Introduction to Japanese Pronunciation

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[@killuazoldyck9929]

Alisha's speaking is so clear and kinda relaxing. She's the teacher you'd want teaching in front of the classroom.

[@mariagabrielaangulocamacho3554]

Here's when I feel blessed for being hispanic, this is a lot easier than I thought

[@giovemarte27]

Same

[@White_wellbeing_and_Peace]

You're white, you're not special. You're a spaniard from Southward America.

[@dan.delion127]

@@White_wellbeing_and_Peace Hispanic people aren’t all Spaniards… I’m Hispanic and not a Spaniard…. I’m also not white

[@White_wellbeing_and_Peace]

@@dan.delion127 no schitt, YT

[@White_wellbeing_and_Peace]

@@dan.delion127 sweetie, your blood is like 70+ % european, idgaf how much a perma tan you have, you're ours whether you hate us or not

[@ebouwens]

The most professionally produced youtube language tutorial I've found. The hosts are smart, polished and charming.

[@AlbornozVEVO]

This maybe unrelated, but in spanish there is presence of both "R" sounds. but to differenciate them we double the letters. This means that "rr" is a strong sound, while simply "r" is a mild sound (unless the "r" is in the beginning of the word, in which case it's pronounced as a strong "rr"). Just wanted to give out that info ;)

[@bjaed85]

I often feel that is easier to learn Japanese from my Spanish perspective than my English one, but I don't find good enough resources as I do in English.

[@josemartoquinojgtc]

*frantically takes notes* heck, I didn't know how beneficial it was to have Spanish as my primary language because the pronunciation of phonics and other vocabulary is pronounced similar, if not, the same. The fact that I'm typing this in English is because my grammar in Spanish is disappointing. heh .

[@JapanesePod101]

+JT84_456 Thanks for watching! From JapanesePod101.com

[@NeoRetroX]

I would say the pronunciation is almost exactly like the German pronunciation... :)

[@josemartoquinojgtc]

NeoRetro VERY similar!...too bad I forget the words :p

[@sparklefulpaladin]

I took Spanish in school and I also noticed the similarities between pronunciation between the two languages. Another interesting thing I learned is that the word for bread is the same in both Spanish and Japanese: pan =) And in English, it's something that you fry the bread in if you don't have a toaster oven...

[@aarontriguero5974]

JT SAAME!! I'm originally fluent in spanish but my grammar in english is better than my grammar in spanish!

[@regigigachad6356]

Imo, the “inbetween R/L sound” sounds more like a soft “D” sound to me.

[@kashturiebhagwandin3435]

Yah because when you say d you do the exact movements test it your tounge tap your gum/teeth

[@baatar]

@@kashturiebhagwandin3435 Sounds like the r in 'pero' to me in Spanish.

[@jayajadhav8221]

Yeah me too

[@mixingworlds]

french R is from throat english R is from mouth spanish R is from tip of tongue when she pronunces it alone it sounds like (d) or (b) but for (b) we need to close the mouth/lips so it is more like a (d) when she pronunces it in arigatou it sounds like the spanish R it's like trying to snap a quick (d) mixed with a spanish R with an L positioning I don't like the (R/L) because it is far from an english R more like (spanish R/D/L)

[@marshallrad8871]

Yea same, that’s why I get so confused with letters like だ and ら because to me they both sound like da and I can never differentiate the two. Same with で with れ and ど with ろ, I can never tell the difference so I just end up pronouncing them the same

[@codex8797]

In Portuguese R have two sounds: English R and ri sound from Japanese, so I got it easily. Funny thing thou is that after all those years learning English I never realized R had only one sound in English

[@arpitkumar4525]

The Japanese R pronunciation tutorial was really helpful. Worked in few seconds! Arigatou!

[@YourInternetPandaFriend]

I am very thankful that I took French immersion in school because it really helps with the r sounds

[@presidentsenpai7307]

These are literally some of the best lessons in anything ive seen ever.

[@Nu_Tella_Live]

I found that before i even started learning japanese i found japanese songs by like hatsune miku and tried to sing it, after a few months I can sings even songs I don't know because I understand basic pronunciation.

[@micahthaoriginal6316]

that nice I'm a newbie and then I struggle at Japanese songs xD

[@fizzyaider4191]

+Micah Baucom 心配しないで、あなただけの努力を続ける時間がないのそれを拾うよ、あなたは英語を話すように、日本にそれを話すことがあります

[@ArlekinVergeltungswaffe]

I learned a ton with this video. Thank you so much ^^

[@blaize7450]

This channel is so helpful! ありがとうございます！

[@mysticalcatnip221]

this is awesome! I love this video, it is thorough and informing!

[@MicahHegland]

very informative and well made video! thanks!

[@mathew633man]

I've never stretched "opportunity" like that. I guess that's why I speak different from native speakers. I tend to process English words in my native-born language. My native language doesn't have that 'stretching' pronunciation either.

[@JudyAbbott494]

Italian?

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

Australian English is like this.

[@CyrillKR]

Italian sure does stretch a lot of its vowels. Like the stereotypical "It's meee, Maario"

[@rabisaturn]

You're super cool thanks for these lessons can't wait for the next one

[@forrestworld]

So glad I learbed Spanish as well the pronouncation is somewhat similiar

[@kittymeows4420]

You guys make it interesting to learn . Good job.

[@andryzoun]

I can't wait for the next lesson :)

[@yels5623]

ありがとう ございます

[@bovrar2nd861]

With this sound map the characters are so much easy to pronounce, I just have found this amazing channel on Ask Japanese channel, for a humble beguiner, the contents here will prove most useful! Arigatou :)

[@o0OHermioneO0o]

I love the intro music so much! 😊

[@lmanher]

Muchas Gracias por tan buen trabajo. Thank you very much for this quality work.

[@princessthyemis]

SO helpful thank you!!!!

[@caridehome]

I like this, I feel like it's helping a lot

[@rubenbernardo9177]

These videos are very useful! Thank you! I'm trying to learn new languages!

[@imenebrb2720]

Amaziing .. your lessons are just so amaaziing . arigatooo

[@michaelmaldonado6926]

now it seems so simple , arigatou!

[@irenepst]

I already know how to speak Japanese because I do some lessons but I love watching this videos! ♥ 🌹 💐

[@hasen1957]

+Irene Pastou I'm here for Risa chan xD

[@falcoillusion982]

Then prove it. Japanese is very hard.

[@hasen1957]

I think he meant pronunciation

[@falcoillusion982]

+hasen195 OK. Pronunciation isn't actually that hard.

[@irenepst]

+falcoillusion982 I'm actually having lessons with a lovely part Japanese woman named 浩子 [Hiroko]. I am still learning but I can communicate. I am Greek and I learn a few other languages as well. Japanese is _completely_ different to Greek but I'm doing pretty well. I have to agree that to most people Japanese is a really hard language. Well... はじめまして。 私はイリニです。 😁😃😊😳👍

[@user-fe9hr4ok6q]

結構わかりやすい。

[@SamFuneral]

This is easier for Hispanics =P

[@migueljardim4066]

Es decir el supuesto sonido R/L es una r suave española?

[@TheJJ65]

algo así

[@Thatfoolb]

Yep

[@underratededitz-ns2qr]

ぢおみお

[@erexmega3798]

si por suerte

[@user-rj9gp6rg6d]

分かりやすかったです。英語と80%同じ音というのは驚きました

[@OGKoudelka]

Risa I love you!!!

[@fizzyaider4191]

+Koudelka Why does everyone love Risa XD

[@fizzyaider4191]

+Kouldelka She's just a teacher XD

[@OGKoudelka]

Aidan O'Brien She a nice and good teacher :D

[@blaize7450]

I think Risa is the best teacher on the channel.

[@MuthuKumar-oi2jm]

@No Name do you have any reason for that?

[@ibragimovashokhsanam3073]

Hey guys I just loved the video. And your voices😍 wish u all the best

[@lisakraft6952]

This actually makes understanding meters and feet in English poetry more clear.

[@radimbartosek5356]

This video is simply amazing... Because I can learn two tongues in one lesson :D

[@Lynette973]

Hey my name is Alisha too! These are great tips! Arigatou Goziamasu

[@andreasalcedo5906]

I speak spanish and for some reason doing the R/L sound in arigatou was so easy!

[@margaritamt417]

Thank you for your video:)

[@Darkanoff]

these are awesome! Arigato!

[@kaelrest2378]

thank you for this :)

[@martinkullberg6718]

I like the japanese r, for fun i also sometimes pronounce spanish words with it. And use it in my conlangs. Like the creole rumango. My mothertongue is Dutch.

[@brosephwin]

The "butter" "cutter" thing only works if you have an American accent. If you have an English accent like me, you actually pronounce the t's in those words

[@TOPTRENDCHANNEL]

What a nice video!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@JF-nc7bw]

We need daily videos o: haha. PLEASE :D

[@franklinperez822]

Pronouncing the Japanese "r" is so much easier for Spanish speakers, I just realized. 😊

[@user-pc5lq1or7u]

Novice Japanese learners often ask what about を(wo) of the w-column while learning. Well, を(wo) was a major phoneme long time ago, but now お(o) has taken its place. をとこ（wotoko) male →present おとこ(otoko) をとな（wotona) adult →present おとな(otoko) をんな(wonna) female →presentおんな(onna)

[@ihaveagunbcuzyes8106]

Western people:Why is Japanese pronunciation hard? Asian(Me) :Confused, but I can pronounce it easily? (I'm Asian but not Chinese or Korean)

[@user-kx5es4kr4x]

Learning chinese was so easy for me, same with japanese and im only half-asian?

[@MZ72]

Naruhodo, great video and very informative. Sometimes I do mix-up hashi = chopsticks from hashi = bridge and I always forget which diction is which... and also when I practice and record my voice, my pronunciation do sound the same with "Obachan/Obasan" and "Obaachan/Obaasan"...

[@franciscofaginas5529]

its hashi

[@MZ72]

+Francisco Faginas Oh, your right! Thanks for the correction.

[@franciscofaginas5529]

+MZ72 :)

[@maxmx8137083]

Japanese language has a really similar pronunciation to Portuguese (Brazil). Like a | ri | gatou, the "ri" has the same sound. Portuguese (Brazil) also say NÉ in the final setence like japonese. (Sorry for english).

[@tarekaljawi]

Thanks for the lesson :D Kanji please ! :3 need to understand more about them, Hope I can get some help sensei ! :) yoroshiku onegaishimasu

[@burning_KFC]

As always writing a comment to support the channel

[@ozficial]

risa kawaii ^.^

[@trollingisasport]

uh japanese is the machinegun like language

[@gremlinn7]

Are there any videos that cover high vs. low intonation and patterns to remember them? Or is better to just listen a lot and try to remember how it sounds intuitively?

[@ProdigyPat]

ありがと

[@Cyberjin]

う

[@trollingisasport]

+Cyberjin ご

[@Cyberjin]

+Dirk Diggler haha

[@Omuraiszu]

+Dirk Diggler ざ

[@EDeeseLex1]

+Kaze Hamada い

[@ajeyasengar87]

I dont get the R/L thingie

[@inkywinki2254]

Its the same as ㄹ in Korean

[@effloresce8527]

@@inkywinki2254 Not true.

[@inkywinki2254]

@@effloresce8527 ...

[@inkywinki2254]

@@effloresce8527 Explain me please

[@akemisasaki3941]

I know I'm late but pretty much the "r" doesn't really have a sound in Japanese and it's more like an R & L sound combined if that makes sense. The "r" will sound more like a d, so instead of sounding like "arigatou", it'll sound like "adigatou". It's like, you have to say it fast. Don't drag the "r" as you would in English. Like they said it's like saying butter or cutter, how your tongue hits a certain spot for the t sound, that same spot's supposed to be hit with your tongue when you say "arigatou". I hope that helped🙏. Please let me know if you need it explained a little better.

[@devansh1948]

Hi, I am an anime enthusiast and I have noticed that sometimes (or quite a lot of times) certain sounds are pronounced for longer time. Some examples are: hontou, where 'n' is pronounced longer than others; korra, horra, where 'r' is pronounced longer; sugoi or sugei, in which 'g' sound is extended; and many more such words. However, unlike the English accent in the pronunciation of 'sa' from 'wasabi' in the video, the Japanese pronunciation is retained. I'd like to know more about this, whether the pronunciations in the anime are correct or not and if they aren't incorrect then what about the contradiction of the rule shown in the video and the anime usage. A language and anime enthusiast, Dev.

[@EmilSosnin]

Risa-San! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

In Australian English the TU in opportunity is not lengthened and has the same time length ass the other syllables. And the last t is shifting to an N sound.

[@senchousalt]

Ass

[@Katesaprincess]

This is helpful! Is there a channel like this for other languages?

[@JapanesePod101]

+Kate Quattrocche While new video series (like this one) come out on JapanesePod101 before other languages, we have sister channels for 34 languages. kzbin.infochannels?view=60

[@Gumardee_coins_and_banknotes]

The 101 have many channels, I also use the Cantonese101 for that language.

[@shurikenmoo.0366]

So i’m supposed to study for my language exam which is in spanish but instead i’m looking a video in english about how to pronounce in japanese read the comments in english about hispanic people comparing it to spanish, also i’m commenting in english but thinking and living in Spain :)

[@dipankarm984]

Risa is so cuteee it make me to learn Japanese quickly 😂😂

[@cartoonsanimehub8130]

Waiting for new video

[@user-vo8ep8jz8c]

As an indian, I think I can totally relate to the Japanese "ri" sound. In Marathi and Sanskrit, we have a consonant-syllable ळ which sounds like a mixture of "r" & "l", something like how a passed out man would pronounce "r".

[@NetsuError]

So lucky for me I natural language is Spanish so is almost the same pronunciation

[@NetsuError]

*my natural language

[@mudai_]

I'd say it's closest to a D sound. Like anime character's name's. Eren (Attack on Titan) is pronounced like Eden, you just have to say it fast so the D doesn't seem so powerful xD. And Kirito (Sword Art Online), same case, it's more like Kidito, just half ass the D pronunciation and it'll sound perfect.

[@Ouren]

The link to the next lesson in the annotation just goes back to the main channel!

[@MuthuKumar-oi2jm]

I like this music very much 😍 can i know the name of it where can i find it ?

[@bothbuddies4855]

Make more video of japans

[@macch560]

Creo que para una persona que su idioma nativo es el Ingles es mas difícil de relacionar las palabras y sonidos ya que el Ingles se escribe de una forma y se pronuncia de otra mientras que en el Español tienes que aprenderte el Hiragana con el símbolo fonético que representa porque cuando lo veas ya sabrás el sonido de manera automática y usar menos el Romanji ya que te confundirás mucho a la hora de aprender Japones.

[@fizzyaider4191]

+Mariano Castillo convenido

[@macch560]

***** Creo que es mas fácil aprenderlo en Español ya que en Ingles es mas complicado y si crees que es mejor en Ingles es porque al abrir sus fronteras Japón al mundo los Ingleses en ese tiempo eran la potencia mundial y por lógica el ingles se aprende de primero en Japón asta el día de hoy.

[@macch560]

***** Amigo tranquilo, yo lo estoy aprendiendo por mi mismo por eso te digo que para mi es mas fácil en Español se ingles no al 100 % ejemplo para aprender el Hiragana me resulta mejor a mi en Español y lo relación con la pronunciación Japonesa ya tengo el oído afinado y ponerme a estudiar en Ingles seria confundirme. Ejemplo: か=Ka Español (Casa) Ingles (Cut the sausage) こ=Ko Español (Co) Ingles (Coin)

[@macch560]

***** Pues si resolvemos con lo que tenemos a mano... si tenes cursos mándame el Link pues... Saludos y gracias por la información...ありがとう

[@macch560]

Con lo básico ya que solo el Japones lo escucho en vídeos o música y no por una persona Japonesa que seria mas fácil, practico la escritura para aprenderme el Hiragana de memoria ya no me resulta raro escuchar el japones como al inicio.

[@werewolfroger1131]

Arigato I'm studying for Japanese class in high school.

[@user-nc6oe6er8b]

Werewolf Roger good luck!

[@wgbskate31]

Honto arigato gosaymashita

[@PhrogNZ]

DailyIce arigatou* gozaimashita*

[@feuerkunstzero]

can you tell me which msuic plays @ the start of the video i wanna hear it full

[@BoredCycle]

I'm so sad for thinking japanese is hard!! It's actually Pretty easy if I focus :)❤️!!

[@kuromi9172]

can u do weekly words of family???😃👪👌

[@polyglotcouple9333]

This ones really good, just one note - risa is dressed like a lumberjack, please advise.

[@jesusenriquegomezmendez8422]

Do I am the only one who loved the intro song? What is the name of the song?

[@mustafahajhamoud2077]

why would anyone dislike this

[@arthurs4964]

It is mentioned that all sounds are the same length, but what about words like すき and です where the 'u' sound is often deleted or said very fast that you don't even hear it sounding more like "ski" and "des"?

[@_aryyy]

+Arthur S I believe that's more about the flow of words than anything else. Just as in english we drop the hard t and d sounds when speaking in order to keep the flow of air going, the "ku", "su", "chi", and "tsu" sounds will often lose the vowel component.

[@L2VRum30ekQ]

+Nicolee 찬백 Isn't that Tokyo standard Japanese? When you drop the u sound sometimes?

[@_aryyy]

Supah Hakah Maybe. There are so many dialects in Japanese it's hard for me to remember all the rules.

[@L2VRum30ekQ]

You seem pretty fluent in Japanese, so I don't question you. Are you Korean by the way?

[@_aryyy]

Supah Hakah I'm not all that fluent, and no I am not.

[@kurolikesmusic]

anyone knows where to get the full pronunciation course?

[@aminiamiller4885]

you should do most words people use

[@Surgicalsensei]

Is it correct if I say Bi-ru wo Ippai SORETO Mizu wo Ippai Kudasai?! If I use Soreto or TO is it the same?

[@kundi9211]

A %age of how good can is my pronunciaton when i speak english/german/greek? 😅

[@neuto]

I'm rather confused about the pronunciation of を. It is sometimes romanized as o, and sometimes as wo. And discussions on the internet say that o is standard and wo is dialectal/non-standard; or that wo is just ungrammatical. Though I have heard it pronounced wo quite a lot of times. Is there no consensus on this?

[@totoh82]

Sounds like thee to me. A thee GA toe. But then just like a soft r similar to French. Which is right?

[@sousou6251]

I'm here learning Japanese as my sixth language

[@theNuqman2]

that is what I teach my friend before haha

[@ElNosferatu]

thnx all

[@gajanandalvi5075]

👍

[@nemashadesilva5944]

💓

[@miguelangelodelosreyes6797]

why do most of you only love Risa? 😝 Alisha's pretty good tho, well i also love Risa 💖

[@burning_KFC]

Japanese "r" is just russian 'r' sound 🤯

[@khairulhafiz3016]

rina-san , kawai ne

[@feruzaj]

The pronunciation of 'r' in Japanese is similar to how the 'r' in Russian(р) is pronounced.

[@CptDangernoodle]

What about Pitch such as "頭高", "中高", "尾高" and "平板" ?

[@shovelknight4954]

Its hard to pronounce "japanese r letter"

[@janheartnazarenelayoso408]

how about n, when does it sound like m, n, ng?

[@lifeheat9872]

arigatou sounds like air d ga tou to me.