SOCIALLY AWKWARD in Japanese

[@biz0829]

Why are you so much better of a teacher than my *actual Japanese teacher*

[@Dojan5]

In this case I think it's because she's accustomed to both cultures, so she can provide really nuanced explanations. Whenever I've had foreign teachers they've obviously been great at the language they're teaching, but they've always had a hard time relaying specific cultural contexts of the words because they're not entirely familiar with my culture. Reina on the other hand is "culturally fluent" in regards to both Japanese _and_ American, so she has an easier time explaining things by drawing parallels in either language. Makes sense? I suppose it also helps being really passionate about the subject.

[@PierceLavoy]

Because she's fluent in both languages and she was born in the US.

[@ashleywalters2517]

Pierce Lavoy she moved to the US when she was 3 actually

[@_____J______]

@@PierceLavoy she didnt, she has both Japanese parents and moved to the US when was little, because had green card, she is Japanese by default, even if she looks very westerner a like, she said that in her own comment about her origin

[@PierceLavoy]

@@_____J______ damn boy, this was like 3 years ago 😂

[@vesterpop]

This was fucking GORGEOUS. I love hearing bilingual people really unpack such culturally charged words. I would love to see more episodes like this.

[@cg3920]

hey! thats my tweet! I'm honored to have an entire episode dedicated to it! I just started learning Japanese actually so this was super interesting to learn about, thank you reina!

[@ericsurf6]

Thanks for another great lesson Reina Sensei~!

[@LivingtheMash]

I love learning about these topics through the lens of another language. English can be very limiting as it applies many meanings to a single term, but other languages often have different words for those same emotions in different settings and I find that beautiful.

[@RJ_Noob]

I need more reina senpai in my life!!!💘

[@nami1112]

twitpic Re No she is Senpai! No it's not wrong. Notice me Senpai!!!!!

[@rodyinjapan]

sorry i am new here is she half american japanese? her japanese is fluent

[@nami1112]

Rodi in Japan I guess she is Japanese American maybe. I'm new too lol

[@nami1112]

Rodi in Japan はい！そうです！

[@EmmeChatterton]

These are my favorites, so informative and deep! Excellent work, thank you for the lesson.

[@Chewiejds]

I LOVE this! Please do more episodes like this, that kinda stick to the same subject. It's great! I learned how to say something silly and also learned new words/reinforced some words I already knew.

[@phantomtales_]

This is so interesting! And educational! I love how you're explaining more what each part of a phrase means and today's episode focusing on one subject derived from a tweet is great. Keep it up! Can't wait for more!

[@DearestClaudio]

You do such a good job of explaining the specific semantic connotations of words with similar meanings. As a linguist, I often find myself struggling with how to unpack synonyms from each other when trying to explain how they mean different things while also kind of meaning the same things to nonnative English speakers.

[@ULTIMATEINUYASHAFAN]

You're such a good teacher oh my god. 😭💖 Someone said it's easier bc you can draw parallels between both languages and their meanings and I agree 100% ! YOU'RE SO HELPFUL!! THANK YOU! ♡

[@Timathus]

This is brilliant, Reina. You walked us through so much cool, interesting stuff, while keeping it light and cheery. You're a wonderful educator, and I can't wait to see more content like this =]

[@CalvinKrause]

Your videos are SO helpful! It's so rare to have someone who speaks 2 languages perfectly and can (and also wants to) explain every little nuance. Really appreciate you!!

[@dr4aces]

I never thought that you weren't clever but I realised, watching this, how clever you are. Very nuanced and detailed. Thank you. I learnt a lot.

[@Jadae]

Glad you're going to theme or patterns in both shows. Thanks! Abuse our dopamine systems as a content creator, Reina!

[@jordynreinhart4539]

I'm so glad you're making more videos again Reina, I always look forward to them!

[@AldoLop]

This is the kind of interesting and useful stuff that you can´t find in the books, arigato Reina sensei!!!!

[@ilkoallexandroff]

Really awesome channel, greetings from Kobe! 最高！

[@M604ever]

This was an incredibly fascinating episode. I love when people delve into the deeper parts of language and psychology.

[@waleedoo]

Reina keep doing episodes like these, talking about a certain topic will benefit us more in my opinion.

[@literarilylaura8144]

Please do more of this!! この動画は凄く面白いですよ~ this kind of videos make me want to study more Japanese and give my best 🙌

[@applekidjosh]

I really enjoyed this video! Reina Sensei videos are always fun, but this gave me some useful phrases too! Thanks a lot.

[@TaylorVanGilder]

I absolutely need more episodes like this, this was so interesting!

[@emi5988]

レイナ先生、ありがとー!(^^)!　逆に英語の勉強にすごく役にたってます！なるほど～って感じです。 またこのシリーズ期待してます♪

[@Nekotin]

Being new to your channel I have to say: Where have you been my whole life!? T 3 T I'm watching and watching your videos right now because one of them was recommended to me and I'm so happy! I'm happy because you're so happy! Yay, puppies and rainbows! Seriously though; I love you sensei.

[@SuperSuperdude88]

This was awesome. The explanations of why you use what words is great

[@lemonycakez]

This is sooo interesting!! If you enjoy it, i would be glad to see many more videos of that sort! Nice 👍🏻😄

[@missberyl]

KY is such a fun expression in Japanese haha These videos are awesome! I love all the obscure or random Japanese that you're not gonna learn in a textbook or even in day-to-day experiences per se!

[@hitsugiluva]

I like this! please explain more things like this than just strange translations

[@MrPureMatty]

that 7 mins went so fast, so interesting

[@honeybunbadger]

A fantastic episode - I love hearing you geek out about language and psychology :D

[@aslightdrizzle]

I loved this video! It's super interesting to know about all the subtle differences in different words and phrasing. I only really became aware of how much English relies on intensity of words when trying to describe the meaning of two (to me) synonymous words to my partner, who is Spanish, and then realising that they have differences in intensity and use cases. I'd love to see more videos like this, they're really cool :)

[@binny_binbin]

Whoa, I was totally into this video and it's topic. Thanks for this, Reina!!

[@narumango22]

I'm trying to learn japanese right now and I love this series! Keep up the good work!

[@MarkusAndersen96]

Loved the video :) I knew some of these words, but I hardly ever learn their varying differences and nuances. So that's very helpful to have you explain :) Thank you!

[@Shad0wPin0y]

Reina Senpai this video was really cool my roommate (who's from Japan and learning english) and I (who am learning Japanese) are both learning from this lol

[@AynenMakino]

Good episode! I love the combination of language and psychology. So if you can, and want to, keep 'em coming!

[@SockBot]

This was super super cool!! Love this kind of Reina Senpai!

[@pekoeji]

i love watching these! i learn so much more than a textbook can tell me; there are some things that are just better explained by a native speaker

[@DanteBogdan]

Now I can have anxiety in Japan too!

[@canonogic]

Happy 92nd birthday Reina

[@angmatange]

What a GREAT episode!! Thanks Reina!

[@val3thipch3ck]

Reina is defiantly a great teacher of Japanese, anyone can learn vocab but the way you help with correct sentence building is what I find to be the most helpful. I wish when I learned German as a 2nd language my teacher was as good as you are at explaining that aspect of learning. I learned that English is such a lazy language compared to others around the world. I really love this series Reina, great job.

[@chara_killahgaming1938]

Omg thank you for expling us !!! ^^ Ps.: Tomorrow i will begin a Japanese course and i told my self that doing this as a kid ( because i am ) will probably be easier . And i wanted to tell you that i will think about you a lot!!!

[@amihanami1413]

Fantastic video! Thank you so much for this! :)

[@lindseydethrage4351]

I have an MS in psych, am learning Japanese, and this is SUPER INTERESTING. Thank you so much!

[@SomewhatUnorthodox]

I love learning more about the nuance of certain vocab! More!!

[@squidiki]

Hey Reina, I feel like I'd enjoy the #reinasenpai videos more if they were themed. ie phrases to use in certain scenarios or this episode

[@Avulet]

Really loved this video! A little bit of Japanese culture/worldview through language :D if you could also add romaji with the characters that would be really helpful in language learning!

[@tomscullin2295]

Would you be interested in making more of these like linguistics-y/psychology-y Reina sensei videos? It was super interesting looking at the different nuances between and within Japanese and English

[@iznomo2559]

Can you make a video based on Japanese phobias? Or Psychology terms?

[@rebeccastreatfield5701]

Great episode, thanks :)

[@becky8466]

I love this series! I was wondering if you could put the hiragana under the kanji for people like me who are learning Japanese but struggle with kanji 😊

[@TheOrikousan]

I'm Japanese and this channel is so far the best learning channel as far as I know.

[@34zporlier10]

"You can't read the air" would be a great band name

[@1717-t7k]

対人恐怖症 is a stronge word so you dont wanna say im 対人恐怖症 unless when you talk to the doctor or friends who understand you and support you we only have one word for "socially awkward" which is"コミュ障" it literally means socially awkward but it's a slang so you need to be a little careful with the situation!

[@runithard806]

I should have listened to my Mom when she tried to teach me Japanese when I was younger -.-

[@jorgeasaur]

Reina! Haven't watched anything from you in awhile. Hope everything's good in Japan.

[@sharppainter7393]

I worked in Japan for 11 years in an automotive technical field even though my background is in psych-socio linguistics . I love hearing you take on nuances of Japanese words. It may help me in understanding (figuratively and literally) my Japanese wife.

[@ShanaLeigh]

I would love to see more of these kind of Japanese/Psychology videos.

[@RoxxsSoxxs]

this was really interesting, i like psychology too so learning more about this was really cool. What sort of places do you think it'd be good to look at if you want to learn more about these kind of things??

[@zenoh158]

Your voice is so cool! I really like it :)

[@maiserizawa7803]

This video's really interesting! I was also thinking maybe 不器用 (bukiyou) could also be another word to describe someone as awkward, but I guess it leans towards doing something clumsy = looking awkward?

[@5990babygraceblue]

This was so interesting! I actually learned something today yo.

[@Wonder_Explore]

I love this version of our Japanese lesson. As an undergrad, I studied Linguistics (mainly for English and Spanish) while simultaneously developing a love for languages. I'm always happy to listen and watch any Japanese lessons that you have 😄😃😀

[@Apherion]

I’m learning a lot of new things with reinasensei lol

[@rachel6843]

レイナ先生こんにちは~ Would it be possible to add either furigana or romaji onto the kanji you use? Sometime I dont catch what you say so I thought having the hiragana would be helpful and maybe a bit easier for visual learners to remember. いつもありがとう ^^

[@trisflores7813]

Omgeeeeeeee I LOVE YOU!!!!!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕😍 lol the best KZbinr ever!!!

[@Ari__Ari]

Thank you for teaching me better ways to apologize for my social anxiety if I ever go to Japan 😂 ありがとう〜💕

[@roketto69]

Reina-sensei? More like Reina-hakase. I love these psychological types of videos!

[@vozreni]

Love this!

[@Than211]

Very educational as always but I do have a request, can you possibly put the romanized spelling on the screen as well for those who are learning how to speak/pronounce it correctly? Obviously, kanji is probably the hardest for most people who are learning and without it being on screen for us to read, we pretty much have to rewind over and over again to try and catch which kanji is pronounced as what; this isn't even throwing in the fact that some kanji has multiple syllables. Thanks!

[@MrSceneNine]

In these kinda situations, I find that taking a picture of the text with Google Translate on my phone will generate the correct Kanji pretty much every time. Then simply copy and paste it into Jisho or some other online dictionary.

[@sejuk1990]

quite time consuming than if she were to add the romanized words in the vid itself

[@MiharuChan2]

As someone who is both very lazily learning Japanese, but also is diagnosed with general and social anxiety, this was actually SUPER interesting.

[@Hlahjzeusshlag]

Thanks for the uploads, its definitely hard-work to mesh the western culture with the eastern culture in terms of language, different meanings, And from my end it gets even stranger if you'd try to mesh it with the Arabian culture, since we use so many signs and symbols that one word can mean many. But you are doing one hell of a job of being transparent. While this may be a tough question, I've herd there are different accents around Japan. Would it be possible to hear some from your end.

[@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl]

I love how I was trying to imitate the words and went straight into spanish. I need to write this down. Why didn't they teach me english when I was a child.

[@JordanNZ30]

Love your videos!! :-)

[@edvincarpio127]

This was awesome *-*

[@ry8729]

I actually found another meaning for K.Y. (ケー・ワイ) K for (危険, kiken) and Y for (予知, yochi) and when you put them together, you have 「危険予知」, literally meaning "danger prediction." But the term is used to mean "accident/disaster prevention" at various workplaces esp. those at factories/plants and construction sites, etc. 「KY活動」(or 危険予知活動) is a phrase used to describe a disaster-prevention activity, like mock drills, conducted at chemical plants and such to lower the risk of hazmat-related accidents from happening. 安全第一ですよね。(笑)

[@rebeccalouisejohnson3772]

Happy birthday 🎉😘

[@zafiro_online]

This video omg, love it xD

[@mythic_ael]

Nice, very handy thank you :) Start first Japanese lessons in 4 weeks so working hard before

[@megamcee]

6:05 is this the phrase characters say to Mob in Mob Psycho 100?

[@SHYLE0N]

3:02 Can someone write it in hiragana or Romaji for me? It would be very nice! I need to know how to write it ♥

[@busetgadapet]

for someone as fluent as you in both japanese and english, you really should write japanese learning languange, you are too awesome

[@mauriced9878]

Ah, thanks, very helpful video. Going along these lines, how would you say you are not good with words. A lot of times I have trouble explaining things to people, and naturally they think it is just because my Japanese isn't that good. When in actuality, it doesn't matter if I use English or Japanese. I usually just apologize and tell them its because I have no コミュニケーション能力

[@jjerrell89]

Please, more Psychology videos!

[@TheBlackrose1989]

I absolutely LOVE these language lessons! Would it be unbelievably rude of me to ask if the written Japanese on the screen could also include its romanization? I'm extremely hard of hearing so often I don't catch all of the pronunciation. If not, no worries. Either way thanks for the great lesson!

[@sonichero7]

I know it's a day late but, happy birthday Reina! I'd feel bad if I didn't try to say it.

[@vakar9779]

happy birthday reina

[@akirainc9036]

’グッチャリ’って最近の若者言葉なの？あんまり聞き慣れないのは自分が海外生活長いせいかな。いずれにせよ、外国人に教えるなら普通に’汗びっしょり’の方がいいと思うけど。

[@Ravemaster620]

First? Also interesting video. Keep uploading these translation videos please, they actually help me out a lot with my Japanese and I'm sure others feel the same. Quick question though; I thought なる meant 'to become'. Am I wrong in thinking this or is it a word that changes based on context?

[@ModPlaythruChannel]

Happy Birthday!

[@miasep1728]

汗の表現の仕方は、出身地によっても異なる感じがしますが、個人的にグッチャリは凄くアニメ感が溢れる表現だと思います。それを狙いで言いたい場合は全然大丈夫だと思いますが、普通に誰とでも会話する場合は、汗びっしょり掻いた～っの方がしっくり来るような気がします。嫌なコメントを書くつもりでは無いのですが、自分がもし誰かに、汗グッチャリ掻いたっと言われたら正直ヒクなっと思ってしまって。日本語を勉強している方なら、尚更誰にでも不自然でなく会話出来る表現が向いてるんではないかと。すいません、れいなさん泣〜

[@Ninten70]

Happy B-day Reina. Today's Also my Birthday! so we're B-day Buds hahaha!

[@yungcocoabutterr]

Hey Reina, I've been trying to learn Japanese using the app Duolingo. If you have the time, can you try the app and let me know if it's a good way to learn Japanese?

[@gotTammi]

Loved it!

[@LeCatte]

Doin me a bamboozle... I think of all the things that would be additionally hard for me to do in my quest of studying Japanese might be to read between the lines. Oh man.. really have to properly study the basics...

[@raquelsanabria9557]

Thank you, thank you. Learning the language with my very "awkward" 11 year old. We appreciate the distinctions. It matters ❤

[@kingjules7604]

Yah this was a good one, it'd be interesting to hear even more about how the subtleties of the language relate to the Japanese psyche

[@alishacallarino7929]

Super interesting seeing the subtle differences.