Can the Smartest Japanese Students Speak English | Social Experiment
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What's great is not about their language proficiency, but their willingness and effort to understand and make sure another person is helped.
for real
This is the kind of thing I wish I could see more often in America , unfortunately that’ll never be the case, difference in culture.
@@maegalroammis6020 yeah things that u guys will never see is creepy nice 🤌
@@Peopleeat97 There is a video which 2 Taiwanese UA-camr tried to speak only Mandarin in US
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if a japanese person walked around in like nyc asking for directions it would be so different lol
I always get secondhand embarrassment when it comes to social experiments like these. But that embarrassment soon went away as soon as you laid down your Japanese on a phone call in front of those girls! It was fun to watch! Japanese people are so kind too! 😆
"Can the Smartest Japanese Students Speak English?" No, Not at all. even in 2022.
@my tho I don't think that's too accurate. I agree 100%, they don't have to learn a second language, specially if they plan on staying in Japana but, I would say that in most other countries, there does tend to be a much higher rate of multilingual people in higher education
@@maegalroammis6020 can you speak Japanese?
@@kingboji958For one English is a globally spoken language & for 2nd japanese school's have English class starting from elementary, it's just that there's no proper system in play which forces them to speak English verbally and by the end of it all they never get to experience speaking and be good at it.
@@cocadoodledoo6346 idc if its globally or not globally. If you gonna make fun of someone's accent or because they can't speak English. Your ass better be learning there language too. Don't think you're all high and mighty just because you're born with the English language while they have to learn one of the hardest language in the world. I bet if you're in there shoes or born in the east you would be the same or even worse.
5:08 A bilingual med school student in the best university of Japan, she is every Asian parents dream.
For some parents you could fail everything possible and they would still treat you like their child. (My classmates)
And for some parents you could get straight A's and not get a single thing in return. (Me)
I became a bilingual at the age of 12 (Thai and English) all from my own efforts, and it sucks that my mom thinks I'm average when I'm as fluent as a non English speaking person can get, she knows nothing about English so everything I do is just the same level for her.
@@lost4030 Sorry to read this. You're well aware, but your English is super solid! I can't do much as a UA-cam comment, but I hope your mental health is okay despite a lack of recognition. I can definitely relate to that. I'm half Filipino and I wish I had learned Tagalog from childhood.
@@m4r1o148 Thank you! and I'm doing fine, I'm actually trying to intentionally get bad grades so my mom won't have a high expectation, I hope it works.
@@lost4030 No reason to sabotage yourself. If you are going to be treated the same either way you might as well be successful for your own sake. Eventually you'll meet someone who appreciates your talents.
@@reecedeyoung6595 You're right, but I feel kind of better when there is no high expectation put on me, it's also less stressful because it's really hard for me to start working on something. (I have ADHD symptoms but I have never been diagnosed.)
I'm not a Japanese student but I used to be taught by Japanese professors. It's actually so hard to understand the whole lecture but the guts of these classes. In another hand, they are so kind, nice, and enthusiastic. Every time we wanna ask them, they always try to explain every detail. My friend told me that she sent the professor the email at night because she thinks he will answer tomorrow. But no, god. He answered immediately at 1a.m that night. I really really appreciate that.
They are really kind. Totally different from 1940s
@@_krishnagarg_ you're mixing up military cruelty vs majority civilian behaviour. that mentality is brain damaged.
@@lushbIood he had a point
@my tho did they say that they would speak anything else? like where was that even remotely implied lol
Rn ar Uni i have a professor who has the same sleep program as i do. Sleep from 4-5 am to 8-10 am so at max 6h of sleep. I usually send him the homework or ask him at night around 1-3 am and he replies within 30 mins. Next day we see each other with dark circles below our eyes
AYE that one girl who spoke English really well was willing to WALK WITH YOU to the station and PAY and she SMART AND SHE FINE. Lordddd she is wifey material
“And she fine” bruh she had her mask on the whole time😂
I aint saying nothing til that mask gets off xD It holds back too many secrets haha
Six Pathz You're reading my mind, my friend 😂
@@succmywood idc about the mask my gut tells me she's fine😂
@@succmywood This is completely true, since everyone has been wearing the masks, the number of bijins has skyrocketed. The ladies here tend to have amazing eyes, but the mouth/jaw can be much different than you expect.
I would have loved to see everyone’s reaction after you showed them you could speak Japanese.
me tooooo !
I think he's still pretty shy lol
@@maegalroammis6020 you're being harsh, they do speak English at least a little bit, enough to help a foreigner out
@@maegalroammis6020 can the smartest english students speak Japanese? at least to be able to help someone out?
@Chicken Nugget you have to appreciate the dedication these incels have to continually pump out troll comments
They trying their best to help you.That is really kind of them
The Japanese, at least on average, tend to be incredibly sweet and pure, bordering on complete naïvety. Incredibly kind in general though.
Yess they try their best to help and convey what they want to say !!very helpful people
it's more creepy than anything.
@@maegalroammis6020 most normal american citizen:
don't say like if you can read their mibds
Bro dead went on a date with the one going to the station!! 😂😂😂
they prolly got disappointed when they realized it was a prank 😭
That medical science girl who walked together with you to the station is really nice, she almost give you some money and she speaks English really well too! Her English skill is easily the second best in this video after that big guy in white uniform. Anyway did you tell her in the end that this was just a prank? I really want to see her reaction
I think they might have went on a date at the end instead 🥰 just kidding 😂😂
As a native English speaker, I have to disagree. The medical student girl had better English skills than the big guy in the white uniform. Her American accent sounded pretty native.
and she is pretty 😍
@@maegalroammis6020 "Can the smartest American students speak Japanese?"
@@Anderson-ly9no most of them can’t even speak Spanish and that’s the 2nd most used language in the US
i love the captions underneath its helping me put together the japanese vocab ive been learning. thank u!
As a Japanese citizen, I can say with one hundred confidence that honesty and kindness helped students in the video prove that they are the smartest in a way. They should be proud of themselves as they worked hard to help a stranger and I do hope they will play a vital role in this world where one should catch up with radical changes.
From the bottom of my heart I think that I am proud to be a citizen of this greatest country by encountering their brilliant gentleness.
日本人や日本の学生はとても親切なと思います。I was a foreign exchange student in Japan decades ago and this video doesn't surprise me. I am worried how this video would play out at an elite American university and whether those students would be as helpful and kind to a foreigner seemingly without any English ability.
No only that, but they're kind and genuine. Some people wouldn't bother to interact with a foreigner when approached on the street.
黙れ
Honestly, i don't really understand what you wrote here....and what points you are indicating at.....i am really surprised how bad a top 1 university student's english can be.....
@@user-yc8yu8qv3q What part didn’t you understand? He didn’t say he was a student of the university of Tokyo
Damn this is so wholesome! I love how polite and willing they are to help.
The fact that everyone understood English even if they couldn't speak it is already pretty good. If someone came up to me in the US and started asking me for directions in French, for example, I'd have to say, "Sorry, I don't know what you're asking me".
On top of that, everyone tried so hard to help TwT
They all learn English for nearly the entirety of their primary education, whereas we don’t. Adding to that, what language should we learn? If everyone learns English, then the language we learn would be more for personal choices than anything else.
@@cartlaidiania Spanish is a pretty good 2nd language to learn, almost every nation from Latin America speak it and USA even do a frontier with a Spanish speaker country and you'll understand some latin languages too (like portuguese, french) because it's kinda similar... Anyway, it's a pretty good "all around" language to learn if you already know English
Great thing apps should already fix the language barrier
Lived in Japan for 5 years and experienced this myself, its in their nature to be helpful and kind! .... more of this videos, really love this Jesse!
reaklly creepy.
@@maegalroammis6020 I see you literally everywhere in this channel. Why do you hate the Japanese so much?
@@maegalroammis6020 How is it creepy what…😭
@@BlueV205 i can explain.
@@maegalroammis6020 go ahead
The way all of them took the time to really try to help him out the best they could was really heartening. Had fun watching this video.
Graduated from this university as an international student a year ago. Japanese students are so shy especially for undergraduate students, but for graduate students, I’m actually surprised they don’t mind to speak in English and they are actually good. You’ll realize Japanese people with decent English, usually have visited or experienced living abroad.
yeah going abroad helps tons
I mean it's kinda a must to know English if you're pursuing graduate studies since most the literature and the academic world is in English, so it kinda makes sense lol
good reason to not respecrt the japanese who stay in japan.
@@maegalroammis6020
You are making negative comments about Japan everywhere If you don't like it, why do you care so much about Japan? do you have an inferiority complex? If you don't like it, don't watch videos about Japan.
You also make negative comments about Japan on other sites. you are sick you need a doctor's help
You have been writing bad words about Japan for months on youtube and on some other sites. WoW
@@maegalroammis6020
Your obsession with anti-Japan is creepy. stop stalking japan
It's creepy to write negative comments about japan on various sites for months.
That was wholesome and lovely. More like this please.
I always love these videos, your channel deserves the success it gets.
I just came back from Japan, young generations speak English pretty well, and everyone is so friendly, never being rejected by a single soul when I asked for help. Full of good memories there.
Japanese people are perhaps the nicest people on earth.
Btw, knowing English doesn’t make a person smart or cool. It's just another language. Yes, knowing another language is handy but it's not a must.
Knowing english does make you smarter. It's the main language
that kind of statement gets old. people who only swaer by gentle lies aren't that kind.
@@rjbunker5412 😂😂
I was an English teacher for more than 6 years. We can always communicate even the basic way. As long as I can speak a little Japanese, I can guide them. The hesitation comes from the expectation in Japanese culture to be correct in any way possible. I always tell some students that accent does not matter as long as you enounciate it but... this will take too long to explain. and I love my Japanese students specially the elderly, the professionals and some housewives. I am mostly chosen by the older people because of my age. I just gave up teaching because of the internet connection. I visited Japan twice and if I visit every prefecture, I have a Japanese student/friend I can visit.
Been to japan many times
Even if many don't know English..they are the sweetest people ever.
If i ever had to ask directions to random people litrally all of them of all ages had helped me with some English words, some with hand action, many showed me gps on their phone and sometimes typed location my phone too.
To tell me what time the shop will open or close they would show numbers by finger or on their phone keypad .
They way they try their best to help was alwas so wonderful to see and experience
It was so refreshing to see people happily engaging someone in need. I hope that when I go to study abroad next year in the fall in Tokyo they will be as kind and helpful should I absolutely need help. I can speak relatively intermediate Japanese, but I struggle at times when speaking on the fly, so I hope that people can be forgiving as I continue my studies. Thank you for the amazing video!!
I travelled to Japan a few years back and I was so impressed by the people and culture. Everyone that I spoke to (in English) tried to help and apologized for not being able to help more. Also, moving around in various cities at night (and I mean really late) was so relaxing. I always felt safe. I started having thoughts about relocating there someday. It's still on my list, but I must first learn the language to some degree.
Good luck with learning Japanese. It's much easier now as there are tons of free videos & websites you can use to learn it. I'm learning it too and recently passed the JLPT N5 in July last year. Planning to take the N4 this year.
I just discovered your channel and what a good surprise, im French and I try to learn Japanese . Yours videos will be a great help in my adventure as you still put the subtitles English/Japanese 😭
It’s so cute that even though they know they lack the skills to speak English but they still try their hardest to help
Mann this channel is soo underrated
I love your vids keep it up man
your videos are just amazing! I am self-studying japanese for a year now and I can understand most of your conversation.
what i loved about this video is although someone can't really speaks Japanese they did their best to help you that was heart warming
Tbh the moment I hear someone studying some cool majors like "forest biology" im getting so excited! Like man, she must really love what she is doing!
after watching this.. i wanna hug everyone on the video. they all so kind and that makes me wanna cry
this was brilliant!!! keep up the great work brudda
Currently studying Japanese, I love that you put a translation in both language, it really helps.
That is so cool. And the Japanese students are so helpful. My deepest respect to the wonderful people of Japan.
If you are looking for Japanese university students who are good at English conversation, in Tokyo, go to International Christian University (ICU), Sophia University, or Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). Also, International University of Japan in Akita Prefecture. Courses at these universities are taught in English. The University of Tokyo is a university specializing in Japanese language classes.
is Todai and TUFS are same University but in different department and location or they are totally unrelated? Are Japanese can go to TUFS because what i know is many students of TUFS are foreigners?
@@deearn8748 Both UT and TUFS are national universities, but they are different universities. The location and curriculum are different. 85% of TUFS students are Japanese and 15% are international students.
Among the national universities in Tokyo, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) merged in 2023. The new name is Institute of Science Tokyo.
In the future, there is a plan to integrate TUFS and Hitotsubashi University, centering on the Institute of Science Tokyo, to become a large-scale comprehensive university with international competitiveness.
@@maplefreak64 oh i see, thanks for your explanation 😁😊
Great video man! Your videos are really interesting and well produced
My main takeaway is that everybody was super friendly and went out of their way to help him. I find it striking that in a few instances, complete strangers laughed with him about their inability to communicate.
It's not the first time anyone's done this but always a good watch! Loved seeing their kind reactions ☮️🕊️
This is so wholesome to watch!
I think they did so well. I am trying to learn some French and even though we have the same alphabet it is not easy! Kudos to anyone learning another language!
Bonne chance pour apprendre le français c’est pas facile lol 😂
@@NucleHair mais c'est plus facile que d 'appendre L' Anglais
@@triplebs3520 Peu difficile de dire
@@NucleHair C'était assez facile mais le grammaire
@@KM41867 yeah we can say that french will still be harder to master
I absolutely love your videos Jesse can’t wait for more content! 💕
Love your videos! Hope the next time I visit Japan/Tokyo I can sneak in :P
This is such a wholesome vid ❤️
Lovin the channel. Can't wait for the Hachimura interview! 🙏👊💪🏀
Japanese people are so kind to foreigners, during my visit everyone helped me out.
I'm an ESL teacher teaching Japanese students, so I feel happy and proud that the people in the video still tried to help even though it's difficult for them to communicate. Most of my students can understand daily English conversations, they are just shy and afraid of making mistakes, so they don't know how to express themselves in English.
Very interesting video! Thank you for providing insight into this
These guys and girls are well educated, polite and really helpful
That video made me smile :) thanks man had a rough day! Dropped a sub and a like, keep it up! Really appreciate your hard work!
This was amazing, more of this please !😂
That was awesome! The Japanese are so eager to help, even if they are not confident or don't know much English! Please, more of their reactions!
this is so nice man...best way to prevent the language barrier
2:36 the girl in black tshirt knew English really well and was such an angel
Laughter is the bridge that goes over every language barrier! 😂
Most wholesome one so far
This is soo wholesome :D
Even in such a smartest university, which may have many international students, Japanese people do not usually use English. But I think their basic level of reading and writing English is quite high because the English entrance exam of the University of Tokyo is really difficult.
This kind of videos make me work hard in studies so I can have a good earning and go to Japan someday with my friends. Such kind and helping people ❤. Truly majestic place.
Wow, Congrats for your video! Recently I started to follow you. Very Good !
Love this content 💕
would be nice if you could show all the reveals in the end, I think that's the most entertaining part!
This was fun. It was nice that everyone was so helpful. Clearly the medical student young lady now has a fanbase here. Ha. I can see why. I'm planning to go to Japan, and this video reinforces for me why I should keep studying Japanese. I learned some Spanish for my trip to Chile and Perú, and it was so useful to be able to ask for a ticket to a place in Spanish. I didn't speak well, and I couldn't understand most people, but it was better than nothing.
So fun to watch! ☺️
Solid video, good experiment not too disruptive let people get on with their day honestly what you love to see on prank UA-cam.
It is not that their english education is bad, but rather the nature of their language is very apart from english which makes it hard for them to learn. Not only japanese and english are from two different language families (which means the way sentences structure are different), the alphabet and different pronounciations add to its complexity. You can see their effort and passion in learning english, it is just so hard for them.
Edit: According to all the replies I have gotten over these five months, it appears that their education is actually bad. I blindly compared their education with my country only, and not with the entire world (and my country is very underwhelming in english education). Excuse my partial incorrect information.
It's my understanding that spoken japanese is fairly easy for English speakers to learn. English is an absolute dumpster fire of a language so I wouldn't be surprised if the reverse isn't true
100 % of the western languages are totally different from Japanese so I don’t know what you mean. Even chinese shares some common kanji vocabularies and korean whose grammer is similar to japanese learning the language is still excruciatingly hard.
@@hollyxytphh Maybe because of the fact that it pronounced as how it is written makes japanese easier to learn for english speakers than japanese speakers learning english. What makes japanese hard in my opinion is its kanji and kanji alone. I've been studying japanese for two years now and it took me less time to learn the grammar than that of english's (I am turkish). And I think that english pronounciations are kind of similar to japanese kanjis. In japanese, you need to learn a new character to write and read it, and in english you need to know the pronounciation in order to write and read it. (Of course it is similar for a lot of other languages but everyone speaks english so might as well approach from this way)
I agree with you. There are so many linguistic differences that I am afraid of saying something rude...I don't understand the nuances of many words and use peculiar phrases.
If they see learning English as hard as it is for us to learn Japanese or other asian languages, props to them for even being able to partially communicate in English. I could be starving and wouldn't even know how to ask for bread and water if I was stranded in Japan.....then again, I've tried to learn Japanese for a whole 5 minutes so....German it is as a secondary.
Bro really said “I’m waiting for my friend can you just give directions” when they were willing to walk him 😂😂
Great video!!
i've wanted to see this kinda Vidoe in japan
thanks for the work bo!!!
I was in Kagoshima last may and the people around the city were extremely polite even though they didn't speak English, in stores grills were using ipad with Google translate in order to help me . That was so nice and sweet my heart was melting😢
The amount of stress you’re putting into these people Jessie. 笑
Love this !
They are so nice they try hard to explain thats impressive
This video made my day ❤️ Japanese people are beautiful kind and amazing in Every sense❤️
外国人の友達が言ってたけど、
日本人は「英語できなーい」って言うけど、ちゃんと自己紹介とか簡単な道案内ができるから、できていないとは言わない。
逆に外国人の「日本語できる」は、「こんにちは」「お兄ちゃん」の単語で、ちゃんと意味を理解していない、日本語の単語を発するだけでできると思っている。って言ってたよ。
I love this channel 💯
i love how kind they were to help you. cool thing to take consent before you post it out here!
It is as difficult for a Japanese person to speak English as it is for a native English speaker to speak Japanese.
Japanese is ranked as the hardest language to learn. English is one of the easiest.
@@jamesedwards1284 lol how does one rank that for everyone, japanese will be hard for English speaker but not as much for chinese speaker. English will be super easy for Europeans but will be difficult fpr chinese
@@vijaykumarjha7822 there are rankings you can look up.
@@jamesedwards1284 they are for a native English speaker. Somebody who has French for example as native language will learn English much easier compared to say someone with russian as native language, as English and french have lots of simmilar vocabulary , grammar and what not. So it really depends on which language you speak
@@jamesedwards1284 This depends on what they grew up learning though
I hope Japanese never ever be lost. This language is so beautiful. This is so sincere 🥰🥰🥰 and funny.
Great video! English isn't so easy how many think sometimes is difficult.
That's so cool and instesting. I'm still learning English and imagining myself in their shoes, I wonder like, what if It ware made in Brazil and I get aproached by an English speaker randomly. Dude, not only would I help anyone the best I can but also would try to chat as much as possible to take the most out of the oportunity. Great vid bro, I'm looking forward to watch more videos like this. ^_^
Geez they are all so kind here.
Live a decade or two in Japan and your impression might change.
@@earlysda Here you are again...crapping on the Japanese. Your favorite pastime... How Christian of you
@@gordonbgraham Gordon thinks that all Japanese are kind and loving and sweet - like that guy who threw gasoline on everybody in Kyoto and burned to death over 30, and Asahara Shoko who did the sarin attacks, and Yamagami who assassinated Shinzo Abe, and the guy who lambasts all foreigners he sees with Japanese girls, and the elderly woman who tut tuts whenever her neighbors don't tie up their trash bags exactly the same way she does, and the "ore ore" scammers who prey on old ladies, and the school owners who think they own you because they sponsored your visa, and the company managers who shunt you aside because you put family over company, and....
.
If you don't repent, Gordon, God might give you what you currently support.
@@earlysda "All Japan"...Nice strawman there Earl. Yeah...I "imagine that there is absolutely no crime and no bad people in Japan at all"...That's a characterization only a small child could come up with. Well, a small child or a small minded adult, the kind of adult who scours Japan content then hunts the comment section for any mention of "the Japanese are nice" to crap on it with his bitterness and contempt. "Burned to death over 30"...beats burned forever over billions...What a "benevolent" God!
東大医学部で英語喋れる女の人カッコよすぎる
Man...i just love japan, the people the vibe the scenery...everything is just *cheff kiss* 👌
I don't know why but when i watch you videos, I am starting to think that I am in Japan too. It's really nice. I love your channel! 頑張ってください！
4:05 "he should have asked me" the officer probably
I remember I talked to random tourists that were lost at the station in Japan to improve my English before leaving Japan for foreign countries 5 years ago. Actually it was nice experience for me as well. Because we don't really get the chance to talk with people from foreign countries in our daily life. Now I went back to Japan with my German husband after living in foreign countries for 5 years. When I asked random Japanese people which way we should go in Japanese, some people were trying to explain in Japanese but with body language because they thought I was also a foreigner as well 😅 But they were always helpful and kind and I was impressed even as Japanese how much they were trying to be helpful. Because here in Berlin, some people are super rude and I get offended super often.(Others are super nice)
the engineering and forest biology persons have my heart
MORE OF SOCIAL EXPERIMENT PLEASE 🥺
About 150 years ago, intellectuals translated a large number of difficult English words into Japanese, so that even textbooks for higher education in Japan can be read in Japanese.
They (and I, too) are not unwilling to learn English; they just don't have to.
English wasn't even the global language 150 years ago. What are gou smoking?
@@Udontknowmi The main reason English has been an important foreign language in Japan for 150 years is that it was the first U.S. Navy ship to visit Japan, which had no contact with Western countries, and the first to conclude an international treaty with Japan.
3:17 So cute! Reminds me when I lived in Japan and near the beginning my Japanese friends were saying something I agreed with as well so I said わたしも and got a lot of happy laughter in response.
How did you make japanese friends? I heard they can be pretty shy especially towards foreigners
@@sophia-tj1ck Well, I was studying abroad at the time for my entire Junior year in college, so the other foreign/international students and I interacted with the Japanese students at our university (in English and in our practicing Japanese). I'm still friends with some of them to this day and this was almost 15 years ago. One of the best experiences of my life.
They are super nice and helpful !
I really liked this video. It shows so much about japanese culture and it was also fun to watch.
But now I want a video about the robot at the end!!😂
you should do this again but your "friend" actually shows up and u speak perfect japanese to him to confuse the one you approached, just a fun video idea!
you should show more of the reactions speaking Japanese.
These Japanese folks were so kind and sweet. They're just lovely. 👍
the guy wearing a tie was so cute!!!
6:45 I think that guy saw camera man
5:49 that awkward airy "aH" I'm deeead
2:35 hahaha amazing, perfectly subtitled the American “pitch accent”
This is a great content looks fun too i will sub 😀