Your Very First KANJI Lesson | Learn Japanese (First Grader Level)

[@reinascully]

Don’t be overwhelmed, although kanji is difficult, it DOES get easier 🤓 For those of you that are just starting out in Japanese, check out Rosetta Stone 📚 rosettastone.com/reinascullyyt4

[@WolfnWool]

HAI! good video, great person!

[@adls04]

I learned a lot of these from anki using a wanikani deck. Thanks for the vid.

[@gameshow4030]

@@adls04 off i started learn it and this is hard + 2000 more

[@deejay831]

@@WolfnWool You must Not Be English, That Video can't Teach UNDERSTANDING ! ! She just TALKS Talks talks

[@deejay831]

@@adls04 And YOU, You must Not Be English. THAT VIDEO CAN'T TEACH A BABY TO RETAIN JAPANESE WORDS from the things SEEN in common every day . She is a Nothing of a teacher.🤑

[@j.n.r.6464]

Here is a little story to remember the days of the week easier: Monday: GETSU - Let GET the new week started Tuesday: KA - On Tuesday I get fired (Kanji for fire) Wednesday: SUI - On Wednesday I SUE my company Thursday: MOKU - I lose the lawsuit and get MOCKED by everyone Friday: KIN - because I have no job, I have no money (Kanji for gold/money) Saturday: DO - It's saturday, I have time to DO anything I want Sunday: NICHI - Now ONE week is over (remember ichi = 1) It's a story I made up when I tried to memorize this. I hope it helps some of you. Let me know if it worked or if you have a better idea :)

[@kawaiikinomoto728]

this is pretty helpful, a way to remember kinyoubi could also be "its payday (money day) hahah.... though may not be for everyone but i think a lot of people get paid on fridays

[@TerraTheWise]

Gonna try to use this. Days of the week are something that just absolutely REFUSES to stick to my brain regardless of how much I try to drill it in there.

[@olavilminori2294]

This looks oddly specific

[@NakNak241]

Thanks

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

One thing which i don't understand, is why you don't just use the kanji themselves, as in, 日曜日(にちようび) and 月曜日(げつようび), could be remembered Way, WAY more easily by just saying, "日曜日 is literally 「Sun-Week-Day」so it's basically Sunday" And, "月曜日 is literally 「Moon-Week-Day」so it's basically Monday(because monday is moon day)"

[@Superb17C]

I like to think that the kunyomi/onyomi system has a good English equivalent. Native Japanese kunyomi are like native English words, whereas Chinese-derived onyomi in Japanese are like Latin-derived roots in English. For instance, using the "moon" example from the video, the native English word would be "moon" while the Latin root would be "-lune-". Use "moon" to talk about the moon by itself: you would say "the moon is beautiful" NOT "the lune is beautiful". This is similar to how "tsuki" (kunyomi) is used in Japanese. Combine "-lune-" with other roots to talk about more complex concepts related to the moon: you would say "the interlunar period" NOT "the intermoonar period". This is similar to how "getsu" (onyomi) is used in Japanese.

[@WolfZonez212]

and the word lunatic/lunacy! you can't say moonatic/moonacy lmao, good analogy!

[@palameno]

This helps alot

[@iceblu4713]

in romanian, "lune" is "luna"

[@siyacer]

That's interesting

[@siyacer]

​@@iceblu4713romanian is a latin language yes

One trick to remember the days of the week is: They're based on the same planets as most European romance languages (Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, etc); that is: 月曜日 has the same MOON as lunes/dilluns/lundi/lunedì 火曜日 has the same fire kanji used for planet Mars, just like martes/dimarts/mardi/martedì 水曜日 has the same water kanji used for planet Mercury, just like miércoles/dimecres/mercredi/mercoledì 木曜日 has the same tree kanji used for planet Jupiter, just like jueves/dijous/jeudi/giovedì 金曜日 has the same gold kanji used for planet Venus, just like viernes/divendres/vendredi/venerdì 土曜日 has the same earth kanji used for planet Saturn, just like sábado/dissabte/samedi/sabato 日曜日 has the same SUN as Sunday in English or Sonntag in German (unfortunately the names for Sunday in those other languages are not related to the Sun, but actually mean something like "the day of the Lord") Alternatively you could also use Sailor Moon characters and their powers to remember this. That's what I did.

[@clau_sing_]

True! That's very useful

[@jardam9466]

In Czech (and some other slavic languages) - just FYI Monday - from "day after sunday" Tuesday - from very old slavic word for second Wednesday - from word middle (of the week) Thursday from word fourth Friday - from word fifth Saturday - from word Sabbath Sunday - from "not to work"

[@vincentchaikchan4340]

Wow. That is SPOT ON!! Like 100% matched with my native language. Didn't even notice that before. Thanks a lot.

[@vincenzo-maidiac-5457]

Genius.... I'm Italian and I never noticed this....

[@milkgxng]

lol between sailor moon, naruto, avatar etc I got this down without even noticingh.

[@sebastianbelu1417]

Time to get my brain destroyed by kanji, yay......

[@reinascully]

😂😩 it destroys us all

[@sebastianbelu1417]

So I knew about the kanji for fire cuz avatar and naruto, but yeah, I need to rewatch the video with a lot of pauses to remember what u've just thrown at me

[@maxkim7937]

been destroyed since i was little... good luck. my reasoning is in the comment section lol

[@maxkim7937]

@@reinascully i should have payed more attention when i was in korea learning the korean equivalent... i know all of the on yomi because it's not that far off from korean on yomi. but damn it, how to write and recognize them at a certain level... that's what's destroying me currently lol

[@deepaniliyanarachchideepan1559]

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[@ateol]

つき🌙/(ゲツ) 月曜日、 ひ🔥/(カ) 火曜日、 みず🌊/(スイ) 水曜日、 き🌳/(モク) 木曜日、 かね💴/(キン) 金曜日、 つち🌍/(ド) 土曜日、 ひ☀️/(ニチ) 日曜日

[@deepaniliyanarachchideepan1559]

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[@xdtimetoastergaming273]

@@deepaniliyanarachchideepan1559what？？why？？？why are you sending this here what is that please explain.

[@jacobtamminga5560]

The bits of linguistics in the video took it from A tier to S tier!

[@deepaniliyanarachchideepan1559]

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[@Raquel96]

Gosh this is so incredibly clear, thank you. I think I’m gonna try to get back into learning Japanese again, the kanji can seem overwhelming at first but you explained it super well, I really appreciate it

[@v666s]

Raquel plz... Don't mind but you are soooo cute 🥰☺️

[@dragon33552000]

thank you ive been trying to learn and always get overwhelmed when i try to start learning so this was very helpful 😊

[@keijisf]

Just a fun fact regarding the days of the week It follows the same as latin names of planets/roman mythology gods. For japanese with exception of sunday and monday you add the kanji for star 星　and added the day of the week it is the respective planet name: Sunday - Sol (Sun) - 日 Monday - Luna (Moon)　- 月 Tuesday - Mars (Mars)　- 火星 Wednesday - Mercurius (Mercury) - 水星 Thursday - Joves (Jupiter) - 木星 Friday - Venus (Venus) - 金星 Saturday - Saturnus (Saturn) - 土星

[@brisbanerugby]

凄いですネ。

[@ylmrarodavia_89]

I've been through a lot in life but still manage to keep my sanity. But then theres thing called "kanji"! Goodluck self! :)

[@alyssafernando2074]

Having learned Mandarin since I was a kid, it makes understanding Kanji really easy but reading it keeps going back and forth from Mandarin and Japanese. Not to mention sentence construction just isn't the same. IDK if you've already talked about that before but it still messes with me even now. Love the vid tho. Totally helpful for my dumdum brain

[@haliesung980]

Omg i totally agree! I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese though, which I think helps a lot since I noticed a lot of the Chinese derived Japanese pronunciations of kanji are actually closer to Cantonese than Mandarin, which I found really interesting

[@cy4ni430]

I guess, I'm pretty lucky for being forced into Chinese as a kid- although i didn't do too great, but it made japanese much easier

[@tiffyw92]

I've been studying Japanese on my own for the past decade and I still have the same problem. You'll never really outgrow it, you just train yourself to resist better after enough practice. The worst moments are when I'm supposed to read something in kunyomi, especially when there's okurigana following the kanji, and my brain throws out the Mandarin pronunciation like it's gonna help. That's when I turn my brain off and on again, and just refer back to jisho.org.

[@tiffyw92]

@@haliesung980 Yep. As a matter of fact, onyomi is based on its ancestral form go-on (呉音), which was borrowed from southern Middle Chinese during the Three Kingdoms Period. Nowadays, you only see go-on being used with ancient Buddhist scriptures or texts in a museum, and the ancient Wu language is basically defunct in China. Thankfully, certain Min and Canton dialects these days still preserve some aspects from it. You can even hear a bit of similarities between Japanese onyomi and (Fujian) Taiwanese too. I've disgraced my ancestors with my lack of Taiwanese, though, so I can't give any examples. :(

[@maxkim7937]

at least you can read it and understand lol i'm stuck with on yomi but not the writing part. korea has a very similar on yomi system. but we don't need to know how to write them like japan. we can take classes for it if we want to, but that's a big "if". i might have gone to some of them if i didn't leave korea when i was 9. but sadly here in georgia, they don't teach it. unless you are trying to learn mandarin and not japanese, which i wasn't at the time. probably should have lol

[@poppy.d1672]

I love reinas japanese beginner lessons. Her explainations are super simple and easy to understand. Ive been doing self-study for a while and a lot of resources online have explainations that are arent this simple to understand as a beginner who knows nothing. I hope reina does more of these videos.

[@0nearmedbandit]

even though ive been studying for over a year and know a few hundred kanji, i feel like i enjoyed this video, and kind of wish i had all of the info about kanji so well condensed at an earlier stage. Will share :)

[@SweetAishaMii]

I remember learning the first 21 kanji, I didn’t know when to use kun yomi and the on yomi, thank you so much for the explanation, it was helpful 😊

[@shawnnorman8131]

Trivia from Japan: Soseki Natsume, a great writer of the Meiji era (1868-1912), is said to have translated "I love you" as "Tsuki ga kirei desune(The moon is beautiful, isn't it?)".

[@bradsumner-montgomerie9849]

You have some of the best explanations, and make it really easy to understand!! Thank you! どうもありがとうございます。

[@moniquemorris6890]

This is definitely helpful. Once I get out of bed later on in the day I'm going to replay this video and take notes since I really need this. ありがとうございます、れいな先生！

[@shahdabozeid2521]

heyy monique! :) I'm still a beginner in Japanese as well but a lil tip when writing foreign names such as reina its written using katakana rather than hiragana, since hiragana is only used for words exclusive to Japanese language, if the word was "burrowed" on the other hand like コーヒー(coffee), u use katakana! so you should say レイナ先生instead. hope that was helpful❤️ please don't hesitate to ask me about anything if it's unclear.

[@sleepyhead261]

Shahd abozeid isn’t Reina a Japanese name though?

[@KipTM]

quick question, why is it that everywhere I look the hiragana for "ri" is written differently

[@sleepyhead261]

kip I think it just has to do with how people write. Just like in English some people write ‘a’ like that and some people write the other way

[@shahdabozeid2521]

@@sleepyhead261 I haven't heard of it as a japanese name before! but even if it is and you still don't know the proper kanji for it that she uses (when a japanese child is born example it's a boy named Genki, there is more than one kanji for that, and the parents choose one for their kid at their birth, if you're not a japanese native you can still do that by choosing your personal kanji that corresponds with the pronunciation of your name in Japanese) so if you don't the Kanji that reina sensei uses for herself you should just use katakana!! and if her name is originally Japanese then sure use hiragana, katakana is used for foreign names in general.

[@aozora_2k]

I used to think the same way that kanji are useless. But at this point, reading べんきょうする seems so much more difficult than reading 勉強する and I am only a beginner. Kanji are actually wonderful

[@paradox01]

Much needed ! Thank you!!!

[@reinascully]

😌💛

[@paradox01]

@@reinascully That did make my day! 😊

[@deepaniliyanarachchideepan1559]

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[@rimaaouadi590]

Kanji makes Japanese much easier ! When you see あのひとはにほんじんです you have to actually *read* the sentence to understand ! However if you see あの人は日本人です you can quickly understand what's the meaning of the sentence without having to actually read each word and since there is no space in Japanese it males everything much cleaner Also if you wanna say 1489 in Hiragana you have to say せんよんひゃくはちしゅうきょう (: however if you use kanji it's 千四百八十九 (: much easier to recognize the number

[@AlbertoRamirez-cw6dy]

Oh yeah, I totally agree "千四百八十" is surely great, fast, and easy I don't understand why people just write 1489, so weird. *Kanji makes Japanese Much harder, scarier, and primitive, as well as hiragana and katakana*, using good alphabets (Yeah not alphabets where your "letters" are actually syllables, seriously was it that hard to make an "h", "r", "t"... letter? Oh no, why combine H+A, H+E+H+I when we can actually make a whole new symbol that represents HA, another for HE, and another HI? At least make them resemble in the slightest to the vowels? No no no we don't do that here). Oh yeah, alphabets are bad ideas, they don't work because a lot of our words actually are written the same (This problem is reduced with Romaji) and/or have the same pronunciation (Well welcome to the rest of the world where that actually happens and yet nobody learns a huge number of complicated drawings and everybody understands everybody without problems) instead of an alphabet implemented with some creative ideas so it can cover all words let's just use a writing system even our own natives will have trouble with because it's so cryptic, old and complex that half the words and concepts don't make any sense oh and guess what finding a new word (Kanji in this case)? Well, good luck having no idea of how is it pronounced nor the actual meaning. Oh but wait there's more, not enough with learning archaic writings that hold a whole mystery on their own? Oh no problem, you've got the stroke order! Yeah, you can't just remember how the things are, You need to remember in which order they are made! This is why *Japanese is THE worst language, in writing terms*. In being the worst language in general Chinese takes the number 1 spot.

[@AlbertoRamirez-cw6dy]

While you write down "あの人は日本人です" I just prefer to write "Ano hito wa nihonjindesu"

[@rimaaouadi590]

@@AlbertoRamirez-cw6dy That's not the language then (: you prefer using Latin alphabet because your own Language use it ! Then i will write English words in arabic alphabet sincz it's my language Yeah no one writes numbers in kanji nor in hiragana but that was an example for people learning the language Yeah the kanji is old and difficult but that's the beauty of the language ! What you are saying is that they should just stick to one alphabet but that will not make the Japanese language any different from other languages and cultures It's writing system has such a unique beauty to it as it combines different alphabets to create sentences I have no problem reading the kanji if i know the word which is pretty much the same with english ! If i know the word Thought but i don't know the word though i would probably prounounce the *oug* sound wrong I don't think it's that hard of a language but people *especially native English speakers* think every different language is bad ! I had to learn a new writing system at the age of 7 *arabic and french are totally different but it wasn't the end of the world* then when i got used to the french letters i had to learn a new language that uses the same letters but pronounces them differently at the age of 11 *English was very hard for me* and then learn a little bit of a language spoken only in the west of my country and has a totally different alphabet (: this is what most Algerian children *i think it's the whole Africa* has to go through so i'm pretty much used to languages being hard, annoying and not making sense (: but languages are something i really like and respect as a cultural aspect of each country so kanji is very beautiful and artistic

[@AlbertoRamirez-cw6dy]

@@rimaaouadi590 "Yeah the kanji is old and difficult but that's the beauty of the language !" That was enough, there's no use in talking more.

[@AlbertoRamirez-cw6dy]

@@rimaaouadi590 "especially native English speakers think every different language is bad" yeah because English is just too easy and practical, you can learn it in 1-2 years to be decent-near native level or 6 months and you'll be able to survive without a problem, that's how languages should be, aiming to be easy and something everyone can learn, like you and me, we both speak different languages, but English let us communicate without problems because it's so easy, not like our languages that are hard as hell, yours in writing and mine in pronunciation, conjugation, and orthography (I speak Spanish)

[@JifromthePH]

Because Reina-nesan gives me free lessons, I'm gonna like and comment as payment ❤️❤️😊

[@fidomusic]

I've been living in Japan for a few years now and your explanation of kun-yomi and on-yomi is the clearest I've ever heard. Well done.

[@tbbrunou]

I can recognize most of the kanjis showed, because i'm learning japanese, I'm so happy

[@amandasteven1400]

finally! an eye opening - to the point - explanation that is easy for this beginner to understand ... kudo's to Reina :)

[@BentigiriIsCewl]

Finally being able to read a kanji you couldn't before is so satisfying.

[@anarchymatt]

Even though you rarely need to write kanji, I was told by a friend that practicing writing them as you learn them helps them stick in your brain. So far, it's been very helpful.

[@sakurasharks]

This is one of the best explained videos on kanji I've seen! You explained it so well and made it make so much sense! Thank you for making this! I hope you'll consider making more in the future ☺️

[@elenawoodbury7949]

Could you do more of these?

[@cnuen411]

I haven't studied Japanese in so long but this was so incredibly clear, wonderfully paced and engaging. Thank you so much Reina! You're very skilled at explaining in an easy to understand way

[@reinascully]

Thank you! This comment made my day!

[@cnuen411]

@@reinascully My pleasure! :))

[@mahakranga7093]

This is so helpful. I am self learning japanese, and when searched for basic kanji there were more 100. Starting from a smaller number like 21 will boost my confidence!!!

[@jwongsings]

Wow I wish my high school Japanese class covered the difference between kun-yomi and on-yomi. That would have made such a difference! No wonder I didn't progress far lol

[@liasavvi6475]

I love how you simplified them so they're easier to understand! You did amazing

[@reinascully]

Wow thank you!!!

[@yangzhang5870]

That makes a lot more sense now. My Japanese class just made us memorize the kanji, without much background information. It didn't make too much difference for me since I have a Chinese background, but this explanation cleared up a lot. Thanks!

[@TingBie]

Perfect explanation!

[@classickids1015]

ありがとうございました。

[@cerka27]

I loved this. I’ve been finding kanji difficult and having a video explain the basics really helps. ありがとうございます

[@PureBrutalSickness]

thank you for today's class sensei

[@coolbrotherf127]

As someone who will most likely never actually live in the country. I find most being able to read and type them out on my phone to be all I ever need to do with them. If I was moving there, I would definitely try to learn to write them as Japan still loves their physical paperwork. Using the RTK method, I actually find Kanji easier to remember than Hiragana. The only reason I remember the kana characters is because they are used way more often.

[@theboringkaren]

I started learning Japanese a few weeks ago and wanted to cry when I had to learn kanji already. This lesson made it a little less scary!

[@franctokyo5981]

So just give up, dont learn japanese if you are scared of kanjis, it makes you look pathetic

[@theboringkaren]

@@franctokyo5981 Can I help you?

[@shokinakata6990]

日本人です！どうやって日本語を友達に説明しようか難しくて困っていたんですが、れいなさんの丁寧で的確な動画のおかげで説明がスムーズにできるようになりました！本当にありがとうございます！

[@YourPerfectDoom]

8:26 I was today years old when I found out ATLA opening's Fire element symbol is the kanji for Fire.

[@jenniferlemus4327]

The explanation for kun-yomi and on-yomi was so much clearer in this vid than anything else I've seen. THANK YOU!!!!! A couple lightbulbs went off in my head and now learning more kanji will be easier with this in mind

[@NakNak241]

Thanks for the video. It helped me understand the difference between Kun and On reading.

[@lloydmeadors]

I live in Sapporo, before I came to Japan I knew these kanji, but I couldn't speak Japanese until I moved to Japan and started having random conversations with people in Omiya (originally moved to saitama) but I like how you're teaching, not really new information for me, but it was a fun watch. 日本来る前に日本語は独学して、でも全然喋れない感じ、大宮駅周辺でいろんな人と話してみて喋るようになった。今日本語困ってないけどこの動画面白いと思って見た。この動画作ってくれてありがとうございました。

[@jazy921]

IIRC, 日, 月, 金, 木, 水, 火, 土 are also what comes up by default when you type A to G in a chinese keyboard. Edit: By "A to G", i mean the locations of A to G in a QWERTY keyboard.

[@ADeeSHUPA]

日 月 金 木 水 火 土

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

Maybe it's a shortcut for companies to quickly type any day of the week without typing the whole thing in

[@jazy921]

​@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx Yeah, it's possible. i think it's possibly based on the most common words?

[@Pennc17]

Yay! A learning video. 😃

[@aaronradcliff6993]

Thank you for this, Reina. I just started learning Japanese a few days ago and I’m feeling kinda intimidated already after starting hiragana and katakana

[@kellyrowe4075]

If you have access to them I highly suggest the Dr. Mimi Hiragana and Katakana apps out the really helped with reading by making simple pictures out of the characters to help you put them to memory.

[@aaronradcliff6993]

Kelly Rowe thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely check it out

[@paddyplague]

this is literally the first time I've understood the difference between kun and on yomi properly. thank you

[@AnkiRendan]

Wow, that kunyomi and onyomi explanation makes things so much easier! Thank you so much!

[@offensivecrayon]

I just started learning Japanse. I really like these short, simple video's. It keeps things fresh and easy to remember instead of just my books.

[@SailorYuki]

I knew all of the Kanji in this video because I've already studied kanji before. But I haven't used any japanese (written or spoken) in over a decade so I don't remember any of it. This was a good way to refresh my memory.

[@josephcmendoza]

Thanks for this. You teach better and I have learned more for your 10 minute video than college and these other learning apps. Also you always look like you are smiling.

[@paulien9943]

I only knew the kanji for Mizu and Ki. Thank you for the explanation tho! Really helpful!

[@xbeaker]

I have been learning Kanji (along with Hiragana and katakana) using Anki. Right now I am just trying to learn the meanings. I have heard it is easier if you ignore the Kun Yomi and On Yomi when starting out. But this was super helpful to understand how kanji are combined and ultimately how they are read when I get to that level. Thanks!

[@Igrieve]

3:42 is when the learning starts

[@xporkrind]

This was super helpful. Thank you. My family and I are seriously considering moving to Japan. My wife is Japanese so she will be fine. I will be fine in about 20 years, if i study hard every day !!!!!

[@rzadigi]

That was a fantastic breakdown of the basics! Especially the kun yomi and on yomi. Sadly, I’ve been living in Japan for 12 years and struggle with regular studying. I really enjoyed your lesson and hope you continue making them!🙏❤️

[@iansteels9195]

Revision is always useful

[@barbarabailey3879]

When you get the time can you make a video explaining the currency? I'm hoping to go there after cov-19 is over! Love your videos and I'm sorry for your loss!

[@FMCTCG]

I did know all of these kanji already (although going back over them is always helpful, especially the days of the week). I've been learning kanji on Wanikani for a little over a year now and I've found it extremely helpful, although it can go a bit slowly at times so probably not best if you're in a hurry to learn kanji as quickly as possible. I think it's worth checking out, I like it, others don't.

[@workthentravel]

I will start my beginner's Japanese class next week. The characters are starting to scare me but i'm sure it'll be rewarding in the end. Im glad I came across your video.

[@ArchOfWinter]

I have first grade level of knowledge in written Chinese and conversational in Cantonese. This help me a lot when I was learning Japanese, but the different way of reading them depending on context was confusing, but it does help that certain words in Japanese sounds similar in Cantonese as well. One notable example is the word for telephone. Also helped that the Japan wave hit Hong Kong very early on and HK Cantonese adopted some Japanese vocabulary.

[@actualzelda]

I M OBSESSED WITH JP! WHEN YOU FIRST UPLOADED THIS I ASKED AND TOLD "mama" (JP FOR mommy ACCORDING TO Google translate) AND SHE. AGREED

[@gravyhippo]

The absolute best recourse I recommend for kanji learning is Wanikani. I have learned ~700 in kanji in 8 months.

[@GorillaTeamCasinoULTRA]

you came at the perfect time omg. I really need to learn as much kanji and Japanese grammar I can before the new gintama movie comes out because i really wanna see it in theaters!!!!

[@SelcraigClimbs]

難しそうだよ！頑張ってね

[@nebelung1]

It's pretty convenient that the kanjis for the days of the week are also common radicals as parts of more complex kanjis. 木, 金, 土 and 日 are part of hundreds if not thousands of kanjis! :) 火 and 水 less so but not completely uncommon as radicals either.

[@svenbtb]

Learning to recognie radicals like that helps sooooo much.

[@spicycaco2061]

Never been good at learning languages so my brain just melted watching this

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Good video thank you!

[@rocketgrunthyunho]

Wow okay I can see a correlation on how On Yomi and Kin Yomi work. It's like taking the word Grass on its own but then using Grassland to describe a landscape.

[@reinascully]

That’s exactly it!!!

[@flutterin4595]

oh thank you so much, it was really useful. I found that its much more easier to remember japanese words when you learn kanji. Tho only for reading, i am not sure if i can speak those kanji aloud xD. It is actually really fun to learn words with kanji, somehow you can see history when you do learn like that, for example 茶碗（ちゃわん) means tea cup and rice bowl, first kanji means tea お茶 （おちゃ）and second kanji means bowl 碗 （わん）which is btw same kanji is used in chinese and is also readed like **wan** . After translating all the words that are written in kanji by kanji it got so much fun and easier to remember meaning, I hope you guys will have fun studying reading as much as I do, And for those who have hard time remembering words just learn with them kanji, (also quizlet i use mostly for just knowing how to say something so mostly i make cards made with hiragana not kanji) Always have some piece of paper under your hand, so you can write down a kanji (by writing it is really easy to memorize)

[@Mwoods2272]

That was a GREAT lesson.

[@ZzForCryingOutLoudzZ]

I'm here for the literal explaining like I'm 5 of this. Great way to start a foundation! Thanks Reina!

[@ZzForCryingOutLoudzZ]

Following up: I feel like there is some symbolism to each of the days.

[@iceyfirewizard987]

That’s amazing Rina, You’re the coolest

[@aozora_2k]

After trying out many sources, finally WaniKani worked for me. It's super fun.

[@joshuapeng5949]

Hey Reina, given how many beginner Japanese lessons there are in the world and on KZbin right now, I’d be open to you doing something more creative or Reina with a Japanese lesson! If this continues as a series I hope to see something more out of the box

[@NotAGoodFit]

Hearing these Kanji explained... I keep thinking of all the anime I've watched that included their use without me even realizing the connection... 🤯

[@pocketblossom6335]

This was really helpful! Please do more!

[@iiizeroiii1636]

This was cool, you are really well spoken. Thanks for the info!

[@yuurai]

Thank you I have been trying to expand my vocabulary and know my kanji for the past few days. This helps alot!

[@jeffreak7968]

O M G. so helpful. pls continue with this kind of content.

[@crabblossom]

I learned these from my Japanese class, but they don't elaborate more on the differences of Kun Yomi and On Yomi besides one is the Japanese reading and the other is the Chinese. Going over that really helps me understand the language better. Thank you for giving us these little lessons!

[@Menion98]

Lolol the 月がきれい example without telling the “actual” meaning. Don’t say that to just anyone, it means I love you

[@ammaranuar2544]

What do you mean?

[@jazy921]

@@ammaranuar2544 According to this, it's just an urban legend (都市伝説): happymail.co.jp/happylife/characteristic/beautiful-moon/#:~:text=%E3%80%8C%E6%9C%88%E3%81%8C%E7%B6%BA%E9%BA%97%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%AD%E3%80%8D%E3%81%8C%E3%80%8C%E6%84%9B%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99,%E3%81%A8%E6%8C%87%E6%91%98%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%9D%E3%81%86%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%80%82

[@ishankohlii]

It's not really just an urban legend though, every Japanese person knows what you mean by 月がきれいですね

[@jazy921]

@@ishankohlii i see. Thanks for clarifying it for me.

[@Menion98]

Horen LastTeacher 2.0 the very famous author Natsume Soseki was also an English teacher and when he was asked what I love you meant he said it meant 月がきれい because the phrase I love you holds so many complex and strong emotions that you can’t encapsulate the full meaning of

[@JacobKHajjar]

I knew these Kanji, but that was a really helpful explanation of On'yomi vs Kun'yomi and it's the first time I've really understood that! Thanks.

[@cassandrabeatrice3683]

Thank you so much for making this video, it’s super helpful!!

[@crossthreaded6867]

I really appreciated the way you explained this, and I feel a bit less worried about getting a handle on Kanji, thank you

[@darkreigncometh]

I needed this! More please.

[@sortasamm]

I’ve been using Wanikani for a while and knew that kunyomi was the Japanese reading and onyomi was the chinese derivative, but I still couldn’t remember when to use each! It makes a lot more sense that kunyomi can stand alone!

[@T-Waldo]

Great and concise lesson. But a quick question. Why when when ordering food off a menu do I use a different 2. Some sort of tally system where 2 looks like a "T" when is it appropriate to use which system?

[@reinascully]

Great question!!! You’re exactly right in that it’s a tally system, treated exactly like the English tally counting system & counts up to 5. HOWEVER, our tally system is also the kanji for “correct” 正 and the tally is the stroke order of how you write out that kanji 👌

[@T-Waldo]

@@reinascully makes sense 😀 . thank you for the reply.

[@brisbanerugby]

@@T-Waldo this is why stroke order is important when learning to write kanji.

[@slinkywhippet]

I can read more kanji than I realised but I don't think there's a hope in hell that I'll ever be able to write all that I can read - my English handwriting it's bad enough but my Japanese is truly terrible. Thank God for Japanese keyboard options 😊 I look forward to more of these lessons Reina 💜

[@nightcore82]

My Japanese class starts this week. I can’t wait hihi

[@tristanjohnson4477]

This was very helpful Reina, thank you. Looking forward to going through my Kanji cards on Anki.

[@gundambassexe31]

Thank you for the info Reina sensei 😊😊❤️❤️🇯🇵🇯🇵

[@thestarwar1001]

I can't wait for the next video.

[@YuYuTsukishiro]

I started learning japanese a few weeks ago in self studies since the schools are closed but this is really helpful ! Btw do you have any recommendations book wise for learning japanese that you find helpful`?

[@uwu-r8u9v]

Beginner here, try Genki 1&2 or Kim Tae’s Guide and download a dictionary app as well for your studies. 頑張ってください！

[@bluegrave4376]

The genki textbooks are generally a good place to start, but you have to have good self discipline to keep q consistent schedule. Another good option is Japanese from zero. They cover just about the same stuff as the genki ones but may be easier to keep up with because of their more structured pace.

[@mariaemelyblack]

I use japanese from zero

[@0nearmedbandit]

Depending on who you are as a person and your habits, i would try out either ~Genki > then > Integrated approach to intermediate japanese (after you finish genki 1 and 2) ~If you want a more combined and methodical approach that incorporates hiragana/katakana slowly, and is organized in a different way... i would try Japanese from zero. ~And if you are a very audio/visual learner i would look into AJATT (all japanese all the time) and incorporate some form of this method or at least the part with the Sentence/SRS mining through a program like ANKI. Me personally i use Genki, ANKI and i watched the Japanese from zero youtube series. Also Jisho.org is a great dictionary source to keep on your phone.

[@jazy921]

Aside from what other people have suggested here, the YT channel "Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com" also have good videos to help you memorize Hiragana and Katakana. Hiragana: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKGcep-Vn5WtoMU Katakana: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWenfIWdqbt_faM Then there's also Duolingo, which at least is free. It's far from the best, but the words you learn there are among the most common ones that we use in everyday lives. If you don't like books/PDFs, it's another option for you to learn more Kanji. Finally, if this video is reliable, you only need to know 1,000 of the most common Kanji in order to be mostly fluent in Japanese: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGjEaYKgq7ucrac (wait until around 5:42 for the numbers). Anyway, this could be a bit more motivation for you to learn them, as 1,000 Kanji only sounds like it's very achievable.

[@MrKen11589]

I really liked this video, you broke the words down and explained it very well. I recognized (ichi, ni, san, shi or yon). You helped to make it more understandable.

[@JuliaClaesson02]

I just wanna say thank you I've learned so much in this video! And gives me motivation to start learning kanji again! 🥰

[@alexanderwendehake9989]

I love this videos Reina, keep doing them they are pretty cool and helpful.

[@seaofplatitudes780]

Best explanation of kanji I've ever seen! 今まで見た漢字の説明の中で一番良かった (I used a translator for that ..🙂)

[@junglsmor]

wanikani really has been working well with me