Miku-san. You really do render a distinguished service to all of us who've been struggling with Japanese. Thank you so much for your dedication! I LOVE your videos because I feel comfortable about your speed and pronunciation.
@@amarug Thanks for you correction🤝 As a matter of fact I've been keeping up with both Miku and Misa's videos who are, in my opion, the two most excellent tutors of Japanese!
In Hungary, finding a four-leaf clover also means to bring luck. With the tooth, it was said that if your milktooth falls out, and you put under your pillow, at night the tooth-fairy will exchange it for money. It is also said to be unlucky if you kill a spider (anytime of the day) or if a mirror breaks near you, or if you walk under a ladder. There is also a superstition of if a Black cat crosses their way in front of you, it's unlucky but I don't really believe these, I love cats! :3 It is also said that if you wake up at 3:00-4:00 am at night, someone is watching you. Hmm, now these are all I can remember! Great listening video again 💞 ~Katica
I really liked this type of free talk video, and the amount of subtitles paired with japanese ones are amazing, I couldn't believe when I saw hebrew subs! I was very amused to learn about japanese superstitions and would love more of this type of content Arigato miku sensei!
We have a lot of superstitions in India too and many people still believe them. • The black cat one is true here too, and we can walk forward only after spitting once. • Not to cut nails after 6 pm. • Not to eat non-vegetarian food on Tuesdays ( kinda religious reason) • Warding off evil before stepping into your house when you pass a graveyard at night. ( another person circles shoes around the head , surely weird) • Another one to ward off evil, we call it Nazar Utaarna . If someone is looking very beautiful, especially children, people use kajal to make a dot behind the child's ear. • Not to swing your legs while sitting. • Not to keep shoes upside down. • Not to swallow saliva but spit it if you come across a dead animal on the street. There are many more too....
En México tenemos la misma creencia de que si estornudas están hablando de ti. Pero no vamos tan lejos como para contar los estornudos jajaja. Tus videos me ayudan mucho, muchas gracias Miku-sensei
Also in Italy there is the superstition of the black cat 🐈⬛ Another one: if you walk under a ladder, it brings bad luck 🪜 The four leaf clover brings good luck 🍀
In Vietnam, it’s said that if a dragonfly bits your belly-button, you will be able to swim. Well, for non-Vietnamese people, it’s really weird to hear it!
In my country in Albania we believe that if you sneeze someone’s talking bad about you too OR if you’re talking about something you arent sure of and you sneeze it’s confirmation that you’re right 🤣 I honestly believe it. We also say that if you get a pimple on the tip of ur tongue someone said very bad things about you and your family.
In Hungary we say someone is talking about the person when they have hiccups. In our culture number 13 is the unfortunate number, especially if it falls on a Friday. Some hotels don't have a room no. 13. And it is very unfortunate to have 13 people around a table as it reminds of the 12 disciples with Jesus when he was betrayed by Judas. Anyways, I'm not superstitious at all, but it's interesting to know about these cultural things. Thanks for the video, Miku! 😊❤️🐱
In American English we say 'My ears are burning', some people say . "Well someone is talking about you". It's very similar to the Japanese superstition about sneezing.
In Mexico we say something similar about sneezes, we say that when you sneeze, it is because someone is thinking of you. This doesn't have any other implications than that, it could be a friend or a family member. But it's often related to someone that loves you and is thinking of you.
thank you for the video!! I found the superstition about sneezing especially interesting in Russia there's a similar one, only it's believed someone is talking behind your back if you hiccup, not sneeze and if you sneeze, it means something said right before is definitely true idk the reasons for any of those though haha
In England we have an odd one which my Japanese isn’t good enough to explain- when you get a random chill, we say ‘ someone’s walking on your grave’ which is odd because I don’t have a grave yet..! It feels like it’s talking about a future event affecting now. みく先生これは私の一番気に入り話題ですよ。もし良かったら他の迷信の動画を作ってくれませんか。いつも面白い動画を作って本当にありがとうございました。
I really enjoy your videos. I'm a Nikkei and I also find Japanese superstitions funny. I was surprised to see that you didn't mention the problem with the number 4. It's really funny for foreigners to see that apartments go from 3 to 5. I love your channel!
In an anime called JoJo Bizarre Adventure a character named Mista has an ability called Sex Pistols to summon six bullet creatures that help direct his gunshots and aim. They all have numbers on their heads but because Mista is superstitious of the number 4 it skips that number. Despite this the Bullet that’s supposed to be number 4 (number 5) gets bullied by number 3😅
In Québec (Canada) there are a lot of superstitions tied to religion that people don’t believe in but still will say. One example is if you have a very important day coming up, people will tell you « don’t forget to hang a rosary on the clothesline! ». It’s meant to bring nice weather and good luck for the following day. No one actually does it though!
In Greece we throw our baby teeth on the roof too! Also we have that superstition that you're not supposed to be clipping your nails at night. Though when someone sneezes while they are talking about something we say that they speak the truth. Or we have the other one that if your ears are red it means that someone is talking about you. The same goes if you have a headache. We call it the evil eye and it means that someone is talking about you that's why your head hurts. Another one we have is to not exchange sharp items, as scissors or knives, with another person hand by hand as it might bring bad luck and end up in a fight with that person. You are supposed to leave the scissors down first and then the other person can pick them up.
In Lithuania we also have a superstition about a black cat crossing the road. Also, we have supersition like this: when you say out loud that something bad is about to happen (for example, a war coming to our country), you need to knock on wood 3 times (or spit facing your left shoulder 3 times), so that it wouldn't come true.
夜のことばは同じ迷信がトルコであります. でも、ちょっとチョガウです．When you cut nails at night it's bad luck. (It may not be in every part) Similarly broken glass and black cats are thought to be bad luck. 12:10
私はインド出身です。We have similar belief when it comes to black cat thing and the not facing north and sleeping. We also don't cut nails at night. I know about Teru Teru Bouzu and it relates with "Monks head shining bright", Japanese often concern about rain (as you have many 台風）and death. The way kanjis and related are actually more sensible. 素敵なコンテンツです
Apparently your heart stops for a second when you sneeze... So the reason why people say "bless you" to someone, is so that their heart may not stop and die from a heart-attack This superstition actually comes from a story found in European culture
My parents teach us that exactly ‘throwing tooth’ when we were still a child😂😂 we are Indonesian chinese, probably Chinese has the same myths or it’s influenced by Japan beforeee😄😄
"araignée du soir, espoir, araignée du matin, chagrin" (vieux proverbe français) (mukashi no furansu go no kotowaza) : "asa no kumo, kanashimi, yoru no kumo, kiboo" nihongo de to iu imi desu!
This helped me so much. I needed this and application of japanese superstitions in todays world and i also learn Japanese so this is really helpful thank you so much
Today video is very interesting sensei. Thank you very much💜 If we sneez frequently without fever or cold, our left nostril burns especially , it means someone scolds you. If right nostril burns, someone mentions/ reminds you. We throw away fallen tooth to the roof. At dusk/ night we don't cut nails, like a bad thing in Sri Lanka.
Thank you Miku-sensei, this was really really interesting! In Taiwan, I was told we also have the superstition about throwing your teeth upwards and downwards. I moved out of Taiwan at a young age though, so I can't confirm if it's popular nowadays. If you'd like to share more superstitions, I would be interested in learning more!
I think in Indonesia there are some superstitions that are heavily influenced by Japan! (because of the two nations' history and the Japanese culture (manga, anime) that is absorbed in Indonesia). Some people in Indonesia also said that sneezing could mean someone is talking about you, which I think is because this superstition is written many in the manga which made Indonesian unconsciously believe it. Indonesian also don't cut their nails at the night, and also a black cat could mean a bad omen. back to sneezing, in Islamic tradition and most Islamic-influenced nations, when a person sneezes, he/she would say "thank god". then the person who hears the sneezing would say "may the god give you a good omen", and the person who sneezes would reply "may the god also give you a good omen".
Agree! the superstition about the kid's teeth happens in Indonesia (as my mom always told me to do that when I was a kid). I was also not allowed to clip the nails at night by my parent; they said it will invite animals e.g. snakes. The number of 4 is avoided until now at many places in Indonesia, as Mika Sensei will hardly find the 4th floor in many department stores or big building in Indonesia. And the black cat is believed that when it jumps across the newly dead body, then the person will wake up -_-! silly, silly, silly.. topikku wa omoshiroidesuka.. arigatou gozaimasu Sensei
ギリシャ人の母は靴下を履いたまま寝ちゃだめと言いました。理由は足に血がめぐりにくくするためだったかも知れません。 My mother who was Greek said not to go to bed with socks on. I think maybe the reason was that it impedes blood circulation to your feet.
Some American superstitions for you: black cats ( though I am a proud owner of my own くろねこ and he has brought nothing but happiness into my life. sweetest cat I’ve ever owned), walking under a ladder being bad luck (but really that’s just common sense because someone could drop something on you), breaking a mirror brings 7 years bad luck, stepping on cracks in the sidewalk (step on a crack, break your mothers back) if you spill salt you have to toss a pinch over your shoulder or it’s bad luck, Friday the 13th being an unlucky day, the number 13 being unlucky, if a groundhog sees it’s shadow then spring is delayed a few weeks, holding your breath when passing a graveyard or you could breathe in an evil spirit, four leaf clovers are lucky, the number 7 is lucky, burning sage cleanses the energy of the house of anything negative left from the previous tenants, putting salt in front of the doors and windows wards off evil (and actually wards off ants!) hanging horseshoes on the wall with the curved part at the bottom collects good luck, a rabbits foot was considered a lucky charm for a long time (but not for the rabbit) they aren’t seen anymore though because animal cruelty, finding a penny heads up is good luck and heads down is bad luck (find a penny, pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck), getting pooped on by a wild bird outside (yes that’s one I’ve heard a lot) dreamcatchers hung above your bed catches nightmares so you only have good dreams, making wishes on stars, meteorites, dandelion seeds, eyelashes that fall out on someone’s cheek (you pick it off for them and then tell the person to make a wish and blow it away), the wishbone of the thanksgiving or Christmas turkey (two people pull on it and whoever has the bigger half gets their wish) and birthday candles will come true, but you can’t tell the wish or it won’t. There’s also a thing about the sky being red in the morning meaning a storm is coming and I think there might be actual meteorological fact behind that one, there’s a saying said by sailors “red sky at night, a sailors delight, red sky at morn a sailors forlorn”. If your ears feel warm and tingly someone is talking about you, if your right palm is itchy you’re about to get money unexpectedly, if your left palm is itchy you’ll have to spend it unexpectedly. That’s all I can remember right now. That was interesting about the number 9, that number kind of followed my mom around, she noticed it a lot and she did suffer a lot. even when she died, in the hospital she was on floor 9, room 18. I’m usually pretty skeptical about superstition, but even I noticed that.
I'm familiar with the sneezing superstition, but i also had to laugh because when miku said Japanese don't pay much mind when people sneeze all i could think was "taskaru (TSKR)" XD
In Taiwan we believe that black cat has mythical power to turn dead people into zombies. In our tradition the ceased family member will stay home for 7 days until his soul revisit us one last time. Before then a family member will be assigned to guard the dead body against black cat. If a black cat hops on it the dead body will rise and become undead. The undead can only be killed by sacred wooden swords. Blood from black dog, urine from virgin boy, and uncooked sticky rice are defensive items to temporarily stop his motion. Hong Kong has similar culture too and they made a lot of movies of those.
In the Philippines, when a black cat passes in front of you and you are going somewhere that day you need to go back home and not to go anywhere. They said, that there's something bad will happen to you along the road. But other people don't do that way instead they change road to pass through and before they go to their specific place they passed by to any store and buy something.😊😊😊😊😊
In America we have similar superstition about 4 leaf clover and black cat crossing your path. As for baby teeth, as kids we we're told to put them under our pillow so the tooth fairy would give us money. We also believe the number 13 is bad luck, especially Friday the 13th. I'm not sure if this is all parts of america or just my area, but as school kids we used to say “step on a crack and you'll break your mother's back” so we'd all avoid the space between tiles or the sidewalk haha. We have other superstitions like crossing your fingers for good luck, or when telling a lie (so that you don't get found out), or one where you shouldn't clean up on new years day. I'm not sure why you're not supposed to, maybe it's like you're sweeping up all the good luck for the year or something like that. Even though I'm not superstitious anymore, I find it interesting to learn about various superstitions. ありがとうございますミク先生🙏🏾
Ahhh superstitions…. I think there’s no culture without it. In the Netherlands we say that some one is talking about you if one of your ears is itching. If it’s the left one it’s bad and when it’s the right ear it’s good. When you have a cold chill people might say that someone just walked over your (future) grave. The nail clipping thing I heard from a friend who’s family is from Indonesia originally, but also something about clipping your nail when there’s a full moon could kill your husband 😟 In Spain people have bad vibes with Tuesday’s. No idea why. No purses on the floor. Also no idea why 😅 and I remember my father ones told me to always step out of bed or on the stairs with the right foot first…. When I was with friends in Iran and I left to go back to my home country I had to walk underneath the Koran a few times and they threw water behind me on the footpath to get rid off bad luck and have a save journey. Oh I could go on and on…. 😂
Saying bless you when sneeze,is bc people back then thought that breath is SOUL and when sneezing your soul might want to leave your body. Latin world for wind,breath and soul is Spiritus. When someone died people said the Spirit has left the body. Today we know its nonsense but beliefs stil remain. Btw farts were believed to be Devils breath
Very good video ! About the sock superstition, I am glad there is no such thing in France because I have feet muscles tension, so sleeping with socks keeps them warm and avoid having cramps
Thanks for your videos.. Do you purposely use simple words so that we can understand? Or can i assume that i have a good Japanese language level:)... Regarding the superstitions you mentioned there are few common with India.. For example we should not cut our nails at night, and black cat crossing the path is a bad omen...
I'm American, and yes, it's the tooth fairy, here. Specifically, kids who lose their teeth take them and put them under their pillows, and the tooth fairy comes at night and replaces the tooth with money. It was quarters when I was a little kid. Very like Santa Clause coming to your house after you go to bed on Christmas Eve to leave presents under the Christmas Tree, or the Easter Bunny hiding eggs all over your house or yard the night before Easter. I don't know of any superstitions about sneezing in the USA. The "teru-teru bouzu" looks a lot like a ghost. The white-sheet kind. Probably would be assumed to be one in the USA, especially around Halloween. I do not sleep with socks on. It is too hot. Nothing superstitious about it for me, though. Just comfort. If I slept the way I see people doing on tatami mats and futons in Japan in anime, with those blankets that don't cover the feet, I'd definitely want socks, though. (Is that really a way people sleep, or is that just artistic license?) Black cats crossing your path are considered bad luck in the USA, too. Breaking a mirror is also supposed to be 7 years of bad luck. If you spill salt, you're supposed to throw some of it over your left shoulder to prevent it from being bad luck, for some reason.
Another superstitious in the Philippines. Once you're talking or even not talking and you bite your tongue you have to ask the first letter that comes out from the mind of other people. It means, that person's first letter name is thinking of you that moment. ❤❤❤
i'd like to translate your vidoes to arabic to help to share your content to the arab world that loves japan and also i get to benefit and learn new words! i haven't found your email so i decided to put a comment. BTW I'm in fact a translator (english to arabic) and translated multiple of movies before.
Cuting nails at night may be dangerous bc with less light you could cut yourself and get infection and die. Comes from times Back when people used candles and didnt have enough lite.
Miku-san. You really do render a distinguished service to all of us who've been struggling with Japanese. Thank you so much for your dedication! I LOVE your videos because I feel comfortable about your speed and pronunciation.
It's Miku though, not Misa ;)
@@amarug Thanks for you correction🤝 As a matter of fact I've been keeping up with both Miku and Misa's videos who are, in my opion, the two most excellent tutors of Japanese!
In Hungary, finding a four-leaf clover also means to bring luck. With the tooth, it was said that if your milktooth falls out, and you put under your pillow, at night the tooth-fairy will exchange it for money. It is also said to be unlucky if you kill a spider (anytime of the day) or if a mirror breaks near you, or if you walk under a ladder. There is also a superstition of if a Black cat crosses their way in front of you, it's unlucky but I don't really believe these, I love cats! :3
It is also said that if you wake up at 3:00-4:00 am at night, someone is watching you. Hmm, now these are all I can remember! Great listening video again 💞
~Katica
I really liked this type of free talk video, and the amount of subtitles paired with japanese ones are amazing, I couldn't believe when I saw hebrew subs!
I was very amused to learn about japanese superstitions and would love more of this type of content
Arigato miku sensei!
We have a lot of superstitions in India too and many people still believe them.
• The black cat one is true here too, and we can walk forward only after spitting once.
• Not to cut nails after 6 pm.
• Not to eat non-vegetarian food on Tuesdays ( kinda religious reason)
• Warding off evil before stepping into your house when you pass a graveyard at night. ( another person circles shoes around the head , surely weird)
• Another one to ward off evil, we call it Nazar Utaarna . If someone is looking very beautiful, especially children, people use kajal to make a dot behind the child's ear.
• Not to swing your legs while sitting.
• Not to keep shoes upside down.
• Not to swallow saliva but spit it if you come across a dead animal on the street.
There are many more too....
En México tenemos la misma creencia de que si estornudas están hablando de ti. Pero no vamos tan lejos como para contar los estornudos jajaja.
Tus videos me ayudan mucho, muchas gracias Miku-sensei
いつも面白い動画を作ってくれて本当にありがとうございます😊
これからもっといい動画を楽しみにしてます！！！
Also in Italy there is the superstition of the black cat 🐈⬛
Another one: if you walk under a ladder, it brings bad luck 🪜
The four leaf clover brings good luck 🍀
Thank you for sharing ❤❤
In Vietnam, it’s said that if a dragonfly bits your belly-button, you will be able to swim. Well, for non-Vietnamese people, it’s really weird to hear it!
フランスではスパイダー について、「araignée du matin」：chagrin、「araignée du soir」：bonsoirという言い方をします。
韻を踏んでいる！？
In my country in Albania we believe that if you sneeze someone’s talking bad about you too OR if you’re talking about something you arent sure of and you sneeze it’s confirmation that you’re right 🤣 I honestly believe it. We also say that if you get a pimple on the tip of ur tongue someone said very bad things about you and your family.
In Hungary we say someone is talking about the person when they have hiccups.
In our culture number 13 is the unfortunate number, especially if it falls on a Friday. Some hotels don't have a room no. 13. And it is very unfortunate to have 13 people around a table as it reminds of the 12 disciples with Jesus when he was betrayed by Judas. Anyways, I'm not superstitious at all, but it's interesting to know about these cultural things. Thanks for the video, Miku! 😊❤️🐱
In American English we say 'My ears are burning', some people say . "Well someone is talking about you". It's very similar to the Japanese superstition about sneezing.
Same in Uruguay ~
イギリスの迷信の一つは自分の幸運を話すときは「touch wood」と言って木造のものを触らなちゃいけないということです。例えば、家族全員が風邪をひいて、自分がまだひいてないときは「I haven't caught it yet, touch wood」とかと言われることもあります。テーブルとか触らないと、きっと風邪をひくという感じですね
In Mexico we say something similar about sneezes, we say that when you sneeze, it is because someone is thinking of you. This doesn't have any other implications than that, it could be a friend or a family member. But it's often related to someone that loves you and is thinking of you.
thank you for the video!! I found the superstition about sneezing especially interesting
in Russia there's a similar one, only it's believed someone is talking behind your back if you hiccup, not sneeze
and if you sneeze, it means something said right before is definitely true
idk the reasons for any of those though haha
Wow, thank you for so many languages in the subtitles. That must have been a lot of work. It‘s so much cooler to have them in my native German.
流石に超面白かったですね！ミク先生、ありがとうございます！フランスにはクシャミの迷信に似てるものがあります。誰かを悪いうわさしていたら、「その人に耳鳴りがしているかも」と言ったり、仲良い人なら翌日その人に会って、「昨日耳鳴りしてなかったの？」と聞いたりします 笑
In England we have an odd one which my Japanese isn’t good enough to explain- when you get a random chill, we say ‘ someone’s walking on your grave’ which is odd because I don’t have a grave yet..! It feels like it’s talking about a future event affecting now.
みく先生これは私の一番気に入り話題ですよ。もし良かったら他の迷信の動画を作ってくれませんか。いつも面白い動画を作って本当にありがとうございました。
I really enjoy your videos. I'm a Nikkei and I also find Japanese superstitions funny. I was surprised to see that you didn't mention the problem with the number 4. It's really funny for foreigners to see that apartments go from 3 to 5. I love your channel!
In an anime called JoJo Bizarre Adventure a character named Mista has an ability called Sex Pistols to summon six bullet creatures that help direct his gunshots and aim.
They all have numbers on their heads but because Mista is superstitious of the number 4 it skips that number. Despite this the Bullet that’s supposed to be number 4 (number 5) gets bullied by number 3😅
@@血みどろなジャム I didn't know that anime. I searched on YT and I found a video. So funny! Thanks!
フランスには、くもについての迷信が逆ですね。"Araignée du matin, chagrin; araignée du soir, espoir" と言われています。朝に出るくもは、悲しみの縁起です。夜に出るくもは、希望の縁起です。くもが蚊を食べるので、いつ見ても嬉しいです。
In Québec (Canada) there are a lot of superstitions tied to religion that people don’t believe in but still will say. One example is if you have a very important day coming up, people will tell you « don’t forget to hang a rosary on the clothesline! ». It’s meant to bring nice weather and good luck for the following day. No one actually does it though!
「くしゃみをする」、「歯は屋根の上に投げる」、「夜に爪を切っちゃいけない」、「夜、選択物を干しちゃいけない」タイ人も信じます。😂😂
In Greece we throw our baby teeth on the roof too! Also we have that superstition that you're not supposed to be clipping your nails at night. Though when someone sneezes while they are talking about something we say that they speak the truth. Or we have the other one that if your ears are red it means that someone is talking about you. The same goes if you have a headache. We call it the evil eye and it means that someone is talking about you that's why your head hurts.
Another one we have is to not exchange sharp items, as scissors or knives, with another person hand by hand as it might bring bad luck and end up in a fight with that person. You are supposed to leave the scissors down first and then the other person can pick them up.
是非みこ先生の話を全てめっちゃ気に入った〜♡。ポーランドでもクモを殺してはならないと言われています。殺したら運が悪くなるって子供ころよく聞いたな。あとほこの迷信ありますね：
＊耳が痒くなるとあなたのことが話されている
＊鏡を壊したらこの瞬間から七年間に運が悪くなる
＊出かけるとき何かを忘れて取り出しに帰ると再開に出かける前に座らなきゃいけないんです。座らないと旅の夢中で運が悪くなる、例えば事件があるって言われている
＊話すとき悪い状況の記述したらこれを起こるのを辞めるように塗料しなかった木製のこと（例えばテーブル）をノックしないといけない
＊最後は（僕が一番好きなのです）月経中女性は手でマヨを作るはずがない、言われているところによるとマヨは悪くなるって😅
In Lithuania we also have a superstition about a black cat crossing the road. Also, we have supersition like this: when you say out loud that something bad is about to happen (for example, a war coming to our country), you need to knock on wood 3 times (or spit facing your left shoulder 3 times), so that it wouldn't come true.
夜のことばは同じ迷信がトルコであります. でも、ちょっとチョガウです．When you cut nails at night it's bad luck. (It may not be in every part) Similarly broken glass and black cats are thought to be bad luck. 12:10
I guess Peter Parker wouldn’t enjoy the night life in Japan.
Breaking a mirror = 7 years of bad luck. Opening umbrela in house is bad luck. Dont know why,tho Lol
私はインド出身です。We have similar belief when it comes to black cat thing and the not facing north and sleeping. We also don't cut nails at night.
I know about Teru Teru Bouzu and it relates with "Monks head shining bright", Japanese often concern about rain (as you have many 台風）and death.
The way kanjis and related are actually more sensible. 素敵なコンテンツです
Apparently your heart stops for a second when you sneeze...
So the reason why people say "bless you" to someone, is so that their heart may not stop and die from a heart-attack
This superstition actually comes from a story found in European culture
フィンランドでは、くしゃみの迷信は日本とほとんど同じです。第一回のくしゃみは良いことが来る。第二は悪いことが来る。第三はお金が来る。第四はかぜをひく。
My parents teach us that exactly ‘throwing tooth’ when we were still a child😂😂 we are Indonesian chinese, probably Chinese has the same myths or it’s influenced by Japan beforeee😄😄
興味深い！ parte dos por favor!
"araignée du soir, espoir, araignée du matin, chagrin" (vieux proverbe français) (mukashi no furansu go no kotowaza) : "asa no kumo, kanashimi, yoru no kumo, kiboo" nihongo de to iu imi desu!
This helped me so much. I needed this and application of japanese superstitions in todays world and i also learn Japanese so this is really helpful thank you so much
Today video is very interesting sensei. Thank you very much💜
If we sneez frequently without fever or cold, our left nostril burns especially , it means someone scolds you. If right nostril burns, someone mentions/ reminds you.
We throw away fallen tooth to the roof. At dusk/ night we don't cut nails, like a bad thing in Sri Lanka.
& also the black cat
We have so much in common! Wow I didn’t know that! Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
Love your content. You speak so clear and well. More listening practice please. Black cat seems to be worldwide i guess. Thank you!
Thank you Miku-sensei, this was really really interesting! In Taiwan, I was told we also have the superstition about throwing your teeth upwards and downwards. I moved out of Taiwan at a young age though, so I can't confirm if it's popular nowadays. If you'd like to share more superstitions, I would be interested in learning more!
The 4 leaf clover and the black cat superstitions are somewhat believed here in the U.S
このビデオ見て色々沢山勉強になりました。ミク先生いつも有難うございます。
I think in Indonesia there are some superstitions that are heavily influenced by Japan! (because of the two nations' history and the Japanese culture (manga, anime) that is absorbed in Indonesia). Some people in Indonesia also said that sneezing could mean someone is talking about you, which I think is because this superstition is written many in the manga which made Indonesian unconsciously believe it. Indonesian also don't cut their nails at the night, and also a black cat could mean a bad omen. back to sneezing, in Islamic tradition and most Islamic-influenced nations, when a person sneezes, he/she would say "thank god". then the person who hears the sneezing would say "may the god give you a good omen", and the person who sneezes would reply "may the god also give you a good omen".
Agree! the superstition about the kid's teeth happens in Indonesia (as my mom always told me to do that when I was a kid). I was also not allowed to clip the nails at night by my parent; they said it will invite animals e.g. snakes.
The number of 4 is avoided until now at many places in Indonesia, as Mika Sensei will hardly find the 4th floor in many department stores or big building in Indonesia. And the black cat is believed that when it jumps across the newly dead body, then the person will wake up -_-! silly, silly, silly..
topikku wa omoshiroidesuka.. arigatou gozaimasu Sensei
ここ（アメリカ)には靴下と寝るママは珍しくないけどちょっとへんなんです。僕はいつまで寝てながら暑すぎるんですでもよく靴下と寝てるんだな。血行が悪いんだから。動画を作ってくれたありがとございましたミク先生!
本当に面白かった。ありがとうございますみく先生。
ギリシャ人の母は靴下を履いたまま寝ちゃだめと言いました。理由は足に血がめぐりにくくするためだったかも知れません。
My mother who was Greek said not to go to bed with socks on. I think maybe the reason was that it impedes blood circulation to your feet.
I love superstitions about spiders, very interesting. 教えてもらってほしいことをちょっと聞いてもいいんですか。最近意味が近いとか使い方が似ている語彙など難しくなってきた。例えば「尽くす」と「極める」という語彙です。いつもありがとうございます！
ミク先生、ありがとうございます。
面白かったです。私はミャンマー人です。歯のことと夜に爪を切っちゃいけないって言うのはミャンマーにもあります。
Some American superstitions for you: black cats ( though I am a proud owner of my own くろねこ and he has brought nothing but happiness into my life. sweetest cat I’ve ever owned), walking under a ladder being bad luck (but really that’s just common sense because someone could drop something on you), breaking a mirror brings 7 years bad luck, stepping on cracks in the sidewalk (step on a crack, break your mothers back) if you spill salt you have to toss a pinch over your shoulder or it’s bad luck, Friday the 13th being an unlucky day, the number 13 being unlucky, if a groundhog sees it’s shadow then spring is delayed a few weeks, holding your breath when passing a graveyard or you could breathe in an evil spirit, four leaf clovers are lucky, the number 7 is lucky, burning sage cleanses the energy of the house of anything negative left from the previous tenants, putting salt in front of the doors and windows wards off evil (and actually wards off ants!) hanging horseshoes on the wall with the curved part at the bottom collects good luck, a rabbits foot was considered a lucky charm for a long time (but not for the rabbit) they aren’t seen anymore though because animal cruelty, finding a penny heads up is good luck and heads down is bad luck (find a penny, pick it up, all the day you’ll have good luck), getting pooped on by a wild bird outside (yes that’s one I’ve heard a lot) dreamcatchers hung above your bed catches nightmares so you only have good dreams, making wishes on stars, meteorites, dandelion seeds, eyelashes that fall out on someone’s cheek (you pick it off for them and then tell the person to make a wish and blow it away), the wishbone of the thanksgiving or Christmas turkey (two people pull on it and whoever has the bigger half gets their wish) and birthday candles will come true, but you can’t tell the wish or it won’t. There’s also a thing about the sky being red in the morning meaning a storm is coming and I think there might be actual meteorological fact behind that one, there’s a saying said by sailors “red sky at night, a sailors delight, red sky at morn a sailors forlorn”. If your ears feel warm and tingly someone is talking about you, if your right palm is itchy you’re about to get money unexpectedly, if your left palm is itchy you’ll have to spend it unexpectedly. That’s all I can remember right now.
That was interesting about the number 9, that number kind of followed my mom around, she noticed it a lot and she did suffer a lot. even when she died, in the hospital she was on floor 9, room 18. I’m usually pretty skeptical about superstition, but even I noticed that.
Oh! Thank you so much! Can you email to real.japanese.miku@gmail.com? Thank you!
イギリスとオーストラリアでは、だれかくしゃみをしたら、"Bless You"というりゅうは くしゃみをするとたましいに悪魔に開放されて、"bless you"と言って、たましいをまろります。(勉強しているので、私の日本語文法がちょうとへたってすみません)
バリ島と同じですね！
こういう迷信はバリ島にたくさんあります！😊
benul
そうなんですか！☺️バリ島大好きなので、いつかバリに行って、バリの文化を学びたいです❤😊
@@mikurealjapanese 是非行ってみてください！！！！！😭待ってます！✨
The strangest superstition i find in my country (Poland) is ... shaking a hand through the door is bad luck. Kinda weird.
I'm familiar with the sneezing superstition, but i also had to laugh because when miku said Japanese don't pay much mind when people sneeze all i could think was "taskaru (TSKR)" XD
私はミャンマー 人です。数3 🦷は私たちにも同じと思っています!他の人には知りませんですけどね…こどものころお母さんから聞いたのでよくそれをやりました。子どもの時にそれは面白いし楽しくて好きでした。(*´ω｀*)
もっとこんな動画を作成しくださいミク先生！
てるてるぼうずと歯を家の下とか家屋根の上に投げる迷信はとてもビックリする。アメリカには黒い猫も縁起が悪いと言われています。😊
In Taiwan we believe that black cat has mythical power to turn dead people into zombies. In our tradition the ceased family member will stay home for 7 days until his soul revisit us one last time. Before then a family member will be assigned to guard the dead body against black cat. If a black cat hops on it the dead body will rise and become undead. The undead can only be killed by sacred wooden swords. Blood from black dog, urine from virgin boy, and uncooked sticky rice are defensive items to temporarily stop his motion. Hong Kong has similar culture too and they made a lot of movies of those.
In the Philippines, when a black cat passes in front of you and you are going somewhere that day you need to go back home and not to go anywhere. They said, that there's something bad will happen to you along the road. But other people don't do that way instead they change road to pass through and before they go to their specific place they passed by to any store and buy something.😊😊😊😊😊
I remember hearing the don't cut your nails at night from the anime in xxxHolic and to cover your thumb when passing by a cemetery
Here in Brazil we have the same superstition of sneeze, throw the tooth on the roof (we also have 歯の妖精) and the Black cat
とても面白かった。ありがとうございます。
In America we have similar superstition about 4 leaf clover and black cat crossing your path. As for baby teeth, as kids we we're told to put them under our pillow so the tooth fairy would give us money. We also believe the number 13 is bad luck, especially Friday the 13th. I'm not sure if this is all parts of america or just my area, but as school kids we used to say “step on a crack and you'll break your mother's back” so we'd all avoid the space between tiles or the sidewalk haha. We have other superstitions like crossing your fingers for good luck, or when telling a lie (so that you don't get found out), or one where you shouldn't clean up on new years day. I'm not sure why you're not supposed to, maybe it's like you're sweeping up all the good luck for the year or something like that. Even though I'm not superstitious anymore, I find it interesting to learn about various superstitions. ありがとうございますミク先生🙏🏾
ありがとうございます！
Ahhh superstitions…. I think there’s no culture without it. In the Netherlands we say that some one is talking about you if one of your ears is itching. If it’s the left one it’s bad and when it’s the right ear it’s good. When you have a cold chill people might say that someone just walked over your (future) grave.
The nail clipping thing I heard from a friend who’s family is from Indonesia originally, but also something about clipping your nail when there’s a full moon could kill your husband 😟 In Spain people have bad vibes with Tuesday’s. No idea why. No purses on the floor. Also no idea why 😅 and I remember my father ones told me to always step out of bed or on the stairs with the right foot first…. When I was with friends in Iran and I left to go back to my home country I had to walk underneath the Koran a few times and they threw water behind me on the footpath to get rid off bad luck and have a save journey. Oh I could go on and on…. 😂
Whether I can join your team and translate to Vietnamese if I don't have experience in translation but I'm studying Japanese Department at university?
thank u! Very interesting video!!
Saying bless you when sneeze,is bc people back then thought that breath is SOUL and when sneezing your soul might want to leave your body. Latin world for wind,breath and soul is Spiritus. When someone died people said the Spirit has left the body. Today we know its nonsense but beliefs stil remain. Btw farts were believed to be Devils breath
Very good video ! About the sock superstition, I am glad there is no such thing in France because I have feet muscles tension, so sleeping with socks keeps them warm and avoid having cramps
...and suddenly the end of Massage Detective Joe makes sense. Thank you for this.
😮！ありがとう！本当におもしろかつた！
Nice! I arrived in Japan a couple days ago. I shall binge your content and stop fooling around!
In Jamaica, one can use rum to ward off duppy (ghosts)
Miku 先生の動画が大好きです。もっと作ってほしいです。
Thanks for your videos.. Do you purposely use simple words so that we can understand? Or can i assume that i have a good Japanese language level:)... Regarding the superstitions you mentioned there are few common with India.. For example we should not cut our nails at night, and black cat crossing the path is a bad omen...
「くしゃみをするのは 誰かにうわさされてるから」 これ！アニメでよく見るよ！
インドにも夜の時爪を切るのはだめです。どうしてかと言うと夜の時爪を切ったら富裕(Wealth)がなくなるということです😂
I'm American, and yes, it's the tooth fairy, here. Specifically, kids who lose their teeth take them and put them under their pillows, and the tooth fairy comes at night and replaces the tooth with money. It was quarters when I was a little kid.
Very like Santa Clause coming to your house after you go to bed on Christmas Eve to leave presents under the Christmas Tree, or the Easter Bunny hiding eggs all over your house or yard the night before Easter.
I don't know of any superstitions about sneezing in the USA.
The "teru-teru bouzu" looks a lot like a ghost. The white-sheet kind. Probably would be assumed to be one in the USA, especially around Halloween.
I do not sleep with socks on. It is too hot. Nothing superstitious about it for me, though. Just comfort. If I slept the way I see people doing on tatami mats and futons in Japan in anime, with those blankets that don't cover the feet, I'd definitely want socks, though. (Is that really a way people sleep, or is that just artistic license?)
Black cats crossing your path are considered bad luck in the USA, too. Breaking a mirror is also supposed to be 7 years of bad luck. If you spill salt, you're supposed to throw some of it over your left shoulder to prevent it from being bad luck, for some reason.
本当に面白かった、miku先生
葉の投げる迷信は同じ。。😄
「歯を抜けたら」
えぇ... 😳
ブラジルにも。
上下どちらも屋根の上に投げる！
(どちらも？どっちも？どっちでも？🤔日本語は難しいね... 😅)
6:20フイリピンもあるですよ、屋根の上じゃないけど引き出しの下になげる。
コロンビアでは黒い羽のちょうが家に入ったら、近い日取りでなんか家族の中でそれとも身近を誰かが死ぬかもしれないって意味
お国のミャンマーでは、私子供の頃、上の歯が抜けて、友達に「上の歯なら、穴を掘ってうめてよ」っていわれたんです。下の方は屋根の上に投げてっていう。
In Philippines , it is also said that you must not cut you fingernails at night but I don't know why? 😁
The black cat superstition is also the same.
Lol, now 10pm in my country and I'm cutting my nail while watching this 😂
Another superstitious in the Philippines. Once you're talking or even not talking and you bite your tongue you have to ask the first letter that comes out from the mind of other people. It means, that person's first letter name is thinking of you that moment. ❤❤❤
Miku San , yukkuri kudasai !
Oh and about superstitions, although it's not that widespread anymore, in France we should not leave the bread upside down as it is the Christ's body
I like this topic, very interesting.
Thank you miku for helping us
I had been wondering recently if other countries/languages say something after a person sneezes 😅 ありがとう
フィンランドでは、真夏の日の迷信は夫を探している女性のためです。こう言う迷信が多いです。一番良く知られた迷信は、枕の下に七つの花を置くと、夢の中に将来の夫が現れます。もう一つのは、裸のまま牧草地の露に体を転がると、良い夫をもらいます。また裸のまま井戸の水を見ると、将来の夫の絵が写ります。これらの迷信は真夏の日の夜だけ出来ると信じられます。
Spiders aren't insects, did you know? They're pretty cool, though.
先生のビデオ、とても面白くて 楽しいですから、いつも見ている。次のビデオ楽しみにしています
Poor black cats! Kowai-so! There seems to be a prejudice against them just about everywhere, to the extent that people shun them as pets.
i'd like to translate your vidoes to arabic to help to share your content to the arab world that loves japan and also i get to benefit and learn new words! i haven't found your email so i decided to put a comment. BTW I'm in fact a translator (english to arabic) and translated multiple of movies before.
ネパールでもぬげたら屋根の上に投げるけど上と下は関係無いどっちでも屋根の上です
Thanks for information.
バリも三ばんめの迷信が同じです。今までもみんな信じしている。
美玖先生はすごいです！
Also I wear socks to bed when I am sick. I put some medicine on my feet (Vicks vapo rub) and the. Put socks on over so the medicine lasts longer.
You have to inhale it to let it do it’s work. Vapo stands for vapour… better rub it on your chest and coverup warmly. 😜
Me too, specially when I was young my mom did that to every one once we get sick. 😅
僕もそんな風に自由な話動画がすごく楽しんでます。
Miku sensei is my favorite Japanese teacher.
Cuting nails at night may be dangerous bc with less light you could cut yourself and get infection and die.
Comes from times Back when people used candles and didnt have enough lite.
面白うかた。ありがとうございます
ミャンマーでも夜爪を切っちゃいけないと言われています。