Learn Japanese with Final Fantasy X!『ファイナルファンタジーX』 Vocabulary Series #34

[@alexen8859]

Unimportant minor correction: The kanji for いいわけ (iiwake) to mean "excuse" is 言い訳. So it is more like a "spoken reason" rather than a "good reason". Tremendous video as always! I love this series

[@GameGengo]

Ahhh! Great spotting! Thanks for that! You're quite right! Thanks Kanji! Can always rely on them for helping out

[@MisterM2402]

I played the game itself but the cutscenes go by too quickly and you can't pause or go back. I'm now re-watching the cutscenes in both Japanese and English on KZbin which is a lot better, but still some bits are tricky since it's not 1-1 translation with English. Game Gengo going through it line-by-line is the best option, looking forward to it!

[@m.m.2341]

Yeah, this reminded me that more "cinematic" games without pause and logs are still out of the question for me. I understand a lot when I have time to think, but my brain is way too slow for real life Japanese :D

[@MisterM2402]

@@m.m.2341 Watching the cutscenes on KZbin is a lifesaver! Obviously I love playing the game too, but the story is good enough to watch on its own like this.

[@Kuposaurus16]

Just discovered the channel and I plan on going back and studying with your videos! I'm very impressed by the amount of work you put in to break down each part of a sentence to help the viewer understand what's going on.

[@linceed]

One of my favorite game gengo videos so far. I love this game's vibes. This video is really helping me for my japanese interview tomorrow.

[@TyyobrO]

Just commenting to say thank you for all your videos! They’ve been so much help as I’ve been learning!

[@xiaa]

Thank you for another great video! Its so amazing to see everything broken down so thoroughly and in an easy to understand way. Definitely will rewatch a few times. Im glad you were able to move to a better place too, i saw the bags under your eyes and hope youll be able go get more rest too. Please take care 🫂

[@LucasMyFriends]

This channel has inspired me to study more!

[@SugarFreeMocha]

Really loved this episode in the vocab series. Reminded me of a lot of old feelings regarding FFX. Really glad you found a new place too! Having all that room to do work must feel like such an upgrade! Super happy for how much this channel has grown in the last few years!

[@dzlatarev20]

I just stumbled upon your script online while looking for my favorite video game to study Japanese, and I'm so glad I did! I admire your ambitious projects! Question: Do you plan to cover FFX-2 in the future? I would love to follow up!

[@DistrarSubvoyikar]

Congratulations on almost 60 hrs of Game Gengo vocab content produced! (technically 59 and a third, but close enough!) Imagine having guided immersion for a full 3 and a half calendar days! Or 8 and a half 8-hour work days of it! Thank you for all the hard work you do for us! お疲れ様でしておめでとうございます、先生

[@river-sama7681]

found this channel and it has really inspired me to learn Japanese! you've made it so fun, thank you! keep doing what you're doing and I'll continue to support you anyway I can ❤ sending love from Nigeria 🇳🇬

[@tutorialsEU]

This is my absolute favorite video game and I have actually beat it using the japanese version and the mazii App on android with it's OCR!

[@MisterM2402]

58:18 - I wondered why he said から at the end of this sentence, as it doesn't seem like "because" or "since" fit here. He's saying what he'll do, not offering an explanation. I see this often, a sentence using から (or say ending with って) which doesn't seem to fit. Turns out there's another definition for から "7. expresses sympathy or warning", I'm wondering if it's this one instead.

[@MisterM2402]

26:00 - Rather than just 決まっている, it's に決まっている which is a set phrase with its own dictionary entry "sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...". You were close enough though, just pointing it out for anyone curious :) In my own watch-through of the cutscenes on KZbin, I'm now at the bit right after Macalania Temple - no "Macarena" joke in Japanese, unfortunately! I think the voice actors in both games are great and it's interesting to compare the personality of each character's counterpart. I love English Wakka because I love John DiMaggio's voice, but Japanese Wakka's pretty cool too.

[@robotermann]

What I got from this episode is that Fukuoka is your chance to learn to swim! 頑張ってマット先生！それといつもありがとうございます

[@matush2910]

WE NEED DANGANRONPA FOR THE NEXT EP

[@cutoffslim2003]

That would be great!!

[@sagearviso1979]

YESSSSS

[@MrbK-si5gk]

Yes

[@TalsonHacks]

I'm all in for it

[@Ditronus.]

Nice! Just heard the theme song of this game the other day for the first time in like 15 years. Played this like crazy when it first came out over winter break in high school! The ps2 final fantasy graphics upgrade from ps1 was so exciting! Back then new consoles were biiiiig upgrades.

[@argosfe7445]

Pretty cool concept. Subbed!

[@hanqnero]

So useful but underrated channel. Rarely I want to donate to a channel but this unfortunately time I am unable to. Thank you so much for your content!

[@japanduo]

Just commenting to say thank you for everything. It is because of this channel that I started gaming in Japanese for learning the language. I am now on my second game in Japanese -star ocean 2. Hope you can make a channel about it soon too :) thanks always for your efforts and your kindness :)

[@errchy]

Love your videos. Thanks!

[@Kanakou_DX15]

We NEED a Persona 4 episode. All those colloquial contractions are driving me up the wall loool

[@xn3royt612]

Your videos are amazing, thank you so much for this useful content ! And enjoy your new home :D

[@jaymcg4563]

I think more than anything else, these videos have helped me.

[@loicveyron6250]

Good work!! Good effort ❤

[@TheMinchio]

Recently watching your videos since I started learning Japanese, they are really great, though I can’t find a suitable one for a total beginner …. Have you ever checked Tokyo School Life for the Switch?, Thanks in advance!

[@ProfKisuto]

Such a special game - love seeing it come back. :)

[@saidecia]

Crazy how the Japanese language hasn't changed in 1000 years

[@wvvwwvwvv]

Learning japanese before learning to swim is actually a flex 🤣

[@00Morm00]

Always a delight to have Wakka in his full-fledged Japanese meme glory.

[@imlau7254]

Thanks again for another great video of my favourite Game of all time...but watching these videos disencourage me in some way... 😀 here I am thinking after almost 1 year of self-study I might be doing good...and all of a sudden i am brought back to reality. I will def. join your discord sooner rather than later...:D Keep up the good work! Question though: Are you ever planning on making a video for the usages of "って"? as i now learned it is used instead of は and more important as quotation in MANY different forms like you would use with と言った、と答えた etc... i know I am asking for a lot but this throws me off :D

[@ProfKisuto]

Just keep in mind this feeling will happen a LOT - language is very complex and can be used in so many ways. There's a lot to learn!

[@Pawnsappsee]

​@@ProfKisutoindeed, that's how I'm feeling about english 😂❤

[@YungDreamz]

Oh yea I been waitin for this 🤲🏽

[@DistrarSubvoyikar]

I hope you will someday teach us how to politely ask a game dev to consider increasing the font size of their game. The game I'm learning Japanese to be able to understand is the superhero game Live A Hero, and while I now know enough Japanese to understand at least 90% of the text when it is legible (in large part thanks to the Game Gengo vocab series), the font size in Live A Hero is soooo tiny that some kanji blob together into an illegible blob, and the " and ° marks are compressed into the exact same pair of pixels there's literally not enough resolution at that font size to make b* and p* things look any different, which frequently amplifies the already immense difficulty of reading katakana words, which are often already ambiguous even before getting compressed too much

[@samoyed7895]

Okay newbie here!! Why would 思い出す方がいい not be 思い出した方がいい Basically, why wouldn’t 思い出す be conjugated into past tense here?

[@GameGengo]

Good question, according to a Japanese resource at NHK aimed at Japanese people - "「～るほうが」が中立的な言い方なのに対して、「～たほうが」のほうが、伝える側の推薦する気持ちが強く出る言い方だと言えるでしょう。" Says that る with 方がいい is more neutral way of stating it's 'good to....', whereas た + 方がいい has a stronger feeling of recommending something 'should...' www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/research/kotoba/20190301_5.html

[@samoyed7895]

@@GameGengo that’s so interesting!! is using ル方がいい something you’d encounter in common conversation? Or is it more of an exception?

[@stephanierachel5641]

omg, what a awesome serie!

[@igors2383]

You have made learning Japanese apart of my parasympathetic nervous system!

[@dogukankubilayklc5445]

Pokemon is just so nostalgic and engaging for me, I’m voting for any Pokemon game! 😭 maybe Pokemon Arceus

[@sei_0122]

FFX MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHH 🔥🔥🔥THANK YOU MATT!!!

[@hyphaene]

yoooo WAKKA and RORONOA ZORO are the same voice actor ??? :O :O :O

[@Aeris_InJapan]

HA I was starting to not believe anymore, yeh sorry matt sama, もう信じていなかった BUT it doesn't looks like the direct sweet :') ? is it ? Thanks again for this incredible work. You fill all my dinner, you're like my food visual supplement, because the GRIND never stop. as a strong pizzaIST myself, it has to be said. Pizza must rule that's all and people against it must be cleansed. I m loosing myself

[@myon9431]

I am now reminded of all of those JP Wakka memes...

[@cond.oriano4945]

Wondering can you do any one piece or dragon ball games? like the one piece burning blood or pirate warriors?

[@Danbu1988]

それを見たら僕は日本語にワッカるユナなりますか? そいう全部のルールーを習ってほうがいいでしょう。 駄洒落をしてみましたが、初心者なんですから、たぶんあまり可笑しくないです。　^^'

[@riahoko9]

我がわっか☆

[@pv2639]

ii des yo