How to become fluent in Japanese in 2025

[@takashiifromjapan]

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[@JhonathanMartins-dk8vf]

suggestion what is the best Japanese film in the opinion of the Japanese

[@xahmadxjap]

@@takashiifromjapan 日本に旅行したい場合、誰かが私の旅行を邪魔するでしょうか? これがあなたが探しているものです、タカシ。 私が真実を隠さずに率直に日本に旅行することを望まない人はいますか？

[@xahmadxjap]

@@takashiifromjapan もし誰かが私にそこへ旅行することを望まないなら、恥ずかしがることなく私に言うことができます。

[@stephaniegrady8]

I’m 63 years old and I intend to improve my Japanese language skills so I can travel independently. Thank you for sharing this.

[@NebraskaJimmy]

63 as well same exact interest. 😊

[@JulieStudies]

Me too! I’m 63 and working on my Japanese! 🎉😊🇦🇺

[@evanm623]

You got this!

[@gilliancytan9853]

Same here, I am going to be 63 soon, I hope to improve on my Japanese language skills

[@usagiroxie]

Perfectionism is definitely the bane of any serious learner.

[@josephflanagan2527]

Beautiful comment 👌

[@Alphastorm7]

Haha, the dude talking in Osaka dialect made my day! Having this video drop on the day when I was extremely burned out from learning japanese, helps tremendously. It motivated me once again, thank you!

[@Hima_わり]

That first american girl speaks so well I was shocked lol and pretty much as Takashi said, if that korean girl didn't say she was korean I don't think anyone would notice, just flawless

[@avann2006]

Please add Anki to the subtitles around 2:50 please! I've been studying Japanese for 15 years and this tool changed how I learned vocab recently! Also, we need more reasons to speak fluently....

[@bashoogendijk2216]

Haha its so weird to be able to follow Takashii’s guests word for word but just sometimes trip out on how fast he speaks JP himself. The American guy at the end is so right, we will all be foreigners speaking Japanese even if we make it to full fluency! Thanks for the content again!

[@danie1pere2]

I needed this video! I’m traveling to Japan for the first time 2 months, I’m so excited!

[@liamzeyle4283]

Same here, going in late May / early June 😁

[@h3rnandezzzzz]

Never thought I would witness a guy speak Japanese with a Brazilian accent

[@mc1069]

Brazil has the biggest Japanese diaspora in the world so someone speaking Japanese with a Brazilian accent is probably the most common JSL accent you would have the chance of witnessing.... It's like saying "Never thought I'd hear an American speak English with a Spanish accent." Don't you know anything about the world?...

[@XZ1.]

​@@mc1069 the accent only is that noticeable because he's not from São Paulo, where most Japanese descendants are. If he was, his accent would be faint because it's similar to Japanese.

[@Alphastorm7]

​@@mc1069 That last sentence was really unnecessary. We're on the internet, everyone lives in a different area of the world, we sink in the knowledge we are exposed to. The information you have in your head and have learned during your lifetime, very often will be completely different from the information of an average person across the globe.

[@diek_yt]

​@@mc1069When I went to Brazil for the first time, I learned about the mass migrations of Japanese and Italians to that country, which I had never in my life heard. I don't know if you've been outside Brazil but these things are absolutely not know outside Brazil. It's a very insular country that for the most part keeps to itself Hope that gives you some perspective

[@JCokoro]

This has been the biggest confidence boost I needed ❤️

[@InvictusPolterLPU]

Love the video! thanks for all the content that you create. Greetings from Spain!! 　本当に ありがとう

[@tedlis517]

I'm working to learn Japanese as an older guy. I travel to Japan sometimes for business and would like to explore when I go. Good video for boosting confidence!

[@leonardomelo1997]

18:22 I know the brazilian guy, Ozu, met him in 2015 at Shibuya station as I was going back home and he had just left the station. Since it was my first time there and he heard me and my friends speaking portuguese, he helped us with directions.

[@YourLocalChink]

That’s incredible. What a small world

[@mydogisbailey]

I did this with French and it's taken 20 years to get to near native. I want to become fluent in Japanese too but honestly it's been so long since I've "study studied" French that I don't even remember how I got actually got to where I am...

[@michael-jones]

i’ve been following the input method and absorbing as much content as possible. i can understand 85% of the dialogue without subs but my speaking is still intermediate at best. i’m reminded language learning is a marathon and not a sprint

[@Sam-ny1ng]

This is really great channel I wish I had it 35 years ago when I lived in Japan!! Keep up the good work!!

[@oceantree5000]

ありがとうございます, Takashii! I began watching your videos about a year ago and they were the kernel of inspiration that led me to begin studying Japanese in earnest a little over a month ago. Loving it so far (and 2.5 yrs of Chinese make kanji way less scary 😂)! Keep up the great work!

[@Traveljet14]

Enjoyed watching the interviews and always marvel at how fluent foreigners are at the language. This is another interesting video. Thumbs up!👍🏼👍🏼

[@DamaramuHQ]

Whoa .. June Lovejoy? 😻

[@elithurofficial]

Let's goooo, Takashii!!

[@g-raffasaurus2350]

Fascinating video! Enjoyed all encounters and especially the American guy at end's advice.

[@hiroponte]

たかしさんは、笑顔が増えて動画がさらに良くなりましたね

[@eagl3ye]

Random guy in a coat of arms with absolutely no explanation. 😅

[@kreggur2864]

Pretty sure he's cosplaying Laios from Duneon Meishi

[@zidyepdodo7577]

I have been self studying Japanese as a Nigerian for a year now. Thank you for the motivation.

[@qc6713]

They all had excellent Japanese language skills and had no trouble conversing with Japanese people. However, I was surprised by the third Canadian man, who was a special mention. When he spoke the Japanese word for "ほとんど" ("almost"), he had to restate it. I thought he understood the correct pronunciation because he was objective in his pronunciation. It's a small detail, but he must have great metacognition.

[@mrmatz408]

Wow these interviewees are all at a level that I dream of reaching someday…

[@snugsaffie]

Kind of off-topic, but I LOVE the Korean girl's sense of style omg. She looks so cool. I thought she was Japanese at first too

[@ajcph]

To me, the best speaker was the korean but canadian is like wow! N1 before coming to japan and speaks so well in 1 year!

[@DaeberethwenArbenlow]

Regarding the kanji comment @9:09, I've been learning Japanese on and off for a long time but I never learned kanji. Even when I lived in Japan as a kid I only knew kanji for certain train stations, numbers, etc. It's SO much easier to read and hear Japanese now that I've started learning kanji. I can barely understand any full speed Japanese conversation, but I noticed it increased a lot as I started learning kanji. I only know around 80 radicals and around 65 kanji and already I can start to infer meaning based on kanji components I am seeing. I wish I had started learning kanji 20 years ago when I started learning Japanese as a kid.

[@figgettit]

you can learn first and then come, or come first and then learn, it doesnt make much difference. you have to be proactive either way. this from someone who came first and then learnt. i dont think there would have been much point in getting great before i came, except avoiding frustration, but frustration is motivating, its all based on your attitude at the end of the day and how good you are at learning how to learn.

[@hansfury7003]

僕はインドネシア人です。 一人で4ヶ月くらいDuolingoで日本語を勉強しています。日本語はめっちゃむずいですね… 😅

[@Jinouga502]

I enjoy watching your videos, and its great to see the same people, but I really want to get to see new people interviewed from time to time.

[@michaelhockus8208]

another great video, thanks!

[@Pokedrifter]

I needed this video 😁

[@otakusinnombre4755]

I've started studying japanese 2 years ago, and I can say kanji is the hardest part of learning japanese. Thanks for the video!!!! it was really good advice!!!

[@PPJ9274]

Having studied and lived in Japan a few years, I would say the Canadian guy is absolutely spot on! ... and with all respect the first French guy illustrates his point perfectly. His japanese is full of mistakes but it is probably totally fine in his daily life. He however sounds like the typical long-term resident who picked up the language rather than studied it. My Japanese was very similar to his while in Japan and only when coming back to my country and studying seriously did I realise how much my japanese was lacking. Because I became alright at casual speaking made me overlook my lack of vocabulary or my limited grammar use. Of course there are positives to both approaches but I am now in the study extensively camp as well if you don't want to get stuck in an intermediate/advanced intermediate level . which btw is not a problem either ! you don't have to be perfectly fluent anyway

[@adabamas]

This is a very good point. How do you approach studying to level up further?

[@russkijnemez5911]

You speak hood English. Kudos to you. As I am over 30 and already have 3 languages in my head, I guess I would not be that easy to learn Japanese for me.

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

i believe the more languages you know the easier it would be, hence polyglots etc. Its just a matter of practice so you don't forget.

[@escolamangaka]

Why do you think that? You already knows 3 languages, so you know the process for acquiring a good level of foreigner languages. 頑張って！

[@tofucloud8135]

🌸💓 Loved all the advice !

[@jakegojapan]

@takashiifromjapan This may have been the most important video I have watched in my Japanese studying career bro. Not because the advice was particularly unique, but hearing these people speak was the first time I could truly look away from subtitles and follow the conversation, which was a massive confidence booster. 4 years of solo self-study and very minimal conversational practice. My only Japanese friend is always busy and had moved away. Grinding kanji for years and rarely getting to speak has been EXHAUSTING. This was the FIRST TIME I COULD UNDERSTAND CONVERSATIONS AND FELT LIKE THIS HAS PAID OFF. THANKS FOR MAKING THE VIDEO.

[@lisahynes3967]

That was a fun and very interesting video! Thank you

[@JulieStudies]

Great video! And yessss, you sound really cool speaking English with a Japanese accent ❤️ Besides, accents are sexy and perfectionism is over-rated 😊🇦🇺

[@AtmosVibez]

The Canadian one is pretty hot!! He’s giving Japanese vibes.

[@CliffR]

Wonderful video

[@tracel5721]

Can tell that guy is French before finishing the intro lol

[@_nihongo_jouzu_]

15:48 I think you're suppose to use 'Shigatsu' instead of 'Yon-gatsu' when referring to April

[@Somerandomdude-h7x]

I Ain't gonna lie this is what I wanted

[@haruka_niki]

You're the best Takashii san! 💕 Much love and respect to you from Sri Lanka.

[@Ambition-ut2bx]

たかしさん、インタビューを通じて良い経験が出来ていますね👍英国人曰く、日本語は英語にない言葉や表現が沢山あって、素晴らしいと言っていました😊実際、32の日本語が、英語に追加されました✌️ 日本語は文法気にせずしゃべっているので、英語も言ったもの勝ち❗️日本の教育も会話重視に転換すべきですね😊

[@37654]

Happy new year Takashi! Maybe one day I’ll learn Japanese…

[@nobodyexceptme7794]

I always find it funny to see the foreigners that have been there for sometime and now have japanese style hair/makeup etc. The natural assimilation into the culture.

[@kaisekiryori]

that guy who got to N1 before even coming to Japan just blows my mind!!

[@meeks1201]

That part!

[@mariaiwaoka2023]

I liked the video so much.The last interviewee spoke Japanese very quickly.😂 .

[@MrAnimeAlex1]

The more you learn Japanese, the more you realize how hard it actually is. Respect to anyone who's fluent already!

[@To411u]

Exactly!

[@gianluca5638]

Can I ask you why? (I'm not joking I'm just curious)

[@MrAnimeAlex1]

​@@gianluca5638 I can try... On my 9 months Japanese journey so far, the learning curve changed quite a lot. In the beginning you make a lot of progress as you learn the basics (N5) and you start feeling kinda confident. However, when you progress to "higher" levels (N4, N3,...) you realize how much work you actually have to put in DAILY in order to become "fluent". Daily listening, grammar, Anki, reading, shadowing... It goes a looong way... You start to realize how the language actually works and how much you still need to learn. And you realize that you basically know almost nothing. But it gets better of course! Japanese is obviously very different from Western languages. It takes probably at least 2-3 times more effort to learn because of the writing system (Kanji), the vocabulary, the structure, grammar, different levels of politeness and so on... and Japanese people also speak really fast😂 I do a lot of immersion at the moment as someone who's N4/N3 level but I still feel like speaking is such a big obstacle. There's a big difference between understanding and actually speaking. But it all comes with time and practice of course. You just need to enjoy the journey. There's no finish line really. And you also need to have fun while doing it. Very important! I'm at a point now where I start understanding A LOT of daily conversation but I still need to get used to the faster pace. And I wanna try to start speaking and writing more and more. We'll get there!💪

[@あぶらぜみ-e3b]

The more～, the more ⬆️sentence

[@ClickDecision]

Imo the only thing that was hard was moving past the self doubt. It's a lot of words and expressions to familiarize yourself with but the solution is just constant consistent exposure and an eagerness to use your dictionary all the time haha

[@quixethetroller]

Hi takashii! Love your content!

[@Realnotforrealme]

Yuriko Tiger our italian goat🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@FalcomScott312]

I'm very impress how well these people not from Japan speak Japanese so very well!

[@dmangggg]

2:22 tokuyuu!!! 🙂

[@sahilkunwar]

Finally I found someone who recognised him. 😊

[@Gurugurustan]

3:24: good point there!

[@druu988]

Learning and speaking, Japanese is one thing, but the real learning curve is reading Japanese because there are three forms, Cata Cana hiragana and congee

[@jackvr8818]

I was not prepared for the Dungeon Meshi cosplay 🤣🤣

[@TheRealMrCods]

Great video 👍

[@kobzster06]

Hey that's June, love her!

[@Nyzuuka]

The American that been studying Japanese for 6 years but only been in Japan for 2 months was the most impressive imo 👏🏽

It is only slightly harder to understand their Japanese despite the accents...that is impressive!

[@zcdawi7441]

アラビア語は右から左に書きますが、日本語も昔は右から左に書くことがありました。たとえば「朝日新聞」でなく「聞新日朝」、「元旦より復活再刊」でなく「刊再活復りよ旦元」、「労働運動の回顧と展望」でなく「望展と顧回の動運働労」。

[@mikew2479]

She's back

[@JeffreyBue_imtxsmoke]

4:24 - Dayum!

[@HimalayChauhan-h8s]

I have started studying Japanese this week and remembered Hiragana and Dakuten-Han Dakuten. I am enjoying it very much

[@timo4064]

Nice, keep it going, I am also learning Japanese, right now I know both hiragana and katakana, and currently I am learning N5

[@alexv3357]

12年間の間欠的な独学あとで字幕をあんまり見なくだいぶ分かるようになってきたってたまに意外だよな。アニメや漫画とか観たり、アンキを使ったり、KZbinで文法を学んだりしたらレベルがどんどんよくなってる。

[@tiltedbybox6118]

I'd love if you find some Slavic language speakers that have learned Japanese. I think these languages are phonetically much closer to Japanese than to English (or other latin based languages).

[@RJ-kg5fe]

I will be moving to Japan for language school in two months so this video couldn’t have come at a better time time. While I work in a Japanese company. everyone is afraid to talk or correct me when I speak to them in Japanese. So hopefully this will help me improve and I can’t wait

[@benjaminZ19]

I'm going to travel to Japan in june & wanna learn some japanese, i'm from germany and wanna ask what are good apps to learn some japanese

[@takosdon7754]

The two asians a korean woman and a taiwanese man are still the best at this.

[@marcoseduardo1277]

2:23 tokuyuu !!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@pjita2225]

Best.Video.Ever. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ToniusPlays]

日本公式サーバーの色々なMMORPGを遊んで日本語を覚えました。友達作ってゲーム以内でチャット使いながら漢字を覚えました、ヴォイスチャットなら会話の理解のレベルも上がる事が結構出来ました。今東京から電車で５０分の町に住んでます。

[@captainzapp23]

Even the people that have been here for a year have been studying a lot longer - you can't fluke learning Japanese, it's about hard work and study - they are no hacks.

[@Kushal-v8b]

Nice ❤😊

[@dragonair3885]

That cosplay was great added with Osaka dialect

[@rustamabdrassulov1892]

Takashi please more videos like this one

[@JhonathanMartins-dk8vf]

suggestion what is the best Japanese film in the opinion of the Japanese

[@amvandgaming.1706]

bro is our inspirartion

[@lynnkurumaji2478]

I was curious how you were able to learn english? I found many students from Japan do learn some english. I found they read english better than speak it.

[@To411u]

Anybody that says you can speak Japanese fluently in 1 year? Is a liar.

[@zesanx]

Maybe if you literally study 9 or so hours a day with good material and resources you could.

[@Boogsboogie]

16:10 is that Haruki Anime Journal in the background???🤯

[@itskenlang]

Perfect timing for this video! I just started studying Nihongo a month ago and it took me one day to memorize all hiragana, katakana, numbers, days and months. That was the easiest part. The real challenge starts now, it’s going to take time and consistency to learn vocabulary and grammar.

[@37654]

Good luck!

[@tomburns7544]

Thank you, TAKASHii! I am at the very beginning of my journey learning Japanese so this was quite interesting! 👍

[@jchsheishfjsk5052]

MORE OF THESE PLS PLS PLS I’m LEAVING CANADA WITHIN 3 years too many indians. So I’m learning japanese and watching tons of yr video

[@evanm623]

I was not expecting a 10/10 cosplay from delicious in dungeon 5:10

[@frankieslens]

Can you also feature SEA people who became fluent in Japanese?

[@faisalfadzil9883]

Mai nichi mai nichi renshuu shi te. Hontou ni taisetsu

[@carefulconsumer8682]

I'm still working on Spanish and German. Next. ..Japanese!

[@ruanzin_rj]

すえーねブラジル人もいます！！

[@yasuyoshi]

日本に10年以上住んだ人は確かに流暢だ。日本語は英語よりかなり難しく、フランス語や中国語やドイツ語よりも難しいと言われている。十年以上地道に勉強したらうまくなると思う。

[@zcdawi7441]

日本語は漢字があるから書くのは難しい。音訓があるから中国人でもけっこう難しい。でも発音は単純だし文法がいい加減でも通じるから話すのは簡単な部類。 英語は発音が複雑。たとえば日本語の母音は5個しかないが、英語の母音は20個ぐらいある。ふたん日本語しか話さない人が英語（カタカナ語でない）を話すと、ふだん使わない顔の筋肉を使うから疲れる。

[@zcdawi7441]

アメリカ国務省の外国語習得難易度ランキングで日本語は5+。これは英語話者（具体的にはアメリカ人）にとっての話。中国人や韓国人にとっては英語よりも日本語のほうが簡単。中国人は漢字を知っているし、韓国語と日本語は文法が似ているから。

[@ブライ-e4l]

Some of these are old clips

[@HaloumaKhelifati-ti7pi]

❤❤❤

[@Sunflower_Peace]

In my opinion, if I have a Japanese friend can talk with each other in Japanese, maybe it'll be better. If not, it is also ok, but maybe more difficult need to conquer😂

[@ek6648]

Does anyone have knowledge about manual labour jobs? In my country Im a maintenance painter, like painting walls, window frames, doors etc. How big is this job in Japan?

[@dimmacommunication]

4:23 la ragazza Italiana dell'altra volta :)

[@arthurg7894]

Who could forget 😅

[@akuma0694]

Hello