Do Japanese People Speak English? 2023
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2023
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I’m super curious. Would you be able to make a video asking foreigners who speak Japanese, if they can also read it ?
@@MR.DUCCCC yuta has done that a lot and even recently actually...?
@@nicbentulan oh fr ? Can you link one for me plz ???
@@MR.DUCCCC there was a video posted on 2023Jan20
@@MR.DUCCCC there was a video posted on 2023Jan20
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I like how much effort they put into communicating in english and then the hard cut from yuta saying "well they don't really speak english" XD so funny haha
I died at that part 🤣
and iif you want to communicate with japanese i will teach the kind of japanese people use!
"He's so cool"." *cut*
savage move 🤣
Hahaha true, savage Yuta
He's a married dentist who's hobby is to drink and stay in hotels. What a champion.
I wonder if his wife is OK with that. lol
The ineterviewer seemed pretty surprised to find out he's in a hotel. I mean, not all japanese people live in Tokyo lol
An absolute mad lad
@@man2762 he was probably surprised that he was staying at Hilton lol
@@tykep1009 Lets say he might stay in the hotels to get away from the wife LOL
The way he asks "what are you doing in Shinjuku" is so funny to me, for some reason. It sounds like my mom when she was angry.
there's either "paying for sex" or Yakuza/RGG sightseeing
true, kind scary in a way 🤣
what are you doing in shinjuku, raphael? if i catch you in shinjuku again i will revoke your cosplay privileges 😠
Oh i felt that hahaha
Ikr, if someone came up to me like that I would feel like I have to apologise even though I haven't done anything wrong ww
Maybe not so many spoke English, but I was pleasantly surprised at how many understood, it seemed like almost everyone.
i think japanese people are very humble when they say theyre not good at english lol
Well they're not good at English but they studied English for 6 years at school so they can read and listein at least but their speaking skills are weak but I like the fact that they're still willing to help despite the fact that they don't speak English
I think because Tokyo became an international hub for tourists so this is why you see them understand but difficult to speak
日本人はインプットは得意だけど、アウトプットが苦手
Consider the footage they didn't use...
I understand why Japanese people have the whole "日本語上手" meme going on. Even at people saying "I like crepes" or "I'm going to watch a movie" in another language is super cool and heavily appreciated
so true when you put it that way. they simply find it extremely difficult to speak a second language so they’re impressed when others can
I'm glad they stopped saying that to me and they started to take my japanese more seriously I guess
Exactly haha I wonder if they even think "ah, so cute" lol because in my mind I kept thinking it! The effort to try, even if it's basic English, it makes me happy 😁
What?! Are you 気狂い？
yuta flexing his espanol on the girl who went to uni for it.
And put her on the spot😂
"Español is habla dekinai."
I quit being an ALT last year after four years. It's funny to see that a lot of adults still act the same when asked questions in English as junior high school students. And it makes me happy to see that most adults haven't forgotten everything from school and can understand questions well and work out understandable answers. I'm also surprised how many were able to give solid answers and elaborate on them.
What is an ALT? Not everyone knows these abbreviations!
@@Nightbird.ALT stands for Assistant Language Teacher. It's what foreign English teachers are called in Japan.
Why'd you quit if I may ask?
@@Dionaea_floridensis No matter what ALT company you work for, the job isn't designed to be a long-term career path. After your first year the cost of living gets tight, and after the second year you're basically living paycheck to paycheck without any chance of a raise. Companies exploit legal loopholes to avoid paying into teachers' pension and health insurance, so I had to pay it all out of pocket. While I enjoyed the actual teaching part of the job, it was just time to move on. Many ALTs quit after just 1, maybe 2 years.
@@Crimson_Dragon01 As an ALT who just recontracted for a second year, I completely agree. I am grateful for the opportunity I've had, but I don't intend to do it a third year.
The first lady is amazing ! She speaks English, is nice to chat to, AND likes Weathering With You more than Your Name? Perfect
That was a hot take but I can't say I disagree with her.
I really want to see english people trying to understand japanese
I literally came to this video from exactly that video he previously made. The problem was that the foreigners he interviews in shinjuku are only there briefly so the results are quite skewed
It would definitely be interesting to see how native English speakers would fair with Japanese if we started learning it from elementary school.
The thing is they don't study Japanese at all so most of them won't have any clue about the language and Japanese people study English for 6 years at school so they have this advantage over English natives
Japanese isn’t a lingua Franca
@@kobainage i wish it was..
Yuta, I love these types of videos you upload. Thanks for sharing and motivating us to learn more japanese to communicate. I learn a lot from this.
ngl their english is way better than anything i could do in japanese
They learn in in schools in Japan it’s quite unfortunate we don’t learn Japanese in western countries
@@DestinyLateshaJones There's courses at some universities and very rarely actual classes if a qualified teacher works in a western school. So it does happen, just so rarely you can barely count it.
@@DestinyLateshaJones Japanese isn't really spoken outside of Japan, so Western countries don't really have a need, while English is the most spoken language around the world and very beneficial for Japanese to learn. In the US they usually learn more important languages that they will use more often, like Spanish. Or in the Netherlands: German/French
I agree that it's unfortunate that there aren't really any ways to learn Japanese in the west besides by ourselves in our rooms, but it's understandable why it isn't as common as English classes are in Japan
@@DestinyLateshaJones Unpopular but still very important opinion, one COULD learn Japanese through self-study using language books/online. It's not exactly the best since the big downside would be not being able to practice your speech/communication skills, but if someone is really committed, they could theoretically learn the language. It's not like a person learning Russian which is much more difficult with their speech pronounciation.
@@Unovey mandarin is the most spoken language in the world
Seems like Everyone is trying to answer in a friendly way even if ask them in English suddenly.
Wow, the girls really loved it when they were asked to compare Japanese and Korean skin care products! Who would have thunk it?
5:10 la chica japoneses había español y *Yuta también habla español!?*
Genial!!!
Ese muchacho Japonés Yuta
6:07 certified 上手 moment
“food cordinator” is sooooo clever😭you have to understand enough context to come up with something like that!
This is a great video!
There's always this criticism of Japanese people not speaking English but my feeling is why should they? Other than those that work in high tourist areas or in the tourist industry I don't expect them to. The majority of Americans don't speak a second language. I'm perfectly ok with using a translator or learning a few words in Japanese
I think that if you're visiting any country it is only polite and respectful to make an honest effort to communicate in their language.
Living in Sweden and Clean Swedish is almost not a thing amongst the norm anymore, I practically Grew up talking Swenglish and still do, totally failed the Swedish Languege lol.
It still makes sense to learn english it is the world language and allows you to speak with almost anyone and also opens the door to a lot of content in english.
ROFL, lots more people who will try to say something, it looks like way more people understand, but in general it doesn't seem the level of spoken English changed a whole lot... pretty much the same in my country. xD
These spontaneous street interviews are fun but a bit hawkward.... xD Perhaps you guys could prepare some sort of setup or theme to lower people's guard down, or have some fixed questions prepared beforehand... "We're doing a research on x" or perhaps "What are your favorite restaurants in the neighborhood", "what you usually do in your free time", "what are your hobbies", "what are you currently reading, playing, etc", "can you explain x subject for me", "do you like foreign music"... stuff like that. xD
I promise you they speak better English then I would Japanese in 1000 years, tbh this made me realize how easy English is
English (along with other languages similar to it) is one of the hardest languages for Japanese people to learn as it is COMPLETELY different than Japanese: different alphabet, grammar rules, sentence structure, stress accent, etc. It's just as hard for them to learn English as it is for us to learn Japanese or Korean. In fact, only about 2-8% of Japanese are fluent in English, and only ~2 people were close to fluent in this video (they probably also spent a lot of time getting there)
-also fun fact: Japanese only has 114 clear vowel sounds and consonants, while English has about 2100 different pronunciation mechanisms (we also have WAY too many words that don't follow our stupid spelling rules)
I still give my hats off to the people that tried or knew a little English, just pointing out English is nowhere near as easy as it looks... unless you already speak a language that is similar, like Spanish.
Well, let's look at proununciation (can't even spell that word correctly most of the time ...): Japanese has a fairly simple syllable structure: A syllable can begin with a consonant, but doesn't have to. The only consonant that can be at the end of a syllable is "n". Also, there can be no consonant clusters (colloquially, some sounds get dropped but in standard Japanese, these rules usually always apply except for common suffixes for example, like -masu which gets pronounced as -mas). This makes the language have very easy syllables (the only language I can think of with even easier rules is Hawaiian).
Now, let's look at English's syllables. The word 'English' alone has a consonant cluster in the middle of the word, gl, which could never happen in Japanese. Amittedly, ending a word with 'sh' without adding any vowel is not too uncommon, take よし (yoshi) for example, it's usually pronounced yosh. But let's look at a word like strength. This isn't even an uncommon word and has a consonant cluster of three at the beginning. This word would be very hard for a Japanese to pronounce, if they've only spoken Japanese their whole life.
While I do think that proununciation is definitely a strong point on why it's so hard to learn English for Japanese, it's not the only one. Let's look at grammar, for example.
In Japanese, pronouns get dropped a lot. They're not by any means uncommon, but unlike English, where they get used almost every sentence, should we be talking about people, in Japanese, not so much. There, they're generally only used for emphasis or for clarification (should there be ambiguity). So, a Japanese speaking English is likely to drop pronouns, more often than grammatically correct. We see a drop of pronouns in colloquial speech, too, for example: Can't bother to xyz; went to the store; have seen a lot of xyz today. But in Japanese, pronouns get dropped in formal speech too, and in English, doing so would be highly grammatically incorrect.
There are a lot of other aspects too, but I don't want to write a whole book about it, so here you go.
english is not easy at all lol
English is easy to learn (the basics) but hard to master. People only "speak it" due to the popularity of the 5 Eyes Countries.
It's projected that 40% of the world's population speak English from a few words/phrases to fluently. Which means, most people still don't speak any English at all.
Their ability to speak/understand basic English isn't because it's an "easy" language, but because it's EVERYWHERE, including in Japanese schools.
Your English is very good yuta greetings from Toronto Canada 🇨🇦
Interesting video Yuta!
That went a lot better than I thought. I'm pleasantly surprised.
日本人英語できるじゃんってコメが多いけど、小学校の頃から10年近く英語を学んでるのにこれだから。大人になってから数年外国語を学ぶのとは条件が違いすぎる。
昔から発音軽視の学習法に大きな問題があってそれは多少は改善されつつある。ただ、日本人の大半は英米文化に興味がないので学生の頃に英語を習ってもすぐ忘れてしまうのだ。
ある言語をちゃんと勉強することには、その文化への興味が必要だと思います。私はもうカナダに6年住んでいますが、英語には興味があんまりないので今でもうまく話せません。それに比べて、たった一年間独学で日本語を学んで、今は基本的な会話ができると思います。
Those guys who went to drink black coffee at the end are awesome looking! Nice fashion :)
With language, you have to keep using it to get better at it. They need to be put in an environment where they are encouraged or even forced to use it. The ones on these videos have the required fundamentals already, just need to keep at it
Forcing people to speak English isn’t a nice way to make someone learn the language 😂. They need proper motivation and they have to be willing to learn it
@@prestonak clarification of what I meant by "forced". It does not mean somebody forcing you to speak that local language, but you purposely put yourself in an environment that the only choice of communication is that said language. That is how I learned English, by usage. Books, audio tapes (back then), video cassettes (back then) was good to get me started, but only to the point of passive understanding. Intentionally or unintentionally, I have put myself in an environment where nobody will understand me if I don't use English. Nobody speaks my language. So I was "forced" to use it. I was "forced" to be fluent.
People corrected my English in English, not in my native language. Again, being "forced" to understand. May need to look it up or have the person explain to me in more layman's term. But, I didn't have the luxury of somebody translating to me what it meant.
I try to mimic their English and their accents, this is why now I have an American accent though my initial resources were all British (one of them is BBC's Follow Me).
The best language acquisition is when you are "forced" to use it to live your life, or at least as part of your life.
@@prestonak Oh, I see. So countries that were colonized by the British have better English.
they definitely have improved since the 2017 video!! im impressed. wonder what it can be due to. media? education?
The pandemic gave 'em free taimu.
Interesting video. I’d be able to communicate okay with them in Japanese. I’m not advanced. I just know the basics, but I could manage.
Seems like their English is improving
This was so much fun!! :)
"Nutritionist" "Nutritionisto" I died.
Did you guys mess up the translation in the subtitles for 神社 as temple or did I hear her wrong? 神社 is shrine 寺 is temple and 神宮 usually has a name attached.
It's interesting because manyJapanese students don't always seem to realize that there is a difference between the two besides the name in Japanese.
I think they did great at english. And that guys beard is cool :D
Wow, I was genuinely surprised by how much English people understood! I honestly thought it would be a lot less lol
I can't wait to learn from Yuta. My japanese is so uncomfortable for me and my listeners even though i studied a lot for many years. I'm ready dude!!
It seems like comprehension is taught more than speaking and honestly that's a lot more useful than you'd think
That would be *reading* comprehension, not so much listening comprehension, so no, not so useful.
@@MisterHowzat thats not what i meant, i specifically meant SPEAKING comprehension
@@AddBox So, you meant that speaking comprehension is taught more than speaking?
And what is "speaking comprehension", anyway?
@@MisterHowzat im not your school teacher, it wasn't a statement of fact and this is not a debate. Have a good day.
The microphone catches all surrounding noises, including rolling wheels, but not the interviewed people. I believe, it is better to try an unidirectional mic in streets.
His English may not be that great, but that guys beard was amazing. Not enough Japanese guys let their beards grow
You've had a genious idea to test the English ability of some Japanese people by doing a street interview while presenting us the amazing sceneries of Shinjuku area in Tokyo ! 😀
I find all these interviewed people so kind and lovable, since they truly try their best to answer to your question. Even if we notice that most of them aren't familiar with English, I find it respectable that they all listen carefully to you and then try to answer by using more or less words in English or even by doing some gestures. Your interview has shown us that behind the shyness shield, the Japanese people hide a big heart full of benevolence and open-handedness.
Concerning their average level in English, I'm to the opinion that nobody can blame them for their low ability and self-confidence in English. We should be aware that in Japan, Japanese is the only official language and that the small percentage of foreign residents naturally leads to an environment where English isn't necessary among inhabitants. That's why I respect and congrate even more each interviewed person for having shown us their English ability for our huge UA-cam community.
As Yuta san rightly says, the result of this interview should be another motivation for us to learn and manage the wonderful Japanese language. Being interested in Japan and its culture goes naturally upon the learning of its uniquely beautiful language with its writing systems. 😉🙌🏻
They seem to be able to understand and make themselves understood, which are the most important things. It's not as dramatic as I thought it'd be.
Also, so funny that Yuta and co just randomly ran into some idols. XD
08:58 So this guy's hobby is drinking and sleeping in hotels. Odd. Turns out he's married...
The hard cut away from him after that awkward revelation almost made me spit out my tea laughing!
He must be henpecked.
lol
13:48 bro ain't no way, not the the rock ads 💀💀💀
13:53 Cameo by The Rock
This makes me more confident to go to Japan as a tourist
5:45 I did not expect that, nice.
hahah, that dynamic at 3:12 between the three of them is quite funny! the guy with the mic asks a question, girl with the phones translates the question to japanese... after which the girl without phones answers in english? that had me chuckling for a sec.
She didn’t translate
I love the guy who was proud of his beard
16:05 I hope you told him that he has a cool beard. I imagine its very rare to see a man with such a nice beard, gotta say im envious lol
Damn Yuta with his Rizz! Putting that girl on the spot with his Español skills lol.
I knew already that you're not going to get along well with english language only in Japan to be honest, but it's still entertaining to watch this. 😃
4:23 she really really good !
I dig the beard :)
16:07
I'm surprised by how good some of them are!
I love the guy who was proud of his beard. I wish you had talked to him more... maybe in Japanese.
ゆうたさん失礼します。
From what website do you get the anime clips with English subtitles?
Do you know any Japanese-subtitled anime websites?
Have you tried Animelon? And Netflix, particularly if you have a VPN that you set to Japan.
Lol I thought I saw Sato Nozomi as the first interviewee
I’m just trying to learn basic Japanese nothing crazy tbh most things have English words. And actually good amount of people know English they say they only know little but even if it’s simple you can understand. Also it’s gonna take your ass like 15 years not to even sound fluent very hard so I mean yeah. I’m definitely going to interview some people next time :)
Yuta, could you pls add romaji captions???
7:22 ok she definitely good !
lol it seems most can understand at the very least, i did notice the questions were asked slowly, probably so they could understand the words better
i suppose most people will likely learn their english from school, but a lot will probably stop at that. of course in their country they dont really need it so it makes total sense
1:53 Bro is such a nerd he already know what he wanted, nay, NEEDED to say before he even finished asking.
Are you filming? Great! Hold up, check out my kickass beard.
16:05 that was so cute😭
You know, they tried. My hats off to all of them.
Half filipino half japanese amazing
Next time i would like to see to do this again but also asked why is it so struggle to speak English from their point of view.
Yuta: "they don't really speak English"
Me: "But they speak English better than I speak Japanese!" 😭
Rename the title to "Terrifying Japanese people by speaking English to them" aha. I feel for them though! If someone walked up to me speaking in a language I dont understand I would be quite flustered!
That one girl from the Philippines almost sounds like she is only hesitating because she is figuring out what to say next.
Has anyone ever gone to eat sushi and known exactly how many pieces they were going to eat before hand and actually ate ONLY said amount?
Yuta, what are some movies or TV series about the comedy of children's lives?
Didn't you already do this video?
3:31 寿司食ったって笑笑
4:04 me who understood 'jumping' at first
I'm not dragon boll and I'm afraid of Japanese women! I am very curious to speak with a Japanese dentist it will be very interesting for me just to know what influence to listen to and how my voice is intercepted by the prison dogs which always forces me to dream of a Japanese woman! thank you for this reel projection
Yuta is natural at asking strangers questions, whereas the other guy.... let's just say he needs to work on his approach.
Im that guy. Thanks for your input. Yuta is japanese, so they feel more comfortable talking to him. I'm actually much better at approaching people for my own purpose, not for interviewing them.
@@Moiez101 I'm really impressed by your cultural knowledge.
Most Japanese may find it difficult to express themselves in English but they do understand the language. In other countries they can't even understand the questions when you ask them in English lol.
Pretty much every decently developed country teaches English in their primary schools. At the very least, most of the young people there would somewhat understand English depending on how hard they studied.
I'm honestly surprised. I though it would be a lot worse.
"I'm proud of my beard", haha.
2nd girl is wearing a harvard shirt though?
"What do you like about Shinjuku?"
"We don't like Shinjuku."
😂
More 😆
so funny to hearing japanese people say in english & reaction for japanese who cannot really understand who the english guy talking 😅
but in other way i respect all of japanese in the video how they effort to speak english as much as they can 😉
Lol, a lot of them seem hella stressed out by this challenge
Hey Yuta, just out of curiosity, have you ever done any DNA testing? Because you have a pretty Jomon look with Yayoi feature mixed, I heard that Jomon only contributes to 10% of modern Japanese DNA while Yayoi contributes around 90%, it is really interesting.
Yuta is just sexy..that's all I need to know. 😜
@@Nightbird. i mean he kinda is, but I still want the answer lol
what, he’s only human after all
2nd comment: Great series of how anime characters speak Japanese. Please do Itsuki Nakano from the quintessential quintuplets or any or all the 7 main characters in TQQ. how they speak Japanese I believe is very important to understanding the plot eg the honorifics, the lost in translation stuff (eg when they say things like tsurui, hatsukoi, uso, etc that are removed from the dub). I compiled a lot of the lost in translation stuff in r/gotoubun
Something to consider about Itsuki:
The Quintessential Quintuplets' character types are:
Ichika - Onee-san / ara ara,
Nino - tsundere,
miku - kuudere / dandere,
Yotsuba - genki
Itsuki - ??
- Tsundere like Nino?
- Eat-suki?
- Imouto?
- Someone who speaks keigo to their siblings, to Fuutarou and to Raiha and to everyone basically?
I have a theory as to what Itsuki's type is, but you're not gonna like it...
Languages connect peoples.
@@gleissonsoares6318
Do you agree that Uesugi is gi for Itsuki just as Moeha is gei for Kei?
this is too funny
a stranger goes up to u and asks : what are u doing in shinjuku
Teach me Japanese sensei
Everyone, wave "Hi" back to the two little cuties at 2:23 :)
in this video our Japanese man Yuta jumped people and asked questions in English but the Japanese people didn't really know english that much
한국인이랑 비슷한 수준인것같네요ㅋㅋ 문법구조가 비슷해서 그런가.. 신기하네요😂
@@Rakuten.2Ban 中国人の方がどのようなイメージでしょうか？😂
That alcoholic dentist sounded interesting.
the dentist is my idol! drink and sleep in hotels😅
Hehehe, pretty sure that's just 2/3 of his hobby.
"What are you doing in Shibuya?"
😉
12:44 based
the first girl is so pretty and cute
Does Yuta speak Spanish?
... did he say "I drink tequila with it" ?
Guy at 8:50 living the life