Reasons You START Learning Japanese

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  • Опубліковано 14 сер 2022
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    A4: I'm learning Spanish (sometimes other languages too)
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 394

  • @Onomappu
    @Onomappu  Рік тому +247

    I love you all😆
    *I just made a Japanese online school and we're recruiting students until March 26th Sun 12 midnight in Japan time! There's more information in this video!
    ua-cam.com/video/8Ktnb4tEAg0/v-deo.html

  • @mansmo9513
    @mansmo9513 Рік тому +208

    I wanted to learn Japanese because I initially wanted to read Japanese. learning Kanji was so much fun for me. it's like slowly decoding an ancient language. and when I at last managed to read, I was so surprised by how much beautiful yet different Japanese is from English and my own language Arabic, and I came to understand and appreciate the culture of its people.

    • @mansmo9513
      @mansmo9513 Рік тому +4

      @it's Rooa صحيح. أحيانا يمكنني تخمين معنى الكلمة اليابانية في حين أجد صعوبة في فهم المفردات العربية الصعبة😅

    • @kittenmcwhiskers
      @kittenmcwhiskers Рік тому +4

      بالضبط!

    • @marieIIy
      @marieIIy Рік тому +1

      Wait same except I originally knew English and Spanish :)

    • @mansmo9513
      @mansmo9513 Рік тому +1

      @@marieIIy I' started learning Spanish lately. I'm a bit lazy though. 😅

    • @wiammomo5474
      @wiammomo5474 Рік тому +5

      أفضل شيئ عند تعلمك شيئ هو حبك له خاصة اللغات الاجنبيه

  • @JystaByte
    @JystaByte Рік тому +82

    OK, so that Duolingo streak motivation is a real thing 😂Duolingo isn't necessarily the best tool overall, but it is useful for getting me to at least look at some vocab every day, and that little bit of motivation makes a big difference!

    • @user-ow7js7wm6l
      @user-ow7js7wm6l Рік тому +1

      i use duolingo too and it teach me so many things

    • @001awesomeyen
      @001awesomeyen Рік тому

      Me too! Why do the audio speakers need to speak so fast for!

    • @Robin_Goodfellow
      @Robin_Goodfellow Рік тому +2

      Duolingo might not teach the nuances of a language very well, but it really excels at getting people to try learning one when they might not have otherwise. I love it for that.

  • @arwingensemer
    @arwingensemer Рік тому +64

    I decided to learn Japanese, because I love Japanese!
    When I initially learned it, I was fascinated by the different writing systems, the unique onomatopoeia, and so many other things we don't have in English. It started my interest in linguistics, and I have come to love many other things about the culture, but the language itself came first!

  • @metalmilitia89
    @metalmilitia89 Рік тому +54

    I started last November because I want to go to Japan, and also, it is quite challenging to learn it as an English and Spanish speaker, so the challenge is motivating.

  • @chroipahtz
    @chroipahtz Рік тому +115

    I started learning Japanese (decades ago, still going very slowly) because I wanted to translate old Japanese video games that were never localized to English. There is a lot of gold that we never got to see. Kind of a niche reason, I know. But I do genuinely enjoy the language and a lot of the culture too.

    • @Kalernor
      @Kalernor Рік тому +3

      How did you play these games before you started learning Japanese?

    • @chroipahtz
      @chroipahtz Рік тому +9

      @@Kalernor I didn't, but I heard about many of them through the grapevine back in the day. Because of things like early fan translations of SNES games, we got to see that it was possible.

    • @su796
      @su796 Рік тому +6

      Same i wanted to play a lot of Japanese games that where never gonna get translated

    • @spacecat8748
      @spacecat8748 Рік тому

      @@chroipahtz that's a cool reason. Did you translate any games? which ones?

    • @user-bt4he7qv6u
      @user-bt4he7qv6u Рік тому +1

      I have a similiar reason to yours, but its about all of the non-english traslated games not only the old ones, and also the uncensored version of some games

  • @kristofferson2713
    @kristofferson2713 Рік тому +11

    My story is probably a bit strange. I was in my Spanish class - I'm not a native English speaker - and I had already finished my project, so I picked up a book (I like to read a lot) that was about poetry and at some point I read a beautiful Haiku, it was fascinating and it stuck in my mind. I wanted to know more about Haiku and I found out that they come from Japan, at that time I only knew the general about that country and the more I read about its culture the more interested I was.
    So here I am, learning Japanese. And one day I will read a Haiku in Japanese.

  • @sabrinarajan
    @sabrinarajan Рік тому +20

    Hi Hitoki, I really appreciate the subtitles in different languages. Thank you!

  • @DavidKAnderson
    @DavidKAnderson Рік тому +27

    For my part, I'm planning a move to Japan next year, mostly as a "final stage" in my music career (Japan's jazz and fusion scene is absolute fire). Obviously I need to speak the language as well as I can manage. For professional reasons, obviously, but also because _not_ doing your best to fit in as best you can in a new place and culture is just rude.

    • @ancientpeople3861
      @ancientpeople3861 Рік тому

      Hello, I support your carrier !!✧(*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑✧
      There are some consultation services for people from other countries. If you have problems, please consult with them.🤝

    • @DaddyDuckTown
      @DaddyDuckTown Рік тому +2

      This is a great mindset to have, I really wish more people would think this way when moving to a foreign country, safe travels and good luck in Japan!

    • @fourthpanda
      @fourthpanda Рік тому +2

      It's not really "doing your best to fit in" that is important, it's understanding how you fit in and being very deliberate around it. Like I live her and I know I will never fit in. Both has a foreigner it's basically just impossible to fully fit in to Japanese society, but also as a LGBTQ person, I cannot just "fit in" to some of the cultural boxes Japan places on me. It's really toxic to try, and ignore my identity. This is true for everyone not just forigners living here. So yea it's important to understand that even if you see someone not fitting in, it might not be rude, it's just a byproduct of them not allowing toxic societal standards to dictate their life completely. And we understand that full well cause we face discrimination every day.

    • @DaddyDuckTown
      @DaddyDuckTown Рік тому

      @@fourthpanda Good, fegs are anti-social and harmful to society, not to mention it's damaging already abysmal birth rates in first world countries. Many people who live in countries like the US have the desire to live somewhere else, whether it be somewhere like Hungary, Japan, South Korea, Poland, etc. because degenerate lifestyles aren't quite as common. Do you ever take a step back and wonder why people are anti-LGBT? It's not because everyone is secretly gay or has an IQ of 50 as some have claimed.

    • @fourthpanda
      @fourthpanda Рік тому

      @@DaddyDuckTown Not puddles man. Don't do my man puddles dirty like that 🥲

  • @morganschmidtke9015
    @morganschmidtke9015 Рік тому +14

    I started for a few reasons, and none of them were anime like most of my classmates. 😆
    1. International relations
    2. The challenge of the language! It’s one of the hardest languages for English speakers to learn. So I chose it.
    Now, I love the food, culture, people, music, etc. ❤️ So glad I chose Japanese and got to study abroad! I lived in Fukuoka and Kyoto for 1 year. 😊

  • @kentaroyamaguchi7519
    @kentaroyamaguchi7519 Рік тому +1

    I fell in love with japanese when i saw the trailer for final fantasy x-2 with the great voice acting and the music

  • @Trainfan1055Janathan
    @Trainfan1055Janathan Рік тому +37

    俺が日本語の勉強をしたかった理由はただ「パラッパラッパー」というアニメを日本語から英語に翻訳できるようになれるわけだよ。キャラの言う言葉の発音が時々分からないから難しい。

  • @ShinRaiden
    @ShinRaiden Рік тому +13

    About the japanese mythology.
    I love the whole Izanami and Izanagi story of creating the land of Japan, their marriage ritual, the gods being born and the parting ways where Inazami goes to Yami and Izanagi follows her just to find her wither away and then him escaping and sealing her in the Yami. But besides that, there's the tale of Amarerasu and Susanoo and so many more. Shinto and every related to it is so interesting and awesome😍🥰

  • @ador989
    @ador989 Рік тому +8

    I really liked this country and I am studying Japanese because I plan to move to live in Japan in the near future. With japanese I can not only talk to Japanese but also read manga and watch anime in the original language which is cool I think 🗾❤️ 日本が好き。

  • @zamooti4505
    @zamooti4505 Рік тому +7

    I started studying because UA-cam was like: you wanna learn hiragana? And I went sure, why not. Now I’m almost two years deep into learning the language

  • @federicoperissinotto484
    @federicoperissinotto484 Рік тому +15

    I started because:is helpful for career purposes, it will make me able someday to travel in that country without problems, I can communicate to more people around the world and the most important, it makes you seem cool saying you study Japanese in a western country😎

  • @user-hc6nu1vw7y
    @user-hc6nu1vw7y Рік тому +2

    I'm learning Japanese because I'm in love with Japanese culture and because Japanese sounds cute

  • @Panda-24
    @Panda-24 Рік тому +3

    O started learning Japanese after I saw it's written script. The brush strokes seemed like an art form to me. I love art so I thought; YES!

  • @petermarschall3886
    @petermarschall3886 Рік тому

    Hey! Thank you for making these videos!
    I've been looking for this kind of content where I can understand 80% of the words and you're using just the perfect level of Japanese for me to understand and still learn something and it feels great. 🙏

  • @user-vf2sq6pt7p
    @user-vf2sq6pt7p Рік тому +2

    Your videos are always funny and very understandable. This channel is great!

  • @user-ry7ke3ce3x
    @user-ry7ke3ce3x Рік тому +1

    私は日本に行ってそこの自然が見たいですから憧れています景色もすばらしいです。

  • @mtlvmpr
    @mtlvmpr Рік тому +5

    ゲームと漫画です。
    Been learning here and there little by little but started seriously this summer. Currently focused on kanji and vocab.

    • @etistyle96
      @etistyle96 Рік тому

      偉大理由のですよ!

  • @sawakun
    @sawakun Рік тому +2

    最初はアニメ好き,めちゃ興味深く,どんどん勉強なってこのプロセスの中に日本語この言語本体を研究ばかりしめちゃはまって,も勉強の目的は変わった,日本語と言語学習のモチベーション満々増えて.めちゃエンジョイ,これから日本語勉強をもっとやる気出てきる.

  • @user-ui6ev6di3d
    @user-ui6ev6di3d Рік тому +1

    I started learning japanese because of pandemic and I saw mat vs japan's video talking about the language and feel in love with it!

  • @maryj13
    @maryj13 Рік тому

    ohh you are so sweet🤍🤍 thank you for your video! it actually happened so randomly omg, i started learning japanese because that's such a beautiful language, i was watching a lot of japanese dramas recently and was so impressed by cinematography and how the language sounds so beautiful so i couldn't help myself, i also listen to japanese songs and they just sound soooo beautiful, and i really related to the person who said they want to be busy, learning languages in general takes a lot of unlimited time and so personally that gives a feeling of having a purpose/goal which i really needed 🤍🤍🌿 love youu

  • @cupcake-lw1nd
    @cupcake-lw1nd Рік тому +3

    i really love the pronunciation of japanese language the first time i heared it in anime i fall in love 💕💕😘

  • @no.yes.maybexx
    @no.yes.maybexx Рік тому +2

    Hajimemashite ! Lise öğrencisiydim. Okul gezisi ile Dolmabahçe Sarayı ' na gitmiştik(1997 yılında) Orada bir grup Japon vardı ve biriyle epey bir bakıştık ve gülüştük uzaktan uzağa . "Hello , I am a student" ten başka İngilizcem olmadığı için yanına gitmeye cesaret edemedim. O neden gelmedi bilmiyorum. Ondan sonra Japonlar ve Japon kültürü ile ilgilenmeye başladım. Üniversitede okurken bir Japonca sözlük bulup aldım . Zevk için karıştırıyordum o sıralarda . O zamanlarda baktığım kelimeler aradan 16 yıl geçmesine rağmen aklımda kalmış. Maalesef geçen yıla kadar dilbilgisi ile ilgili bir kitap bulamadım. Pandemi sayesinde uzaktan eğitim veren bir kurumdan Japonya ' da çalışan bir Türk mühendisin verdiği derslere katıldım ... Şimdi Buusu ' dan çalışıyorum. Seni izliyorum. Japenese Apple kanalını takip ediyorum vs ... Ama çok fazla vakit ayıramadığım için ve konuşacak kimse olmadığı için bu yazdıklarımı Japonca yazacak kadar iyi öğrenemedim şimdilik. Umarım ilerde Japonca yazarım .

  • @xrenaoxloveo
    @xrenaoxloveo Рік тому +1

    I think wanting to watch anime without subtitles is a common reason, and very valid 😂👌🏼

  • @user-yq7mf3xd1k
    @user-yq7mf3xd1k Рік тому +1

    I started learning Japanese since a year ago, when I was watching one of Indonesian youtuber recording his daily activities with japanese friends there and it was super interesting for me. 日本語わ難しでも私わ好きです

  • @osonhodeleon
    @osonhodeleon Рік тому +1

    素晴らしい動画です。ありがとうございました先生。

  • @orianadominguez3665
    @orianadominguez3665 Рік тому +3

    私が日本語を勉強を始めたのは発音がすごく美しいと思ったからです。でも日本語の歴史と文化や神話学なども興味があります。私の国の文化とすごく違うから面白いと思っています。

  • @Anne-A5158
    @Anne-A5158 Рік тому +4

    my interest of learning Japanese started when I was in high school, I love to study history in general and Japan is one of the many countries that really catches my attention because of its colorful background. So far I can read and write katakana and hiragana, while still working on kanji

  • @radicaledward8969
    @radicaledward8969 Рік тому

    I loved your motivational speech about doing good things for our futures so that we will be glad later! 🥺🥺❤❤

  • @Veectory
    @Veectory Рік тому +1

    yo, that is a damn good thumbnail. Love the contrast. Havent seen the video yet but this caught my eye

  • @Paul-yk7ds
    @Paul-yk7ds Рік тому

    Your Japanese is so clearly enunciated, and it's very satisfying.

  • @pinkumiilku
    @pinkumiilku Рік тому +3

    Simply, I have loved Japanese culture since I was a child. It’s my dream to visit Japan, and there is so much beauty in the language. I think learning Japanese would be a personal achievement I can be very proud of! ❤

  • @ivy_yati3481
    @ivy_yati3481 Рік тому +6

    First😊😊
    I started learning Japanese in August 2021 and this December I will take N3 JLPT test

    • @Onomappu
      @Onomappu  Рік тому +1

      I hope I can hear good news after you take the test✨
      応援している!

    • @ivy_yati3481
      @ivy_yati3481 Рік тому

      @@Onomappu はい ありがとうね😊

    • @zamooti4505
      @zamooti4505 Рік тому

      Wow, that’s some quick progress. Good luck in December!

    • @ivy_yati3481
      @ivy_yati3481 Рік тому +1

      @@zamooti4505 well since the situation in my country Myanmar 🇲🇲
      I don’t and can’t go to school so I study online at home and I have more time for Japanese
      That why my learning process is fast😁

    • @southcoastinventors6583
      @southcoastinventors6583 Рік тому

      @@ivy_yati3481 How much does it cost to take the test there, in the US it cost $150.00. Online is always better than in class plus all the savings, it better to refine your Japanese using a chat app or in Japan.

  • @bassoonplatoon3146
    @bassoonplatoon3146 Рік тому +1

    japanese is a beautiful language and because I enjoy a lot of media that uses the language as well as have a career writing music for media I feel that japanese is a helpful second language to have!

  • @curiouspenguin8
    @curiouspenguin8 Рік тому +1

    I will be a seiyuu in my next life. Can't be too early to start preparing 😂 btw, love your videos! 💙

  • @turkenheimer4448
    @turkenheimer4448 Рік тому +1

    Whoever makes the German subtitles, I love you for using "frug" instead of "fragte"

  • @1Galacticweek
    @1Galacticweek Рік тому +1

    Cause I want to get organized, and the Japanese are the most organized, orderly and harmonious people

  • @kakashi9032
    @kakashi9032 Рік тому +3

    Learning a language makes you smarter
    And I like Japanese a lot, sounds cool
    And I also wanted to watch anime without subtitles

  • @jin7658
    @jin7658 Рік тому +5

    I started learning Nihongo because I like the way it sounds.w. The only thing I struggle to learn or memorize is the kanji. I studied kanji until N3 9 years ago but forgot all of them since I am not using them daily.

  • @martiuscastle
    @martiuscastle Рік тому +1

    I picked the language (not english) with the most media samples around. There's so much japanese pop culture around that not only would ensure my learning, but also reward me after I learned it.

  • @n.p.4954
    @n.p.4954 Рік тому +1

    I started to learn the language becouse of it's pop culture. I like japanese video games and music, and I also like anime. I also wish to visit japan someday and so by the time I get to visit I hope I'll be able to speak the language.

  • @Jupisj
    @Jupisj Рік тому

    I will soon begin to study Japanese at university and I’m really excited! I’ve been in love with Japanese culture for quite some time now, and I really hope to visit Japan soon. I’m from Italy and I know that Japanese is really different from my language, but that’s one of the things that makes me want to learn it!

  • @MrMikeInverse
    @MrMikeInverse Рік тому +1

    さすがヒトキくん、面白いビデオね。👏 今ちょっと眠い、明日バイトの後、絶対見ます。💪

  • @ShigatsuLier
    @ShigatsuLier Рік тому +1

    Plesant feeling when watching your videos because of learning Japanese and learning Japanese because of watching your videos :) Main reason why I learn Japanese is mostly it being hard to learn and its fonetics, love

  • @snakeplayz1149
    @snakeplayz1149 Рік тому +1

    To move to this one of a kind special place! I want to move to Shinjuku when I'm about 23 😁!!

  • @user-gj6jq5dk4z
    @user-gj6jq5dk4z Рік тому +1

    I started learning Japanese because I came across Japanese dramas and thought the language sounded super cool! :D Simple reason, but it's kept me going XD

  • @IlPeggiore
    @IlPeggiore Рік тому

    I started being fascinated by japan when i was a little kid, obviously for videogames and anime, but growing up interest for that dimmed down and i started to want to know more about the actual culture, then i made japanese friends trough internet and that gave me more reason to learn it. It's been a struggle and will always be, but i like it so it's good.

  • @LaparkOC
    @LaparkOC Рік тому +5

    La primera vez que pensé en estudiar japones fue para poder entender anime y manga en su idioma original. Pero cuando crecí y empecé a estudiar sobre la mitología de Japón y su cultura, decidí que iba a estudiar lo suficiente como para poder leer una copia de los libros Kojiki (古事記) y Nihonshoki (日本書紀) en japones.
    Además quiero leer novelas como Kasha火車, Devotion of Suspect X容疑者Xの献身, No longer Human 人間失格 y Genji Monogatari 源氏物語.
    Por cierto mi parte favorita de la mitología es la historia de Utsushi kunitama no kami y el conejo blanco

  • @ghostief
    @ghostief Рік тому +1

    Honestly, I just really like how it sounds (especially in songs), and I like the culture. That was enough for me.
    Also I have some stuff I want to read, like Neko Udon.

  • @Aki0haru
    @Aki0haru Рік тому +2

    As I watched anime, my interest in this language increased and it sounds very nice. I really want to learn. 🌸🙆🏻‍♀️

  • @venturavara7955
    @venturavara7955 Рік тому +1

    私の場合は、友達影響の理由でした。元々切っ掛けは全く無いんですけど仲間が日本曲が好きだし、分花も分かるし、日本語強勉したことあるから日本語カもすごいだと思います。そこから私も出来るようになりたいです。

  • @cherryhwanwoong
    @cherryhwanwoong Рік тому +1

    I'm learning Japanese because I want to go there as an exchange student but also because I want to work as a journalist (correspondent) in Japan 😊

  • @D4mnis
    @D4mnis Рік тому

    I'll join in after randomly stumbling over one of your videos today:
    Took it as a challenge to be able to speak at least enough japanese to get through a few weeks in Japan (wanna go in 2024.. or when it's possible again without guided tours, lol) without having to rely on english :D Beisdes that, I somehow like the language - never been a huge Anime watcher or similar, I just like the language :D

  • @arian5402
    @arian5402 Рік тому +3

    I started all the way back in like 2015, my motivations have since changed but my overall core is to translate those games and novels that’ll most likely never see a localization. Personally I found that upsetting because there’s so many hidden gems that’s hampered by it being Japanese only. And as someone who consumes such media it gave me an outlook to channel my interests. ^o^

  • @chiyen8167
    @chiyen8167 Рік тому

    love your videoooo

  • @thelightbrigadef4172
    @thelightbrigadef4172 Рік тому +2

    Back then, I'm not interest learn Japanese. But now I'm currently working on it to learn Japanese. It was all started when video recommendations by youtube pop up on my screen. The title of the video is "日本語喋ってるんだけど" or "but we're speaking Japanese". It is really catch up my attention for some reason. I forgot the details because I watched it year and half ago.

  • @hatakekakashy2837
    @hatakekakashy2837 Рік тому +1

    I would like to say thank you for this amazing video... Also I want to learn Japanese to be a translator in the future 😊📚

    • @ancientpeople3861
      @ancientpeople3861 Рік тому +1

      Hello, I hope that your dream will come true !!😉 Even if you go to a different way in the future , I support you from Japan.🇯🇵

    • @hatakekakashy2837
      @hatakekakashy2837 Рік тому +1

      @@ancientpeople3861 I am very happy with your comment, my spirits have risen a lot.. I will do my best (from Saudi Arabia) 🇸🇦♥️♥️

  • @sushi_san2432
    @sushi_san2432 Рік тому +1

    Great video keep going 🥺🤍🙏

  • @nerdygem8620
    @nerdygem8620 Рік тому +2

    My favourite Japanese mythology is Amaterasu and Susanoo! I think the game Ookami (which is amazing) got me interested in it. でも、こくがいにすみたいから、日本語を勉強しています。12月にN5の試験をすりたい!

  • @razerx100
    @razerx100 Рік тому +1

    I started learning Japanese cuz I wanted to get some Kanji tattoos. But I actually love learning Japanese now and want to be fluent someday.

  • @joannajankowska3775
    @joannajankowska3775 Рік тому +1

    yeah, my original plan for study Japanese was to be able to watch Sailor Moon without subtitles or dubbing speaker. 🤣 (some dialogues in old polish version were censored)

  • @nkestm8587
    @nkestm8587 Рік тому +1

    私は本当に日本が大好きです! だから私は将来日本に旅行したいので、日本語を勉強するのが好きです、字幕なしでアニメを見ることができるように日本語を勉強しています。❤️❤️

  • @glanwen10969
    @glanwen10969 Рік тому +2

    I have always loved Japan and its culture, but somehow my interest jumped on the next level about a year ago. I found some interesting Japanese movies and TV shows and a new favorite band, and learning Japanese started from an innocent and light interest, like what kind of a language it is, writing system and some simple central words like yes, no, you, I 🧐😳😂 After a short puzzlement I wanted to know more. I know Japanese is one of the more difficult languages to learn and I don't really have any use for it in real life, but I like how it sounds and maybe the utility aspect will come along, never know. I found myself buying some study books and now after a year of self study I'm going on lessons in few weeks.

  • @yogeshdhiman563
    @yogeshdhiman563 Рік тому +2

    I got interested in Japanese Mythology after watching 鬼灯の冷徹。😆

  • @audgepodge381
    @audgepodge381 Рік тому

    I got interested in japanese for the music! I started in high school. I liked the 80s rock music and wanted to understand and sing it. also, I enjoy the historical stories and the unique writing style too. Certain words can't be directly translated which is so interesting. every language has it's own "melody" when you talk. (intonations and flow)

  • @gleisielaraujo7413
    @gleisielaraujo7413 Рік тому +1

    I'm Brazilian. I'm interested in learning Japanese because it's an old civilization and it's a different culture. I'm interested especially in the culture like the newspapers, the songs, the movies, radio, all that involves their communication. For starters this young man in the video is really friendly and fun.

  • @padmeasmr
    @padmeasmr Рік тому

    I started in high school then stopped and resumed a few times 😆 I would like to read my fav mangas in Japanese and be able to have nice conversations while visiting the country 😍

  • @dragonmaster3030
    @dragonmaster3030 Рік тому

    My biggest reason for trying to learn is quite simple and profound I believe, that just being the simple joy of connections, whether it be shows, games, cultures, art, just learning a new language opens many opportunities to connect to something of interest

  • @coolbrotherf127
    @coolbrotherf127 Рік тому +2

    I started because I just like studying culture and history, and Japanese history is best studied from the original Japanese text and speaking with the people. Being able to enjoy the anime and music is a great bonus.

  • @Jojob541
    @Jojob541 Рік тому +1

    I saw a few minutes of star wars episode three (the part where Anakin and Obi-Wan fight on that lava planet) dubbed in japanese and decided "I like how this sounds. I have to learn it now."

  • @geekexmachina
    @geekexmachina Рік тому +1

    That was a lot of reasons, though things like history, religion and mythology do have good books in English I have 3 or 4 of them. one of the best ways to learn is to go live in the culture, its a little scary but it makes communication become a priority, and with luck you may get people you can teach english in exchange, I think the most remote place I stayed was possibly Hirafu out of the skiing season my room had a good view of mount youtei. at the time i had very basic language and was nearly japanese illiterate however i had a note pad i could draw on. it was a little like pictionary.
    I commonly visited a Boy Scout group on my trips who are in Higashi Murayama (they are based near the park which was an influence for tonari no totoro), on one trip they played a game where I had to guess festivals through mimes and clues it was hilarious. I should upload some of my pictures to instagram maybe

  • @lj6833
    @lj6833 Рік тому

    日本語学びたいって思ってくれてるのってなんか嬉しいな

  • @SusanDelgado1177
    @SusanDelgado1177 Рік тому

    It's the most beautiful language to me

  • @wickederagon3866
    @wickederagon3866 Рік тому +1

    I started learning Japanese because I love anime and Japanese culture. Also it would be a big flex to say that I speak Japanese to my friends. I want to go to Japan some day so this will help.

  • @fankatodoroki11
    @fankatodoroki11 Рік тому +1

    I started sometime in January or December. It was definitely winter. In the beginning I wanted to learn so that I could understand anime and so that I could speak an additional language. But over time, I think that changed after 3 months of learning and now I would like to create a manga publishing house and anime studio in Japan. This is what I would like to do in life, and for me the Land of the Nodding Cherry is like a second home 🏡 .
    Ps. Super episode as always! 🥳

  • @parisnotfrench
    @parisnotfrench Рік тому +1

    the fact that many answers on why people wanna learn Japanese are simply the very reasons why I'm keen to actually not only speak, but read and write Japanese as well, is pretty interesting. MY FAVORITE BL MANGAS ARE NOT TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH, and I do think that sometimes feelings and messages might get lost in translation, so I do want to actually understand it in its original language. I also want to go to Japan and make a friend of two with the locals.

  • @ponttepontte4032
    @ponttepontte4032 Рік тому

    Im learning it because i have had a lot of free time where i just play games or scroll Yt. So I wanted something useful and something that will take a long time to finish to keep me occupied

  • @stewfire4916
    @stewfire4916 Рік тому +2

    I know you just want to learn why people learn Japanese at all, so here's my story: I became interested in Japan when I read a series of book about Miyamoto Musashi's romanticized life in elementary school, written by 吉川 英治 (Eiji Yoshikawa). Then, whilst looking around about Japan online in high school (before that we pretty much didn't have internet), I found some animes, which seemed fun, but it turned out to be a black hole, as I became obsessed with searching for and watching new anime. English is also a second language for me, and since I watched everything subbed, it also helped my English as well. However, since I watched so much anime subbed, the language itself became interesting after a while. As I grew older, I switched to reading manga, but I also tried to find a Japanese teacher in my hometown.
    I found one teacher who was actually an English teacher, but she had around B2 level Japanese, so I asked for lessons, and those were my first tentative steps towards becoming determined to learning Japanese for real. Of course, the biggest problem was always finding time to learn Japanese, since I already had to prepare for English, German, high school exams, then college later on. After leaving high school I didn't learn Japanese for a long time, because I lacked money, but mainly determination. Yet, I always had an idea that I would learn it someday. Now I'm 31, an since 2 years I have been learning Japanese again.
    Since I'm working in an office, I learn using immersion learning which became popular in recent years. For me the online content about immersion was merely a reminder, since I already learned English this way - watching lots and lots of content whilst attending classes. Together with my high school "learning" (where I attended around 80 hours of classes) and my self learning, I think I have been learning Japanese for around 600-800 hours. I feel like I am at the awkward stage of between A2-B1 or N4 where I understand a lot of things, but can still sometimes get lost in things. I can say simple things, but once I want to say things in more detail, my vocab is usually missing. I think I will become fluent in 4 more years. Although I know I can do it, learning Japanese as a European is definitely a grueling experience, so it's no wonder Japanese are not really into learning English on a high level. I can only say one thing: as long as you make it part of the daily routine, you can learn it even whilst working! But better expect at least 6 years until fluency. Unless you can do it full time, then probably 3-4 years.

  • @TheAnimeMiMi
    @TheAnimeMiMi Рік тому +2

    I found anime when I was at my lowest. And it saved me. Fruits Basket. Thanks to that I started watching anime and learnt on my own. Then I visited Japan for 3 months. And I knew I belonged there. I never felt belonging with my family or country or origin. All my life I felt like an alien. I felt all Japanese are my family. It felt nostalgic. Im working to be able to stay in Japan in the near future.

  • @omi4470
    @omi4470 Рік тому +2

    I’m learning because I wanna live there~~
    But I also wanna go to a Japanese language school there lol
    Tbh kanji is really different to memorize…

  • @coffee-is-power
    @coffee-is-power Рік тому +1

    My english teacher asked me "Are you gonna be stuck on english? No plans to learn other languages?". That got me thinking like, i'm tired of english. So, I opened duolingo, i saw the japanese button, i looked at it, the button looked at me, and i said: "Let's lift the bar". I started on duolingo but didn't take too long to quit it, and i'm learning on full imersion, watching japanese content with a dictionary on the second monitor, loving it!

  • @TakahashiTakami
    @TakahashiTakami Рік тому +2

    My reason I think is very unique and one that isn’t that common. I have been learning Japanese on and off for the past 14 years, started back in Senior High School. However, I was also adopted from Japan. I was born in Toda, Saitama. Due to financial reasons, my single Japanese birth mother could not support me though, so I was put up for adoption. I would like to teach English in Japan sometime soon and ultimately, I want to be an interpreter/translator for English-Japanese and Japanese-English. I have been back to Japan twice to visit and I very much enjoyed it. Was nice to feel like I fit in. I also would like to explore more of the culture and language that I didn’t get to grow up in. Of course besides being born in Japan, I also like anime, manga, popular culture, traditional culture, calligraphy, etc. Besides Japanese though, I’m also learning Mandarin Chinese, Thai, and Korean. I watch a lot of Asian dramas, so I really got into learning other Asian languages.

  • @glitschqualle
    @glitschqualle Рік тому

    I've been doing semi-professional work around Japanese culture associations and festivals etc. for about 8 years. I had a ton of connections but couldn't get an actual professional footing without the language and a college degree. So now I'm "back" in college getting a degree in east asian studies/Japan studies and the language certificates.

  • @ezequiel986
    @ezequiel986 Рік тому +1

    日本文化など好きけど、日本語勉強始めた理由のは小説読めるようになるのため、特にライトノベルです。1年半始めたから4冊単純ができたけど、まだまだです。また、言語習うことが楽しいです 😆

  • @senia_senes3908
    @senia_senes3908 Рік тому +1

    I started taking lessons in October but been binge learning for some years. I remember when I was 16 I was really into J-rock, japanese culture and gaming, and Decora style, everyone was making fun of my outfits here in Italy 🤣 I used to think that in Japan people would understand my love for the country and that was the initial spark. Later on it was more about the language itself (I speak 5 already) and the musicality its got and all the nuances that I still can't understand were the main reasons I took it seriously. Also the lack of japanese people in Italy made it difficult to connect with it and it really drives me crazy. I wish I had japanese friends 🥲

  • @michalgeppert5373
    @michalgeppert5373 Рік тому +1

    At the beginning I wanted to watch anime without subtitles, because at this time my English was finally on high enough level to understand how much I lost watching films with subtitles. But after some time I fell in love.
    With the language, of course.

  • @Lishamisha22
    @Lishamisha22 Рік тому

    お兄さんから日本語を初めて勉強しました。昔古いアニメを見た。面白いと思いました。The Japanese language entranced me as a child Bubblegum CrisisとGoku midnight Eyeがめちゃくちゃわかりたかったです。

  • @katastrophic4401
    @katastrophic4401 Рік тому +2

    yeah, I have some reasons like I'd like to go travelling around japan,meeting people and making'em smile cruz maybe it happens if they hear you speaking his own language.
    Wanting to learn languages has happened to me more than once time, for example i want to learn dutch to impress my cousins . In addition I'm learning french due to I gonna study in france so y'all can say i like learning leanguges, ah and I almost forgot to say that my first language is spanish so i learnt a bit of english.
    Psdt: ESPAÑOL me da miedo hablar si no tengo confianza de la persona asi que si alguien quiere hablar conmigo es mejor que tratemos de ser amigos primero o algo asi chill.
    I also love it is cool

  • @laurencew8045
    @laurencew8045 Рік тому

    I discovered the duolingo application during the 2020 confinement, and challenged myself on Japanese. why Japanese? because everything fascinates me in this culture: the animist side, the food of course, the contrasts between modern and ancient etc.

  • @fhdcbdfkdjnisdnoi
    @fhdcbdfkdjnisdnoi Рік тому +2

    i was done learning german since i spoke it fluently and i needed some new challenge and i wanted something difficult and very different to learn to feel a great deal of frustration to overcome once again and that's kinda why i choose Japanese. Also i study linguistics and i thought it would be interesting to know an agglutinative language.

  • @Dudaflimaa
    @Dudaflimaa Рік тому

    I really like the stories about the nine tailed foxes and tengus in japanese mythology. It's really interesting. Ah, i also like the stories about tanukis hahaha

  • @allahsz3232
    @allahsz3232 Рік тому

    1:40
    Writing something on desk or whitebkard in japanese make me some points on test often

  • @sotya2855
    @sotya2855 Рік тому +2

    I am going to university to learn Japanese!! can't wait (my reason is because when I discovered seiyuus one year ago, they reignited my passion for learning another language other than English lol)

    • @federicoperissinotto484
      @federicoperissinotto484 Рік тому +1

      you can start from now if you are not doing it, especially start to understand and memorize the written part, it takes long time

    • @sotya2855
      @sotya2855 Рік тому

      yes, i kinda started almost a year ago so i got some of the basics! thanks for the tip!

    • @federicoperissinotto484
      @federicoperissinotto484 Рік тому +1

      @@sotya2855 np keep it up

  • @user-bt4he7qv6u
    @user-bt4he7qv6u Рік тому +1

    I started studying japanese because i wanted to understand media that is only avaliable in japanese like, videogames and other stuff

  • @hirori2935
    @hirori2935 Рік тому +1

    I've watched Ghibli films and anime with my family since I was very young. Then I gained interest in the Japanese culture, folklore and language. For a long time I've wanted to study Japanese, but only recently have I started. I think the motivation comes from my Japanese friend!

  • @aysunkarakoc9532
    @aysunkarakoc9532 Рік тому +3

    I'm learning because I want a Japanese boyfriend and also I want to Japanese friends 😸