今回は日本の方から最もされる質問「どうして日本に住んだことがないのに、日本語が話せるの?」について、そして私が幼い頃に受けたアメリカでの差別によって考え方が変わった理由を詳しくシェアしたいと思います✨ Today's video is a personal one where I'll be sharing the very first struggle I faced in my life growing up as a Japanese American. I wanted to share this story this Thanksgiving weekend to be extra thankful for my loving family, friends, and all of you. If you'd like, please comment me where you are from & something about your culture because I would really love to read about it. Wishing you all the best!
@user-bq9mm6ng4j6 жыл бұрын
Melodee Morita I love this video! Ty for sharing your stories. You're a lovely woman 😍😘
@abhijitadas83566 жыл бұрын
hey melodee, my name is sayali I'm from India. In India all festivals are celebrated. As every festival has there own importance and history behind them. India is known for it's culture and their traditions. Ur video is wonderful thanks for sharing..
@stareye86 жыл бұрын
Your mother is freaking AMAZING! Best mother EVER!!
I loved how your mom wasn't defensive about your classmates' reactions. Instead she and you teacher taught your class a wonderful and important lesson. I remember I was also teased for my Chinese culture in middle school so I sympathize.
You must have been really hurt by such careless words. But your mother turned the painful experience into a wonderful memory. I admire you and your mother! Thank you for sharing this precious story!
I respect your mother so much. How thoughtful of her to make rolls for everyone. How she reacted to such a situation was a great lesson for me, too. 私も英語を勉強中で、メロディーさんの動画から刺激を受けています!
What a great story! I was born and raised in Hawaii and am Japanese-American. My dad's parents were from Japan but I didn't get to know them well because they passed away when I was very young. My mom's parents were born in Hawaii. I didn't get to learn a lot of Japanese because my parents mainly used it to talk in "secret" from my brother and I. I have learned a little bit but would love to learn more. I think your teacher was wonderful and thank you for sharing this story! Please share more personal stories!
@nasirroslan62916 жыл бұрын
Joy Hansen so your mom's parents were also Japanese?
@islandgirl336 жыл бұрын
yes
@hamidtariq46736 жыл бұрын
Joy Hansen finally someone who wrote a comment in english
I was impressed and moved so much with your mother. Instead of insisting on something strongly or criticizing your classmates or scolding you as a mother, she just cooked many norimaki for your classmates. She succeeded in making them happy to eat Japanese traditional dish. So that they came to be interested in Japanese culture. Your mother is a great ambassador! I appreciate you and your mother. お母さま素晴らしいですね。強く何かを主張したり、お友達を批判したり、娘を叱ったりせず、海苔巻きをみんなに作ってあげたのですね。みんなおいしく食べて幸せな気持ちになったことで、日本の文化にも興味を持ってくれたのでしょう。お母さまは一流の外交官です。メロディーさんとお母さまに感謝!
@agentmothman53436 жыл бұрын
This video was so sweet and heartwarming, you have such a great mother and your teacher was so sweet about telling the other children to be more open to other cultures. c: I am from England and we are very polite here, we say sorry very often, even when other people bump into us! It's just our natural reaction, haha. Also, queuing is essential!
@MelodeeMorita6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much.💖 I was very blessed to have a loving mother and very thoughtful teacher.😊🎀 Aww! I've always had the impression that people from England are extremely caring and extra sweet! I hope I'll get to visit someday and hopefully "bump" into you then!!😆👍
@babyfish10836 жыл бұрын
Yes, English people are very polite. Especially the gentlemen there.
@user-tu2wo6db4j6 жыл бұрын
本当に素敵な人だなあ
@MelodeeMorita6 жыл бұрын
観てくださってありがとうございます!🎀✨
@rogsmith666 жыл бұрын
Hi, I found your channel as a fellow Japanese American. I am 51. I was born in Japan and have a Koseki-tohon. I just discovered I am a Japanese citizen. I always thought of myself as an American. I moved to America when I was 1. My dad was military so we traveled everywhere. Our last time we were overseas we were in Okinawa so I visited my relatives in Japan several times. Now that I am an adult I wish that I could speak Japanese. It didn't matter when we were in an American community in the military but I wish I could have kept up my Japanese side.
Hi Melody!! ずっと前からのファンです!小さい頃からの気持ちめちゃ分かります。私の家族はナイジェリアからアメリカに引っ越しましたので、小学校時代のランチはいつも母が作ってくれたナイジェリア料理でした。でもある日Melodeeと同じように母に「もうナイジェリア料理よりLunchablesが欲しいの!」と言ってしまいました。別にナイジェリア料理が恥ずかしいと思っていなかったんですけど、クラスメイト達と同じようなアメリカンランチが食べたかったですね。First Generationの子供達の悩み事や経験がたくさんありますよね。この話をシェアしてくださって本当にありがとうございました。 I haven't had much time this year to study Japanese as much as I did in the past (plus no writing opportunities also means some of my Kanji stroke memorization is deteriorating 😭). I hope the grammar in my comment is still in tact lol! I always love watching your videos and using the Japanese parts as listening practice. You always inspire me Melodee, thank you for all your great content over the years ❤️❤️❤️ I'm so excited to see what's in store you for next~ いつも応援してます!
@suzuki34976 жыл бұрын
Very nice story!!! I'm a Brazilian / Japanese. Your videos are a great way to improve my Japanese and English skills. Thank you very much!!!
hey Melodee!!! i’m in a same kind of situation as you! i am fully japanese but i’ve lived in europe my whole life. my japanese is not the worst because i speak japanese with my parents. but i’m still self conscious when i go to japan. i’ve never lived in japan but i hope to live there in the future. you’ve really motivated me to put more effort in learning japanese! thank you 💗
@MelodeeMorita6 жыл бұрын
Aww I'm so happy to hear that you could relate.💖 Please don't ever feel self conscious about your Japanese! I'm always here for you if you ever need someone to speak to or lean on.😊
@doredorekorekore6 жыл бұрын
Hi Melodee; I really enjoyed your story. So relatable to me. I came to California when I was 14. Now I've been here so long. One of challenge is speaking grownup' s polite, formal Japanese. I felt some degree of discrimination especially when I was on business trip in Midwest. Your story on bento reminded me about my daughter in elementary school long ago. One day she bought seaweed (nori) which was her favorite, to school on "share day". Many other kids jumped in and wanted to try this seaweed out of curiosity. They all had bite and went straight to trash basket to spit them all out. My daughter was so puzzled by this. I have many this kind of stories and experience as well. Keep up with your good work. メロディーさん、お話し大変面白かったです。共感します。カリフォルニアに日本から中学卒業後に単身で来て、大人の礼儀正しい日本語を話すのが一番難しくて出来ません。ある程度の人種差別的な態度も経験しました。やはりカリフォルニアはそれ程でもないですが特にアメリカ中部や東部に出張した時。弁当の話を聞くと自分の娘が小学生だった時の事を思い出します。Share Dayの日(自分の物を他の生徒達に紹介する日?)に好物の味海苔を持って行ったら他の子供達が物珍しさからすぐ試食に来ましたが、皆一目散にゴミ箱に吐きに行って気持ち悪がったそうです。娘は信じられない〜て様子でした。(今ではアメリカは寿司巻きブームなのに) 似たような経験話は他にも色々あります。これからも頑張って下さい。
Thank you for sharing your story😭✨ I love your Japanese melodee ! You are so considerate of others 😍✨ You are so beautiful inside and out 😭❤️❤️❤️
@MelodeeMorita6 жыл бұрын
Thank you always for your sweetest comments!🎀 They truly mean so much to me and give me the motivation to keep going. Wishing you all the best!!💕
@ArataMiyagi-q6s6 жыл бұрын
Your mother is so great! I've always write dairy in English everyday and I have a feeling that my English skill is gradually improving. I sure what you say is very good to sturdy language!
When you shared that story of your bento box in preschool/kindergarten I wanted to tear up because I could relate to what you experienced. But now I can only be so proud of my culture! And to answer your question (about us subbies!) I am Vietnamese and one thing about our culture is we celebrate Lunar New Years : ) as always you are inspirational and positive energy, and to make better choices
Always love your video's. I'm 46 years old right now and when I was 6 years old my family moved to SoCal and lived there for 10 years. At then there was not that many Japanese around my area and at my school there was zero Japanese from Elementary School to 9th grade. Same with me I brought bento my mom made but for me kids loved it wanted to try it and always gave all a bite. And at Birthday party my mom always made a lot of Japanese Food for my friends. I have great 10 years and I always want to go back to SoCal and live there again but not all of 10 years was great. There was some kids make fun of me I think that it was my first year in States I got in fight everyday with kids that made fun of Japan. Thank you for sharing this video.
@ashash86 жыл бұрын
こんな個人的な話をシェアしてくれて、本当にありがとうございます。メロディーさんの日本語はとても美しいと思いました。 自分は中華系マレーシア人と日本人のハーフで、生まれ育ちもマレーシアだったので似たような言語的・文化的な問題がたくさんありました。この動画を見て、本当に色んなことを乗り越えてきてからこそ活躍できることってあるんだな、と思いました。 自分も丁寧語・敬語の使い方と使い分けがぜんぜんなんですけど、この動画を見て自分の日本語そして自分の見方が少し変わった気がします。I think I really needed to see someone with a similar backstory as me! Thank you again for sharing your beautiful story with the world 🌹 I hope you have a great day today!
You are so wonderful lady. I think you speak Japanese not only fluently, but also hospitality and kindness to audience. Your movie makes inspired me. Thank you for your sharing your back ground. I’ll write a diary from today!
@angiesky9066 жыл бұрын
Listening to your story of your life lesson you learned in kindergarten was truly touching as this is a topic to to my heart. I'm a Japanese Canadian who went through the same experience when I had moved to Canada. My mother would prepare bento boxes everyday for my lunch and not only was I also just earning English for the first time but the cultural difference definitely made me feel different from the others. This was hard as a child as my father is Canadian and encouraged me to immerse myself in the Canadian culture which made it difficult for me to hold onto my Japanese roots. As stubborn as I was the comments at school caused me to neglect my Japanese culture which went as extreme as refusing to speak Japanese at home. I completely understand your position in feeling ashamed of ever feeling embarrassed of your culture just because others make you feel isolated. I now only speak English but still understand bits of Japanese. I enjoy listening to your videos with both languages because it makes me feel close to my culture and challenges me to try to remember familiar words and phrases I once knew. Thank you for sharing your story, I'm sure that this is relatable for many mixed children just like us :)
Hi Melodee, I really enjoy watching your video! You might probably be the only bilingual (in Japanese and English) youtuber I've ever know.Your videos are always so inspiring! My first language is Chinese, and I'm now learning Japanese as my second foreign language. Hope I can reply in Japanese in the near future. Always looking forward to seeing you upload new videos:)
@MelodeeMorita6 жыл бұрын
Aww thank you so much for your kindest words! That's wonderful that you are learning Japanese as your second foreign language! I will always be here for you and on social media if you ever need someone to exchange Japanese comments with😆💖 Keep up the amazing work!
@808Blessed16 жыл бұрын
Hi Melodee!! Love your Channel!! I like the feature when you have the Japanese version and English version. Thank You!!..:-)
@MelodeeMorita6 жыл бұрын
Aww I'm so glad to hear that! It takes a lot more time and work, but I want to do this to relate to all of my English and Japanese-speaking viewers.💖 Thanks for watching!
@808Blessed16 жыл бұрын
Hi Melodee!! I can imagine how long it takes and you putting it all together. But Thank You for taking time and sharing all of your videos with us. Much Love and Appreciation goes out to you. Also I wanted to know how can you look so thin and keep it that way? I wish my tummy was flat like yours. When I eat my tummy gets so big. How can I keep it flat. Please do tell your tips. I would love to have a body like yours. You look So Amazing!!:-)
We miss your videos!!! Such an intelligent young woman! Inspiring people to learn Japanese and your ideas on the world of beauty and successful young women!
こんにちは😃 I’m also half japanese half filipino and I lived in the Philippines until last year! Now I’m back in japan and struggling to learn Japanese. Watching your video made me so inspired! ほんとにわたしもがんばりたいなと おもていました!もともと日本語べんきょしたいです。このビデオにあていたほんとにありがたいです。I hope you ulpoad more videos like this ❤️