Japanese Pronunciation: Rhythm (Exercises)

[@py8554]

I love this Japanese poetry recitation for Japanese learners. Thanks!!

[@kanamenaito]

I’m glad you like it. I think it is really useful to get sense of Japanese rhythm.

[@MysteryTako]

@@kanamenaito It absolutely is! I actually heard at least one of those exact poems recited in an anime recently and thought it beautiful but couldn't fully understand it. I've been casually trying to teach myself Japanese on and off as a hobby for over six years now, and your channel has taught me as much in four videos as a fortnight of grinding out lessons on some language app ever did! I would love more such practical videos like this, I feel the main barrier to fluency at this point (besides my difficulties with kanji) is my lack of any opportunity to actually SPEAK the language, and these poems fascinate me. But of course, you're not a Japanese poetry channel. I wonder, IS there a channel explaining Japanese poetry somewhere? 🤔

[@kanamenaito]

Here are the texts for the exercises (original, kana, romaji) and translations: “Okuyama ni” by Sarumaru Dayū (奥山に - 猿丸大夫) Original: 奥山に 紅葉踏みわけ 鳴く鹿の 声きく時ぞ 秋はかなしき Kana: おくやまに もみぢふみわけ なくしかの こえきくときぞ あきはかなしき Romaji: Okuyama ni Momiji fumiwake Naku shika no Koe kiku toki zo Aki wa kanashiki Translation: Wander deep into the mountains Treading on the fallen leaves Hear the sounds of deer calling Autumn makes me sad “Ichihatsu no” by Masaoka Shiki (いちはつの - 正岡子規) Original: いちはつの 花咲きいでて 我目には 今年ばかりの 春いかんとす Kana: いちはつの はなさきいでて わがめには ことしばかりの はるいかんとす Romaji: Ichihatsu no Hana sakiidete Waga me ni wa Kotoshi bakari no Haru ikan to su Translation: Iris in bloom In my eyes I see this year's Spring is leaving Antagatadokosa Song (あんたがたどこさ) Original: あんたがたどこさ　 肥後さ　 肥後どこさ 熊本さ 熊本どこさ 船場さ 船場山には狸がおってさ それを猟師が鉄砲で撃ってさ 煮てさ 焼いてさ 食ってさ それを木の葉でちょいと被せ Translation: Where you guys are from? Higo Where in Higo? Kumamoto Where in Kumamoto? Senba There was a raccoon dog in Mt. Senba Hunter shot it with a gun Boiled it Grilled it Ate it And then hid it with leaves Original kana: あんたがたどこさ ひごさ ひごどこさ くまもとさ くまもとどこさ せんばさ せんばやまにはたぬきがおってさ それをりょうしがてっぽうでうってさ にてさ やいてさ くってさ それをこのはでちょっとかぶせ Lyrics as they are sang: あんたがったどっこさ ひーごさ ひーごどっこさ くーまもっとさ くーまもっとどっこさ せんばさ せんーばやーまにーはたーぬきーがおってさ それーをりょーしーがてっぽーでうってさ にーてさ やいてさ くってさ それーをこーのはーでちょっとかーぶーせ Lyrics as they are sang (romaji): Antagatta dokko sa Hiigo sa Hiigo dokko sa Kuumamotto sa Kuumamotto dokko sa Semba sa Semmba yaama nii wa taanukii ga ottesa Soree o ryooshii ga teppoo de uttesa Niite sa Yaite sa Kutte sa Soree o koonohaa de chotto kaabuuse

[@moma-b]

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you so much for making this video! (the dog content is just the cream on the top of the cake 🐶)

[@jackz9730]

Doing gods work, such a good video! Your videos help out a lot.

[@Tomuvalerie]

❤

[@kostyashoomsky4201]

Great videos! I think they are super useful for beginners! I think there's a typo in the last line of original lyrics of the song, which is: それを木の葉でちょいと被せ. I think it should be ちょっと, not ちょいと.

[@fertxus]

Wait, in the last one, they are boiling, grilling, eating, and hiding the tanuki or the hunter?

[@1stMilcom]

This is pure gold for Japanese beginners like myself. Thanks for the hard work put into this video! Subbed

[@CreativeCreatorCreates]

I taught myself Japanese in late 94/95 for a trip I took in 95. (With a second in 97/98) The internet was not anything of what it is today, so what I had were tapes and library rentals. I was able to mimic Mora but did not know that’s what it was. I am THRILLED to have found your videos and thank you for inspiring me to refresh my skills. 🙏✨

[@lowyolei3756]

I have been learning Japanese for a long time, and this is useful, you are a really good teacher, never stop, one day you will be the best on youtubep

[@gaburincho]

Maybe it's interesting to point out that most of the lines start on beat (first mora), but the longest ones (せんーばやーまにーはたーぬきーがおってさ and それーをりょーしーがてっぽーでうってさ ）starts "upbeat" (on the third mora), not caring at all if the accent of the word matches with the rhythmic accent of the music (which is usually very important in western music). Actually it's quite complex to be a child song, as also the beats of the bars change constantly (4/4, 2/4, 3/4 and so on....). おもしろい

[@Celeste_779]

yeah this tripped me up when I was trying to follow along lol I knew something felt off but I didn't know what it was, cool info!

[@phoenixlilix8000]

So that’s why I can’t get the ruthenium right 😅

[@izJeikii]

I’ve been practicing the children’s song a few times a day for the past 3 days, and I finally have perfect spacing between the sounds. It just clicks, also I feel like this also helped me pick out the longer sounds in other speech

[@Slipping_thru_the_Seams]

loved the children's song part

[@colinjames2469]

Your sense of humour is hilarious! Really enjoyed that lesson. 🙇🏻‍♂

[@robertstump7899]

I think I must have gone through the first poem thirty times already. This is incredible. Thank you so very much for this. ありがとうございます、先生

[@ScrubLordKyle]

Easy re-wind timestamps! 1st Poem: Slow Speed - 3:13 Standard Speed - 4:05 Standard Speed (In Full) - 4:34 2nd Poem: Slow Speed - 6:53 Standard Speed - 7:30 Standard Speed (In Full) - 7:57 Song: Full Song - 8:24 1 Line At A Time - 9:23 Sing Along - 10:35 Sing By Yourself - 11:15 Happy learning everyone!

[@jamesrichardson2624]

These are great exercises! Thank you very much!

[@MeikamiB]

The algorithm that brought me here nailed it this time. I needed this kind of language training! Thank you for making these videos!

[@kamokurii]

It’s a blessing to stumble upon your channel❤ I’ve been longing to be taught by native Japanese who can also speak in English so well, and so you are! I love the way you teach and sing! ❤Ah, I become remembered of my Dad. He ever sang a Japanese song for me with the same rhythm like the one you taught, Kaname san. But I don’t know the song title😅 Anyway, thank you very much for the lessons, and also for creating this channel!❤

[@geegee6630]

Thank you!! I don't think I will ever be able to speak Japanese!! 😢

[@twth23]

This song is known as あんたがたどこさ (Antagatadokosa).

[@easyevil2261]

The children's song was much more difficult than the classic poem lol!

[@tom87856]

What a splendid pedagogical resource. Skilfully done. Thank you!

[@alansheiness8148]

Just two videos and I am very impressed. I’m in my third week of an hour or so a day of three different well known apps plus KZbin bits. I’ve studied enough to have already been struggling to put my finger of what makes Japanese ‘tick’. I knew from thinking about our alphabet vs theirs that how these consonant-vowel pairs are each single alphabet characters is somehow linked to how differently our brains are forming sounds into syllables then words and then sentences. After watching two- only two- of your videos, it’s so obvious looking back. I promise you, being able to do the moras in a steady even beat is a whole level of pressure. In reading, it’s hard to read every (new to our brain) character without a hesitation to recall THAT character. In speaking, it will be to have such perfect recollection of each word that you can feed them from brain to mouth at a steady rate one mora at a time. Haha I’m in trouble because I can’t play drums and I can’t hold a music beat and this language requires rhythm to an internal metronome. I am in deep trouble. Two months before Tokyo touchdown.

[@glanwen10969]

In my mother tongue Finnish we have long and short vowels and consonants, so that is not really been a problem for me in spoken language when learning Japanese. Although, when I have listened and sometimes tried to learn Japanese songs, separating words from each other has been challenging, the word rhythm is sometimes"off" or "upside down" to my ear. I believe it is due to Japanese having a pitch accent and not stress, and when been sang, the pitch is not always heard if the melody goes against it. As there is no stress, the word lines get blur to a foreign ear, if the melody and rhythm isn't 100% supporting the lyrics. Also in music a long note makes a short vowel sound long, which adds to the confusion, if the words are not all familiar.

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

YOU ARE CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED, YOU NEED MORE FOLLOWERS!

[@radiredwolfgirl]

Hii, just wanted to say, I loved this video so much! I've been studying Japanese for a few months now and this was super helpful!! Poems and songs really help to understand the rhythm of the language, so thank you so much!!! Really enjoyed singing that song at the end too

[@UmSimplesLeigo]

Nice work, your videos are really helpful, it feels like you are teaching right next to me

[@julchen818]

Ich hab gerade deinen Kanal gefunden und bin begeistert! Großartige Übungen hast du dir da ausgedacht, Lieder und Lyrik eignet sich wunderbar, um den Sprachrhythmus zu erlernen. Ich werde das Video bestimmt noch ein paar mal hören, bevor ich alles kann. Wenn ich mir etwas wünschen dürfte, würde ich sagen: Bitte gerne noch mehr Lyrik! Ich wünsche deinem Kanal viele weitere Follower und hoffe, du bleibst noch recht lange dabei.

[@riaconradt2554]

Ich habe nie gedacht, dass die japanisch Sprache so musikalisch ist. Es scheint aber so zu sein.

[@JS-pf5fv]

i love this explanation and has opened my eyes as part of my difficulty in understanding. that said, have you thought about creating playlists to group your videos? for example a playlist of all your videos on 'pronounciation exercises' to make it easier to find specific videos?

[@Ayelet.M]

ありがとう、カナメさん。❤

[@LeeRichardson808]

The poem by Masaoka Shiki is so beautiful, thank you for sharing it with us! I loved this video and these exercises.

[@danishx67]

This was so helpful. Such a fun way to learn and practice! 😊

[@tolotwin5503]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@nancygandhi2436]

I loved this episode. I wish you had also translated the children’s song. I recently discovered your channel, I think it is excellent - even though a lot of it is too advanced for me. Thank you!

[@於紘安]

Thank you so much for the video.

[@christophermoore6110]

Wow, thanks! Looks like going to have to practice on the song, I get confused when there’s so many long vowels😂

[@p4lladion]

this channel is such a blessing, singing along to the song really helped me understand the rhythm of japanese better 🩷 tysm

[@magritmura6119]

The beat of the song sounds so playful. Thank you.

[@keiththomasgenkikeith7970]

Thanks so much for this very accessible pronunciation lesson. Subscribed straight away 🎉

[@elizabethhafferty1200]

I am studying Japanese, and I have found your videos extremely helpful in many ways. Thank you for all the thoughtful (and helpful) videos!

[@MihaNihongo]

I really love the poem session! Can you make another poem recitation video and talk about its meaning? Or maybe are there any websites I can visit to learn more about Japanese poems? Thank you in advance ^^

[@jadesahinidis9507]

ありがとうございます！ This video is so helpful for speaking practice!

[@carissa1159]

Will wait for your new upload now. New subscriber here.🇵🇭

[@Sora_008]

とても面白いですよ〜ありがとうございます！

[@sukisuki258]

your videos are amazing, for sure the best around here!! 教えてくれたいありがとう！！

[@JapanReels]

Thanks so much! Great/different content! Please keep teaching us subjects that are usually not covered by other channels!

[@LooLuisa]

Ahhh Im so happy I found this channel! What a great video! I’m gonna watch it many times! ❤ Thank you!

[@hankchung7623]

I like the song very full of Japanese style! Thank you for sharing & demo🎉

[@S._R._]

Great video. Thank you! 😊

[@iamgoingtokorea]

How can you not be famous ? Such an underrated channel ! Please create more, I watch it everyday now. PS: You are super cute.

[@dragonair3885]

Awesome Japanese reading session such eassy recitation, The feeling was great when I was able to sing at end 😄

[@GoldenShrike]

This was so fun!! I need more somgs and poems

[@MrCageman]

Subbed. Great, great content

[@kaiofkai]

Appreciate your work man , it really help me in understanding pronounciation of Japanese.👍🏻😊

[@eliansolomon627]

ありがとう、日本語を勉強しているので役に立ちます

[@bigdanny08]

Thank you, you helped me find the way I’d like to learn Japanese. With poetry!! Thank you.

[@111milltown]

Kaname san, Great video! I l am learning so much from you. Just subscribed, matane!

[@kyawzinlin2580]

Lesson done😍😍😍 ありがとうございます 先生😍

[@Billieebeee]

This is absolutely wonderful! Thank you so much! ☺️

[@CW-xf1li]

Okay. This lesson is gonna take a good long while. I don't know any of these words, but I'm not giving up. Cool poem though.

[@The_DoubtingThomas]

どうもありがとうございます

[@rodrigobelio9999]

この秀歌で正岡子規を紹介してくれて本当にありがとうございます！約二百首の詩を読み、夢中になりました。他のこの特別な短歌の解釈を読んだ事があって、「いちはつ」の書き方が「一初」だったと言っていましたけど、「鳶尾」の意味の方は説得力があると思います。 日本語を教えてくれてありがとうございます。

[@nikosrakos957]

ありがとうございます

[@КсенияКеримова-й4г]

Thanks so much for the content you make, this is extremely useful!

[@no_follow5906]

Hey, you're very good on explaining Japanese and your level of English is amazing, it's much better than mine is, lol. I enjoy your lessons, they're very professional and casual at the same time, wish you more subscribers!

[@ノルベルト-d8p]

Thank you so much this is a very fun way of learning !

[@Maxime-fo8iv]

Thank you so much!

[@s0r4hq]

this kid song is now stuck in my head help!! but hey these exercises are really satisfying to do, thank you!

[@Tomuvalerie]

I like this practice. Really helps me.Thank you Naito さん。

[@WerIstWieJesus]

Exactly what I was looking for as an absolute beginner. I've already learned "Sakura" and "Soran Bushi". ... and I like Haiku. More of those exercises!

[@fmhwdt]

This is perfect practice and I can learn some beautiful poems and songs!! Thank you Kaname San!

[@azineox9633]

Love it. どうもありがとうございます

[@oichiana2002]

Thank you for this lesson, i really like the pacing of learning

[@renechoi4396]

❤ this was awesome, would love more of these!! ❤

[@vids9647]

Thank you very much! It was fun.

[@threeroseflowers]

Thank you so much for the exercises, for explaining so clearly!!!!

[@TheYaha97]

Thank you! I already made up my mind to like and subscribe halfway through the video, but then I saw your dog at the end, and now I have no choice.

[@dixit246]

Excellent teacher

[@joaoafonsodinizpaixao6482]

This was great! I loved it! Thanks ❤

[@lafilmscene2456]

Thank you ! Loved it

[@timitoi9836]

This is fantastic! More of this please! 🙏

[@lovewillwinnn]

Love this. Thank you! ❤😊

[@swisssentraveler]

ありがとう. Thank you very much, that helps!😉

[@misslovedog8177]

it is today i found out that I have a habit of always pronouncing a short vowel after a double consonant via the last song. Thanks! Now I can be concious to always make sure im pronouncing the vowel properly in those situations!

[@jonathangray6563]

Awesome. Thank you.

[@exploringjapan1041]

One I always wanted to practice singing ❤thank you

[@nhano8042]

気づきました！文章の高低アクセントの働きは、文節ごとの中に単語の場合と一緒、どっかの伯にアクセントをかけていて、あるいはフラットの文節となっているみたいなんだ！

[@alvarolemos3193]

You can also show this poem as a good example of why kanji are so important.

[@sofihardy97]

Thank u sooo much it's very helpful!!🤩👌🏻

[@michaellam5355]

This is great exercise.❤ Thank you so much!

[@uberstudent]

These videos are really good.

[@rampantbuckler818]

I gotta say, this video has me trying to stop myself from drumming with my words.

[@aronhidman1]

You say every mora should be the same length. But when you read at full speed they are obviously different. There are many rhythms that sound like dotted or triplet rhythms, for example. Similar to how English speakers say stressed and unstressed sylables as longer and shorter.

[@asuranrocks]

learning poems is awesome!

[@ematise]

You are a good teacher! New subscriber here ;). Thank you for your efforts!

[@emperorgiz1]

11:57 He thought he could get away with that 😭

[@deuxanges5220]

Good idea love it thanks

[@purplesam2609]

This is so so helpful but also oh my god I am so bad at following the longer lyrics it's really funny trying to sing along

[@Kirithキリス]

It might be the quite slow rhythm of the children's song relative to most Japanese songs but, personally, that 3-three mora to 1-beat pattern often sounds a lot like English syllables in certain portions. I have to constantly fight my reflexive sound recognition. For example my mind converts 2 Japanese vowel sounds that span different notes into a slow, clear vowel dipthong. A specific example is the 3-mora line "ya-i-te-sa" sounds like 3-syllables to me: yai-te-sa, that "*a-i" sounds just like a slowly-pronounced English first person single-syllable pronoun "I." It's like my mind wants hears the slow beats and instantly tries to compress as many moras as possible into single syllables. Similarly, I'm intuitively processing the "mm" in "se-m-m-ba" as "sem-ba" only the "sem" is sung over multiple notes. I do have the ability to properly break it up into the actual moras but it's quite effortful. Thanks for all your help! Your explanations are so clear and your examples are great!

[@piumikanishka8731]

Thank you ❤

[@alejandrogomez5620]

Really helpful content!

[@CmdrEsteban]

短歌:🙂 子供の歌:😩

[@Saiege]

I love the dog music video at the end 😂❤

[@ameliasato1785]

Very good! Thanks!

[@boogaan8759]

What a great video!

[@MsTristen12]

Your videos are so helpful I’m speechless right now Thank you so much ❤