How Kaguya-sama Speaks Japanese

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[@ThatJapaneseManYuta]

Just like Kaguya, Hayasaka's expressions are also rich. She also uses both keigo and plain forms to deal with Kaguya and it's pretty funny. But these things are lost in translation. So if you want to learn Japanese with me, I can send you some Japanese lessons where I teach you the kind of Japanese that Japanese people actually speak. Click here and subscribe bit.ly/3hYEzwX

[@toshiro-kano]

The reason miyuki doesn't talk like the others is because he is from a poor family. Also please do an episode on Holo from Spice and Wolf

[@raawesome3851]

Can you talk about how Eren Jaeger speaks Japanese?

[@theconcernedcomrade]

Violet Evergarden was raised in the military so she has a unique way of speaking Japenese, could you please one day do an episode about her way of speaking Japanese?

[@raawesome3851]

@@theconcernedcomrade honestly, that's actually really interesting.

[@davidyodo24]

Because video like this i can really tell a character using keigo or non keigo immediately now

[@mfaizsyahmi]

"Ara ara, you're not subscribed to Yuta's Japanese lesson newsletter? Ｏ　ＫＡＷＡＩＩ　ＫＯＴＯ．"

[@anurag4813]

god comment lmao

[@LittleWhole]

お可愛いおかこと

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@LittleWhole お可愛い

[@mcfarofinha134]

あらあら、あなた方がユータ様の日本語リモート塾ご登録になってませんでした？お可愛いこと。

[@oreowithurea5018]

Kaguya: Very polite even with her juniors and maids Hayasaka: *HEY! HEY!*

[@vegascvpiaaron6807]

Gotta love it loll

[@paidactor1148]

I can hear her "HEY HEY" just by reading this.

[@r3zaful]

People sseth here

[@Breach-Clear]

sHiNoMiYA SaN

[@skylenz331]

Man, I love Yuta's expressions when reading the lines, it's pure gold.

[@noericardo1490]

Martes?

[@skylenz331]

@@noericardo1490 Jajaja, el autocorrector del procesador de texto. Pero gracias, voy a editarlo, por si acaso.

[@MadDogRyan]

I just noticed that lol

[@davidyodo24]

Priceless 😂

[@alexmarcelo6494]

Your Keigo / non-Keigo explanation helped me notice that in Bunny Girl Senpai, Kaede (the main character's sister) uses Keigo while her memories are missing and the reason Sakuta notices that she's "changed" back to her old self in the last episode is because she suddenly stops talking with Keigo.

[@renielgarcia3306]

Yes its very obvious to know that shes back being normal because of the language too

[@mrjieee__]

woah, i'll definitely rewatch that again for additional learning, thank you for this hehe

[@SefricFrampus]

Hey Yuta, Myuki is a poor guy from a poor family. He's a hyper performer in school and that's why he got scholarship. The school is of people of high social caliber. I think that's why everyone is polite and extra polite with everyone, so to not get on the bad side of anyone and/or to show their own social status as a person of high education, I think. Like nobility and their fancy pants.

[@r3zaful]

Kedamono!

[@r3zaful]

Kedamono!

[@josephnation9063]

The manga puts far bigger an emphasis on it too; Miyuki is viewed as an outsider at the school to some degree due to his low social status.

[@user-fg5wb5lg9e]

It is a wrong understanding that Miyuki is poor and therefore does not use polite language. It is true that upper class people often use honorifics out of respect for each other, but Miyuki's language is the norm because he is the chairman of the board and above many students.

[@Circleglide]

Suggestion: How Violet Evergarden speaks japanese

[@theconcernedcomrade]

Thank you, yes please

[@ghnna]

pretty sure it's rather standard keigo but yeah would be interesting to see

[@stof_-6785]

Mr yuta we want vedio on Violet evergarden

[@awesomedawsonmg1940]

Damn, that's a good suggestion

[@edmg7]

Well, it is a show about how people communicate with each other...

[@kang5390]

This anime is masterpiece

[@TheSpiritedFendron]

@Hartmann Price man, it's censored, why is it censored...

[@telle-sensei]

Undoubtably

[@muhammadrasyad964]

@Hartmann Price oh my man

[@FreedomFighterAsuka]

Agreed, Kyouma

[@TheChosenOne1_]

Which one? Kaguya-sama or That Japanese Man Yuta

[@mattshnoop]

In the anime, they explain that Miyuki got into the academy simply because of his good grades, compared to everybody else who was put there by their social status/families. So, I think your second assumption about Miyuki not using Keigo is correct: it's because he didn't have the fancier upbringing.

[@-anZen-]

I do not remember properly, but I think that it was said, that Miyuki is not from a fancy family (in the first eps of season 1, I guess)

[@valimayy]

yes so far in the anime his family is very very poor

[@typicalchineseguy5818]

Spoiler His family is now getting rich thanks to his father's career as a KZbin personality

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

@@typicalchineseguy5818 Spoilers Not rich. That would imply a lot more than a few million yen of worth. Sure, they are a lot more wealthy now than they were before, but right now, they are only middle class *at best.*

[@ronelz999]

He is poor he is just super smart and a hard worker.

[@kiramyssu]

@@typicalchineseguy5818 Reply to the spoiler WAIT HE IS A KZbinR NOW??? SKSKJDNENS YOU ARE KIDDING ME OMG

[@TheDobleQ]

I love Kaguya-sama's voice direction because it fits her character so much, also, her seiyuu is amazing at doing it.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Hater: Yuta doesn't know what he's talking about Narrator: He is lying, Yuta DOES know what he is talking about

[@ro-omgz6599]

yo wassup the dude who appears everywhere

[@rei-qq4uf]

omo

[@jvtagle]

Uso de aru

[@pie1990]

@@ro-omgz6599 maybe some people got inspired and created an account with same name..so lot of those are everywhere..its cute

[@ro-omgz6599]

@@pie1990 but he the same guy with same video and same views commenting around videos

[@alkautsarkitto425]

the way you use Oregairu as an example to explain keigo, classssssss

[@aryadillah962]

Yupsss

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

He did that already? Nice

[@abirhasankhan9327]

"Ara ara, you're making a video about how I speak Japanese? Ｏ　ＫＡＷＡＩＩ　ＫＯＴＯ．"

[@edmg7]

To be fair, some of the dramatic lines you're talking about are just her in Miyuki's imagination. So it makes sense that the lines are dramatic because his imagination is picturing something he's afraid will happen blown out of proportion. (Also yes Miyuki is from a poor upbringing and got into the school and his position with hard work, so that's why his language isn't as fancy).

[@braeduin]

"People don't usually say 'ara ara' in real life" I'm now officially dead inside.

[@slicer95]

Usually mothers use it with toddlers. I saw some videos where the mom uses when the toddler is doing something dangerous.

[@methandtopology]

My friend used it jokingly before

[@noticemesenpai69]

I feel like you get a completely different experience watching anime when you actually know Japanese vs reading the subtitles.

[@DoxSteele]

Well, yeah, knowing what the original content means and it's nuances will give you something (usually) better, but at the same time, I feel like having both is just as good, because you can kinda see what the translator and the source were trying to convey, you know?

[@phosphosaurus6902]

Monogatari has entered the chat

[@naiRISE766]

I'd say it's depend on which language the sub is in. Since for instance, my native language(Thai) and Japanese are super similar. There's keigo(We also use them with the one older than us) and there's also terms similar to "san", "sama", etc as well. So, in my case I can understand all the nuances.

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

@@naiRISE766 "Similar" and "identical" are not the same. There are sure to be differences in the language, so ultimately, it would be impossible to understand all the nuances unless you were also fluent in Japanese.

[@naiRISE766]

@@angelmendez-rivera351 Yeah, you're right. Saying I understand all of it isn't that accurate. Since I still don't fully get the concept of "chan" and "kun". It's just really similar.

[@telle-sensei]

Alternate title: The Japanese the best girl uses.

[@toshiro-kano]

This isn't a video about Hayasaka Ai 🤔

[@Zeo946]

@@toshiro-kano +1

[@RaevenRenard]

A comment was has begun FIGHT !!!

[@otroweonllamadoseba]

Right, Miko

[@zekiel2533]

@@RaevenRenard *comment war

[@TheBobmarley3]

Love these series of videos breaking down some anime and incorporating it in real world scenarios and how it compares! keep up the great work

[@TankTheSpank]

These videos adds a ton of value. You could read books about the language but this explains through analysis of the laungage and the underlying meaning behind the words used. Thank you yuta

[@Mochicchino]

I absolutely love your videos. I learn so much from them! Thank you!

[@setsuna7618]

Everyone after watching this video: hehe Kaguya sama: ehe te nandayo!!!

[@jvtagle]

Can’t wait for the Paimon episode

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@Hartmann Price uP

[@Cocxy69]

Genshin Impact xD

[@zytxhdx1398]

So fascinating. I absolutely love Kaguya as a character and this makes her that much more interesting! Thank you Yuta sensei

[@SDayle]

May I suggest "How Shalltear speaks Japanese"? Everywhere it's written that she speaks in a wrong geisha dialect, but no one ever explains why it's a "wrong form" and what'd be the correct version, instead. Not sure if you've ever watched/read Overlord so I don't want to impose.

[@sir_chicken_man]

Watching these videos makes me realize how much thought goes into creating a character's speech patterns. It adds a whole new depth to all the characters

[@liky7041]

Hey! I'm from france and i'm currently trying to learn japanese. After watching this video, I was really inspired to continue and try harder to learn it ! It's so interesting, I had no idea Japanese was that subtle ! :D Thank you so much, +1 like ♥

[@jaredng3804]

Ara ara = Well well Finally a century's worth question is answered

[@stiltzkin2mb]

"Oh my" also works as well

[@miztyck6335]

This is a very entertaining video and very useful, I'm going to subscribe to your chanell and your japanese lessons

[@annataasia]

one of my reason i love this anime because the intonation of the voice actor in this anime is superb..sometimes i watch this anime many times just to hear their voice

[@circa-bq8tm]

I love your videos! Please do nagatoro next

[@FizzoWeird]

Miyuki is indeed from a poor background and a fish-out-of-water in this elite school. That is probably why he isn't using keigo. Altought, from reading English translations, I would never guess that his speech would be different from the others at school

[@rajmohanpilathodi7407]

So true

[@argentknight7557]

Wow wow wow thanks for the video. Very interesting

[@davidyodo24]

After watching your previous video about the way the characters speaking, now i can really notice a character speaking keigo or non keigo immediately... Thanks Yuta-san

[@herrakaarme]

Even if you don't actually speak (much) Japanese but have watched (listened to) enough of it over the years, you'll get a whole lot out of the Japanese audio, despite having to rely on the subtitles to understand most of what's going on. This video was quite interesting with the level of detail in your explanations. Even though I could, kind of, tell the difference between that extra polite language and normal language, I didn't know the specifics. Fortunately I'm from a country where dubs are only a thing for little children's movies/TV shows, and nature documentaries (which children also watch), so I could always enjoy anime with subtitles, being able to listen to the beautiful Japanese audio. Finnish and Japanese both use vowels a lot, so there's strange similarity in how they can sound despite no connection between the languages.

[@jeprin300]

I really do love your shameless plugs to your email lessons! Don't get me wrong, they are great. But I find the fact that when I am watching your videos I almost wait for you to promote them. Great video as usual though!

[@b1ue__]

wow im also in japan, i didnt thought you would post videos at this time

[@trstmeimadctr]

11/10 weebs know exactly what "ara ara" means lmao

[@edenp2465]

For every 10 weebs, one normal person knows "ara ara"

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@edenp2465 uP

[@toshiro-kano]

if you are a zoomer fake weeb then yes what you are talkingabout pops into your mind when you see/hear it. you ruin the anime community.

[@lemonjuice2597]

toshirokano Dude, calm down!

[@YourLocalCopiumDealer]

guilty as charged

[@xinel0758]

Very interesting! 👍

[@AstaNozan]

Ooo, that's new to me...thank you for pointing them out...going to rewatch

[@TheKitsuneHina]

The reason is because Miyuki is what they call an “impure” meaning he didn’t go to the school since elementary school, he only came to shuchiin in high school so that’s why he isn’t talking all formal n stuff

[@goigogo367]

Damn, i like japanese and this was really insightful

[@joacog.a.5983]

i love this kinda videos hahaha

[@xpbatmanqx5535]

I remember in parasyte a character mentions that "migi" speaks in a very beautiful day, maybe you could do a similar video on it?

[@brishabhbantawa3151]

Yasss s3 is coming as well

[@Armadeus88]

Hi Yuuta, good job with the videos. I thought it will be interesting if you can analyze Shunichi Kurosaki's speech patterns from Hanzawa Naoki.

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

Makes me appreciate this series even more

[@plantedrabbit3]

i watched the season 3 announcement in the middle of watching this video and happened to see your amazing comment over there

[@ballsligmer5572]

yuta's expressions when he repeats the line are priceless

[@Alkusanat]

I would love so much to see you analyzing Nami yo Kiitekure. It's probably one of the most underrated recent anime with one of the best voice acting I've ever seen. actually, the main voice actor carries the show by herself. The thing is, it was released in the same season as Kaguya-sama's 2nd season... so it went a bit under it's shadow.

[@repHAWAIIxJPN]

Kaguya-sama is one of my favorite anime of all time ! Can’t wait for s3 but I’m sad thinking that s3 will be their third year of high school , hopefully it continues on till college 🙌

[@Sommernacht15]

It would be very interesting if you would analyse the way the narrator of this anime speeks. I think there's something special about his way of speech too. (Considering from what I've learned already)

[@sunclove3554]

Spoilers: Miyuki isn't from a rich and high-class family

[@correctionguy7632]

Thats not a spoiler, I mean this was pretty well established in the anime early on

[@Revaldie]

How tf ppl don't know about that M

[@MYFAVORITES5]

I assume he's just saying if you watch the show / read the manga, Miyuki being less rich / high class explains why he doesn't use Keigo.

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

@@MYFAVORITES5 He isn't only less rich, he is literally broke as fuck. "Not rich" is an understatement.

[@tommyprevost1531]

I would love it if you would do this with characters from Yakuza Great content

[@enzoys]

Please do one of these with Roswall from Re:zero !! Btw loved the video !!

[@Suezcronos]

This goes to show how genius Akasaka sensei is in terms of using dialogue to portray the characters, and how genius Koga Aoi is in using her voice talent to bring her character to life!

[@FortyTwoification]

The VAs in this series are amazing, I want to have their talent!

[@morgoth4932]

You do it very well such that we dont get bored

[@youreincorrect7181]

Shirogane: does something weird Kaguya: *ara kaichou~*

[@RawPeds]

This video was very instructive, thanks. Plus, there is Kaguya :)

[@saulquijada6377]

Hi, I really liked your video, I was wondering if you could do a how speak Violet Everdargen please

[@nhavinedyourking7593]

I can't speak Japanese, I just know some words here and there throughout my years of watching anime, but for some reason, I felt like Kaguya's voice acting stands out so much compared to most animes I watched, but I really couldn't understand why, I thought maybe it's funny tone changes, but now I can understand that there was a way to her words that made it much more lovable. Thank you Yuta for making this video. It really explains so much :))

[@nhavinedyourking7593]

@KristiyanT yep I do :)

[@tebogo743]

Muyuki Shirogane calls Shinomiya like he's nervous "Shinomiya" very fast😂😂

[@albertoj.mollinedo4116]

Hello Yuta Sama. Could you make a video of how easy/difficult would be, (if even possible) to trip Japan on a motorcycle. Like bringing your motorcycle to tour Japan. Could you talk about the regulations. If you’re allowed to cross country e.g. bike trails. Camping in the outdoors. Parking or storage. Thanks I would love to do a motorcycle adventure in Japan and take awesome pictures.

[@BurningKat17]

I fall into the category of -knows enough of the language to get the jokes and some context but not enough to respond or speak properly- and the Kyubey on your desk is staring into my soul ~.~'

[@memestopicxd7649]

I feel like a more interesting one would be how monogatari characters speaks because i hear it like a lot of riddles

[@zironthegamer]

Hey yuta can you do a video on "what Japanese thing of command and conquer"? Especially how it portray the Japanese empire ?

[@davidyodo24]

Yuta san Expression when he saying the Line was Priceless 😂

[@TNTTestificate]

Suggesting a video on how Hashida Itaru (Daru) from steins;gate speaks Japanese. He uses a lot of internet lingo which is translated kinda weirdly so I think that would be fun to look at

[@KevKrieger32]

3:50 there are some reason why Miyuki speaks "normal" while everyone speaks formal with him. Miyuki is the president of the Student Council. He represents the Student Council with Kaguya, Chika Fujiwara and Yu Ishigami. If you watch the first 5min of Kaguya-sama you'll see how importent the position of the council president is in this school. You could compare this position with the US president mixed with a modern rockstar ^^

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

Also, Miyuki is not rich, unlike the rest of the school. This was established literally on the first chapter of the series. The gap between his family's wealth and everyone else's in this school is astronomical.

[@shairafathiya4163]

Yuta can I recommend a character for u to brakedown the Japanese? I want to know misaka mikoto ( toaru kagaku no railgun /toaru majutsu no index ) Japanese since she described as a rude girl , so I want to know her japanese .

[@vladmorino9477]

Next video: “How Dio Brando speaks Japanese” 😏

[@velvetra29]

WRYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@Xkid19]

you expected a yuta japanese lesson, but it was i, dio!!

[@SpringySpring04]

Ah, I really would like that

[@diokaharu369]

Suggestion: How Roswaal (Re:Zero) speaks japanese

[@kazakiharuka4815]

Hey what are the words like います (Imasu), いません (Imasen), あります (arimasu) and ありません (Arimasen) called? Cause as I’m learning Japanese these words keep popping up and I want to research them more but I don’t know what they are called.

[@vedritmathias9193]

Hi Yuta, question regarding keigo. In my Japanese classes, that form was primarily the focus, and so it's the form I'm most comfortable with. However, I've heard that it could come across as stand-offish or condescending when plain form is expected. Is that true?

[@pc_decisions8764]

Thank you! Yuta-sensei.

[@ThirdIntellectual]

YESSS KAGUYA SAMA VIDEO YESSSSS

[@aliveyetundead]

YES! This is the "How ... speaks Japanese" I wanted since Megumin's one. lmao

[@oblivion_4014]

Do one for higurashi,idk I feel satokos voice n wording super cute

[@heicho5822]

かわいい used isn't the one of 可哀そう? It's sound more suitable ?

[@stepincarry5145]

9:39 all I heard was emergency food

[@iqbalchuvan4890]

9:25 i was wondering if u still need to use keigo if ur talking to lets say your superior's kid who is younger or even significantly younger🤔

[@Armored14]

Could you do one of these videos but for Fruits Basket 2019? I’m curious how accurate the Japanese is in that Anime...

[@samanthagardstein3543]

Other than learning hiragana and katakana what do you suggest I do? I'm using Duolingo and bunpno and welcome Japan plus 2 other

[@Che1seabluesdrogba11]

Such a badass manga and anime !!!

[@JosephGio]

I love his voice acting

[@tebogo743]

I just love it when she says "O kawaii koto"❤

[@eterna6527]

Hey Yuta! Im Japanese and I live in the US! I often see people on TIkTok saying how they're a weeb but they dont really know the meaning behind it. Can you make a video about it? Weebs are looked down on in Japan and I want to make sure when they visit Japan they wont embarrass themselves よろしく！！

[@samanthagardstein3543]

Man yuta I'm not fast with learning all the Information. How many times do I have to watch so I can learn?

[@nicbentulan]

Errr note this video kinda has some minor spoilers...... Anyhoo great series of how anime characters speak Japanese. Suggestion/Request: Another Kaguya-sama video but focus on the honorifics eg 1 - Chika to Miyuki: Miyuki-kun, 2 - Kaguya to Miko: Iino-san, 3 - Kaguya to Moeha: Moeha-san (S02E02) but Moeha only (S03E10) 4 - Kaguya to Kei: Wanted initially Shirogane-san, then Kei-san, then Kei-chan then just Kei. Also 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

[@AquaStockYT]

I'ma use this for writing her abridge thanks

[@seasesh4073]

I'm convinced he's wearing an eye contacts with projection capabilities from which he got charts to read off of. That's why he keeps moving his hands

[@pedroarjona6996]

My own language, Spanish, as many European languages, but not English, have two second person forms, one coloquial and one polite, so in some of the Spanish translations, I noticed that Kaguya was using the formal second person with his friends, and find it very odd. Today you make me release that those translations are the most accurate ones.

[@jedimasterpickle3]

Could you do an analysis on how Servants in the Fate series speak? Most of them are not Japanese and are from very different cultures so I think it could be interesting to take a look at. For simplicity's sake, we could just look at Saber in Fate/stay night. I don't speak Japanese so I can't tell much of a difference, but she definitely sounds different than the native Japanese Master characters. All I can tell w/out knowing the language is that she doesn't use honorifics and will almost always call someone by their given name.

[@mattyd2248]

Hey Yuta, as a suggestion, I'd love to see a video where you ask elderly people in Japan about their thoughts on other cultural influences in japan, i.e. english words or phrases used in japanese media. It would be interesting to see how nationalistic/conservative the older generations are. Thanks :)

[@jvtagle]

Please do Yuzaki Tsukasa (aka waifu of the year) when the Tonikawa season ends

[@mamaharumi]

This was an absolutely perfect anime rom-com, maybe the best.

[@simranhossain]

Can you make a video of how characters in Violet Evergarden speaks Japanese? I would appreciate it ❤️

[@beratishere7288]

Can you do Shaltear from Overlord?

[@shemkim3577]

Yuta saying ara ara was something I never knew I needed until now

[@Adam-bs7xn]

Nice