It’s been awhile! Sadly had to say goodbye to the brick wall, but what do you think of the new background? Also let us know if you have any of your own recommendations!
Very helpful, Alivia! I will give them a go. I'm 77 y o male in Texas and have been "learning" Japanese for 40 years. Lately, I have listened to Yoshie, a Japanese lady living in Paraguay. Also to Miru, who is a little ol' lady who has interesting topics about Japan (not the walk-around random lesson, but usually a topic like honne vs tatemae.) Yuka has a new series where she takes a snippet of live conversation with a store salesperson or a cafe hostess in unscripted conversations. These conversations have the advantage of using polite words, shortened words, filler words, and technical words all in one salad, and then she analyzes every little ne? to show what it means. All in Japanese, although she also speaks very fluent Chinese on some videos. Thanks for the new sources. I agree with your opinion about youtube being the best resource. I love kanji and it is also improving as I listen to. It also helps to anchor new vocabulary if I have a visual that is familiar. UA-cam helps tons. I love your enthusiasm and helpfulness. Keep it coming!
It's not really a podcast or strictly for listening comprehension but a really great channel I've been watching recently is Easy Peasy Japanese. She takes a scene from an anime and then breaks down one of the sentences in it, explaining the grammar/vocab used and giving plenty of examples of how they can be used in different contexts. The videos are really well done and incredibly useful for learning new kanji/grammar and are pretty good for listening practice too.
Thank you for introducing Onomappu. I am at a somewhat intermediate level of Japanese after living here for several years but never studying the language. When listening to native speakers, I have always felt that women are easy to understand but men, for some reason, are not. I don't know if they mumble their words or don't enunciate clearly, or if there is a wide difference in the words they use, or what. But I have a very difficult time understanding what Japanese men are saying. This guy, Onomappu, speaks slowly and clearly and I am pretty sure I understand very close to, if not 100% of, everything he says.
One channel I really like for listening comprehension practice is なかのいつきの日常 & ラムダ技術部 for general "every day" youtubers (the former is a very fast talker and the latter uses quite a bit of math, tech, etc.) but the topics they talk about are related to every-day things. However, there are other youtubers ike Saki Kawamura (though she will speak in English in her videos sometimes or entirely (typically tagged with 英語トーク、英語学習方法、など in the title) that are also about everyday life and the english is related to the topic of the video but she doesn't break down anything in English like Easy Peasy Japanese would. In addition, some personal reccomendations would be ことラブ、Toshiki Masuda、いごっそう (very casual and sometimes use 関西弁)、公式 竹田恒泰、みずにゃんちゃねる.
👋🏼 RIP brick wall. Love the new setup! Although my Japanese learning has taken a backseat to my Italian, (can’t study two languages at same time) still love your videos. 👍🏼
Thank you so much, I decided to study in a serious way Japanese and this definitely will be helpful to me and everyone who wants to improve their skills. Again THANK YOU SO MUCH!
These recommendations are awesome, I've tried studying Japanese a couple of times already in the last couple of years, but my motivation is lost after a few days of it, this time I've decided that I won't give up, I'll make it more fun to learn the language than a chore, someone please reply to me in a year to ask me if I'm still learning, if I'm not than this comment is a promise to myself that I will pick it up again and learn it.
I’m so glad you’re getting back into it! It can be easy to get bogged down by all the different routines and tools out there, but having fun is the most important thing! Don’t be afraid to switch things up if what you’re doing ever feels like a chore ☺️ You got this!!
@@AliviasNook Thanks for the speedy reply and great advice. What you say is absolutely true and I'll definitely switch things up if I feel like it's becoming a chore. I went and followed all of the basic and even intermediate Japanese UA-cam channels that you recommended and I think they're amazing so thanks for that. I desperately want to understand everything the Japanese Peppa Pig is saying lol, but I'll get there eventually. Sorry for the ramblings haha I appreciate you.
@@ravenharu3034 Unfortunately not. I got a job 4 months ago and am too tired and unmotivated to learn Japanese afterwards. That doesn't spell the end for my language learning journey though, although it does put it on a temporary indefinite hiatus. Who knows, maybe I'll find a way to balance my work and responsibilities along with learning languages, hopefully nipping my procrastination-habits in the bud.
Eyy, welcome back! Been missing this channel; it's definitely helped me a lot with learning Japanese thus far. I actually slowed down a bit this past month so I could focus on some other life stuff, but I just started seriously studying again yesterday so you've got great timing heh I've used Comprehensible Japanese a *ton* since you initially talked about it, so I'll definitely be checking out the other channels you mentioned. In addition to those, I'd say Japanese Let's Plays are a good resource as well. Japanese Let's Players usually speak casually, and are often referring to something on screen so you can get a lot of the meaning through inference. (Plus, with V-Tubers exploding in popularity recently, there are a *lot* of channels to choose from that frequently upload and often have translations available, if needed) Amano Pikamee in particular seems like a good starting point, as she speaks both English and Japanese and often repeats herself in both languages so that all her viewers can understand.
Nice to see you again too! I also found my studies slipping a bit, the nice weather and lockdowns ending is just too distracting lol ! I love the idea of watching let's plays! Are there any games in particular that you like to watch? I'll definitely checkout Amano :)
@@AliviasNook It really has been nice getting back out, huh? Though I live in Oklahoma so the nice weather very quickly turned into *scorching heat* lol. (Not gonna stop me from going out though, even if I melt a little every time) I generally like watching Let's Plays for newer games, or weird obscure games that I never would have found otherwise. It's really cool seeing the crazy kinds of games people make just for fun, or as small indie titles. Oh, and also horror games. Always fun to watch people get spooked heh Hope you like her, btw! I don't watch many V-Tubers, but she's definitely one of the few I enjoy and she just happens to have a great format for someone who wants to learn more Japanese so _nice_
Thank you for the resource recommendations. 2 recommendations though: 1. Could you keep the channels your referencing up longer on screen? I get that we can pause but they passed really quickly while you were describing them. So I would have to play back almost each time to get the channel after listening enough to decide if I even wanted that specific channel. 2. Perhaps a controversial opinion, but I wouldn’t tell people to drop Japanese subtitles too lightly. I used to be in this mindset as well but have come to realize over time that comprehensible input is far more important than trying to dive in the deep end of your weak point and hope for much success. I personally have found much more listening improvement since getting over the use of subtitles stigma. It seems to me from my own anecdotal experience along with listening to a few other language channels that it’s more a of case by case thing whether someone’s listening or reading skill improves faster. But removing one leg to improve the other doesn’t seem as effective. Otherwise thank you again for the recommendations.
Woo happy to see you are back! Japanese with Shun has started to make a couple of vlogs so his channel might be worth keeping an eye on. They seem to be a bit higher level than his Genki podcasts, N5-N3, with 100% kana subtitles to follow along with.
Thanks for the recommendations. I want to plan a trip to Japan sometime in the next year or 2. Once the restrictions are lifted. I was born there but left when I was little and don't remember any of it. But I want to learn japanese well enough to help me enjoy the trip. I will start looking at all these beginner channels. Thanks again.
@@bobfurguson1721 I don't think so since I had to become a "naturalized citizen in the US when I was 7". But I have never looked into it. Someone once told me that Japan was really strict on citizenship and did not accept dual citizenship but that was just hearsay.
just found your channel and i love it, being a black person learning japanese is hard (due to ppl judging) , but finding ppl like you who are also pocs gives me hope, love your channel 👍🏿
I’m so happy to hear that! 💕 It can be hard to find representation but if you checkout my Instagram there’s a lovely group of Japanese learning black girls that I’m following that also have a Discord!
@@itoko05 Lmao same! I found that when I watched it in english and french it was unbearable (little sisters basically monopolized the tv) but in japanese, with the challenge it is somewhat enjoyable.
Hi, I was just wondering whether you would recommend learning Hiragana and Katakana off by heart before attempting Kanji, or would just having a basic knowledge of them be okay to start? x
Just basic knowledge is fine! I think I started kanji on day 2 or 3 and have no regrets. Just make sure you can read a kana chart and take a peak whenever you’re having trouble. You’ll know them by heart in no time 💕
I had troubles with Katakana still at the point where I knew around 800 kanji just cause it appeared so sparsely in the content that I was consuming. Had no problems with it in context but trying to recall which one was which in isolation was problematic.
It’s been awhile! Sadly had to say goodbye to the brick wall, but what do you think of the new background?
Also let us know if you have any of your own recommendations!
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Aliviaさん！紹介してくださってありがとうございます😍
Very helpful, Alivia! I will give them a go. I'm 77 y o male in Texas and have been "learning" Japanese for 40 years. Lately, I have listened to Yoshie, a Japanese lady living in Paraguay. Also to Miru, who is a little ol' lady who has interesting topics about Japan (not the walk-around random lesson, but usually a topic like honne vs tatemae.) Yuka has a new series where she takes a snippet of live conversation with a store salesperson or a cafe hostess in unscripted conversations. These conversations have the advantage of using polite words, shortened words, filler words, and technical words all in one salad, and then she analyzes every little ne? to show what it means. All in Japanese, although she also speaks very fluent Chinese on some videos.
Thanks for the new sources. I agree with your opinion about youtube being the best resource. I love kanji and it is also improving as I listen to. It also helps to anchor new vocabulary if I have a visual that is familiar. UA-cam helps tons.
I love your enthusiasm and helpfulness. Keep it coming!
It's not really a podcast or strictly for listening comprehension but a really great channel I've been watching recently is Easy Peasy Japanese.
She takes a scene from an anime and then breaks down one of the sentences in it, explaining the grammar/vocab used and giving plenty of examples of how they can be used in different contexts. The videos are really well done and incredibly useful for learning new kanji/grammar and are pretty good for listening practice too.
Oooh that sounds great, I'll definitely check that one out! Thanks for the recommendation 💕
YAY you're back!! (I totally haven't been stalking your account for the past few months) thanks so much for these :)
Happy to be back!! Ahahah thanks so much! 😄
Thank you for introducing Onomappu. I am at a somewhat intermediate level of Japanese after living here for several years but never studying the language. When listening to native speakers, I have always felt that women are easy to understand but men, for some reason, are not. I don't know if they mumble their words or don't enunciate clearly, or if there is a wide difference in the words they use, or what. But I have a very difficult time understanding what Japanese men are saying. This guy, Onomappu, speaks slowly and clearly and I am pretty sure I understand very close to, if not 100% of, everything he says.
One channel I really like for listening comprehension practice is なかのいつきの日常 & ラムダ技術部 for general "every day" youtubers (the former is a very fast talker and the latter uses quite a bit of math, tech, etc.) but the topics they talk about are related to every-day things. However, there are other youtubers ike Saki Kawamura (though she will speak in English in her videos sometimes or entirely (typically tagged with 英語トーク、英語学習方法、など in the title) that are also about everyday life and the english is related to the topic of the video but she doesn't break down anything in English like Easy Peasy Japanese would. In addition, some personal reccomendations would be ことラブ、Toshiki Masuda、いごっそう (very casual and sometimes use 関西弁)、公式 竹田恒泰、みずにゃんちゃねる.
👋🏼 RIP brick wall. Love the new setup! Although my Japanese learning has taken a backseat to my Italian, (can’t study two languages at same time) still love your videos. 👍🏼
Juggling two languages is definitely tricky! Thanks for the support 🥰
Thank you so much, I decided to study in a serious way Japanese and this definitely will be helpful to me and everyone who wants to improve their skills. Again THANK YOU SO MUCH!
These recommendations are awesome, I've tried studying Japanese a couple of times already in the last couple of years, but my motivation is lost after a few days of it, this time I've decided that I won't give up, I'll make it more fun to learn the language than a chore, someone please reply to me in a year to ask me if I'm still learning, if I'm not than this comment is a promise to myself that I will pick it up again and learn it.
I’m so glad you’re getting back into it! It can be easy to get bogged down by all the different routines and tools out there, but having fun is the most important thing! Don’t be afraid to switch things up if what you’re doing ever feels like a chore ☺️ You got this!!
@@AliviasNook Thanks for the speedy reply and great advice. What you say is absolutely true and I'll definitely switch things up if I feel like it's becoming a chore. I went and followed all of the basic and even intermediate Japanese UA-cam channels that you recommended and I think they're amazing so thanks for that. I desperately want to understand everything the Japanese Peppa Pig is saying lol, but I'll get there eventually. Sorry for the ramblings haha I appreciate you.
Hii its been almost a year, are you still learning?
Yes, its been a year how are you doing? I started at the beginning of this year, but im also not very successful due to the lack of motivation hahah
@@ravenharu3034 Unfortunately not. I got a job 4 months ago and am too tired and unmotivated to learn Japanese afterwards. That doesn't spell the end for my language learning journey though, although it does put it on a temporary indefinite hiatus. Who knows, maybe I'll find a way to balance my work and responsibilities along with learning languages, hopefully nipping my procrastination-habits in the bud.
If you don’t mind, could you make a video about your speaking Japanese. I think that will be very inspirational.
Eyy, welcome back! Been missing this channel; it's definitely helped me a lot with learning Japanese thus far. I actually slowed down a bit this past month so I could focus on some other life stuff, but I just started seriously studying again yesterday so you've got great timing heh
I've used Comprehensible Japanese a *ton* since you initially talked about it, so I'll definitely be checking out the other channels you mentioned. In addition to those, I'd say Japanese Let's Plays are a good resource as well. Japanese Let's Players usually speak casually, and are often referring to something on screen so you can get a lot of the meaning through inference. (Plus, with V-Tubers exploding in popularity recently, there are a *lot* of channels to choose from that frequently upload and often have translations available, if needed)
Amano Pikamee in particular seems like a good starting point, as she speaks both English and Japanese and often repeats herself in both languages so that all her viewers can understand.
Nice to see you again too! I also found my studies slipping a bit, the nice weather and lockdowns ending is just too distracting lol !
I love the idea of watching let's plays! Are there any games in particular that you like to watch? I'll definitely checkout Amano :)
@@AliviasNook It really has been nice getting back out, huh? Though I live in Oklahoma so the nice weather very quickly turned into *scorching heat* lol. (Not gonna stop me from going out though, even if I melt a little every time)
I generally like watching Let's Plays for newer games, or weird obscure games that I never would have found otherwise. It's really cool seeing the crazy kinds of games people make just for fun, or as small indie titles. Oh, and also horror games. Always fun to watch people get spooked heh
Hope you like her, btw! I don't watch many V-Tubers, but she's definitely one of the few I enjoy and she just happens to have a great format for someone who wants to learn more Japanese so _nice_
Thank you for the resource recommendations.
2 recommendations though:
1. Could you keep the channels your referencing up longer on screen? I get that we can pause but they passed really quickly while you were describing them. So I would have to play back almost each time to get the channel after listening enough to decide if I even wanted that specific channel.
2. Perhaps a controversial opinion, but I wouldn’t tell people to drop Japanese subtitles too lightly. I used to be in this mindset as well but have come to realize over time that comprehensible input is far more important than trying to dive in the deep end of your weak point and hope for much success. I personally have found much more listening improvement since getting over the use of subtitles stigma. It seems to me from my own anecdotal experience along with listening to a few other language channels that it’s more a of case by case thing whether someone’s listening or reading skill improves faster. But removing one leg to improve the other doesn’t seem as effective.
Otherwise thank you again for the recommendations.
Woo happy to see you are back!
Japanese with Shun has started to make a couple of vlogs so his channel might be worth keeping an eye on. They seem to be a bit higher level than his Genki podcasts, N5-N3, with 100% kana subtitles to follow along with.
Thanks! Oh that's great to hear, I love Shun's content and sure his vlogs would be a great resource!
Thanks for the recommendations. I want to plan a trip to Japan sometime in the next year or 2. Once the restrictions are lifted. I was born there but left when I was little and don't remember any of it. But I want to learn japanese well enough to help me enjoy the trip. I will start looking at all these beginner channels. Thanks again.
how do the citizenship laws work? are you a citizen since you where born there?
@@bobfurguson1721 I don't think so since I had to become a "naturalized citizen in the US when I was 7". But I have never looked into it. Someone once told me that Japan was really strict on citizenship and did not accept dual citizenship but that was just hearsay.
Thank you ! I've been looking for these kind of youtube channels for a really long time !
Yay! So happy you’re back!!!
Nice to see you Ashley!!
yay, happy to see your new video! I was becoming worried that there were no new ones for a long time:( Rip brick wall too, haha.
Welcome back!)
Aw thank you so much! RIP to the wall haha
Yessssss a new video!!! Thank you for this one!
Thank you for watching!!
ありがとうございます❣️
Thanks again for a great video!
Thanks for watching!
just found your channel and i love it, being a black person learning japanese is hard (due to ppl judging) , but finding ppl like you who are also pocs gives me hope, love your channel 👍🏿
I’m so happy to hear that! 💕 It can be hard to find representation but if you checkout my Instagram there’s a lovely group of Japanese learning black girls that I’m following that also have a Discord!
@@AliviasNook oh my! you wernt lying lol, its nice to know theres others out there lol
Jazmine Layah is black youtuber who makes videos about her studying Japanese, I really reccomend her
Thanks.😊
Great video!!
Thank you for sharing this! I sucribed to a lot of them to try them out :)
Great, I hope you enjoy them!
Thank you so much!
Thank you
i use Peppa for Chinese
that pig goes on Many different adventures 😂😂
Thanks for sharing. subbed
Thanks for the sub!💕
Me a 13 y/o: can't wait to figure out what channels I should watch
Alivia:next one is peppa pig in japanese
Me:Omg OMG LETS GOOOO 😭😭😭😭😭
アドバイスを教えてもらってどうもありがとうございます
What are your favorite UA-camrs in Japanese?
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Thankyou so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You’re very welcome 💕💕
My favorite UA-cam channel about Japanese is @Miku's Real Japanese and @Misakissme
Never thought I’d be back to watching peppa pig again bury here I am 😂😂 thank you for the recommendations you’re a life saver
Haha yeah it’s not the most interesting but it’s really good for practice!
@@AliviasNook surprisingly it’s not that bad 😂 perhaps I’m just easy to entertain
@@itoko05 Lmao same! I found that when I watched it in english and french it was unbearable (little sisters basically monopolized the tv) but in japanese, with the challenge it is somewhat enjoyable.
@@theimmortalsinger3762 haha glad I’m not alone 😂😌
do you have any tips for learning how to write kanji? i put my japanese notes on my phone so i havent had much practice writing 😭
Either get a kanji book or find a website that teaches stroke order! Once you know the proper order, it just takes some old school writing reps!
Hi, I was just wondering whether you would recommend learning Hiragana and Katakana off by heart before attempting Kanji, or would just having a basic knowledge of them be okay to start? x
Just basic knowledge is fine! I think I started kanji on day 2 or 3 and have no regrets. Just make sure you can read a kana chart and take a peak whenever you’re having trouble. You’ll know them by heart in no time 💕
@@AliviasNook okay thank you ☺️ x
I had troubles with Katakana still at the point where I knew around 800 kanji just cause it appeared so sparsely in the content that I was consuming. Had no problems with it in context but trying to recall which one was which in isolation was problematic.
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The thousand Cookie cutter video explaining "How I Learn Japanese" and recommendation for Japanese Immersion.
どいつもこいつも 同じことの繰り返し 独創性に欠け 新しさがないっす
I love peppa pig japanese! Haha
Do you watch it with English subtitles? Or do you watch it just by itself?
@@sugaaa679I never use English subtitles. My brain can’t read English and hear Japanese at the same time.
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I watch peppa pig :[]
Like with English subtitles? Or do you just watch it with Japanese dubbing and no subtitles?