How Ghost of Tsushima Characters Speak Japanese

[@ThatJapaneseManYuta]

As I said, Ghost of Tsushima shouldn't be super hard to understand if you already understand modern Japanese. But if you don't, I can send you some Japanese lessons where I teach you the kind of Japanese that Japanese people actually speak. Click here and subscribe bit.ly/2LlNWe5

[@sunnyday6906]

smooth advertising as always

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

I tried to play this completely in Japanese, I failed

[@ReijiArisu1211]

Now how characters from 龍が如く/Yakuza speaks Japanese.

[@ADeeSHUPA]

@@ReijiArisu1211 龍が如く

[@lexisato3826]

I enjoyed yuta’s voice acting 😊

[@KhoaNguyen-rk9dz]

yuta in quite sexy voice: "Jin, come"

[@mg1721]

I like how Yuta is putting in emotions and is basically doing an impression of the characters.

[@Garl_Vinland]

Salary man working on sale day in a clothing store: “Prices! Slash them!!”

[@wlm1029]

I'm actually playing Ghost of Tsushima again for the second time in Japanese. It's a seriously amazing game, especially the honour they pay to the dead. One question I do wonder about is the translation to English of people who are rescued. The phrasing I have heard many times in anime, but the translations often seem way off. Excellent video and explanation Yuta!

[@matchanavi]

2:09 the sudden cut to "...hopefully" made me laugh

[@malter87]

Megumin is a Japanese medieval samurai, it's confirmed

[@svenandersen]

Lmao isn't the japanese samurai being a megumins instead? Geez japan should use archaic language since my language sounds like Heian era.

[@shikigranbell7608]

@@svenandersen are kidding me?heian period nihongo is splendid aswell.

[@precisecalibre6986]

A good parallel to the reasoning for avoiding the usage of "old Japanese" and instead using archaic words in otherwise contemporary Japanese would be the movie "The Witch". The specific dialect they used for it was actually made based on contemporary Yorkshire accents with some more archaic words thrown in to make it sound old-timey (movie is set in the early 1600s in America). If they had gone for full authenticity, they would have made it much harder to understand to modern audiences (some of which still had trouble understanding it).

[@californication1992]

Another good example is The Lighthouse. It took me like 20 minutes to acclimate to the dialect. A24 movies are the best.

[@timlamiam]

I can't understand modern Yorkshire/Geordie. 400 year old versions would definitely need subs.

[@हानासुगिसाकी]

The accuracy of a game depicting old Japan by a developer based in the US is incredible.

[@rainmanslim4611]

Just goes to show that so long as you show respect, do your research and in general, all-around give a shit about the culture you're portraying, it matters little where you're from.

[@thomaster8870]

"We don't just walk around with our Katana, trying to kill people... Today!" :D Civilized people use Sashimi Knives instead :DDD

[@ilikedota5]

They would have used their bows. But unlike European bows which were symmetrical, these were asymmetrical, and thus have a different draw and way of shooting.

[@eln5343]

@@ilikedota5 Aaand there's the guy who thinks swords weren't used in samurai wars. I can give you any number of historical accounts of samurais having used swords on the battlefield. Of course bows and spears had a greater role due to their reach, but swords were common place too. Now, for those who have heard that katanas weren't used before the Tokugawa period: yes and no. The word "katana" predates Tokugawa period so swords were called katanas even before, but the definition of katana was narrowed down during the Tokugawa period so katanas as they are defined today didn't exist before the Tokugawa period and therefore the only wars they were used in were the Boshin war and Second Sino-Japanese war. But, yes, swords were used in samurai wars and, yes, they were, at the time, called katanas.

[@ilikedota5]

@@eln5343 I never said they never used swords, but their primary weapon was their bows. Better to not risk getting sliced. Like in history in general, oversimplifying it to say they only used one weapon ignores the variety of weapons that existed.

[@eln5343]

@@ilikedota5 And spears played as big of a role as bows. While swords weren't as often the first weapon in hand at the start of a battle they too were used quite often, also as first choice and not just a back up for when your spear fails you. Infact some battles were planed according to which direction one could cut with a sword. (Because at one point some particularly zelous samurai took to themselves to never cut to the direction where their lord resided.) When Yoshinaka forced the taira army off the cliff, historians account that the bottom of the ravine was scratched by the myriad of swords. Meaning even the taira foot soldiers had brandished their swords - not just the officers. Bear in mind that the two armies had hardly fought so the taira can be assumed to still have had arrows and sharpened spears if they had prefered to use those. I know exactly what you meant. I'm just saying you're wrong.

[@eln5343]

@@ilikedota5 Also what you said about not risking to get slashed makes no sence. The samurai often hurried to engage in melee. The mongols accounted that the samurai don't fight in unison because they are too keen to display individual heroics. While they of course also used units this account goes to show why your image of Japanese warfare is absurd. When Yoshitsunes forces engaged the taira by a river. This one foot soldier grabed a cavalry man's saddle to be the one to cross the river first. He did and drew first blood - with a sword - after having announced his lineage.

[@sentineluk7]

Could you possibly look at a similar concept to this where you talk about Keigo and Old Japanese, I think it would make a good video to use someone like Kenshin from Ruroni Kenshin who deliberately uses a very polite Keigo and "Sessha" when normal and when he's angry and using his Hitokiri Battousai persona his speech is totally different. I'd love to hear your take on the differences and what the context behind them might be. Keep up the good work Yuta, love your videos.

[@StrangerHappened]

*I LOVE* how Yuta-chan is acting when he says the phrases.

[@MrMricecreamman1]

Please keep this going Yuta! So interesting and such a great way to understand the language!

[@carbonado2432]

2:00 Loggers come upon the trees destined for the harvest. "KIRISUTE!"

[@KilTor5]

If I play a Japanese game, I always play with Japanese audio. I've always been good with words and languages since I'm pretty good at picking things up. Sure, the producers of Ghost of Tsushima are American, but I still play with Japanese audio cuz, it's Japan, duh. Even some things that are said in the game isn't something people say these days, I still think it's fun to learn. A lot of fun watching this video. Nice work Yuta-san.

[@ilikedota5]

What language would you play a game like Dynasty Warriors in?

[@andrewle7429]

@@ilikedota5 if i had the option id play it in Mandarin, but Dynasty Warriors games typically only have either English or Japanese, and more often than not, the English voice acting is terrible (at least for the Dynasty Warriors games of the PS2 era). For Romance of the 3 Kingdoms Games, recent ones actually have Mandarin voice acting along with Japanese, so its nice.

[@ilikedota5]

@@andrewle7429 For the dumpster fire known as Dynasty Warriors 9, the Chinese voice acting was better than the English voice acting. The Chinese voice acting seemed pretty good on 4 at least.

[@Buccallmann456]

Technically it's an American game but I get what you mean

[@arpodyssey1913]

Oh man, I love these videos so much it really helps a lot for beginners and also answers most of my questions regarding spoken Japanese in the game.

[@yelegy797]

Wow! I learn so much on your channel! Much appreciation from the States! As they would say, 忝いでござる

[@537monster]

This probably come more from the studio not being willing to go far enough with the more archaic version of the language, out of fear of getting stuff wrong. Going from English to Japanese is already fairly hard. Going from English to old Japanese, while possible, is a lot harder and leaves room for a lot of mistakes in an American studio. Sucker Punch wouldn’t want to risk being made fun of by, or possibly even offending, Japanese people with their game.

[@fernandobanda5734]

Not just that. You risk people not understanding.

[@EriniusT]

Fernando Banda yeah like most english speakers couldn’t understand 13th century English

[@kschell286]

Not really though. Imagine if Dark Souls was written in Old or Middle English. Nobody would understand it.

[@jamesfrankiewicz5768]

​@@EriniusT Definitely true. Late-16th/early-17th century English (i.e. Shakespeare & King James Bible era) is about the earliest form that most modern English speakers can fairly reliably understand.

[@leisiyox]

@@kschell286 english had such a drastic change compared to japanese tho

[@primalconvoy]

I read once that period/historic dramas usually reflect the culture and language of the time they were created, rather than the time they're emulating. One drama that I enjoyed was the British historical crime drama "Ripper Street", which seemed to blend modern language with (believed to be) vocabulary from that time period.

[@timlamiam]

yup. always. real history is nuanced and never black and white. much easier for writers to simplify it and moralize from modern perspective rather than explain everything.

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

I like how he jumps before every episode

[@PGIFilms]

At 0:50 the word "kite" translates to "come" but at 1:20 the words "tsuite maire" translates to "come" and even the Japanese characters are completely different. What's the underlying nuance between the two Japanese phrases that both translate to the same word "come" in English?

[@Inastudioss]

I studied japanese and I noticed eventually that.... I still understand what they say except from words here and there. Probably some of the keigo words, because I was absolutely awful in that in japanese clas... My Japanese knowledge has died over the years but again like I can play this game and not have subs on. So fun you spoke about this because I thought of it a lot just recently. Also this game HAS to be played in Japanese in my opinion, changed the whole thing honestly. Jins voiceactor is great! Great video and thanks for keep teaching us! I enjoy these videos a lot.

[@rokano]

Yuta: oru is archaic Me, from Fukuoka: *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@Nekotaku_TV]

wwww

[@LittleWhole]

It would be more archaic if they wrote it or pronounced it as をる (woru). The old forms of いる (iru) and おる (oru) are ゐる (wiru) and をる (woru).

[@Vladokaza]

wwwwwww

[@MarSprite]

I've watched enough of Yutas videos now that I know how far to click ahead when Yuta starts his Japanese lessons spiel.

[@LeBronKK]

I know I've heard "chichiue" often somewhere, and I remember now. Momonosuke from One Piece says it a lot.

[@seneca983]

Didn't Light from Death Note use it as well?

[@nero7469]

Chichiue is used a lot in Demon Slayer

[@xXSamir44Xx]

This video reminded me of something. A while ago I read that Gilgamesh from the Fate franchise speaks very archaic Japanese. Since I don't speak Japanese myself I was curious if you could look into that.

[@podemosurss8316]

5:09 How do you do, you fellow Crimsom demons?

[@Cinnamonloverr]

Can you do a video on the speaking style of Sakura Kyouko from Madoka Magica? I've been studying Japanese for a while, but I find her hard to understand sometimes because of the unique way she speaks, and not just because she can be casual. I've heard some people describe her style of speaking as "shōwa-ish" or an old fashioned way of speaking, but it would be cool to see a full breakdown of her style.

[@--ART3MIS--]

5:31 where does that wind come from? what has kazuma eaten? so many questions....

[@bahadireneser2924]

What a game man, a true masterpiece.

[@caramelldansen2204]

I hope people will start selling PS4s super cheap soon so I can give it a good go exclusives feel bad, man

[@Elias-sk6md]

The game is awesome but yall being annoying sometimes Acting like it's the only good game ever created

[@bahadireneser2924]

@@Elias-sk6md lol I've never said that besides, every single individual has a distinctive taste of games in terms of story, gameplay bla bla. Personally i liked it, since the enviromental portrayals depicted so elegantly and animations and graphics were well-executed. I haven't played such a game like that in my life, which is why it seemed overestimated by me sometimes but combat system was so comprehensive and non-repeating to me with the branches of the skills. As a medieval swordsmanship enthusiastic, sword fighting engine was so fun in contrast to other games. (except the games based on medieval fps sword fighting games, as they have a diverse place to me)

[@bahadireneser2924]

@@caramelldansen2204 yea right nowadays everything is more expensive, i sometimes prefer to buy video games as second hand.

[@futurestoryteller]

@@bahadireneser2924 It is a very good game, I however, wish the writing was better at times, I wish it was a little bit more critical of the Japanese caste system, for example. Every amazing piece of Japanese cinema I've seen is much more critical of Samurai culture than American depictions ever are. The furthest Ghost of Tsushima seems to go with it is "You should be willing to stab people in the back, if it's for your fam." Which seems like a whole other can of worms. Like when Yuna tells Jin that if he just charges into an encampment and starts chopping heads off, the enemy will have the opportunity to execute innocent prisoners: point well taken; however I think we can all agree that a code of ethics in warfare is not a *bad* thing and the game barely stops short of "war crimes good" when it comes to assessing this sub-conflict, while the barbaric concept of "honor" as interpreted by ancient Samurai culture had many more injustices inherent to it than "recklessness" that the game never bothers to entertain.

[@initialdenjoyer720]

Hey Yuta, can you tell me why Google translates "Fujiwara Tofu Shop"/"Fujiwara tōfu-ten" to "藤原豆腐店(自家用)" and not "藤原とうふ店 (自家用)" the decal on Takumi Fujiwara's passenger side door of his Toyota AE86? Maybe you can make a video on this topic someday. I'd love to hear your explanation about it! As you can tell, I'm a die hard fan of Initial D.

[@poronite]

豆腐 is とうふ so I don't see what the problem is.

[@initialdenjoyer720]

@@poronite No, the first one means "Tofu Shop" and the other is "Tofu Store". And yes, I did my research

[@poronite]

@@initialdenjoyer720 But they are both using the kanji 店 which means both shop and store, so isn't the same thing? I think you are just overthinking it.

[@jamesfrankiewicz5768]

​@@initialdenjoyer720 Straight out of my Japanese-English dictionary... 店 (てん): Common word, Noun suffix. "-store, -shop". The other readings for 店 (みせ, たな) also all list both "store" and "shop" as valid translations, and indeed these two words are usually interchangeable in English. 自家用 (じかよう) = "for private use". Regarding とうふ vs. 豆腐... both of these forms are "tōfu", the first form is hiragana, a phonetic reading, while the second form is kanji, which are ideographs. In this case, there might be an aesthetic reason to using the hiragana instead of kanji, as the kanji characters for tōfu are literally "bean-rotten".

[@domar6274]

Ghost of Tsushima wants to know your location

[@DaakkuuYRS]

Despite being young (27) I LOVE Taiga dramas. From Musashi, Yae no Sakura, to Gunshi Kanbei. And Tsushima was such an amazing game. Also suggestion for Yuta: Do a video about the Japanese in Yakuza/ Ryu Ga Gotoku series. I would be interested as a massive fan.

[@zagrych]

i imagine its the same as historical fiction in america that is set in shakespeare times: it adds some random historical words like speaketh but is mostly modern english so anyone can understand it even if they havent studied well.

[@snoops619]

Hey Yuta, you refer to words like おる and 参る as archaic. I thought these were used often with keigo still today. Is this incorrect?

[@misomor3149]

参る is a modest form of 行く and 来る

[@rokano]

You are right. It's also still very common in rural dialects.

[@azarishiba2559]

おる and 参る are keigo words, but generally used in its ます form, that is, おります and 参ります. When used in plain form and not in subordinate sentences, it would be considered archaic.

[@LittleWhole]

AZ Arishiba Similar story with 御座る. 居（お）ります would be considered archaic if it was 居（を）ります.

[@Zeithri]

I read the thumbnail and all I can think is, > Wagana wa Zenga Zonvolto. Aku wo tatsu tsurugi nai! A lot of this way of speaking I've heard previously in the likes of Rurouni Kenshin, Akira Kurosawa movies, and Tenchu games. Yeah.

[@DodderingOldMan]

I hadn't realised how long ago this game was set - I was going to compare it to something like Pride and Prejudice (easily understandable to modern English speakers with few words that aren't still in common usage) but instead it should probably be compared to something like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (pretty tough for modern English speakers to understand). Would actual Japanese from the 13th-14th century be understandable for modern Japanese speakers?

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

"...characters don't usually speak like the actual people from that period, because it would be hard for us to understand." I just thought of every Assassin's Creed game when I heard that.

[@a1cjdc]

Thank you for your videos.

[@usmcp]

"We don't just walk around with our katana, trying to kill people" Why not?

[@manuelp7472]

Because it's forbidden to kill people. Kinda sad that someone has to point that out to you.

[@DarkEpicPheonix]

@@manuelp7472 But how else do you make sure your katana is sharpened?

[@BigBoss-sm9xj]

usmcp cus they tried that in war world 2 but that didnt end well lol

[@ichigo2012hollowmask]

@@manuelp7472 Kinda sad how you can't recognize a joke

[@guts1859]

@@manuelp7472 Kinda sad that you missed the joke.

[@astorlefflinker8417]

I'm really surprised about Yuna. I thought for sure she was speaking some kind of dialect because her way of speaking sounded so different to me (a non-Japanese) from the rest of the characters in game and the animes that I watched. The voice actress did a superb job though, her voice and way of speaking (kinda sounds laidback) fits the character a lot.

[@MrCrumble2008]

Seth in SFV introduces himself the same way. [我がなはセス] Is it a theatric way to introduce yourself or is it an archaic Japanese phrase that isn't used anymore?

[@weebman9762]

0:56 "come" -Yuta

[@Kamila-ey5vi]

I love your japanese lessons

[@armandorequena1334]

I really love how the Japanese dub for Sakai is Zoro from One Piece 😁

[@Silenthero66]

I fuckin love it when someone busts out the "WAGA NA WA". I also enjoy a good "to oi masu".

[@TheBombayMasterTony]

Good explanation.

[@tvc6838]

"oru" is now used by people in Kansai area. I actually use it. Like "ima doko ni oru?" (Where are you right now?)

[@weeb69]

Wa ga na wa MEGUMIN!

[@AutoWorldzz]

Great article

[@DanielLiNeutrinos]

Isn't 参れ the imperative form of the kenjougo of "I go"? How is that archaic?

[@terrymcginnis4633]

i would love to see him interview katana sword makers get there thoughts on machines making the swords?

[@sevenproxies4255]

My take is, if the sword maker is a sentimental and nostalgic sort, he's going to complain. If he's a practical smith however, he's going to acknowledge that machined swords made from modern steel are superior. The quality of steel in Japan back during the age of the Samurai was pretty crappy compared to steel forged in other parts of the world. What Japanese swordsmiths can really be credited for is that they managed to do pretty impressive work with the poor grade of iron they had available to them. But nowadays when anyone can get their hands on steel billets with zero impurities, the swords will just be plain better.

[@Gmit666]

Megumin was a nice touch

[@mammothnostalgic10kbc24]

"Because we don't walk around with our katana trying to kill people" Ever considered moving to England?

[@futurestoryteller]

Hmm... In that case I wonder if Yuna's more modern vocabulary was an intentional creative choice. Since her role in the story is to get Jin to cast off the shackles of archaic combat etiquette and "noble warrior" philosophy, to embrace "modern" warfare.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Japanese hasn't changed that much" Good point, not many languages changed drastically until emojis were invented.

[@fernandobanda5734]

What

[@AutoWorldzz]

great article

[@JosephGio]

his voice acting made it so much better

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

The style of armour and weapons in the game is also more reflective of the Sengoku Jidai, rather than the Kamakura period.

[@siekensou77]

2:49 isnt that more of: Jin, you still call yourself a samurai?

[@nocturnallight2640]

That's how I interpret it.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

No, there's no "call yourself" in that sentence. But the "soredemo" should have been part of the translation. Instead of "really" it should be "still" or "yet" etc. Maybe he got confused with the English translation or took too much liberty.

[@siekensou77]

@@Nekotaku_TV yeah. call yourself would probably have と呼ぶ

[@SeraYagami]

I'd translate it to "is that something a samurai would say?" but yeah I guess it would become too wordy. Maybe that's why they translated to what it is now.

[@DeHaos]

相変わらず、ゆたさんの与えた動画は我がの興味をそそているよ。しかし、英語のオーディオだけで同じことをしていた、日本のオーディオはちょっとリップシンクの問題があったのに。 『龍が如く』ってセガのゲームについての言葉遣いとか言い方など動画を作るといいなあ。誠に面白い動画をありがたいです。次の動画を心待ちにしていま―す。

[@sowpmactavish]

You should also talk about the Japanese in Total War Shogun 2 😁

[@orielortiz2033]

Sir Yuta. Good evening. Please make a Video how Great Teacher Onizuka speaks Japanese.. Thank you..

[@AsherDrums_]

i literally wished this video into existence

[@Nekotaku_TV]

No.

[@AsherDrums_]

Nekotaku TV ok bud

[@gomiko8979]

Japan really embraced this game. It would be a very respectful move if they put even more effort for the japanese dialogues and lipsyncs for the sequel, which I really hope they make. This game is one of the best games that exists in this generation.

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

I remember reading from someone that the cadence in which they speak is more faithful to the Japanese of the time.

[@だんご-x5t]

porque ya no subes videos en tu canal de español v:

[@blindbookworm8019]

Hello Yuta: About the anime speaking “modern” Japanese. It’s because it needs to be understandable to today’s Japanese audience. It’s like us watching dramas taking place in older Britain.

[@Waldemarvonanhalt]

I think using Sino-Japanese would've just made localization more difficult, since that would necessitate finding VA's who can competently speak a dead version of Japanese fluently.

[@MuttFitness]

Is assume old Japanese is like understanding Shakespeare. You scratch your head a lot and wonder what the heck they are talking about. What's a nunnery!? Why I gotta get there?

[@Player-re9mo]

Don't go to the nunnery!

[@seneca983]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHPoaOeiZyhb9U

[@mad_max21]

Nunnery is a place where monastic nuns live. They still exist, you know.

[@seneca983]

@@mad_max21 What about where monks live? Monkery?

[@piyushthenub]

Yuta i wanna learn Japanese please tell me the easiest way and also i would reccomend you to learn hindi because its amazing👍❤

[@beemaster69]

Now i'm curious about the dialogue in Sekiro--

[@series1054]

Do one on Sekiro too.

[@Circleglide]

You could do the same for the current Wano arc in One Piece were they speak ancient japanese

[@Katcom111]

I know the game starts with the mongol era. How is Old Japanese language similar to modern Japanese language?

[@LittleWhole]

I think the game starts in a time closer to Middle Japanese than Old Japanese. Old Japanese was very different and had many more /p/ sounds as well as the existence of the /ye/ phoneme. Middle Japanese is actually quite similar, only /h/ sounds were /f/ sounds, and the /w/ sound could exist in front of i, e, and o. tsu was also closer to tu, du and di were separate sounds from zu and ji.

[@imeralvarez5]

¿Porque ya no haces vídeos en スペイン語?

[@yasashii89]

Oru isn't necessarily archaic. Western Japan uses oru, Eastern Japan uses iru.

[@LittleWhole]

をる (woru) would be more archaic though. をる (woru) and ゐる (wiru).

[@jordy_3d]

Not Tsushima related, but I have that same Kyubey plush!

[@カムリン-k9u]

I play Ghost of Tsushima with Japanese dialogue and also with English subtitles.

[@striderhiryu993]

I might be a little late in commenting but thank you Yuta your content is amazing and informative

[@imblueman9201]

Hi! I just wanted to ask a question. In the game when they see jin, after a while people call him "Kuroda" or "koroda" i can t really tell which one is the correct one, but looking on the internet i couldn't find a real translation for that word, if not for "kuroda" that means "black field". Do you know which word was used in the game to say "ghost"? Edit: I forgot to tell that when they see jin and they refer to him as "The ghost" the word kuroda or koroda is used.

[@alfieomega]

some people just aren't kind and say stuff like "duh I would have found that out by now after 2 years" so excuse me for wanting to help anyway, they say Kurodo 冥人, literally "person of the dark" reportedly, it is not an actual word in the Japanese dictionary and was invented just for the game

[@kobarariatna6129]

Cant afford the game and the platform for now, hope got it one day

[@edi9892]

I haven't seen any media portraying old German, English, French, or Norse at all. Most media don't even bother with archaic words, even less with vowel-shift, or the more complex grammar of the old days...

[@seneca983]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJSuopt6e82Bfqs

[@edi9892]

@@seneca983 I'm aware of bardcore, Faun, InEx, Eluveitie, etc. But I meant any movie, game or other main stream media.

[@veedub3740]

For the rest of the week, I will refer to myself as 吾輩w

[@fladmuse7129]

It makes sense that they would mostly use modern words considering that games set in 13th century Europe with Knights and castles etc speak much more modern English than Shakespearean English so we can understand it

[@ichirocharles1]

Also the fact that we don't know how they actually pronounce the words back then. Since the sound of our modern english wasn't fully developed. Japanese however have kept the same pronunciation for the most part.

[@EriniusT]

Even Shakespearean English was a few centuries after that

[@moritamikamikara3879]

@@ichirocharles1 Nah, it is known how they were pronounced, It's just that the average consumer doesn't and thus wouldn't understand it. I mean it could have been made, but it'd be shit

[@futurestoryteller]

@@EriniusT If you read it again, that was actually the point though.

[@futurestoryteller]

@@ichirocharles1 There are linguistics channels you can find on KZbin that indicate that we _are_ familiar with the specific ways people spoke, through detailed analysis. Maybe somebody should make a movie with Old English and modern subtitles.

[@japhorosos9443]

Can you're lesson's be download?

[@__dane__]

Even though Sucker Punch is owned by Sony and worked closely with JAPAN Studio and Sony Japan, the quality of the Japanese is impressive

[@Nekotaku_TV]

I don't think you meant to use "even though" here...

[@HrHaakon]

> We don't walk around with our katanas trying to kill people today, hopefully Yuta, you have shattered my dreams... ;_; (j/k) On the other hand, that way of introducing yourself is not uncommon if you're from a Germanic country, because that's how people would have introduced themselves a long, long time ago. This is also why Aragorn, calls himself the son of Arathorn, etc. The old ættesagas (literally, ætt is your family, or clan or something like that, and saga is an oral style of retelling old stories) introduced people with their extended family, so the listeners would know what side of the story their family was on. The moral was usually "blindly following the dictates of law and honour will lead to a whole lot of dead people and greater tragedy than just settling things peacefully. remember this young hot headed people. Please", because well, any one of them would make for pretty bloody anime by today's standard...

[@gonzalotorres5282]

I LOVE how Yuta localizes "Wagana wa Sakai Jin" as "My name is Jin Sakai". Something 90% of fansubs tend to fail. Presenting a Japanese name in a Japanese way in other language doesn't makes you more japanese. It makes you diss both languages.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

1:32 Why is the い small here? It doesn't make sense. I'm playing the game now and with Japanese audio. It's great. Except that the mouth animation doesn't match well.

[@カムリン-k9u]

Yeah, I noticed the small い too.

[@ed_halley]

It's great that you're getting into character for your transcriptions. Now keep doing it for the high pitched girlies and yankiis in anime reviews.

[@rom4102]

I played this game with the JP dub. I find it interesting that they used quiet modern Japanese. If they were to go full on and try to replicate how they actually spoke at the time, I bet it would get annoying right? Idk, for me, I'd get annoyed real fast if I had to play a game where the characters constantly spoke "ye olde English, thy art my brethren". Especially for a game that 60+ it would be a gimmick that gets old real fast.

[@nero7469]

Are they speaking standard Japanese or the Tsushima dialect?

[@headbrian3875]

I love japan and i love thenway of samurai

[@levi6859]

This video kind of makes me want to learn Japanese

[@JaayProdiJaay]

Do a let’s play of ghost of tsushima

[@darkicity]

I don't know any Japanese but I noticed Yuna and Kenji spoke differently from Jin

[@Nardvana]

Hi, Yuta! How to say The Ghost in Nihonggo?

[@WANDERER0070]

Yurei or obake

[@onebyone4530]

Use japans subs and just go with it, its working great for me but i dont understand, i might have to watch a review afterwards to understand

[@MortimerZabi]

That stuffed animal makes me want to sign contracts.