REAL VS. FAKE KANJI CHALLENGE (ft. Reina Scully)

[@reinascully]

I'm so proud of myself

[@GraceOh]

We're proud of you too!! :D

[@fumikotsukumi017]

Reina Scully Suggestion: try Greek characters :)

[@nekozombie]

同高報復

[@mairymairy2002]

@@fumikotsukumi017 The alfabet? It's not that difficult😅(or maybe I think that because I am Greek😅😂)

[@fumikotsukumi017]

Μαίρη Κ It’s a little difficult. (A little; I’m self-studying Greek rn)

[@KurNorock]

Imagine if English worked like Kanji. Tree Tree Tree = Forest

[@randallwong4382]

One 人 is person Two 人 is follow (one person follows the other.) Three 人 is heavy (three person’s weight)

[@heartdyedpurple]

キ = tree キギ = trees

[@heartdyedpurple]

とき=time ときどき=sometimes

[@spookycandytheater270]

When i visited Japan I went to the Mishima skywalk and on the other side was a restaurant with the title in English around each other exactly how you typed it! I cracked up

[@henrym.2809]

@@randallwong4382 从 means follow in simplified Chinese ;) In traditional Chinese, it's 從; 従 is the kanji

[@Kiekerz]

凸凹 looks like Tetris pieces.

[@daokopiano8721]

I remember these because they are one of the first kanjis introduced in the heisig series and I was like DOOD I don’t need these . I was WRONG

[@xylo8064]

In chinese its read as "ao tu" , which basically has the same meaning as the one shown in the vid

[@b4ttlemast0r]

it's a convex and a concave surface, together it means uneven surface.

[@jessicavillarosacanoy9272]

It looks like f*** u lmao

[@jessicavillarosacanoy9272]

It looks like f*** u lmao

[@芥川愁-e8z]

note 2:41 言う(iu)→say 3:06 皆(minnna)→everyone 3:37 鬼(oni)→japanese ogre 3:58 霙(mizore)→sleet 4:31 匿(toku/kakumau)→hiding 5:04 盥(tarai)→washtub 5:58 噛む(kamu)→bite 6:46 礮(hou)→Sling (weapon) 7:20 剰(jou/amaru)→surplus 7:51 姨(i/oba)→aunt 9:28 册[different form of冊](saku/satsu)→book 10:13 步[different form of歩](aruku/ho)→walk 11:07 艸(sou/kusa)→grass 13:15 犇めく(hon/hishimeku)→crowded 14:01 胸(mune)→chest I can't find two kanji.8:29 王＋界 and 11:59 門 kind of stuff.

[@OfficialIvy2006]

Found them. 琾 8:29 閦 11:59

[@hls6627]

14:36: Joey talking about the importance of writing kanji accurately Me (Chinese) *sweating profusely* : the lines in the middle of the 月 should be slanted, and the box thing (凵) should have a little bit pointing out on the right side

[@m.shahmi839]

its okay as long as its understandable XD

[@RedAgent14]

And to further complicate matters, there are a few characters (like 必) where the Chinese stroke order is different from the Japanese one

[@winkblink8636]

I would get so many red marks on my character packets if I did that 😂😂😂

[@maxverner2341]

That's one of the problems that come up when you adopt the words of another language only at the surface level. There are many errors in Japanese kanji that have become "proper" because they were likely copied over from single sources that had the error. For example the Japanese version of sky/heaven has a longer first stroke and a shorter second stroke. This was a style choice in Chinese but not the correct way of writing the word normally. Now it's just the "Japanese" way of writing the word or worse it's why "Japanese script is different than Chinese script."

[@Izzy-cr8kt]

I study Chinese and I am so proud of my self for understanding

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

When both Reina and Joey upload together Me: Today is a good day

[@taqi3703]

yo I know you

[@HaidebugCreates]

Just Some Guy without a Mustache **everyone liked that**

[@HaidebugCreates]

Anime king no youtube no life

[@SoldierMan1557]

You are everywhere You are like sonic the hedgehog You are faster enough to appear everywhere

[@Jacked_R_Us]

I swear do you watch strongman lol

[@o0Yozora0o]

Every time Joey flipped the board after saying: "these two kanji look weird or don't make any sense..." me: *laughs in Chinese*

[@haosenhsu7649]

Elyx can relate. I’m from Taiwan though, same same but different

[@pakacha8999]

Lmao yeah learning Chinese at school helps-

[@gavinyang5766]

Same bro.

[@overtimeseed]

I'm Chinese as well, but like, I've failed the subject several times. The characters in this video are pretty easy though

[@crystle9404]

Can I just say the biang as the thumbnail caught my attention?

[@jcpeters8072]

"It's just a F***king swing" -Reina 2019

[@alvinlee9971]

Screams in yotsuba

[@jsmth99]

@@alvinlee9971 Ah I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@jitome4159]

@@alvinlee9971 this guy gets it.

[@jts1702a]

冏冏冏冏冏

[@MultiDragola]

@@jts1702a このばぁやろ

[@pepetiredofursht]

6:36 凸凹 Is trigger to my perfectionist ass sometimes. Like i want to put them together because they literally look like puzzle pieces.

[@maxverner2341]

Plot twist. That's the point. ;)

[@KingJH0510]

in chinese 凸 is the word for 'poking/sticking out' and 凹 is the word for 'bent in' 凹凸 used together means 'uneven (surface)'

[@shao-weichuang2879]

As someone from Taiwan -Laughs in Traditional Chinese

[@Gunbardo]

笑屁啦咁.

[@robertberkowitz2234]

Really tested my comprehension of Traditonal characters with this video, as a learner of Chinese in the US *cries in Simplified Chinese*

[@hazensze4490]

@@robertberkowitz2234 hahaa really recommend learning traditional Chinese tbh, it carries much more meaning and has been used for thousands of years

[@maxverner2341]

A thousand years maybe but don't forget even "traditional" Chinese was the simplified form of its day. The traditional chinese we know today is called Song Ti or Song Dynasty script. It's also called Ming Script. This form replaced Kai Shu from the Tang Dynasty which replaced Li Shu before it.

[@hazensze4490]

@@maxverner2341 haha actually yea you're right but tbh anything other than cavemen writing could have been more 'traditional'. It just so happens that traditional Chinese is probably the most 'traditional' form of Chinese that is used proficiently nowadays, and still manages to retain the history and meaning of kanji. Whereas many of the simplified Chinese kanjis have already become 'meaningless symbols' in a sense

[@Bards.98]

I love when she gets so rattle up that she starts speaking japanese

[@bobeats_lollipop7340]

0:00 Me, an intellectual: Ok I know Chinese here's my chance 3:57　霙 Me: *confused noise*

[@9ish660]

Ikr lmao

[@shadowwing6989]

Funny things is I can't seem to find that word on the Chinese dictionary. How did you manage to type it?

[@bobeats_lollipop7340]

​@@shadowwing6989 I typed it with Japanese input based on their pronunciation in the video lol

[@Kagamo]

Don't think 霙 is a word in chinese? Or at least I've never seen it before

[@bobeats_lollipop7340]

@@Kagamo Me neither. I looked it up and seems like it means "snowflake" in ancient Chinese.

[@ayrazz._]

Joey is so upset and Reina loves how she discovered she’s a genius😂

[@tobyticci7494]

She is a genius because she learned 1 freaking language?

[@alydiaforten5011]

@@tobyticci7494 Japanese is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, and for many reasons.

[@tobyticci7494]

@@alydiaforten5011 Still not a genius... Anyone could learn that much or even more if they lived in japan as much as her.

[@mawbyn]

Alydia Forten It’s not really... that bad...

[@ninuju375]

@@alydiaforten5011 Lol you are so wrong

[@drewkeck8377]

Kanji is actually my favorite part so far about learning Japanese. I love how they fit together to make words and they either make perfect, clear sense, or are just hilarious. ie. If you give an insect a bow they become strong: 虫(insect) + 弓 (bow) = 強 (strong)

[@dj_koen1265]

I dont think the second character looks like 虫 but i cant find an independent entry in the dictionary for it

[@岳美喜]

讲个笑话，汉字日本文化，请问中国文化是什么

[@nam-the-banene]

@@dj_koen1265 it is 虫 but with 厶 on top of it

[@h4rbngr]

i see every kanji and i go: "I've seen that in my chinese textbook.'

[@rest.jailbreak]

@створец сгущёнковоза or at least used to, definitely not all, ex. thse kanji for close is literally a tick with a line while in Chinese (nowadays) (Traditional) it's 關

[@ruru7458]

створец сгущёнковоза more like kanji is all chinese

[@graywarden8340]

Me too! I'm taking the challenge and using Chinese Logic............ its working, I don't know how, but I'm winning and loving it.

[@joey7107]

Lmao, yeah same

[@Weeping-Angel]

same. I just feel like every single Chinese character I see is a character i have probably learned somewhere in my Chinese textbook but I have forgotten everything I learned

[@aweebontheinternet5508]

Joey x Reina Scully *_Top 10 Anime Crossovers_*

[@nightsky2165]

Normies: omg they used *x* he must ship 'em Intellectuals: they used *x* because it is used as "and" in japanese

[@DoanHoaiDuc]

Night sky how dare you call me a normie!

[@prezentoappr1171]

@@nightsky2165 thats collaboration mate, not and which is to

[@arryacc]

14:19 can we appreciate the fact that there is a pair of boobs on screen and KZbin won't even know.

[@mirpcow]

That's gold, I didn't even think of it that way

[@aokiji5888]

Where?

[@arryacc]

@@aokiji5888 the kanji dude

[@ほすえばか]

... no lol

[@astral2048]

胸 doesn't always mean "boobs". It means chest and is also used for men.

[@polish_filipino]

Is no one gonna talk about Joey's FAKKU shirt? I feel like that's a shirt you could wear in public and only men of culture could understand

[@OhZmAnnLP]

But we still shouldn't forget what they did to papa hh

[@Kaimax61]

@@OhZmAnnLP you mean Papa HH jumping the gun, when Jacob was Busy with a convention? and it turns out it was just a misunderstanding? MOVE ON

[@damlurker]

@@Kaimax61 what happened in the end anyways? i went on no fap so i haven't been around any hentai sites in awhile.

[@Kaimax61]

@@damlurker they made amends, it was a classic, one jumped the gun, while the other have bad a habit of ghosting when busy.

[@theodoresmith3353]

Not if he turns around

[@tenryu71]

“大丈夫“ 3 words, 2 languages, 2 meanings… the languages are Japanese and Chinese

[@maxverner2341]

It's actually one meaning but the reason why there's a problem is because Japan adopted this term at the surface level without really knowing why it means what it does. So daijoubu means "everything is fine." This is what it means in Chinese as well but within context. da zhang fu literally means a big husband like a big man. And as the big man the man of the household he's responsible for the protection and well being of the family. So he needs for everything to be fine. So the term is used to mean that as a man you need to make sure everything is fine. And then Japan took it as literally everything is fine so now you can be a girl and still say it. A girl in Japan can be a "big husband." 🤦🏽‍

[@nepheo5243]

Big husband😂😂😂😂

[@yuno4444]

Chinese = tough guy Japanese = it's ok/ fine

[@josephnewtown8930]

@@nepheo5243 that's how I read in my head lol

[@danielantony1882]

@@maxverner2341 It could easily be simplification. We don't really know if the Japanese knew the original meaning or not.

[@flaviohemerli6160]

Anime man: "this is the kanji for stand, and there's three stands" Jotaro: yare yare...

[@RatchildUK]

XD

[@duyuco2544]

that title card is pronounced “biáng” in Chinese for anyone who wants to know

[@marcoleung5078]

and it is the name for a type of noodle

[@androphobe]

@@marcoleung5078 do chinese people seriously write that kanji to refer to a type of noodle dish? i thought that they used the roman alphabet to write things they dont know the kanji of

[@peanuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuts]

Nice-u

[@alexchronicalx1232]

Plain noodles? I'm just spit balling here so don't be surprise if I'm wrong 😅(Biang would be plain?)

[@Medbread]

Biang Biang mian. It's not just the kanji for a type of noodle, it's used twice in succession for that type of noodle.

[@namupurachi]

"It DoeSNt smell like UmeBOshi it smELls like DEMONS" -Reina 2019

[@aa-yt7wo]

"this is the kanji for three stands" Was this kanji used exclusively in Jojo manga?

[@Kornchipzzz]

Z A W A R U D O S T A N D O

[@piratesephiroth]

NIGERUNDAYO

[@pinkbunny4388]

RERORERORERORERORERORERORERO

[@DengueBurger]

I wish she would’ve made a 「stand」 joke with a JoJo related edit over it in the video

[@BichaelStevens]

@@pinkbunny4388 Can any of you normies say anything other than a catchphrase? BAZINGA! BAZINGA! BAZINGA! PICKLE RIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!

[@samanthamillen1187]

6:35 - dekoboko literally looks like a warped version of tetris

[@EnemyN7]

16:58 "Just suck on it for a while" ~The Anime Man, 2019

[@gusic5095]

Krzysztof Malec that sounds bad out of context lol

[@fuseki23]

Everyone watching this: Oh my god, how is she doing this, these look impossible. Me: *laughs in Chinese*

[@FierraCh]

哈哈

[@shirayuki2974]

草草草

[@9ish660]

哈哈哈哈哈

[@whitney5136]

哈哈！我们真厉害！ XDD

[@Colourisedspoon]

@@fuseki23 Thats the joke. Its for laughing in Japanese.

[@Myusuki]

when you're Chinese and is watching this vid

[@aklimi7651]

Isnt youtube banned in china or am I wrong? Or maybe ur a chinese outside of china?

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

@@aklimi7651 thats North-Korea

[@AwwesomeVal]

@@aklimi7651 Only specific videos are banned in China. KZbin itself is fine

[@butimshy]

when you're Chinese but can't read chinese. ._.ll

[@libraries144]

@@aklimi7651 lmaooo i sti cant believe ppl dont know there are chinese outside of china

[@niconom7436]

7:51 *STARTS SWEATING IN GERMAN*

[@StarDraws555]

Pfff- I died

[@TheFel0x]

well it's mirrored

[@xolotltolox7626]

@@TheFel0x actually the Nazi swastika is the mirrored one

[@Sammy-up4kc]

HAHAHHAA OMG

[@kyounokaze]

"Learning Kanji is not as hard as it seems" - guy who read kanji dictionaries for fun growing up. It is interesting though, and worth learning.

[@雀-t6c]

you either learn to love them or you give up reading

[@Revaldie]

@@雀-t6c that was nice quote,I'm glad I love to read them

[@kotourashiro7042]

inserting random japanese words into an english sentence something that all bilinguals do

[@moondust2365]

To be fair, the Japanese do the same thing but vice versa.

[@nunusrandom7534]

@@moondust2365 Not just the Japanese : )

[@moondust2365]

@@nunusrandom7534 True. We do it all the time in my language (Tagalog), and I'm pretty sure any country whose been "colonized" by either Britain or America also does it.

[@707Fanforever]

When you know Chinese, basically everything is kanji

[@meinewenigkeit8245]

Nah, Chinese has way less stripes.

[@meinewenigkeit8245]

@Ryan Peng All Chinese ....? With much stripes? Kanji isnt better tho. Chinese made a few decades ago an easier version i thought.

[@ctrlzme.6448]

There are two types of Chinese mediums. The traditional Chinese and the simplified one. The simplified version is the newest one. China mostly uses the simplified version and other countries like Taiwan and Hong Kong uses the traditional Chinese.

[@ctrlzme.6448]

Ryan Peng 他妈的，你吃错药吗？

[@meinewenigkeit8245]

@@ctrlzme.6448 Ah ok. Thx🤙🏻

[@daniellemurnett2534]

"This looks like Chinese" -Reina 2019

[@lisa585]

FISH FISH bro everything looks Chinese to me

[@alexchronicalx1232]

Looks like alien language to me 😅 was that Korean?

[@roomijsjeeee]

Lalisa It IS chinese . Kanji litterally means “chinese characters” The pronunciation is just different in Japanese so it fits in the language.

[@lisa585]

@@roomijsjeeee ah I never realised, I'm chinese but I'm terrible at reading or writing so I wasn't sure if the characters were actually chinese or not

[@alexchronicalx1232]

@@lisa585 I understand completely. Let's do our best to improve our native tongue and achieve greater heights 😀 oh and learn some kanji for Japanese too.

[@ixcors]

I STILL NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THERE'S A KANJI THAT'S 3 COWS STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER

[@gothamstevens9253]

Herd

[@Kiekerz]

@@gothamstevens9253 🤯 It makes so much sense now.

[@kakinlo3431]

Das another version of “奔” means “to rush”

[@RatchildUK]

@@Kiekerz XD It's pretty obvious tbh, I have never studied Kanji but the Forest one just before kinda spoils it. More than one = grouped. Group of cows = herd.

[@lukengai4956]

Ok chiense doesnt help at all in tjos challenge

[@shamvnblood]

16:26 “Does that mean you have to lick the thing?” “I’ve already licked it before” “Can I lick it for fun?” “Yeah, you can” *yeah ok buddy*

[@slendydie1267]

I've always thought that learning Japanese could be fun but Kanji has really pushed me away from even trying. If I'm being perfectly honest this video showed me how fun kanji can be. I literally went and looked at random kanji for random words not even with the intent to learn them. Uneven surface and forest single handedly made me interested in Kanji.

[@firetoall636]

When you only got three wrong and don't even speak Japanese but are in a Chinese class...

[@randomfandom941]

Ikr I was so happy when reina guessed '步' correct cuz that supposedly '年' kanji looked so fake

[@rustydynamo1088]

"This is totally normal-jianai?"

[@iijima.]

Jianai じゃない　means like this isn’t

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

@@iijima. As a question it means's 'isn't it?'

[@kannonball5789]

I don't have a Japanese keyboard, so I will be keeping this in romaji, but I can still explain. "Janai" is the negative form of "desu", which means "it is" or "to be". It is the Japanese linking verb basically. "Janai" therefore translates to "isn't".

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

@@kannonball5789 Except when used in a questioning way like here. Here it means 'right?' or 'isn't that so?'

[@kannonball5789]

@@MichaelBerthelsen I felt that was implied by the fact it was in a question.

[@sulemansaqlain3522]

When Joey wrote the kanji for swing I literally thought that it was just a f***ing swing

[@livedandletdie]

I thought it was Surprised Pikachu...

[@konstant_ly]

I thought of a swing too XD

[@petarucchi]

16:55 thanks Joey.... I was studying while playing this in the background, so I couldn’t see what was happening. And *THIS* was the sound I was hearing. 😥

[@strangepotato6330]

夫未末本木大… It’s still hard for me to grasp that these are all different 🤦🏽‍♀️ (especially the second and third)

[@MycketTuff]

I don't read a lick of kanji but when you see the differences I can't unsee it.

[@b4ttlemast0r]

wtf it's just a slight difference in the line length between 未 and 末

[@JustAnotherGeekX]

The last 3 are easy, the other ones though...

[@desotaku5202]

Its getting better over time. Its the same with the alphabet aswell d b q p I l n u ß B i can imagine if youre new to it, that this can be confusing as well

[@rdizzy1]

@@b4ttlemast0r I can't see any difference at all.

[@aa-yt7wo]

"There's a kanji for a swastika" "yes there is!" and demonetized!

[@googavo1d]

Meaning is "Hitler"

[@little0rphan431]

Its not a swastika. Its the other way round

[@KomaedasOneTrueHope]

It actually means Hope btw

[@bjap1563]

Its " Manji"

[@bjap1563]

@@KomaedasOneTrueHope Kibou?

[@sakireverse5622]

That Fakku shirt is like “if you’re not a dirty weeb then you don’t know what I mean” and I love that I am a woman of culture and that shirt is something I need

[@em11yanimation]

Saki Reverse bruh. Fakku is literally katakana for fuck.. pretty easy to understand.

[@ThePantyExpert]

Creator of the shirt is @/ iiiiclothing on Instagram, and has an absolutely dope design on the back.

[@sakireverse5622]

Ana Kay thanks ill check them out

[@martiddy]

@@em11yanimation not katakana, but romaji

[@em11yanimation]

Martiddy - Sama as in it is just the katakana form: of the word FUCK

[@zzlai6235]

Kanji/Chinese life hack: Words with the "open box with a smaller word inside" will always be 匚 and almost never 그. Also, 〆 doesn't exist in Kanji. there's literally no strokes that can make this up in kanji.

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

What about the case with these sets?〔 厂 广 亠 宀 〕

[@stevenwang79]

All of them exist

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

I meant as in kanji usage, not if they exist or not; they show up in the written kanji keyboard, and that's how I found those particular sets

[@zzlai6235]

@@failedsocialexperiment2382 Yeah they all exist, what about them?

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

@@zzlai6235 There usages in other kanji, I thought I pointed that out

[@mankohole]

Every time when she picks the right answer “YOKATTA!!!”

[@nunusrandom7534]

It's "YU..."*

[@Revaldie]

@@nunusrandom7534 nope, its 良かった(yokatta), it's actually past tense of 良い= good

[@WilmaWalma]

I've been practicing Mandarin for 4 years, and when he showed her the character for "ride", the double "ride" on top of each other, I was like "that one is so Chinese", and I got so happy when she said the same thing.

[@SUPERSONICGIRLIFY]

I love Reina's voice in both languages. ❤

[@derekcw0510]

Imagine the world that every single word is basically a 'Kanji'. Welcome to Hong Kong.

[@alanzhang884]

@створец сгущёнковоза it means run. It is basically an alternative way of writing the character to run

[@Jono997]

@@alanzhang884 I would have thought it means herd or something.

[@peggles6939]

welcome to china everyone

[@moondust2365]

@@Jono997 Same XD

[@KorpKyuuSama]

Kanji is fun to learn and every character has is own meaning and way to draw it. But also Kanji: 賃, 貸, 貨

[@amphafan3364]

And I only know the middle one

[@Myusuki]

the last 2 kanji I'm pretty sure real kanji, middle one I'm not so sure, the one on the left I am skeptical of

[@hausisimi]

they consist of two different parts where the top part is different. and they are all real... first is fee, second is loan, third is freight

[@enzolumare5680]

Trust me. It’s easier than it looks. Expect if you want to write them…

[@enzolumare5680]

The thing is: most kanji rarely mean anything on their own. Kanji is easier than it look, because you are reading words not seeing pictures

[@Butterbean32]

Mid-February 2021, I feel way less lost in this video than when I first watched it. Feels good to know that you are progressing .w.

[@AlexandreRibeiroXRV7]

"The aftertaste is pretty good". After listening to that with my eyes closed... that's not what I was expecting to hear LOL

[@Twiska]

16:54 Who edited this? Whoever did them both dirty. Love it.

[@spitfire4115]

Same and I found it so funny 😂

[@Jun_TheFool]

*Joey:* check this out... *Me:* Oooh~ *Reina:* When are three cows on top of each other? *Me:* It's a herd.... a herd of cows. like how three trees would be like a forest. right? right? Is that the right logic?

[@sanriod0lll]

That’s what I thought too!

[@firefly618]

You don't want to go there. (hint: 女)

[@hirokokueh3541]

犇 (stacking cows) actually means galloping, not cow herd. but 众 (stacking men) means people crowd, just ... very logical. by the way, 姦 (stacking women) doesn't mean yuri orgy, it refers to all kinds of sex, even yaoi.

[@Kornchipzzz]

@@hirokokueh3541 I will use this knowledge wisely

[@moondust2365]

@@firefly618 From what I've heard, three women characters (two side by side with one on top) is gossiping, at least in Chinese. Not 100% sure tho considering my memory...

[@SoberCake]

When she speaks Japanese, she sounds exactly like young Naruto

[@pnbmoose5795]

SorrirBoy that’s what I thought

[@mio-hk8or]

Please do more of these- I'm learning Kanji and this is SUPER helpful

[@MarshaIIs]

More Reina! She has such a good personality, I love watching these!

[@TimmytheHaunter]

As soon as I heard three stands my first thought went to is that a JoJo reference

[@smileyoulookpretty2702]

I was just thinking about that OMG

[@ronaldevangelista4007]

Yare Yare daze

[@ethanrepublic]

NANI!? Stando Powa?

[@deschia_]

*aztec trap music plays in background"

[@scarletpanda8717]

Joey: I like kanji tests Me : I thought I was the only one

[@zeo_the_burrito]

7:30 "This looks like chinese" Meanwhile the other word 剩 (sheng) is literally one of the most common chinese characters

[@MaximumNewbage]

Yes. More collabs with Reina please. You two are hilarious on stage together.

[@hexcodeff6624]

I just started learning japanese writing and was a little anxious about kanji but thanks to you I am really looking forward to learning at least some of it.

[@fumikotsukumi017]

Joey: shows the kanji for stand three times me: iS tHaT a jOjO rEFeRenCE?!?!?!

[@Jono997]

Considering that it's the fake kanji, it actually might be.

[@Fadex765]

^_^

[@silver7215]

ORE NO STANDO DA!!

[@fraist1]

jojo is shit

[@fraist1]

@Silent Knight I love irony

[@yurironoue5888]

The Hànzì on this video's thumbnail is read as, "Biáng" for the Onomatopoeia for bang- the sound made while pounding and stretching noodles for the famous Xi'an noodle dish- BiángBiángMiàn.

[@tavprisun]

Am I the only one that with the "cow" kanji, my mind was just like "it's gotta mean smth like a group..."

[@Kamakiri86]

I'm a little angry he didn't explain some of them but if I had to guess? "Cattle"?

[@whitney5136]

@@Kamakiri86 I'm not too sure on what it means in Japanese, but quite alot of Chinese words have the same meanings as Kanji. The meaning of 犇 is "to leap" in Chinese. Hope that helps! :D

[@fonsineknshr]

Or is it the kanji equivalent of "Herd"?

[@hirokokueh3541]

@@fonsineknshr usually characters with three stacking follow that logic, bit this one is an exception, it means leaping, galloping.

[@dustinglasier6417]

might be wrong, but i believe 犇 (ひし) means something like clamor

[@BozKol]

6:33 I can imagine Dekoboko being a stand cry... DEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKO!!!

[@YungFabz]

Y'all have the best Chemistry dude! Would definitely love to see more vids please!

[@Lysander45]

The last four minutes is just a goldmine for people making reaction gifs.

[@_Ashera1]

How to learn chinese using kanji? Answer: Don't do it, you will die

[@ap9386]

Sleet totally makes sense! Rain + British (the kanji in eigo), so basically Sleet is a British rain hahaha

[@kairos-049]

"Is it real Kanji" = "does it look like Chinese?"

[@jovanijaimes6340]

Me: still stuck on katakana😂

[@alexjustalexyt1144]

Katakana? I'm still stuck on Hiragana

[@retrohipster994]

Yeah, I've been learning Kana and have done pretty decent, but I actually have dyslexia and then running into some serious issues with some of the kanji that are basically mirrors of each other. Like so, n, shi, and tsu. 😅 can't wait to get into kanji again. LOL I must be out of my mind to start learning Japanese. I'm enjoying the s*** out of it though!

[@unicornglitzer]

@@SpaceVoice1 same lol

[@beardlessdwarf1047]

made the mistake of immediately shutting my eyes when the "listen with eyes closed" suggestion appeared and i got more than i bargained for. now i have trust issues.

[@daniellemurnett2534]

Nobody: Joey's shirt: FAKKU! Me, shouting from distance: Finish Nekopara!

[@uncreativelex]

as someone studying japanese in college right now, hearing joey say he liked kanji tests really lit a fire in me lmao

[@Muffy.from-Oz]

That was soooooo much fun. Really informative too. Reina is such a good sport. Cheers, Muffy from Oz.

[@alexmoon1631]

I will be learning Japanese starting next semester and these videos really help.

[@raedesroches7204]

Honestly, as a Chinese student, this made me laugh so hard

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

I would've used →臣 in the challenge just to throw her up

[@Messicanpapa]

I thought anything on the 常用漢字 list would be kinda easy for them, was surprised to see Reina doubt herself on 胸 for example. But I guess that happens when you learn the language as a native. Pretty sure if someone tested me on the fine details of Spanish I would make a few mistakes as well.

[@Kawdek]

𦣝叵 are both real

[@failedsocialexperiment2382]

@@Kawdek I am very novice and inexperienced with Japanese so that I didn't know until now. 私は日本語が素人ます。 キネツさんはでれっとの日本語。

[@5thBabbitt]

Editor: Listen to this with your eyes closed Me: Holy shit that was hilarious, THANK YOU EDITOR Edit: timestamp at 16:55

[@5thBabbitt]

@@Weightedneckhangenjoyer 16:55

[@Fabio-dn3fx]

I hate videos like these, because you guys are soooooo funny, but I end up always finding funny and entertaining guys like you that play with languages I'm not studying T_T I'm studying Chinese so it doesn't fall very far from that, but neh... You're so cool, very nice video!

[@exion42]

super interesting! I've went through weekend school (Hoshuuko) in the US and now that I've not taken those cursed kanji tests (or forced to read passages with hard kanji in front of an entire class) for nearly a decade, I find myself illiterate but still totally able understand most of the kanji even if i can't read it out to you. totally relate!

[@abrahamtan1093]

When you have learned traditional Chinese, you can recognize and write Kanji.

[@yd3546]

Joey and reina: talks about radicals Me: all i know is 何😢

[@astral2048]

何で？漢字はそんなにむずかしいじゃない。

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

Omae wa mou shindeiru-oh wait

[@iouvxz]

nani?!

[@vsubsb4]

@@astral2048　難しくない =)

[@ChinmayVP]

Nanimo sharimasen...

[@ViteloElyos]

Yes! Another one with Reina! :D

[@bowsandaro]

I think I got 15 out of 17... I've definitely looked at plenty of Kanji characters in my spare time, even writing lots of them down in my Japanese textbook with their pronunciations and meanings. This video is also very, very informative! I very much appreciate you even teaching your fans a bit about Japanesey stuff, like the hinjiyou kanji characters! Your videos are truly fun to watch too. Stay awesome, broski!

[@Shrimp8008]

Yay I love when you guys make videos together!!!

[@amcandy2359]

The fake Kanji for 'swing' looks like a cubed Diglett.

[@Nijidesu]

*Me, a Chinese who's starting Japanese lessons tomorrow watching this* : Well this is gonna be fun... time to confuse actual Chinese characters with kanji yay...

[@marccuypers2439]

Now, a year later, I would like to hear how big the confusion for you actually was?

[@Nijidesu]

@@marccuypers2439 I had to drop out of Japanese this year because I couldn't cope with my schoolwork (Japanese was offered as an optional elective so I can drop out anytime) but I try to self study the language. The more kanji I know, the more often I start to confuse Chinese and Japanese lmao so yes, the confusion is pretty big.

[@marccuypers2439]

@@Nijidesu Interesting, thanks for giving an update and good luck with your studies!

[@rozunu]

6:49 that “chotto mate” killed me

[@spikedeathknight]

Loved this video! Wanted more explanation of what the Kaji are. :)

[@nightspicer]

8:10 I'm kinda mad that Joey didn't explain what 女卍 was supposed to mean

[@RubykonCubes3668]

Me, but for all of those 🙃

[@javan4402]

When you get almost all correct because you know chinese xD

[@ThieVuz]

I just started my Japanese study here in the Netherlands soooooooooo I am looking forward to this....

[@cloudsaremashedpotato]

Klinkt nice, ben je al in Japan geweest?

[@ThieVuz]

@@cloudsaremashedpotato Helaas heeft mijn budget dat nog niet toegelaten

[@lordcraigdragneel136]

Goeie

[@miles6491]

nederland GANGG

[@shaunipieheyns6169]

Ik juist in belgie Haha

[@kairik1452]

16:54 I followed what it says and I was like....YO WTF?!!!

[@abrunosrq]

I love these videos with Joey and Reina. It would be great if Joey did more videos about kanji, too!

[@alisenisredice]

New Zeland? I love y'all's chemistry. So funny! And I appreciate the subtitles and explanations.

[@viliczapp3488]

Joey:”if you lose you have to eat this very sour thing” Reina:*wins* Also Reina:”can I try that thing though?” Joey:”yeah sure” Inner Joey:*evil ha ha* this was my plan all along

[@reitakizawa]

I cant even english y i gotta kanji now

[@cloudsaremashedpotato]

:)

[@tart6178]

:(

[@lordtartaros3738]

:/

[@reitakizawa]

\ (* ^ * ) /

[@_Killkor]

:[

[@alexchapters716]

Why did I close my eyes and just listen😂😂

[@awntoeni]

Hehehe

[@fairoadiary]

Alex Chapters lmaooo he’s so dirty minded

[@fskthecat-ato5745]

I LOVED this vid!! This has me actually interested in learning kanji again :D

[@stacybrown6546]

Love the Reina/Joey vids!