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[@takashiifromjapan]

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[@playlists8831]

More HOT Japanese women please

[@danielseeley1997]

I need to become fluent in being motivated first

[@user-hm9is5ke9i]

Motivation isn't something to rely on. You must make a schedule, and stick to it. Waiting for motivation is like waiting to be happy on a Monday morning at 6:00AM in winter.

[@nevertellmethaoddz8581]

Here’s the red pill - motivation never lasts. What we need is discipline. Discipline allows us to do what must be done regardless of how we feel, whether we are motivated or not

[@paxcapybara4312]

Motivation is important, an excellent reason and willpower to do what you need to do. After this, you need to plan how you are going to do to got your objective. And that's it. If you got yourself without pleasure to study, just take the tasks in parts and continue, and remember for what you're doing that. Visualize yourself getting your goal, how good it will be, and how you'll fell if you just stop and give up, it's a good way to maintain yourself in the right path.

[@Amins88]

I don't know, I feel like it really helps to find a thing or a reason to give you passion for learning. I grew up always wanting to learn Japanese. Of course, back then the internet wasn't nearly as developed and access to learning was much more difficult. I convinced my dad to buy me a language learning CD, but it felt like a lot of work and I always struggled with that kind of structured learning so I gave up pretty quick. But within the past year or so, I really got into music and that has tremendously incentivized me to regularly approach Japanese input more. It's still going slow, I've had a lot more important things in my life that I've been needing to focus on, but I have noticed a huge improvement in basic understanding, vocabulary and overall appreciation of the language and culture. That said, it still is important to put a focus on that structure if you can dedicate the time in your life for it. I still have basically no knowledge of grammar and can't read or write. I can recognize a few kanji and that's it. But if the passion is there, it should be much easier to find that motivation and discipline. It's never been easier to learn. Also, try not to put too much pressure on yourself to learn within a certain amount of time. It'll come when it comes, the deadlines just make it more stressful and less fun.

[@duimu]

people talking about discipline like it's some magic that doesn't require motivation or something

[@Jobe-13]

Nothing helps you learn better than being around people who speak the language you’re trying to learn.

[@Pruflas-Watts]

Keyword = "Trying to learn". There are a lot of people who watch anime all day in Japanese dubs and still can't understand 99% of what's being said because they aren't actively trying to learn and make sense of it and will always rely on subs like the degenerate weebs that they are.

[@inquisitvem6723]

Or go online to do FaceTimes with people. In this day and age, you don’t need to be living in that country to learn its language.

[@Andrea-dy3wf]

@@inquisitvem6723 true, but living in the country is on another level. You can completely get rid of other languages and focus on the language you want to learn in your daily life

[@GoemonLovesFujiko]

I would say that nothing helps more than a willingness to practice and study. I’ve lived in japan 10 years- lots of Japanese friends- we almost always slip into 50/50 Japanese English because I’ve been so lazy about learning. Immersion alone won’t work.

[@Explorshon123]

@@GoemonLovesFujiko Truth bomb. 👍👍

[@maskedanimatronic147]

I love how everyone learned Japanese in their own way. How one can learn a language most efficiently is something that entirely depends on the person. It's just something that everyone has to find out for themselves

[@Acro_LangLearn]

That’s what they all say… until they quit a few months later.

[@maskedanimatronic147]

@@Acro_LangLearn I get why. Language learning takes time, patience, effort and the right motivation. Most aren't aware enough of these factors

[@VariantAEC]

I think that is the point. There is no right way to learn a new language and there are certainly many ways to learn a new language. My first secondary language is Korean. It should've been Spanish, but I look Asian anyway so, whatever.

[@semekiizuio]

But ultimately what made them better all of them had to interact with Japanese people

[@hiking1388]

Yes exactly, for both fitness and language learning so many people are obsessed with efficiency when they should be more concerned with consistency. Whatever helps you keep at it is what you should do. Which for a lot of people can mean changing tactics from time to time. Perhaps a structured class if you need a bit of motivation from a teacher and to see improvement from test results. Then time with an exchange partner, playing games etc, whatever keeps you interested and helps you have fun is what you should do.

[@eugenio1203]

Im so envious of them all right now😭

[@whohan779]

What's your biggest gripe? Mine's pitch accent. Make the language tonal for all I care and remove at least one set of Kana. signed, a Chinese enjoyer

[@Midori_Hoshi]

Envious*

[@eugenio1203]

@@Midori_Hoshi that’s right! thanks for the correction

[@goyam2981]

Speaking a language is just a matter of copying what you hear people say. I've met Japanese people who learned my language in university or formal classes. They couldn't compete with a girl who spent a year in my country as an exchange student in high school hearing other kids talk in real life. I myself spent years in the US but my English didn't improve as fast as a female KZbin who married an American and lived in a household with her husband and his dad and brother talking to each other all the time.

[@user-kp1he2nm2c]

if you want to be like them, walk don't run. trust Japanese language. japan has over 20000years history. so, japanese is so smart and simple. it is definitely easy to learn for beginners. japanese grammar has easy patterns. in english, when you say '' she sleep'', you need to say SleepS. but, japanese, you don't change. like this. there are many reasons why I say japanese is super easy. many foreigners learn firstly adult completed text. for example, 「watashi wa gakkou ni ikimasu」. but, normal japanese children say「gakkou iku」. the step is important and it's enough to talk with japanese people. so, you have to just learn verb and noun. like this. even if you don't study grammar, if you watch Japanese TV show(easy Anime is good too. for example crayon shinchan) after studying easy words, you can naturally learn japanese and then will be a fluent japanese speaker.

[@user-qm2ow6vd3y]

みんな めちゃくちゃ 日本語上手。 おいらもめちゃくちゃ 英語が上手くなるように頑張るぞ。

[@for_menace_sake4566]

頑張ってください

[@bobbywhite5319]

This is a pen.

[@amirapalafox9434]

頑張ってください !

[@MochizukiRyouji]

がんばろう！！

[@YamoYamo.]

同じ

[@estebanfuentes2610]

The girl at 5:00 has unreal japanese. I was so impressed I decided to show my japanese friends and they said that were they not able to see her face, they would think she was japanese

[@SwordmasterChanneling]

cuz she is youtuber based in Japan haha

[@hiking1388]

And notice how she said it's because she listened so much (to Japanese music). I'm a pronunciation teacher, and active (and passive) listening to pick up on pronunciation, the rhythm and intonation (ie the music) of a language is extremely important. Everyone who gets excellent pronunciation will say that listening is more important than speaking. Hence why it's important to train both our mouths and ears when studying a language. It's easiest for those with a background in music as they've already spent time training their ear, but with a few months of practice recording yourself and shadowing native speakers, anyone can make huge improvements. We need to train our ears to correct our own mistakes, and not just rely on feedback from others, which is admittedly a bit daunting at first for many.

[@estebanfuentes2610]

@@hiking1388 couldn't agree more. There are a few others in this video that also have, in my opinion, a very close to native level of japanese, and they all mention input and listening as their main learning method

[@ThejapaneseguyLangy]

Yeah, I was listening on the train and the she came up and and I had to look at my screen cause I thought she was Japanese. Her Japanese is absolutely INSANE.

[@jama211]

@@SwordmasterChanneling that is NOT a reliable indicator of fluency, trust me

[@roro2k]

Everyone is really REALLY good at Japanese, but the utmost respect for the last girl who doesn't even live in Japan and doesn't use Japanese in her home country. I'm in the same boat as her. I've never lived in Japan but I got my skills up to a conversational level...especially when some drinks are involved.

[@machantiger1643]

Kanpai!!!!

[@jayshko]

She was amazing! Great job

[@hector8927]

Maaaaaaan, Takashi, your English has become SOOOO good! Congratulations!

[@Explorshon123]

Fluency is NOT easy, yeah you can reach a so so level by putting in the effort, but to be truly fluent, that takes real dedication and hard work and a huge amount of hours, don't let anyone tell you different.

[@iamyourgreatgreatgreatgrea6291]

Correction, I will never let anybody tell me the only way to accomplish/reach desires is by hard work, but if somebody tells me I can do it with enjoyable/easy work and get every bit of satisfaction out of it, then that's worth a 100% listening to.

[@user-uu2rx7nn9o]

You need about 1200 kanji characters to read the newspaper with good degree of understanding. It takes work people, believe me.

[@melocitysolo9574]

4:55 9:16 Almost all foreigners speak unnatural Japanese with an accent, no matter how many decades they have lived in Japan. But the pronunciation of these two women is exactly the same as the Japanese pronunciation, and it doesn't sound like a foreigner at all. When I close my eyes and listen, it sounds like a young Japanese girl speaking. I wonder how they mastered such perfect pronunciation.

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

Probably a combination of starting early and immersion. Nothing beats your ability to learn when you’re young and speaking day-to-day with locals.

[@PierreJeanPierre]

Sometimes the explanation is simple, some people are just naturally gifted when it comes to learning languages, just like some other are naturally good at math.

[@TingBie]

Muscle memory I guess or Japanese boyfriends.

[@mktwos]

​@@PierreJeanPierreNo, it's how much and how well you study.

[@alecbenjamin6848]

Study pitch accent, do shadowing. Only the blonde girl sounded remotely natural to me…

[@user-di2vw1mm7w]

girl on 5:00 is just whole another level lol, really impressive!

[@jiren7847]

She sounds like 100% native Japanese

[@roro2k]

100% agree! What's crazy is on FB/IG, you got foreigner's saying she's not that good...but actual Japanese people saying she speaks native level.

[@jiren7847]

@@roro2k I'm Japanese. If I close my eyes I can't tell she's a foreigner. She speaks even better than me😅

[@Morasby]

I'm Spanish-Japanese, that girl's pronunciation is absolutely spot on just wow

[@legoshi5508]

Do you have her ig?

[@Yoshino-lk2xc]

I am from Tokyo and have been in Osaka for almost 20 years, but what the first person says is exactly what I feel as a Japanese person. I think Osaka is a better place to practice speaking because the people in Osaka are more lively and speak very well. However, I think it will be with a Kansai accent, not the standard one.

[@theEtch]

this video has given me the motivation I needed to become fluent in Portuguese

[@crisbio]

Mais fácil que japonês 😂

[@mapl3mage]

​@@crisbio mais facil em qual sentido? A gramatica da lingua portuguesa e espanhol eh bem mais complicada se comparar com a gramatica basica da lingua japonesa. dependendo do subject (esqueci o termo em portugues), o mesmo verbo tem 6 formas differentes no presente. exemplo: (eu como /tu comes/ele come/nos comemos /vos comeis/eles comem). portugues usa 3 tipos de acentos: o acento agudo (´), o acento circunflexo (^) e o acento grave (`). aparentemente as pessoas tem dificuldade em pronunicar palavras com tilde ~. exemplos: exceção, inspiração, gratidão, etc.

[@crisbio]

@@mapl3mage eu digo no sentido das letras e palavras de origem latina. São mais amigáveis que os caracteres chineses/japoneses 😉

[@carloseduardo5692]

Boa sorte

[@AzureKite191]

So why do you want to become fluent in Portuguese?

[@takutakutakkunn5498]

ヤナちゃんの日本語はレベチですね。ほんと今時の若い子がキャッキャしてる話し方で訛ってないし。日本語ある程度話せるような外国人でも聞いてるとまだちょっと違和感あったりするけど彼女のはほんとネイティブと変わらない。

[@gloomy_daisies24]

Congratulations on the subscribers!!! Thank you for your your amazing content!!!

[@mrmatz408]

This is one of my favorite videos on your channel so far! Thank you for making it!

[@misterwhyte]

It's fascinating listening to all the different accents. They can all be proud of themselves!

[@Uchutanjyo]

Awesome video, thx Takashii! This inspired me to push to the next level (N2 and more fluent speech). I was able to listen to the video without subtitles - made me realize I'm not too far away from this level of fluency. Great advice from all of these people, too!

[@Skgaton]

4:55 この人上手すぎでしょ

[@jiren7847]

大阪弁もうまいよ

[@user-gx1cl2zx3x]

ヤナっちだよ

[@southcoastinventors6583]

Not one of them said that they learned Japanese in three months, can't believe it since they have some many KZbin videos on the subject. Glad people are finding out that requires years of study before you get anywhere.

[@UnknownUser-eb1lk]

If you are studying 16 hours a day you can do it in 6 months. 180 days x 16 hours = 2880 hours. So at 1 hour per day it takes 8 years.

[@southcoastinventors6583]

@@UnknownUser-eb1lk Bad way to look at since you time to digest the language, learning is not simply a numerical value you brain needs time to process all that new information in the form of new connections.

[@koroyaku]

@@southcoastinventors6583 Can confirm. Sometimes it just takes a month or two or five years for that one odd bit of grammar to just "click".

[@azabujuban-hito8085]

When my company relocated me to Tokyo years ago (from Switzerland) I realized that I had to mastered the language if I wanted to live independently. So I hired a language tutor, and joined several community clubs. It really forced me to practiced. I also watched TV news and dramas, and read newspapers everyday even though at that time, I probably understood around 10% of it. It really paid off.

[@EsotericWisdom33]

Excellent video, thank you for producing it. I am in Tokyo this week on holiday and I love the culture and people. It feels very peaceful and balanced with a great combination of advanced tech and traditional values in many areas. An unusual combination but a very effective one I think

[@LuvDTO]

I wanna be fluent in Spanish first then Japanese cause not a lot of Japanese ppl are around here but I’ll still subscribe for when the time is right

[@QuadDamage-tt7sj]

How old are you?

[@theboogie1460]

That’s what I did lol

[@NotKimiRaikkonen]

At least we all speak English. I know people that don’t, and can’t imagine how limiting it is not knowing a universal language.

[@niluferbenli2341]

Omg same here I wanna be fluent in both spanish and japanese

[@ganbaa1312]

The more I watch, the more I want to talk to Takashii on his channel. Really like to share my opinion about Japan. I'm a mongolian who lived in Tokyo for 8 years. Now been in Los Angeles for 8 years.

[@AmirA-qo3jv]

Why’d you move from Tokyo to LA?

[@gustavocavichia9612]

This video was amazing to watch it! Thank you, Takashii!

[@Mathew0079]

Such inspiring stories. Thanks to you for your great work and for sharing Japanese culture. おつかれさまでした

[@PREPFORIT]

Always good content thanks Takashi!

[@CatMan_3]

LOVE these videos as an American planing to travel to Japan for a few years

[@Celeste77789]

Congratulations on 2M subs 🎉❤!!! Mr Cool! 😊 You're going amazing and always rooting for you ✨

[@jeff__w]

Congratulations on the 2M subscribers, Takashii! You’re an ideal goodwill ambassador for Japan!

[@user-pf5mi8dk9g]

日本在住者のインタビュー大好きです！ 色んな国の方が日本に住んでくれてるのを知れる良いチャンネル笑🎉

[@MrDonCoyote]

Congrats on 2 million subs, man. Well deserved.

[@lerros8008]

I've subscribed for a long time but it's the first time I found your video in the homepage

[@Sarah-rp1kt]

Thank you! This is my preferred type of content from you.

[@Omnislupus]

This compilation of people learning Japanese, hearing their journey is inspiring. Subarashī!!!!!

[@christopherharris6005]

Awesome video as always Takashii.

[@Dixiwonderlandyoutube]

The hardest thing for me is that one word can mean a lot of different things and also the way you translate English to Swedish are word for word but translating Japanese is completely different. I´m having a really hard time understanding how to build sentences correct because of this but I´m still trying 😊

[@emileewebb5603]

English and Swedish are both Germanic languages, all of which share many common words. So it's relatively easy picking up another one. Personally, I've been studying Chinese for years and when I first dabbled in Japanese I was shocked at how "easy" it seemed because it shares some common words with Chinese and has similar sentence structures which I'm familiar with. The language families are pretty fascinating. I think it's pretty neat how once you know a language (or at least the bones of one) from one family you can more easily pick up another.

[@yo2trader539]

And for the same reason you've mentioned, a European language (including English) is difficult for Japanese people too. We cannot translate word for word, thus we have to memorize an entire expression or phrase. There is a famous Swedish lady on Japanese public broadcasting. (johannainjapan). Her Japanese is near-native. So I don't think it's impossible for a Swede to master Japanese. I would highly recommend following the advice from the Austrian lady in this video. Just listen to music, watch TV, KZbin, movies in Japanese in your free time as part of entertainment. Grammar is pattern recognition. The more you're exposed to it, the more it will make sense. Just based on my personal experience, Europeans seem to be able to master Japanese far better than Americans. There are French, Germans, Romanians, Bulgarians, Italians, Hungarians, Brits, Ukrainians, and Russians who have near-native fluency in Japanese. And I think those from former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have one of the best language abilities. We have witnessed some Ukrainian refugees without any Japanese training reaching N2-JLPT in just 2 years in Japan. Knowing how much I struggled learning English, I cannot imagine myself mastering Ukrainian/Russian in just 2 years.

[@user-vp8rn9dt6u]

Amazing!! I wish I could speak English like them. うらやましい

[@FalcomScott312]

Like the interviews of several people who speak Japanese very well here & Congrats on 2M subscribers mate! 👍🎉

[@sasoosa1515]

Japan has always been my dreamland. I've watched anime since Gr4, and then two years ago, I started listening to J-pop (I'm so happy someone mentioned it in the video). I'm trying to learn Japanese by practicing hiragana first, just practicing papers. Maybe I should practice more on Duolingo, but I'm planning to do a student exchange at university so I can learn more, but I should be at a specific level to do that. My school offers an international trip, but it's expensive, so I'm not totally sure about going there. Thanks for the video though! It's really inspiring seeing all these people being fluent (at least to me) and still reacting after all these years. Hopefully one day I can become a utaite after I am fluent in Japanese well, so I can write my own songs and become like my fav artists (like Mafumafu)

[@yamuccha]

Love. You become fluent by really loving (to learn) your target language. ❤

[@Marty13B]

I use Preply and if you are interested in learning Japanese I would recommend my tutor. Her name is Sena and she is incredible with how she teaches.

[@QuadDamage-tt7sj]

What is the price per lesson? And how many lessons a week?

[@richardszoghy1907]

I love how your English is getting better from video to video! :D

[@ninny0_0]

Thank you for this❤. There are lots of sentence pattern I can practice with.

[@BobRooney290]

that was intense dude! well done finding those people.

[@josephoreilly7180]

Very helpful. Reinforces what the learning community as a whole represents as best practices. My biggest takeaway is that I need to spend a lot more time studying listening, etc. . It's been frustrating that I don't seem to be progressing much after just a few months. And this despite a good understanding of Japanese culture and living with a native Japanese speaker (who has little patience for teaching but will be a good sounding board once I get better at the basics). We live and breath the Japanese culture in this house, I just wish I'd been more motivated to speak years ago.

[@LaNoir.]

I almost got an aneurism from those jumpcuts with the 2nd guy

[@raviadhikari9001]

You are the man who thinks about everyone thanks brother

[@azanmagray9350]

Awesome video. Well done 🎉

[@andrebaxter4023]

It’s really just a matter of putting in the time, like learning any other skill.

[@nathan4419]

I love the different accent levels as well. You can tell how much time people put into a language when they adapt the accent.

[@RyGuyStokes]

Very good! Japanese learning has changed with tech. Bravo Takashii.

[@mich360vqde]

planning to learn Japanese thanks for this video it has encouraged me more

[@tori8823]

Wow, some of them really blew my mind. Their japanese sound so good.

[@holytoast6339]

Going to Japan in December, its gonna be my first time so im stoked.

[@Tomf-tz4pd]

Great video topic to mark the milestone 👏

[@yokosawayokoyoko]

ヤナちゃん！ナタリア！ ここでもお二人に会えるとはMr.Fujiファンとして嬉しすぎる😆

[@outdoor_spirituality]

As a foreign I used to live in Japan 1 year and went 3-4 times... Love Japan!

[@MrShem123ist]

Splendid job Takashi san!

[@Tackforkaffet83]

The point about learing about the culture, as the man from Jordan mentioned, is so true. When learning a language you usually just learn grammar, words, listening, speaking etc but how to use the language in a cultural context is so important. I see this all the time from speaking to and hearing middle eastern immigrants in Sweden. If they have lived here long enough they can make them self understood but as most of them have no interest in learning about Scandinavian culture and how to interact with us they often times come off as very rude and sometimes don't make sense at all in certain types of situations while interacting with native speaker. Similar to Japanese the Scandinavian languages is , or at least used to be, very polite and you should speak more formally in some situations and more casual in other situations depending on who you speak to.

[@orlandocontrerascastro9472]

Greetings from Venezuela, South America. 🇻🇪👌

[@Huxa]

Congratulations on 2 million subscribers.

[@painiacs83]

Very good ! I used to speak Japanese as a child but after becoming an adult and moving away from family sadly I have lost so much.

[@Muus69]

Their Japanese was impressive but your English is just as amazing!

[@bertb3731]

thanks - fun video!

[@musashimarc7536]

thank you takashi good tips for learning practical japanese domo arigato gozaimashita

[@nakerusa]

Thank you for another great video! Are most of your viewers outside of Japan? Will you make a video about techniques on how to become fluent in English or some other languages? The people you interviewed were so diverse so it was interesting to see the different approaches.

[@arcadesunday4592]

Super interesting interviews, and well done to everyone who have leart Japanese. Respect.

[@Jehdii]

I love the way the Jordanian man spoke. Very nice.

[@retroxnt2623]

Thanks for the video, it's so motivating when you see how other people learn in such different ways. 今私は日本語を一か月勉強しました ひらがなとカタカナは簡単だけど、漢字と語彙を覚えるのはちょっと難しいです Coincido en que hablar español hace que aprender la pronunciacion sea mas facil, pero bueno, en mi caso me falta muchisimo por aprender.👌

[@Skaleezay]

Wow loved hearing about the many ways they learned Japanese. I need to apply some of these tactics with my French. Started learning it as a teen in school by taking classes & then i took courses in college as well. Bought myself some French tapes too. But i wish i lived in a French speaking city so i can practice 😊 I live in Miami, Florida btw. So no French speaking people here is common.

[@True_story_design]

I’ve learned a lot on KZbin and when I go next time I’ll be a step closer.

[@JonStallworth]

i’ll be going there for my birthday in january and would love to meet you! i’m just starting to learn. so it would be around a year of learning. i’m not sure if i’ll be able to speak clearly enough for an interview but i would love a picture! have you done a meetup before?

[@mizer6o9]

É tão bom reconhecer várias estruturas. Já dá pra entender uns 50% pelo menos. Essa dica de fazer amigos é boa, mas eu odeio falar com gente na internet. Já tentei e tem uma galera tão estranha que me dá preguiça de tentar achar alguém legal e que realmente queira ter uma conversa sadia kkkkk. Enfim, seguirei nessa jornada rumo à fluência. Esses vídeos me dão ânimo, sei que chegarei nesse nível logo logo. 🇧🇷🇯🇵

[@STMarshall]

I love Preply!!! My tutor is amazing. It’s a great way to get conversation practice.

[@wesleybilly8097]

That was SO interesting. There is a KZbinr in Japan with a channel called Nomad Push and he would be interesting to talk to about his English skills and why he knows English so well.

[@straysheep5312]

I studied abroad in Japan and have a minor in Japanese. I haven't been practicing/studying because I changed my career, so I have to focus on learning. I honestly wish to one day get back to studying Japanese and visit Japan in the next year.

[@mnmaddict37532]

Respect to all the interviewees!

[@sarahrinahzedek5413]

Love your videos!❤

[@ToniusPlays]

たかしいさん、登録者２００万人おめでとうぅ～～🤩🤩👏👏👏🥳🥳

[@martintide2815]

As you spoke to the foreigners, I was really interested in what they do for living and what have they done in Japan already. So a Video in which you ask people who travelled through Japan what they have done would be really interesting. For example there is this guy on KZbin who is backpacking through Japan.

[@Nf_king1]

I am learning english by watching this

[@zelgkopitar8799]

A few years ago, I learned hirigana/katakana and learned to write both and learned a few words. Then I didn't have the time to put into studying and developed a wrist issue and was no longer able to focus on writing. I took a few years off and just started again last month. I currently use the app Kanji Study to learn new words, their kanji as well as multiple readings for each kanji. I'm finding it much "easier" to absorb the info now. Another thing that helps and has been rewarding (as someone who is shy and wont converse with anyone) is "walking" videos around different areas in Japan and seeing what I can read or at least sound out via hirigana/katakana. I can now spot "karaoke" just as easily as any word in English. Obviously, taking in movies/shows/music helps a lot with listening and being able to identify individual words, even if you don't know that specific word. That alone has made my recent studies worth it 😁. It's both comforting and worrisome that these people mention how it takes years to get good at speaking. It kind of lets me know that it's ok to get frustrated that it's not coming to me immediately.

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

ありがとう

[@jissellen1963]

why are you teasing me like thissss 🥺i wanna move there sooo badlyyyy

[@patrickmcevoy3257]

Nice video on asking people how they learned Japanese all three had to much hand moveo anyway looking forward to seeing more on ur channel

[@BitBlink]

I’m in Tokyo right now staying in Minato. It would be so cool to run into you, Takashii-San!

[@severinechantalou128]

So motivating thanks❤❤❤

[@niluferbenli2341]

I like seeing different nationalities speak in japanese. They all have a different talking style & seeing that is so much fun 😄

[@cyberfede0907]

Thank you for keeping me motivated! I've tried so many times to learn japanese on my own but it's so difficult T_T But I want to go to Japan one day and be able to speak with japanese people, so i need to keep going. I've got other things in my life that keep me busy, I am a lazy person in general, but I can't afford to wait for motivation to come. I need to do it on my own.

[@Angelcee492]

I can tell that there was a camera update recently, nice update to the channel production. Also, holy hell, that Hispanic girl at the beginning was so fluent she sounds like a native speaker LOL

[@DanTJones]

Im currently learning to read and write it. Been surrounded by it since i was a kid back in the 90's. I'm already bi lingual (i speak English and Thai) picking it up alot faster since i already know an Asian language.

[@syedasharimam]

Congratulations on 2m subscribers ❤😊

[@jaredf6205]

All right, I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna start tomorrow. I have started before and I actually had a pretty good routine and I got decently far into the textbook I was using. Now, I can’t remember a single thing from that textbook because I didn’t continue long enough and continue to study, But what I’m sure of is that not only will I be able to get at least that far again because I know I did it before, but it should be slightly easier this time since I did do it before. If I can get back to that part again, I really think I can keep going! I wanna be able to have basic conversations with people when I visit Japan, I don’t need to be completely fluent for that. My goal is not that big..

[@chikakento]

u got this!

[@jaredf6205]

@@chikakento I forgot, I’ll start tomorrow lol

[@Tony-112]

Takashi your English is really good.

[@user-ue2vt7pd5x]

あれ？ ヤナっちだ！

[@bluasterisk]

Since starting learning Japanese in 2011 I definitely think its really important to find something to motivate you. Its definitely a lot easier to bring yourself to study or learn passively if you can find hobbies that other Japanese people also like. It also helps to put yourself in an environment or situation where you need to speak Japanese. If you find Japanese friends who speak really good English already, its gonna be quite demotivating if you guys lean on English because its just easier to communicate that way. So finding Japanese friends who don't speak very much English or are around the same level as your Japanese will keep that interaction to benefit your learning.

[@annemariesampaio]

Respect for all of these people! Which apps do you guys use for learning Japanese?

[@laurastandley4834]

私がまだまだ日本に行きたいので日本語を練習しています．高校時によく日本語の音楽を聞いて、大学で勉強しました。そして、２回日本に行った事があります。　:)