Grading my Friends' Japanese (Ft. The Anime Man and Abroad in Japan) / 友達の日本語能力を評価してみた

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  • Опубліковано 28 лис 2019
  • Joey: / theanimeman
    Chris: / abroadinjapan
    Learn Japanese pitch-accent and pronunciation from my Patreon Series "Japanese Phonetics"
    / dogen
    Dogen / Japanese / The Anime Man / Joey / Abroad in Japan / Chris Broad / Grading my Friends' Japanese / 友達の日本語能力を評価してみた / 日本語能力 / 評価してみた / 外国人 / 日本語
    @dogen
    @TheAn1meMan
    @AbroadInJapan
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  • @Dogen
    @Dogen  Рік тому +61

    Japanese pitch-accent and pronunciation lessons: www.patreon.com/dogen

  • @AbroadinJapan
    @AbroadinJapan 4 роки тому +20393

    Thank you Mr Super Japanese Accent man for letting me re-live the worst self introduction in human history.
    I'm flattered by your kind words - although it's no secret my pronunciation is far from good. Something for me to work on in the New Year!

    • @Dogen
      @Dogen  4 роки тому +3121

      My pleasure Mr. Broad! It's much better than you realize; nobody's perfection!

    • @JumpHigherVA
      @JumpHigherVA 4 роки тому +725

      Chris Broad can strive to finally become jōzu

    • @Seralzae
      @Seralzae 4 роки тому +201

      二人とも日本語お上手ですね!(お世辞)

    • @yokosanto1517
      @yokosanto1517 4 роки тому +72

      @@Seralzae それは失礼だろww

    • @Seralzae
      @Seralzae 4 роки тому +42

      @@yokosanto1517 あ、バレた?あはっ、そんな事ないですよ

  • @EEEEeee2748
    @EEEEeee2748 4 роки тому +9374

    The video's title was supposed to be: I praise my friends for 10+ minutes while beating myself to the ground

    • @EEEEeee2748
      @EEEEeee2748 4 роки тому +146

      Also I love this new format, especially the editing feels very natural to this kind of video :)

    • @Fr33mx
      @Fr33mx 4 роки тому +252

      Fun fact
      That's basically formal japanese to its core
      Fun fact over

    • @yamuimofate1524
      @yamuimofate1524 4 роки тому

      Oh hey, that's me.

    • @slurpee9247
      @slurpee9247 4 роки тому +31

      Like a true Japanese.

    • @crossmeister
      @crossmeister 4 роки тому +1

      Dan-go-ros ...or how to show that I’m japanese beyond words.

  • @Ken_neThT
    @Ken_neThT 4 роки тому +5629

    LOL joey getting downgraded for speaking japanese _too well_

    • @KyokujiFGC
      @KyokujiFGC 3 роки тому +654

      A lot of people have said that he speaks better Japanese than most actual Japanese.

    • @EspeonMistress00
      @EspeonMistress00 3 роки тому +326

      @@KyokujiFGC his mom would be so proud.

    • @iammyself7228
      @iammyself7228 3 роки тому +54

      @@mugensekai yea that was a video of the trash taste podcast right?

    • @w1z4rd9
      @w1z4rd9 3 роки тому +35

      @@KyokujiFGC I find it difficult already to compare native people who speaks better Japanese. As basing it from unpopular words that aren’t used in daily activities aren’t that very much great of a meter to base someones linguistics on.

    • @PedroCosta-qs7wr
      @PedroCosta-qs7wr 3 роки тому +123

      @@w1z4rd9 He's not a native speaker,though. While his mom is Japanese, his own understanding and knowledge began as self taught and then academic courses played a part in it. He also took an exam ( honestly can't remember the name,I'm sorry) that grades his speaking/reading/kanji comprehension and he got the highest grade,which most natives wouldn't get.

  • @bryannaing6316
    @bryannaing6316 3 роки тому +2952

    Joey is that kind of person who gets 101% in a test for finding an error the teacher didn't notice.

    • @kasandrabui6110
      @kasandrabui6110 3 роки тому +111

      As well as an automatic A for teaching the teacher something that the teacher didn't know

    • @baronvonbeandip
      @baronvonbeandip 3 роки тому +129

      "Hey, teach, have you heard of Shoujo Ramune?"
      "No, what's that?"
      *sunglasses on* "It's teachin' time."

    • @j45p34
      @j45p34 3 роки тому +11

      @@baronvonbeandip NUOOOO

    • @mugiherrscherofstronk8149
      @mugiherrscherofstronk8149 2 роки тому +2

      @@baronvonbeandip
      Ah spreading culture

    • @Veronicz
      @Veronicz 2 роки тому +4

      Do people actually get extra points for that stuff?

  • @GuraTheRabbit
    @GuraTheRabbit 4 роки тому +10673

    Hearing an English “PERFECT” in the middle of a Japanese sentence broke something inside me

    • @skullyozeez6781
      @skullyozeez6781 4 роки тому +584

      It caught me off guard and i had to pause the vid to gather my thoughts

    • @tori4730
      @tori4730 4 роки тому +612

      Give me that sweet パーフェクト

    • @i556x45
      @i556x45 4 роки тому +213

      I felt perfectly dirty when I heard that

    • @BrandyRoseWines
      @BrandyRoseWines 4 роки тому +135

      Now I know how my southern accent sounds to others.

    • @Nynke_K
      @Nynke_K 4 роки тому +55

      Yeah, that didn't sound like a Japanese native would make it sound. Tsk tsk :)

  • @UpDownAndUnder
    @UpDownAndUnder 4 роки тому +2304

    oh god coffee makes him drunk

    • @MediArgentum
      @MediArgentum 4 роки тому +43

      Dogen is a spider confirmed?

    • @Colopty
      @Colopty 4 роки тому +30

      @@MediArgentum Now I need to watch the spiders on drugs video again.

    • @joshuaxiong8377
      @joshuaxiong8377 4 роки тому +17

      @@Colopty you opened up a box of nostalgia that was tucked away so deeply.

    • @Aisyen
      @Aisyen 4 роки тому

      We gotta give him alcohol next time

    • @pettykitsune4219
      @pettykitsune4219 4 роки тому

      Same

  • @FalbereChan
    @FalbereChan 4 роки тому +6570

    "most bilingual people have a strong and weak language"
    me, have the both of bad chinese and the bad english when i: *hol up*

    • @emanatingauras4017
      @emanatingauras4017 4 роки тому +365

      I wish I could say I was trilingual... my english is definitely strong (native speaker), meanwhile i can speak chinese (cantonese, also native) comfortably in daily conversation but I may miss some references that fullblood cantonese kids get.
      And then I have mandarin which is dumpster fire.

    • @FalbereChan
      @FalbereChan 4 роки тому +112

      @@emanatingauras4017 ur english already better than me a lot! and my mandarin.... dumpster fire same

    • @reiji5904
      @reiji5904 4 роки тому +51

      same,i'm bad at both native and english languages lmao

    • @penguin5854
      @penguin5854 4 роки тому +49

      omg same,, my english is utter garbage, my cantonese is terrible and i can barely speak mandarin.
      CONGRATS ME.

    • @euphisa8127
      @euphisa8127 4 роки тому +8

      Same, rlly bad chinese despite learning it as a compulsory subject in school

  • @atena1844
    @atena1844 3 роки тому +4925

    It’s so weird to see the your Japanese paired with the western edgy self deprecating humour

    • @RayWolver
      @RayWolver 3 роки тому +327

      lol japanese literally have an unsaid protocol that you have to hmm self depreciate or 'humble' yourself in front of others (its not as toxic as my words might be making it sound i dont have another way to explain it;u;) , esp in social situations or you'll be perceived as egotistical
      like its socially expected for a person to make themselves appear 'smaller' than the other person to show them respect and not be rude; its become a more of a way of living tbh.
      its actually a lot common across many Asian cultures

    • @WookieWarriorz
      @WookieWarriorz 3 роки тому +138

      Edgy lol
      It's just standard British/Australian humour it's the furthest from edgy it's common place

    • @sinharakshit
      @sinharakshit 3 роки тому +14

      @@RayWolver I fucking love that about Japanese culture tbh

    • @LN-pz5ou
      @LN-pz5ou 3 роки тому +21

      @@sinharakshit but they do have a lot of social and work issues because of this but in some ways it is nice they do that and can create some positives

    • @JadetheGoober
      @JadetheGoober 3 роки тому +2

      I was wondering why it sounded more like anime dialogue than normal.

  • @kale3563
    @kale3563 4 роки тому +5516

    When Dogen is speaking Japanese and he says something in English and his voice drops 6 octaves >>>

    • @tzukishiro
      @tzukishiro 4 роки тому +278

      It's the opposite... his english voice is much higher

    • @j3nn8f3r
      @j3nn8f3r 4 роки тому +227

      Same with me
      Every time I swap my languages around my voice changes (either higher or deeper) I dont know why.

    • @luminariol3271
      @luminariol3271 4 роки тому +53

      @@j3nn8f3r Me too. My voice goes really deep when switching to english

    • @birb8673
      @birb8673 4 роки тому +7

      My voice goes lower when I drop to English too :’)

    • @RyandracusChapman
      @RyandracusChapman 4 роки тому +84

      @@birb8673 It's because English requires you to speak with more gruffness. For example, when I'm speaking Cajun French, my voice rises by a lot of octaves to make that lovely sounds that people love so much lol, but my voice is unnaturally deep in English. It doesn't make any sense how I could be normal in one language but abnormal in the other because of the octave needed to speak the language.

  • @deekadiko
    @deekadiko 4 роки тому +2303

    i died when he uses *THIS GENERATION'S JAPANESE*

    • @FerroNeoBoron
      @FerroNeoBoron 4 роки тому +29

      現在?現代?現在?

    • @deekadiko
      @deekadiko 4 роки тому +8

      @@FerroNeoBoron もじよめない。ぬぬぬぬ

    • @galybeans123546
      @galybeans123546 4 роки тому +1

      What do you mean by that?

    • @vladys5238
      @vladys5238 4 роки тому +6

      @@FerroNeoBoron 僕は母国語で話している時でもこんな間違いしてしまうから面白かった

  • @Gary_Lifts
    @Gary_Lifts 4 роки тому +2707

    While learning Japanese, i realized how illiterate I am in English.

    • @thegoblinking.
      @thegoblinking. 4 роки тому +97

      Thats usually what happens when you learn a new language. Happened with me and learning spanish.

    • @georgaseebalack6003
      @georgaseebalack6003 4 роки тому +57

      @xikarra the reverse goes for me too. I learned so much English grammar learning Spanish and even Korean. I also learned a lot of English vocabulary from Spanish vocabulary. best thing ever.

    • @paolocapani
      @paolocapani 4 роки тому +39

      So true! And try to translate from your target language to your native language... it gets worse

    • @maygorfungus750
      @maygorfungus750 4 роки тому +33

      failing translation questions because i cant spell in english. haha

    • @sarahyazaki8599
      @sarahyazaki8599 4 роки тому +7

      Me too, and English isn't even my mother language

  • @paolocapani
    @paolocapani 4 роки тому +3175

    "When Chris speaks Japanese everything is very clear and easy to understand"
    Me, not speaking a single word in jaoanese: Ah yes I see

  • @edwardtrinidad7541
    @edwardtrinidad7541 4 роки тому +2355

    'if you want to speak perfect japanese, you have to use more english.' I just spit up my drink laughing...

    • @Fuji0929
      @Fuji0929 4 роки тому +28

      I think it's only effective when you want to learn more on katakana words thou kanji still often used in daily conversation in japan.

    • @zummone
      @zummone 4 роки тому +33

      TheUmbrellaCorpX7[エヴ] I don't think bastardizing your language with loan words leads to good things, in regards to the language maintaining its identity/soul. Trust me, I experienced mine become more and more dull as time went on and some dubbed high profile tv shows often display something that is hardly grammatically correct or properly phrased dialogue as it was back in the day, and it's affecting everyday speech and news stations as well, with people genuinely believing that using loan words or figures of speech makes them look smart. I love Japanese, and it's be sad to see it devolve through this slippery slope.

    • @Aeyaoo_11
      @Aeyaoo_11 4 роки тому +1

      @TheUmbrellaCorpX7[エヴ] but I don't know which words are those loan words

    • @SeaSerpentLevi
      @SeaSerpentLevi 4 роки тому +2

      @@Aeyaoo_11 i feel you man
      For my ears everything sound like "omoshiroooi, H A H A H A, nigerou H A H A H A" 🧐

    • @someinteresting
      @someinteresting 4 роки тому +11

      @@zummone My opinion exactly. But I think he means that to sound just as one of the locals in this very moment people have to use many loanwords. If not they sound as he says as if from at least ten years ago. Though I have no problem with that. I myself sound like that in my native language too because I don't use very many loans.

  • @lyssdeline4178
    @lyssdeline4178 4 роки тому +1849

    Praising your peers while diminishing your own ability... thats perfect japanese

  • @TapeFolder
    @TapeFolder 3 роки тому +1057

    The transition from Japanese to a strong American accent is so jarring

    • @SiilanPies
      @SiilanPies 3 роки тому +116

      When he said Chris' name, I got fucking whiplash from the change in accent.

    • @ranjanbiswas3233
      @ranjanbiswas3233 3 роки тому +12

      That's Seattle for you. 😁😁

    • @dextere4525
      @dextere4525 2 роки тому

      He is british though

    • @DerickMasai
      @DerickMasai 2 роки тому +7

      @@dextere4525 Who? Cause if you're talking about the host, aka Dogen, he is most definitely American. He's mentioned Seattle himself several times.

    • @dextere4525
      @dextere4525 2 роки тому +3

      @@DerickMasai no, talking about chris(abroad in japan)

  • @ReubenAStern
    @ReubenAStern 3 роки тому +766

    I can't rate anyone's Japanese. but Chris sometimes sounds like a depressed Samurai in an old film. Other times he sounds like gonzo. He does this when speaking English too. But it gives him character. I like him.

    • @w1z4rd9
      @w1z4rd9 3 роки тому +24

      He is very chill on almost all of his sentence that I can’t find something and it boggles me. (It’s like that emotional string tone that appears when you say something)

    • @muhfadhli7887
      @muhfadhli7887 2 роки тому +2

      yes very sarcastic not much larf like jingles also he said he got abroad to change the chav state hes there in but I like the missile warning vid feels like just another baby blitz 2.0 the slogan keep calm and stay sample, but about samurai I would cite kaiservs vid about the duel, gondorora no uta for some oldies in taisho some old comedy legends in local id branch from uite wo arukou etc besides other honorable mentions fanarts

  • @shaneps
    @shaneps 4 роки тому +1498

    "and I still can't talk in front of people which makes me a complete failure"

    • @FahmiZFX
      @FahmiZFX 4 роки тому +153

      He's like wielding a double-edged sword when he said that. It hit himself and me.
      I use English almost every time, all the time when I am alone; but because I have no actual person to practice my speech and conversational skills, I have no means to use it properly except by talking to myself. lol

    • @nikki5499
      @nikki5499 4 роки тому +15

      @@FahmiZFX i can attest to that

    • @SubSleeps
      @SubSleeps 4 роки тому +47

      @@FahmiZFX 100% my situation as well. My english teacher tried to talk to me in english once and i just froze lmao

    • @tinus1429
      @tinus1429 4 роки тому +3

      This is harsh bro.

    • @thebonkera1221
      @thebonkera1221 4 роки тому +5

      I think this whole video's a joke, he must be perfectly smooth when speaking japanese in public

  • @Shadowelite995
    @Shadowelite995 4 роки тому +2315

    its cool to see that your humor naturally flows into your Japanese without having to write a script

    • @MuffinTastic
      @MuffinTastic 4 роки тому +90

      that's how you know the humor is really just him 👀

    • @user-vl5lt4xi2p
      @user-vl5lt4xi2p 4 роки тому +3

      時計仕掛け what does that even mean?

    • @Juanguar
      @Juanguar 4 роки тому +27

      Taj adil means it’s just him being himself
      No acting no script

    • @chosspenafiel7185
      @chosspenafiel7185 4 роки тому +7

      I see you have the picture of a QUEEN as your profile pic 💯

    • @arwah9681
      @arwah9681 4 роки тому +2

      Native level Japanese!!!!

  • @naogvas
    @naogvas 4 роки тому +907

    やたら日本語できないっていう謙遜具合が日本人じゃんwwwww

    • @falinlv651
      @falinlv651 3 роки тому +96

      謙遜・自虐・皮肉
      彼は最高に日本人だね!

    • @ohashi0847
      @ohashi0847 3 роки тому +79

      逆に皮肉に聞こえさせる高度なギャグなのかなって思っちゃった

    • @diegochiakibraziljapanlife9595
      @diegochiakibraziljapanlife9595 3 роки тому +23

      たしかに!笑

    • @SawbladeShowdown
      @SawbladeShowdown 3 роки тому

      @@falinlv651 I can't speak japanese. But I can send u this link ua-cam.com/video/jqg1FHc6IoU/v-deo.html

  • @skylimitua
    @skylimitua 4 роки тому +922

    Teacher: So how should we call you?
    Chris: Just Christmas is fine

    • @KroVey
      @KroVey 3 роки тому +42

      Just Kurisu.

    • @lipy3550
      @lipy3550 3 роки тому +34

      @@KroVey _KURISUTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII_ na

    • @cueiyo6906
      @cueiyo6906 3 роки тому +3

      Lipy ah Steins;Gate

    • @ExtraVanillaTried
      @ExtraVanillaTried 3 роки тому +2

      @@lipy3550 *TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII* na.

    • @prezentoappr1171
      @prezentoappr1171 Рік тому

      Nasroni-mate?

  • @Geck0GC
    @Geck0GC 4 роки тому +1026

    it's so weird hearing Dogen speak Japanese and then say "Chris Broad" in English.

    • @driftwisp2797
      @driftwisp2797 4 роки тому +86

      Yeah, it feels like someone's dubbed over the original audio or something

    • @danielsjohnson
      @danielsjohnson 4 роки тому +45

      This is how I will speak when I become bilingual. I'll try to speak using only the second language, but if they don't have a word for it I'll say it in English without an accent.

    • @DrathVader
      @DrathVader 4 роки тому

      watch this
      ua-cam.com/video/W8YiAtcZ3Zg/v-deo.html

    • @theramendutchman
      @theramendutchman 4 роки тому +11

      I know right?!
      クリッス・ブロード would've flown much more naturally for me (no joke!)

    • @FlippytheMasterofPie
      @FlippytheMasterofPie 4 роки тому +5

      Not just English, but very American sounding English with the hard “r” and everything

  • @sumit5067
    @sumit5067 4 роки тому +785

    "Not nihongo but Japanese" this line made me laugh so much for some reason.

  • @RandoPassingBy
    @RandoPassingBy 3 роки тому +383

    “Every bilingual speaker has a strong and weak language”
    Me cry in bad English, bad Japanese and bad Chinese

    • @Lily-gz3ip
      @Lily-gz3ip 3 роки тому

      try drawning kdkd

    • @Leonlion0305
      @Leonlion0305 3 роки тому +38

      I feel that. I think the term is byelingual lol

    • @johndilig6719
      @johndilig6719 3 роки тому +5

      Just pick one, you crazy multilingual!
      ... j/k. I'm a Filipino living in the USA, and I tend to "run out of English" from time to time... So, I just learned to embrace my weakness, and make fun of it sometimes for cheap laughs.

    • @user-nq9ov9cd2p
      @user-nq9ov9cd2p 3 роки тому +3

      Just look at me using ‘trilingual’ not ‘multilingual’. Byelingual.

    • @jayrun4341
      @jayrun4341 3 роки тому

      me TT

  • @WATAMELON
    @WATAMELON 4 роки тому +1970

    This generation's Japanese :
    草草草草草草草
    wwwwwwwww

    • @lillyputian5907
      @lillyputian5907 4 роки тому +94

      SHAUNA VAYNE 大 草 原

    • @Hoshikani
      @Hoshikani 4 роки тому +10

      SHAUNA VAYNE wwwwww

    • @b4ttlemast0r
      @b4ttlemast0r 4 роки тому +121

      it's pretty funny that they use 草 because wwww (=笑い) looks like grass

    • @ADeeSHUPA
      @ADeeSHUPA 4 роки тому +5

      SHAUNA VAYNE 草w

    • @weredog287
      @weredog287 4 роки тому +1

      wwwww

  • @WayofRamen
    @WayofRamen 4 роки тому +1565

    Joeys Japanese level is way over 9000. When I close my eyes I imagine a 30 something year old Japanese man.

    • @GXrevolution96
      @GXrevolution96 4 роки тому +42

      Well, he is half Japanese after all

    • @WayofRamen
      @WayofRamen 4 роки тому +139

      @@GXrevolution96 I watched that video where he only spoke Japanese and he said that he actually taught himself most of what he knows. Super admirable.

    • @Theodore1999
      @Theodore1999 3 роки тому +18

      I think he mentioned that he actually studied Japanese literature

    • @user-jd3gf5xw1x
      @user-jd3gf5xw1x 3 роки тому +61

      in the trash taste podcast, apparently his Japanese is probably better than native seeing as he can whip out kanji that not even natives knows it existed

    • @Marnige
      @Marnige 3 роки тому +18

      @@user-jd3gf5xw1x yea, he said he took a kanji test (kanken) and got like level 2 pass or something

  • @SilverHawk214
    @SilverHawk214 4 роки тому +587

    Dogen: Complaining that he's a complete failure because he can't talk in front of people when speaking his second language.
    Me: Accepting that I'll never be able to speak in front of others in my native language and avoiding human interaction at every chance.
    Also this content was NOT a mistake...I want to see you reacting to PDR and his wife!!!

    • @livedandletdie
      @livedandletdie 4 роки тому +4

      Yup talking with others is a hassle, and I speak 5 languages. It's a hassle. 6 if we count Sign Language... Still a hassle, and I don't even enjoy learning languages.

    • @sadhikikomori4150
      @sadhikikomori4150 4 роки тому

      u saying these kind of things looks like me because of my social phobia

  • @user-qh7rw5gy5i
    @user-qh7rw5gy5i 3 роки тому +268

    What impresses me about Joey is how perfectly balanced his bilingual abilities are. As a person raised in a bilingual environment, the majority of us only speak one language perfectly and the other language just for everyday conversations

    • @holliswilliams8426
      @holliswilliams8426 Рік тому +15

      I have found that 8 times out of 10 people who claim to be ''bilingual'' are sort of partly bilingual, as in they have native pronunciation in the other language but their knowledge of that language is surprisingly superficial. For example, there is a US boxer called Andy Ruiz who was raised to speak Spanish, but if you watch an interview of him in Spanish, his Spanish is surprisingly limited and he relies on using the same phrases over and over again, like ''hice todo lo posible por....'' This seems quite common with people in the UK who are raised in a Punjabi-speaking household. They say that they are bilingual in English and Punjabi, but in reality their Punjabi is conversational and they have somewhat limited vocabularies. With Joey, it seems like he actually has the balance right where he speaks both of them perfectly.

  • @mestirioone9736
    @mestirioone9736 4 роки тому +999

    Dogen looks like the perfect guy to play Rintarou Okabe from steins;gate

  • @iamshiro
    @iamshiro 4 роки тому +228

    日本の視聴者ここにいるよ(小声)

  • @Kelbs
    @Kelbs 4 роки тому +445

    Dogen, this whole video is gold. I literally couldn't stop smiling, you are hilarious. Also makes me want to continue my study of the language, I've only been studying for 2 years, and am still nowhere near your level.

    • @kittyheart1432
      @kittyheart1432 4 роки тому +2

      Ikr! I've got about two years in as well, all together, and I still don't feel comfortable with actual conversation. Gambatte us 😊

    • @baykus3006
      @baykus3006 4 роки тому +2

      @@kittyheart1432 Two years already and still saying "gambatte" for real? Not quite a fruitful way of spending two years learning a language, to be frank. Lol.

    • @xristosv8127
      @xristosv8127 4 роки тому +6

      @@baykus3006 Too bad we can't be as good as you. People learn languages at different speeds. :)

    • @morningknight7105
      @morningknight7105 4 роки тому +19

      @@baykus3006 Depending on what system of romanization you use, "gambatte" can be considered correct. I live in Osaka - なんば is romanized as Namba. 本町 is romanized as Hommachi. Live and let live, especially when you're wrong.

    • @baykus3006
      @baykus3006 4 роки тому

      @@morningknight7105 We both know that he didn't mean it that way, lol. Let's just be real.

  • @clairvaux8459
    @clairvaux8459 4 роки тому +504

    Audio: "Amazing"
    Subtitles: "That's a lot of tongue"
    😂😂

    • @LuceSnooze
      @LuceSnooze 4 роки тому +4

      Claire Field i loved that bit

    • @jumpvelocity3953
      @jumpvelocity3953 4 роки тому +6

      That’s a lot of tongue therefore it is amazing is what I think his translation process was

    • @t-universegamer7609
      @t-universegamer7609 4 роки тому

      @@jumpvelocity3953 or maybe he was just joking (?)

    • @littlefishbigmountain
      @littlefishbigmountain 4 роки тому +26

      T-Universe Gamer
      Yeah, he often translates the subtitles differently so that each language has their own jokes. You can only fully appreciate his content if you’re bilingual... R.I.P.
      _ONE DAY, I SWEAR, I WILL BE HOKA-I mean-I WILL SPEAK JAPANESE!!_

    • @elementart_
      @elementart_ 4 роки тому +5

      @@littlefishbigmountain yep. one day I hope to attain 上手の日本語, and be able to understand all the hidden jokes

  • @isabellanonno
    @isabellanonno 4 роки тому +500

    WHY DO I WATCH JAPANESE VIDEOS WITH ENGLISH SUBS WHEN I'M ITALIAN AND CAN'T EVEN SPEAK ENGLISH PROPERLY?!?!? 😂 😂 😂

  • @Sora-ce1zx
    @Sora-ce1zx 4 роки тому +4549

    Japanese here! I rate their Japanese in order.
    Animeman: Indistinguishable from Japanese people. People would never can tell he is from other countries only by his voice.
    Dogen: Almost perfect. Many people wouldn’t be able to tell he is not native to Japan. But I can tell because of his intonations which slightly differs from typical Japanese people and he occasionally makes mistakes which natives never do.
    Chris: 日本語上手ですね

    • @9cumsu
      @9cumsu 4 роки тому +270

      i love that 日本語上手ですね
      長いんですか日本は?

    • @didjaseemyjams1582
      @didjaseemyjams1582 4 роки тому +130

      Chris 😂😂

    • @gsussb_
      @gsussb_ 4 роки тому +211

      Lmao the chris one

    • @randomserb761
      @randomserb761 4 роки тому +179

      ひどいな

    • @Sora-ce1zx
      @Sora-ce1zx 4 роки тому +77

      randomserb 逆に、日本人が正直な感想言わないから、「日本語上手」が悪口に捉えられてるんやで

  • @kemushichan
    @kemushichan 4 роки тому +522

    "あはっ、アドバイス 分かります?”w この動画投下してありがとうございます。I love your coffee mode.

    • @thrchannel5250
      @thrchannel5250 3 роки тому +20

      "投下" in fact means to drop something somewhere from the upper place. However, as I'm reading through her texts I can almost guarantee that she meant "投稿" which means to publish or to post.
      Although I doubt if there is anyone who has even noticed the difference other than me being Japanese...

    • @SawbladeShowdown
      @SawbladeShowdown 3 роки тому

      @@thrchannel5250 I can't speak japanese. But I can send u this link ua-cam.com/video/jqg1FHc6IoU/v-deo.html

  • @Art3mis1990
    @Art3mis1990 4 роки тому +300

    ''props bruh'' made me laugh so hard

  • @user-cg3gd6xm2t
    @user-cg3gd6xm2t 4 роки тому +118

    むしろ、日本語の会話をほとんどせずに、その発音能力を手に入れたのが凄すぎます。
    逆に日本語での会話をよく行ったら、すぐに99%の日本語学習者を上回ると思います!

    • @HackersSun
      @HackersSun 3 роки тому +2

      Eh fair comment,
      My Japanese teacher always said to practice my Japanese with another person

  • @mushious
    @mushious 4 роки тому +152

    That was fun... I say as I attempt to complete my tenth set of forearm curls.

  • @deekadiko
    @deekadiko 4 роки тому +223

    but where's papafranku?

    • @m.t-thoughts8919
      @m.t-thoughts8919 4 роки тому +4

      I thought the same.🤣

    • @EggrollzYummi
      @EggrollzYummi 4 роки тому +4

      I see you're a man of culture

    • @randomserb761
      @randomserb761 4 роки тому +1

      JIKAI!

    • @jqa16
      @jqa16 4 роки тому

      Kansai-ben is really hard for kanto-ben learners

    • @chilael6892
      @chilael6892 4 роки тому +1

      Holy shit I forgot about him, it took some seconds to remember who taught me the n-word in Japanese.

  • @user-wq1gw6hb9q
    @user-wq1gw6hb9q Рік тому +38

    この動画を見て気づいてしまった
    日本語の話を聞きながら字幕をしっかり追っていると英語が気安く学べるのではないかと

  • @user-dq4sf7fd7o
    @user-dq4sf7fd7o 4 роки тому +225

    I'm a Japanese and I think your Japanese is perfect watching this video. You are a very good example for people learning Japanese. You're a good English teacher for me too, I can learn English with your Japanese subtitles. Thank you!

    • @user-lj1ot9np6k
      @user-lj1ot9np6k Рік тому +8

      褒めたいのは分かるけど、嘘を付くなよ。
      君に限らず皆んなに言いたい。盛ってまで(嘘付いてまで)褒められても嬉しく無いし、勘違いするだけだろ。
      仮に君がこの人の日本語聞いて、ネイティブかノンネイティブか聞き分けられないなら君が日本語を勉強した方が良いよ。
      he's japanese is really good but it's definitely not perfect. i rate it 8.5 out of 10.

  • @theJasonAmon
    @theJasonAmon 4 роки тому +244

    "Grading friend's Japanese." More like punching yourself for no reason and being so good at Japanese LOL

  • @JumpHigherVA
    @JumpHigherVA 4 роки тому +374

    I love this video. Your humor flows so naturally. Although he hasn't uploaded in a while, I also recommend you review Filthy Frank's/Joji's Japanese, considering his ハーフ heritage. I think it'd be very interesting to hear your opinion on it.

    • @Dogen
      @Dogen  4 роки тому +101

      簡潔に言うとIt's perfect

    • @ShradeCorelancer
      @ShradeCorelancer 4 роки тому +5

      well considering he did grew up in japan

  • @luftgabriel
    @luftgabriel 4 роки тому +56

    4:54 that fluid transition and perfect pronunciation in both languages got me shook

  • @sklayre2691
    @sklayre2691 4 роки тому +141

    "Joey's Japanese uses too little English which is not good"
    I never thought of it that way, but hearing it out loud is hilarious to me.
    (I totally get what you are saying though since I studied abroad there for a year and speak fairly well)

  • @user-ur7nf4qf6g
    @user-ur7nf4qf6g 4 роки тому +65

    9:27 「普通にすごいと思う」が普通に使えてるから普通にすごいと思う

  • @NakamaDM
    @NakamaDM 4 роки тому +73

    It's nice to see how you speak without using a script, like what kind of words you choose to use on the fly compared to what you'd use in an essay. Would love to see more.

  • @JK-xq8ke
    @JK-xq8ke 3 роки тому +39

    「雨降って地固まる」は日本人の中では割と有名だしそこそこ使われるから、知っておいたほうがいいと思う。

  • @Ragemuffn
    @Ragemuffn 3 роки тому +101

    Watching this after the recent podcast Joey & his friends did where he describes just how strict his mother was with learning him japanese is super fun!

  • @alvise5660
    @alvise5660 4 роки тому +283

    You know we're now waiting for the ultimate video: "Dōgen rates his own Japanese".

    • @sixpoems
      @sixpoems 3 роки тому +3

      omg bump bump bump

  • @HiroyukiK
    @HiroyukiK 4 роки тому +332

    目をつぶって聞いたら、、、
    Joeyさんは日本人。
    Dogenさんは日本人?地方の日本人?もしかして外国人…?
    Chrisさんは日本語を普通に話せる外国人。
    そんな事よりも、動画の内容がおもしろかったですよ!

    • @user-xr5yd3gh8g
      @user-xr5yd3gh8g 4 роки тому +19

      Hiroyuki K めちゃくちゃ的確っすね

    • @HiroyukiK
      @HiroyukiK 4 роки тому +6

      @@user-xr5yd3gh8g
      思ったままに書いてみましたw

    • @ADeeSHUPA
      @ADeeSHUPA 4 роки тому

      Hiroyuki K Are You A 日本方

    • @HiroyukiK
      @HiroyukiK 4 роки тому

      @@ADeeSHUPA
      Hi : )
      Yes, I'm Japanese.

    • @ramengod5768
      @ramengod5768 4 роки тому

      @@HiroyukiK hello Japanese I'm English/Spanish tutor :b. Trying to learn your writing system is hard

  • @NEINFUTURER
    @NEINFUTURER 4 роки тому +32

    かなり日本の本とか読んでそうだから、雨降って地固まるを知らんのは意外だったな

  • @user-ji3iu6ur5l
    @user-ji3iu6ur5l 4 роки тому +109

    この人めちゃめちゃ日本語上手

  • @anastasiadenisova2074
    @anastasiadenisova2074 4 роки тому +254

    Your Japanese is so authentic that I can only think about how long it would take me to reach your level! As for this video, with a script or without it, your videos are really interesting and you humor is just brilliant

  • @NEETRABBIT
    @NEETRABBIT 4 роки тому +139

    日本人として他言語を勉強すればするほど母語の難しさに気付いた。
    特に敬語とか、ネイティブでもボロボロな人沢山いるし、外国の方で日本語話せる人って本当に努力したんだな〜…って毎回思う

    • @user-uc7yq4he4b
      @user-uc7yq4he4b 2 роки тому +5

      日本人でも長文を正しくアドリブでスピーチできないから、イベント時はカンペを読むしな。
      おっとカタカナ入れるとDogenさんに弄られそうだ。

    • @suto648
      @suto648 2 роки тому +6

      こう見ると不自然な外国語むっちゃ使ってるな…俺らの会話

    • @user-sh9lz9lh6n
      @user-sh9lz9lh6n 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@@suto648全然ナチュラルな感じ

  • @NeonColoredRain
    @NeonColoredRain 4 роки тому +33

    I love hearing the soft and harsh transitions from English to Japanese and vice versa.

  • @totoroyama4790
    @totoroyama4790 3 роки тому +28

    日本語が上手すぎてどこが間違ってるかわからないレベル。。。

  • @jasright5636
    @jasright5636 4 роки тому +56

    your regular content is amazing, but it's cool to see this impromptu because the sense of humor you had in your other vids wasn't lost and worked really well!! your channel's awesome, keep rockin!!

  • @yakkocmn
    @yakkocmn 4 роки тому +28

    I actually really enjoyed this less scripted style, it was lighthearted and fun, and the subtitles & editing really helped with the jokes. Great video!

  • @amykaori
    @amykaori 3 роки тому +57

    He’s beating himself up about his Japanese but I’m literally using his Japanese to practice LOL

  • @someonenothere8818
    @someonenothere8818 4 роки тому +34

    Omg literally the thing with Japanese loan words is so true....I remember listening to my friend speak in Japanese, and literally I could understand what they were saying just because of the sheer amount of english loan words they were using in every sentence. It was so bad that sometimes I could hear loan words like.......after EVERY OTHER JAPANESE WORD. (Not all the time...but it has happened...) Its the same in Korean too. Some Koreans don't even know what the original Korean word is for something like "bus", or "juice" because they use the english one so often.

    • @parisbtw5779
      @parisbtw5779 3 роки тому +1

      Seems like the average bilingual person just throwing in the word that comes to mind

  • @SacchanXD
    @SacchanXD 4 роки тому +37

    This mustve been A PAIN to edit but I LOVED THE EDITING I cant stop laughing.
    Your usual videos are great but this was also very refreshing to watch!!!

  • @aneedforrevolution2193
    @aneedforrevolution2193 4 роки тому +134

    We must practice and study 40 hours a day. We need ling ling practice for languages
    Edit: goodness gracious 48 likes? I didn't think anyone would even read my comment! ^ - ^

    • @mayawitters
      @mayawitters 4 роки тому +26

      A Need For Revolution THIS IS THE CROSSOVER COMMENT THAT I NEEDED. I got the tri-lingual practice t-shirt to remind me to study Japanese lol

    • @aneedforrevolution2193
      @aneedforrevolution2193 4 роки тому

      @@mayawitters I just had to write that. I had to. It just fitted perfectly

    • @carlyf138
      @carlyf138 4 роки тому +16

      We’ll change “if you can play it slow, you can play it fast” to “if you can say it slow, you can say it fast” 😂😂

    • @Astronaut_705
      @Astronaut_705 4 роки тому +2

      What makes me mad is I was so on board with your comment then I really thought and realized it said ''40 hours a day''
      Ok!Time to die!

    • @aneedforrevolution2193
      @aneedforrevolution2193 4 роки тому +1

      @@Astronaut_705 Meanwhile I am still trying to figure out what being on board means. I think I need to practice my English as well.

  • @upcase2439
    @upcase2439 4 роки тому +69

    Dogenさん、言葉を考えすぎて古畑任三郎みたいになってますよw
    是非このシリーズを続けてください🤣

    • @user-xs1ru6le8s
      @user-xs1ru6le8s 3 роки тому +7

      既視感の正体は古畑任三郎かww

  • @HeatherJinmaku
    @HeatherJinmaku 4 роки тому +23

    I am hafu, but was raised in the US with no exposure to my Japanese roots, and just started really studying Japanese recently in preparation for visiting my family last July. I learned a lot and got some great travel advice and recommendations (like Memrise) from Chris-san's channel. I love hearing him speak because it’s encouraging to hear someone who started later do so well, and with his deep voice he sounds like the reincarnation of a 500 year old Samurai. :) I am very excited to find your channel (thank you, algorithm!) because I sound very American when I speak! My only convincing phrase is currently, "Honto ni?!”

  • @ashleyallen6195
    @ashleyallen6195 4 роки тому +41

    Really enjoyable- I'd love to hear the rachel and jun section when it comes out.

  • @oceanusprocellarum6853
    @oceanusprocellarum6853 4 роки тому +86

    Dogen, you're brilliant.
    "I still can't talk [Japanese] in front of people which makes me a complete failure"
    I screw up my native language in front of, not complete strangers, but FRIENDS.

    • @clothar23
      @clothar23 4 роки тому +3

      I am myself prefer public speaking in something other than my Native language. I seem to make less mistakes and I feel more confident. Which I myself find weird and my friends find outright strange.

  • @FrankieHiltz
    @FrankieHiltz 2 роки тому +51

    My wife is Japanese, and we're moving to Japan by the end of the year. She's bilingual and speaks English near perfect without an accent, meanwhile I'm out here struggling to count to 10 in Japanese 🤣 I've got a lot to learn, but I'm excited.

    • @theSpian1
      @theSpian1 2 роки тому +3

      the real point you're making is "my wife is Japanese"

    • @panadaol9373
      @panadaol9373 2 роки тому

      @@theSpian1 ur either japanese or youve been way too exposed to their culture. Your comment is so cynical it reminds me of japanese comment sections

    • @theSpian1
      @theSpian1 2 роки тому

      I thought it's the Brits that are cynical.
      Neither, by the way.
      Also, it's more of a running joke about the purported desirability of Japanese women, but nevermind.

    • @panadaol9373
      @panadaol9373 2 роки тому +1

      @@theSpian1 well perhaps the two islands have more similarity than most people realize.

    • @prezentoappr1171
      @prezentoappr1171 Рік тому

      That felt like recent felix Japan vlog

  • @joelt336
    @joelt336 4 роки тому +164

    When you mixed up げんざい and げんだい I really felt that.

    • @komet5420
      @komet5420 4 роки тому +7

      I always mix up 時期 and 時代 😅

    • @ADeeSHUPA
      @ADeeSHUPA 4 роки тому +2

      Joel Treutlein 現在 現代

  • @user-ur8jr1tz5x
    @user-ur8jr1tz5x 4 роки тому +53

    外国人が外来語(英語)を日本の発音で話すのがすごい。

    • @sixpoems
      @sixpoems 3 роки тому

      ですよねー

  • @amypond1814
    @amypond1814 3 роки тому +69

    Chris being like: *perfect introduction*
    Teacher: And what is your name?
    Chris: ...................Right.

  • @owodin
    @owodin 4 роки тому +103

    I’m glad I now know how to say, “that’s a lot of tongue” in Japanese

    • @em4392
      @em4392 4 роки тому +2

      Ahem

    • @Blade2323B
      @Blade2323B 3 роки тому +2

      SUGOI

    • @shamelessshadow707
      @shamelessshadow707 3 роки тому +9

      it actually means “amazing, wow, etc” i can be used in several situations. and saying it doesn’t exactly translate to “amazing, wow, etc” in those situations

    • @iferawhite7661
      @iferawhite7661 3 роки тому +12

      This, kids, is a lesson on never trusting the subtitles.

    • @karifurai8479
      @karifurai8479 3 роки тому

      @@iferawhite7661 indeed

  • @SebastianBlix
    @SebastianBlix 4 роки тому +32

    1. Although I'm not Japanese I am in Japan, and I consider myself a fan.
    2. Scripted or nonscripted your content is always both entertaining and educational.
    3. My vein game could be stronger.

  • @mikkibihon9816
    @mikkibihon9816 4 роки тому +106

    "It's not easy to change my audience"
    Yeah, what more for your shirt.

  • @dominustempus8969
    @dominustempus8969 4 роки тому +16

    4:55 that *perfect* though

  • @50m_regent98
    @50m_regent98 3 роки тому +18

    いやみんな日本語うますぎやろ

  • @sweetarchangel6748
    @sweetarchangel6748 4 роки тому +74

    Oooh, I loved this. It's quite different from your normal style, and sometimes doing something different from the norm can be a good thing.
    Speaking of Norm, can you crit him, REina, and Micheala? I'd love to see those in addition to those you already mentioned. Oh, and Sharla too ^_^
    I forsee this as a fun little new series.

    • @theramendutchman
      @theramendutchman 4 роки тому

      He hearted this, this gon' be gud!

    • @karlexceed
      @karlexceed 4 роки тому +1

      I'm curious about pretty much all of the Tokyo Creative crew as well as Cathy Cat.

  • @user-ym8xk9ro8h
    @user-ym8xk9ro8h 4 роки тому +51

    日本にいる日本人の視聴者です。いつも動画楽しみにしてます!

  • @user-iq5qz2fr4b
    @user-iq5qz2fr4b 3 роки тому +4

    日本語をここまで使いこなして日本人まで面白いと思わせる日本語力はすごすぎる
    日本人の謙虚さを自虐風のネタとして今回の動画に入れてるし圧巻です

  • @sadia6503
    @sadia6503 3 роки тому +23

    Pulling out perfect english accent on a loan word sounds almost sacrilegious, what do you mean you're not supposed to say the word as accented as possible??

  • @sheahutchison1969
    @sheahutchison1969 4 роки тому +31

    This was great. I'd love to see more of these for sure. Even without a script it's still funny and informative.

  • @Seralzae
    @Seralzae 4 роки тому +15

    皆さん日本語 *スーパー* 上手ですね!私も外国 *ランゲージ* を *マスター* したいな!
    こういう *ヴィデオ* もなかなか *コンテンツ* としていいですね!人前で *スピーキング* は確かにとても *ハード* ですよね!どうげんさん *ファイト* です!

  • @walkingboi8
    @walkingboi8 Рік тому +4

    動画主も完璧すぎ イントネーションも外国人ですって言われればそうかなぁ?って思わなくもないレベルで日本語

  • @kunita9701
    @kunita9701 4 роки тому +22

    わかります!私はドーゲンさんと全く一緒です。
    小さい時から日本語を勉強しているんですけど、文法間違ったり言葉が出てこない時もあります笑。
    なので最近は話すことよりも、書くほうが得意かも・・って思っててブログを本格的に始めようと思っています。
    無理なく、自分の得意な分野で活動した方がいいですよね。
    なので、台本の件も全然ありだと思います。
    これからも応援してます!

    • @trice1857
      @trice1857 3 роки тому +5

      日本語ネイティブかと思いました笑
      日本人じゃない人の文は見たらすぐわかるけど、ネイティブのおれから見ても全然違和感ないですw

    • @kunita9701
      @kunita9701 3 роки тому +1

      @@trice1857 ありがとうございますm(_ _)m

    • @samsambanana
      @samsambanana 2 роки тому

      So did you ever start the blog? :)

    • @kunita9701
      @kunita9701 2 роки тому

      @@samsambanana Yes, but ほぼ更新してないです笑

    • @uh-dd9qb
      @uh-dd9qb Рік тому

      普通に日本人のコメントなんだよな

  • @mikkibihon9816
    @mikkibihon9816 4 роки тому +104

    That's a lot of tongue.
    YEAH CHRIS THAT'S A LOT OF TONGUE.

  • @TrippEdits
    @TrippEdits 4 роки тому +28

    The way you switch between English and Japanese is almost like two different voices

  • @mr5311
    @mr5311 Рік тому +3

    AnimeManは日本人が聞いても100%ネイティブです

  • @hotaiyo
    @hotaiyo 7 місяців тому +2

    謙遜してるのめっちゃ日本人過ぎるし😂

  • @abell8564
    @abell8564 4 роки тому +42

    I laughed so hard when he says” ADVICE, do you get it?” That facial expression was perfect XD

  • @JeanRain17
    @JeanRain17 4 роки тому +77

    I just realized how disorienting it is watching your videos vs Rachel and Jun, Chris, and Joey where all their videos are like very bright and colorful while you seem to be trapped in some muted doorless and windowless room lol

    • @sixpoems
      @sixpoems 3 роки тому +1

      hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

    • @dashl8880
      @dashl8880 2 роки тому

      I kinda prefer it though tbh

    • @noahhkun5097
      @noahhkun5097 2 роки тому

      Different color grading

  • @whiterice6180
    @whiterice6180 2 роки тому +5

    You are too modest. Your Japanese is almost perfect. I guarantee it.👍👍👍
    フツーに日本語ペラペラなのに謙虚すぎます!
    ことわざの部分で初めて「あっ、本当にネイティブじゃないんだ…」と分かって、
    むしろびっくりしました!😳👏👏👏

  • @gugusalpha2411
    @gugusalpha2411 4 роки тому +48

    As a French guy, I'm looking forward to your review of Mr. Yabatan's fake French accent, haha.

  • @ThatMusicGuyAu
    @ThatMusicGuyAu 4 роки тому +8

    I found that to be thoroughly enjoyable. Personally I’d like to see a video series of you conquering the functional, conversational and impromptu use.
    Hope to see more of the cuff videos in future. Your videos have inspired me to take on Japanese and spend some more time on the pronunciation and tonal side of it.

  • @user-dc5lc8pv4n
    @user-dc5lc8pv4n 4 роки тому +21

    日本人と大差ないぜぇいw
    凄く聞きやすい!

  • @holbein1234
    @holbein1234 2 роки тому +9

    「腕の血管を出したほうがいい」は笑ったwww

  • @yukia.7557
    @yukia.7557 4 роки тому +33

    もうちょっと自分に優しくしてあげてもいいんじゃないかなぁ、と思いました。笑

    • @gaz2298
      @gaz2298 3 роки тому +3

      dogen なんて日本人みたいに謙虚

  • @feelssapman
    @feelssapman 4 роки тому +4

    Honestly, Dogen, I LOVED this. Watching you speak without a script just felt more natural and made it feel more human somehow. Don't get me wrong, I love your scripted shorts, but this was a refreshing change of pace. I'd love to see more of this kind of stuff ❤️

  • @MrBkbnk
    @MrBkbnk 4 роки тому +54

    I cannot believe the anime man is a 3D person and not actual anime, this is disappointing and my day is ruined

  • @GakuenAlice4Ever
    @GakuenAlice4Ever 4 роки тому

    I loved this video! I've enjoyed your script-written ones and this free-script one. I just like your humor, which comes out in whatever you do. Thanks for doing this when it was maybe a bit intimidating. I really, really enjoyed it!

  • @lorenz859
    @lorenz859 3 роки тому +1

    Dogen-san, you're channel is sooo subarashii thanks for doing this. You're inspiring me so much throughout my Japanese-benkiou journey