしたい, I noticed Dekomori's "mistakes" and frankly, I adored it. She's my favorite character in that anime😅

[@PetiteD]

Thanks for the pro tips, Yuta, but please don’t fall into bad English grammar traps like a lot of native English speakers do by not understanding the difference between “your” and “you’re”. “You’re” is a contraction of “you” and “are, which makes it easy to remember, and “your” is the possessive pronoun for “you”. So in this case your last translation for the expression should’ve been “Your” and not “You’re”. Hope you find this helpful and thanks again for the informative video.

[@jerecklacap8867]

Kikuchi is best girl. ❤😂 speaking of joshi kousei mudazukai, Ninomae's name is interesting. Are there other japanese words/phrases like that.

[@unknowngamer345]

Oh you should do Anime girls that speak close to natural Japanese 🤔🤞

[@lanya5615]

i just love how he just started

[@-kyoko-7742]

Higurashi: "Which is a great dark fantasy anime with great story line [...]" Not sure I would put it under fantasy XD

[@KaoruMzk]

Rika and Anya were easy to correct. Dekomori, I knew what the errors were but I also made a mistake in my correction. (行くぞ instead of 行きます) Last one was really hard. I genuinely would have said the same thing if I was trying to speak *really* politely. Keigo is hard.

[@careditz2007]

Yes , in a episode where (she untied her hair ) it was mentioned by Ishiki that the girl says freaking death word

[@MrCorn-bl3jt]

You almost accidentally spoke the " H " word there😆 lmao

[@gegi4577]

0:26 why didn't you correct "Boku no"? as well as I know girls don't reffer to themselves that way

[@siaaa3444]

That's what! I'm kinda confused now

[@germaholic]

I actually find polite form a lot easier than casual form.

[@d.s.dathaniel7552]

It's not "incorrect", it's non-standard, often people use language not necessary grammatically correct so to stand out from the crowd and create a personality or image.

[@podemosurss8316]

3:05 "Anya thinks her family is very normal"... Let's see... Father: Spy. Mother: Assassin. Daughter: Esper. Yep, totally normal.

[@Pokemonfan_]

Interesting because all of them are my favorite characters

[@HFAnimes]

A long time ago, I saw a fansub adapting Dekomori's "desu" to "death" was it intentional or not?

[@danielantony1882]

Probably the former.

[@Marth667]

Desmasu? Nani?

[@H4444-f7g]

What, surprise surprise in those contexts these girls speak broken Japanese to stay true to the character setting which is actually make the anime more in depth, surprise surprise?

[@yahikopain7040]

When your English teacher rate your essay:

[@sucyshi]

5 minutes through the 7 minute video so far and the video is just polite conjugation...

[@bokumo7063]

The first Japanese words I learned to recognize were 'omae', 'chikara', and 'shine!' -- the smacktalk words! itachi Uchiha: "hajime kara, omae no ki ga ore no asobimono dake datteru." "From the moment I entered the room, your mind has been nothing but my plaything." Oh I loved it so much!

[@co7769]

No way, I’ve watched enough anime to be able to correct one of them! Neat

[@pckl1201]

I suggest that you put the wrong and correct version of the sentences in the same frame. It would be easier for us to see the difference of sentences. Thank you.

[@noahpolimon]

tbh i think Chloe is purposefully speaking like that to show some sort of arrogance or provocative/aggressive behavior.

[@muttlanguages3912]

I like pointing out the errors but my favorite part is explaining why they speak that way

[@repHAWAIIxJPN]

日本語うまい is now one of my new fav things to say

[@YuBeace]

I guess in the most cases it's all about making them sound juvenile and inexperienced. Which gives them "cute" vibes. Maybe a little airheaded. I don't know much about Yamamoto, but it seems like she's being a little rebellious.

[@れいく-e6y8i]

I think Anya actually thinks だいじょうぶ as a verb and conjugate it as だいじょうびます

[@ユーザー-p4k]

"So he nihongojouzu'd her" lmao

[@baronvonbeandip]

If --Kyuubey-- Hachikuji isn't in this... I swear to god...

[@rokiopper123]

Me after watching 20 videos of this guy, IN A ROW, and he starts to say "I'll teach you the kind of japa-": AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (Skips 5s) Jokes apart, nice content, Yuta!

[@FAKoLL]

Nano desu!

[@noTgoodm0m]

That's OK. But can you do anime BOYS?

[@TheBombayMasterTony]

I accidentally got "Ikimasu" right at 3:39.

[@hermawan6424]

After I recover I will work hard so I can stay in Japan and do everything I want because I only live once

[@いちご-y8v6b]

Can u recommend an anime with correct speech?

[@massvt3821]

7:09 It should be "Your", since it's an adjective. You wouldn't say "you're" (you are) in this case... I'm sure that you knew this, anyway...

[@soyosugawara2658]

Yes sir I love this English.

[@JustPlainRob]

Is it grammatically correct to call someone 父上 directly? I think it's older or extremely honorific but a lot of historical movies set in samurai periods use 父上 and 母上 when speaking directly to the parent.

[@vivvy_0]

Nippah nano desu

[@avlinrbdig5715]

I would love to have education in how to correctly and properly sound like a clown! How can i speak like seriously an old and pompous man? How do you overuse -nya in normal sentences whilst sounding polite and cute and hillarious and relatively intelligent? These are the important questions!

[@vivvy_0]

do they have clowns/jesters?

[@danielantony1882]

Sou desunya~

[@avlinrbdig5715]

@@danielantony1882 desu nyo nya

[@danielantony1882]

@@avlinrbdig5715 nyo is not that natural because they usually only change the ending particle. Ganbattenya!

[@avlinrbdig5715]

@@danielantony1882 so no nyanbatte then? i meownestly dont meow what is normal when it comes to nyapanese..

[@mayhare55555]

Wished I'd see sakura miko

[@khaled15286]

I’m not exactly flattered by how they keeps blowing up the grammar bad 😒

[@vadiks20032]

is there any anime with most japanese puns ever, so that its impossible to translate it?

[@rika8484]

Yeah! Higurashi love!

[@thetafritz9868]

なのですなのです。

[@Lunaanimedrawings]

Anya is actually very very young so it's normal that she make faults

[@Yumlick]

面白いデス！