I went to Japan in 2018 when I only knew a little bit of Japanese. When I got to one of the hotels, I checked in and paid using my limited Japanese. I think the receptionist then thought I was fluent because she started talking and talking and talking. I had no idea what she was saying, so I just smiled and nodded!
I took the wrong bus in Japan and ended up across town at midnight. It was the last bus so I couldn’t get home, and my phone was almost dead. I ended up at a police box (nobody was there) and called the non-emergency number. I was crying and used my best Japanese to explain the situation. The lady on the line was so sweet. About 15 min later 2 police cruisers and 2 motorbikes pulled up and 6 Japanese policemen waltzed into the police station. I think they all got the call and since nothing was going on and they were all bored they came to see what was happening 🤧 it was so embarrassing. I asked them if they could help me call a taxi but they ended up giving me a ride in the police car to where I needed to go.
I've been thinking about searching videos of people just speaking normal Japanese so I can get used to how it sounds and start understanding more from what I hear, I'm glad youtube recommended me this! Very nice and also very calming =]
I studied English for about 10 years and I wanted to start studying japanese since I was 8 because of a childhood friend, but it's pretty difficult finding someone that teaches japanese for beginners, so I'm happy I found you. I can practice my english wile I learn a new lenguage :D I'm brasilian by the way, so I never had the experience of talking to natives of both of the languages
I am from Czech Republic! And I also live in a city where we have alot of shops with trdelníky. When I was smaller, I tried trdelník with ice cream and since it was also a hot summer day, the ice cream dripped all over me. And then out of nowhere a few wasps started to sit one me and eat the ice cream off of me. I rember being super scared. I still laugh about it to this day. I love your podcast and I like to listen to it ,to practice my japanese.
In exchange for Tanaka-san sharing her embarrassing memory when travelling, I would also share my embarrassing memory when I visited Japan a few years ago. So it was my first time in Japan, I was riding the underground train with my mom and dad. The train wasn't very crowded, but all the seats were full, despite that I happened to be lucky to get a seat. Then an elderly man entered the train, he was alone and there were no seats left. I happened to be in front of him, so I get out of my seat and offered him mine. He kept refusing and avoiding eye contact, but me being a KY just thought he was doing that to be polite. He then just left to go to another carriage. I kinda feel bad but don't know what made him upset. After that, my mom pulled me aside and tell me that I might hurt his pride because I was a girl offering him a seat, and it might make him feel weak. I was shocked and felt really bad because maybe I make him feel embarrassed, while also embarrassing myself as a foreigner. I don't know if that is really what the old Japanese men think but this memory would still haunt me to this day. Also still in Japan, and also in the station somewhat, I ran out of train tickets so I needed to buy the ticket pass. At this time I know a little bit of Japanese from watching anime/music, but just the basics. In curiosity, I tried talking to the person selling the ticket in Japanese, that I wanna buy the ticket. He replied to me in Japanese, but I had no idea what he means because he was saying words that I don't know. I know how to ask for something but that was the extent of my knowledge. Obviously, I don't know how to respond and just stutter nervously. I think he got the note that I can't actually speak Japanese and replied to me in a more understandable way.
I lived in Japan for a year and did the same thing several times. Offer my seat to the elderly, I mean. The old men would always stay standing and the seat would remain empty 😂 don’t be embarrassed. I pinkie promise you they literally don’t care. Especially if you’re a foreigner. Whoever you offered your seat to wasn’t offended and their pride wasn’t hurt. Rather, he just refused because it’s the polite thing to do and he didn’t want to trouble you. Don’t let it haunt you!
Same with me. Only I tried to offer my seat to a granny. She refused vigorously and all people in the train stared. I was embarassed and didn't know what to do, so I just sat back, because the train was crowded.)))
I love your voice! Usually whenever I hear a female voice in Japanese their pitch is up in the clouds, so hearing you speak with a lower register is so comfortable.
This was so fun to listen to :D, especially because I have visited Prague so many times (I even plan on going there for uni starting this autumn :D). It's great to listen to story about a place and things I know, but in Japanese :D. Although, I had to rely on subtitles, I can't wait to rewatch again, when I finally understand :D. Thank you for the video
I just discovered you and I'm already loving it. I'll definitely be listening (and watching) your stories for the next few weeks to come. I'd like to thank you for taking the time creating this, it will definitely help me.
I just learned hiragana and have no idea about vocabularies so I didn't understand a single thing but ur voice was so relaxing which kept me listening!
Kinda late but who cares! Hello from Czech Republic! I came here to listen to your podcast while studying. I heard you're saying something about Czechia, but i thought i might be another word in Japanese or smth. But then i heard Praha and was sure you were talking about Czech Republic! I ran to the computer and listened it all again. Your story was soo cute hahaha. Love from Czechia!!
Your radio is very chill and col to listen to, thank you so much for making these podcast, I listen to them while biking to work ! I hope you are going to make more of them ! Thanks again !
I really enjoyed listening to this. Your voice is almost asmr to me Ms. Tanaka. This is my second time to watch all the 7 episodes (the first time was just listening only. I did not bother to turn on the English translation. I just listened how you speak, how you deliver the statements.) I hope there is more.
Your podcasts are so calming and the styling of adding subtitles of both english and japanese HELPS soooo much!!! Thank youuuu sooo very much 🎉 Please continue to make more.
thanks a lot for your videos Tanaka-san. I really love your voice and it makes me easier to learn Japanese. I just want to see all your videos and repeat them until I completely understand the content without watching the script. Again, thank you for your series, and I'm so in love with your channel!!
This is soo great! What an inspirational channel! I lived in Japan for a year 2000-2001 and had basic communication skills by the end of it but that was years ago now and I’ve been refreshing and learning more on duolingo…but I’d know listening to natives is the best way to learn by osmosis! So I wondered what was out there and this came up first! Well done! So simple and helpful! Thank you for all your back-end efforts for our learning! 😅🤗🙌🙏
Thank you sister for you hard work I'm from Syria and i wanted to learn Japanese to increase my knowledge so i found your video and it was so interesting as the way you are talking and the tone of your voice it's so beautiful Keep up the good work 👍
This was so nice, I've been looking for something relaxing to listen to in japanese so I train my ear a bit and this was perfect! I'm still a beginner but someday I'll come back to this and hopefully will be able to understand much much more:) ありがとうございます、たなかさん！
I was in Prague and ate trdelniks a lot, but only in one place among all it was with chocolate. When I asked my czech friends about that, they were very surprised and answered that trdelnik is already very sweet and there is no need to add chocolate. For my trip in Prague there was another embarrassing story. I and my friend saw as one girl didn't pay for her subway ticket, and we thought to do the same. But we weren't so impudent to pay nothing, so we bought tickets for smaller price... We were caught and what a surprise! That were tickets for dogs 🙈 luckily everything ended without fines
I found you just today and I subbed already! I need to pick up my japanese before I forget everything haha! Thank you for this video, it really helped because speaking is more difficult than writing to me.
I hate when people realise something wrong and they ignore it , I'm the kind of people who would head a random stranger in the street to inform him that he has something on his hair, sometimes it gets weird, but people often appreciate the help of the others.
On my first visit to Japan, I would sometimes stop at a bakery to buy pastry on the way home. Once I was in the shop, one of the employees asked me if I was ready to order and I just mumbled 少々お待ちください. The funny thing is that I knew that this was not the way I should have replied, as it is a polite form that the employees would use towards a client, and not the other way around, so I don’t know why I said that. But I can still see the faces of the two young female employees covering their mouth with their hand, trying hard to suppress a giggle.
I love your voice. It makes me relax and concentrate my mind. I'd like to listen your radio while studying though I don't understand Japanese. I request you to make more like this. I'm also trying to understand what you are talking to. >
プラハから、おはよう🖐️。Trdelník は美味しいですけど、食べるの方は難しいです。ちなみに、プラハ人はTrdelník店が嫌いかもしれないです。TrdelníkよりKoláček ほうがおすすます。 Thank you for the listening practice 😊. What I wanted to say in that broken Japanese above is that, Trdelník is tasty, but it is not traditional czech food, despite the advertisement. Many Czechs think it is a tourist trap. 🤔 Personally, I would recommend Koláček or Tvarohová buchta. Less messy to eat and it is the dessert, that our grandmas perfected and served for special occasions.
3:08 This also happened to me, i was in a travel to a city in my country and I tried a snack that is popular there, it was like a crepe filled with chocolate, and I ate it but then I looked at my shirt and I saw it was covered in chocolate lol Now, i have a really embarrasing memory, it is that one day, I went to a church to an event, and when it was time to go out, I saw a a stall that sold traditional snacks, so, i went and had one, thinking they were for free I just took one and went away until my parents asked me if I payed for them, i was very embarrassed and they scolded me to go pay the seller. It still haunts me to this day.
I went to Japan in 2018 when I only knew a little bit of Japanese. When I got to one of the hotels, I checked in and paid using my limited Japanese. I think the receptionist then thought I was fluent because she started talking and talking and talking. I had no idea what she was saying, so I just smiled and nodded!
😂
literally me when im talking with my Japanese friend, i sound fluent but my vocab isn't really that deep. 😆
So desu ne
Awh! Your pronunciation must be great, good job!:)
This made me laugh hahahahaha
I took the wrong bus in Japan and ended up across town at midnight. It was the last bus so I couldn’t get home, and my phone was almost dead. I ended up at a police box (nobody was there) and called the non-emergency number. I was crying and used my best Japanese to explain the situation. The lady on the line was so sweet. About 15 min later 2 police cruisers and 2 motorbikes pulled up and 6 Japanese policemen waltzed into the police station. I think they all got the call and since nothing was going on and they were all bored they came to see what was happening 🤧 it was so embarrassing. I asked them if they could help me call a taxi but they ended up giving me a ride in the police car to where I needed to go.
Aaawww I believe it wasn’t cute at the moment, but it’s a really wholesome story now xd
It must have been so stressful! but also this story is so cute I'm crying!
that would've been scarier here in the states haaha, at least you feel somewhat safe there
cops in australia could never. they would’ve just ignore u. 😢 u met some very some nice police men
Такая милая история😊
I've been thinking about searching videos of people just speaking normal Japanese so I can get used to how it sounds and start understanding more from what I hear, I'm glad youtube recommended me this! Very nice and also very calming =]
Did this help?
田中さんはかわいいです🤣
I like the part that "You wonder why there was less choco than your imagination"
I studied English for about 10 years and I wanted to start studying japanese since I was 8 because of a childhood friend, but it's pretty difficult finding someone that teaches japanese for beginners, so I'm happy I found you. I can practice my english wile I learn a new lenguage :D
I'm brasilian by the way, so I never had the experience of talking to natives of both of the languages
Também estou estudando com o canal dela! Você ainda está estudando japonês?
@@s.o748 Hi there! I am studying Japanese and I am still trying to find people to talk with in Japanese
*studied not study, *found not finded, *language not lenguage😁
Mais um BR aqui que sabe inglês e tá aprendendo japonês kkkkkkkkkkkkkk
I am from Czech Republic! And I also live in a city where we have alot of shops with trdelníky. When I was smaller, I tried trdelník with ice cream and since it was also a hot summer day, the ice cream dripped all over me. And then out of nowhere a few wasps started to sit one me and eat the ice cream off of me. I rember being super scared. I still laugh about it to this day. I love your podcast and I like to listen to it ,to practice my japanese.
In exchange for Tanaka-san sharing her embarrassing memory when travelling, I would also share my embarrassing memory when I visited Japan a few years ago. So it was my first time in Japan, I was riding the underground train with my mom and dad. The train wasn't very crowded, but all the seats were full, despite that I happened to be lucky to get a seat. Then an elderly man entered the train, he was alone and there were no seats left. I happened to be in front of him, so I get out of my seat and offered him mine. He kept refusing and avoiding eye contact, but me being a KY just thought he was doing that to be polite. He then just left to go to another carriage. I kinda feel bad but don't know what made him upset. After that, my mom pulled me aside and tell me that I might hurt his pride because I was a girl offering him a seat, and it might make him feel weak. I was shocked and felt really bad because maybe I make him feel embarrassed, while also embarrassing myself as a foreigner. I don't know if that is really what the old Japanese men think but this memory would still haunt me to this day.
Also still in Japan, and also in the station somewhat, I ran out of train tickets so I needed to buy the ticket pass. At this time I know a little bit of Japanese from watching anime/music, but just the basics. In curiosity, I tried talking to the person selling the ticket in Japanese, that I wanna buy the ticket. He replied to me in Japanese, but I had no idea what he means because he was saying words that I don't know. I know how to ask for something but that was the extent of my knowledge. Obviously, I don't know how to respond and just stutter nervously. I think he got the note that I can't actually speak Japanese and replied to me in a more understandable way.
I lived in Japan for a year and did the same thing several times. Offer my seat to the elderly, I mean. The old men would always stay standing and the seat would remain empty 😂 don’t be embarrassed. I pinkie promise you they literally don’t care. Especially if you’re a foreigner. Whoever you offered your seat to wasn’t offended and their pride wasn’t hurt. Rather, he just refused because it’s the polite thing to do and he didn’t want to trouble you. Don’t let it haunt you!
This happened to me too!!
Same with me. Only I tried to offer my seat to a granny. She refused vigorously and all people in the train stared. I was embarassed and didn't know what to do, so I just sat back, because the train was crowded.)))
I love your voice! Usually whenever I hear a female voice in Japanese their pitch is up in the clouds, so hearing you speak with a lower register is so comfortable.
💯 I also appreciate the low-energy vibes. Fake enthusiasm is such a brain killer. Tanaka-san's style is very agreeable to me.
This was so fun to listen to :D, especially because I have visited Prague so many times (I even plan on going there for uni starting this autumn :D). It's great to listen to story about a place and things I know, but in Japanese :D. Although, I had to rely on subtitles, I can't wait to rewatch again, when I finally understand :D. Thank you for the video
このチャンネルが今見つけたんだけど、すごくいいよ！嬉しい！私5年間日本語を勉強しているけど、まだまだ😅 このビデオを見たら、[あぁもっと頑張りたい] と思ってたんだよ！本当にありがとう🙏🏽🙏🏽
このシリーズすごくいいです！日本語を数年前に勉強して、どんどん忘れて悩んでいました。軽い気持ちで聞きながら他の仕事もしてるし、いいです。ありがとうございます。
I could seriously listen to your voice for hours 😭😭
I don't understand a word of Japanese but these videos are very relaxing.
Also appreciate the subtitles in different languages. Subscribed :)
このシリーズが大好きです。リスニング練習のために、本当に役に立ちますね！田中先生ありがとうございます。
I can't sleep alone without the sound of someone else, so I think this video may help me fall asleep
動画を更新頂いて本当にありがとうございます。動画が好きなので、よく聞いています。
I just discovered you and I'm already loving it. I'll definitely be listening (and watching) your stories for the next few weeks to come. I'd like to thank you for taking the time creating this, it will definitely help me.
I was literally drinking a cup of coffee. This was so relaxing, as well. Best beneficial coffee time video to watch and relax
日本語を上級まで勉強している私はこんなチャネルを見つけて本当に良かったです。自分で勉強するから 上級の資格を持ってもペラペラ話せない。こんなビデオ本当にありがとうございます
I love this :D the fact that you actually put a transition makes it easier to understand
In german that pastry is called Baumkuchen it translates to "Treecake" and I absolutely love it so much
めっちゃ面白いですよね。本当にありがとうございました。
I really loved this, hope you'll continue making this series
1年前にラジオを出て、今にも発見されていたんですけど、
私にとってはこのラジオがすごく役に立つと思いますね。
動画の時間が短いし、声もよく通るですので、最高です。
他にもいろいろラジオを出てくださいね。
I just learned hiragana and have no idea about vocabularies so I didn't understand a single thing but ur voice was so relaxing which kept me listening!
Tanaka radio 出会えて本当に良かったんです！ありがとうございます！！！！
Kinda late but who cares! Hello from Czech Republic! I came here to listen to your podcast while studying. I heard you're saying something about Czechia, but i thought i might be another word in Japanese or smth. But then i heard Praha and was sure you were talking about Czech Republic! I ran to the computer and listened it all again. Your story was soo cute hahaha. Love from Czechia!!
Haha I hope this memory won't stop you from visiting Czechia again! Im glad you liked my country 💞
I follow many channels to learn Japanese, you are one of the best
よかったです
Your radio is very chill and col to listen to, thank you so much for making these podcast, I listen to them while biking to work !
I hope you are going to make more of them !
Thanks again !
I really enjoyed listening to this. Your voice is almost asmr to me Ms. Tanaka. This is my second time to watch all the 7 episodes (the first time was just listening only. I did not bother to turn on the English translation. I just listened how you speak, how you deliver the statements.) I hope there is more.
your voice is relaxing love it! ❤️
All of your videos are amazing for the basic contents mix with relaxing music. ありがとう
Your podcasts are so calming and the styling of adding subtitles of both english and japanese HELPS soooo much!!! Thank youuuu sooo very much 🎉 Please continue to make more.
I really like the line where you said "Trdeinjk was very sweet, but it was a bitter memory." (...甘かったんですけど、苦い思い出になってしまいました). Very nice =)
This is really helping! Thank you!!
素晴らしい動画です。ありがとう先生。
声が本当にいいです❤
thanks a lot for your videos Tanaka-san. I really love your voice and it makes me easier to learn Japanese. I just want to see all your videos and repeat them until I completely understand the content without watching the script. Again, thank you for your series, and I'm so in love with your channel!!
This is soo great! What an inspirational channel!
I lived in Japan for a year 2000-2001 and had basic communication skills by the end of it but that was years ago now and I’ve been refreshing and learning more on duolingo…but I’d know listening to natives is the best way to learn by osmosis! So I wondered what was out there and this came up first! Well done! So simple and helpful! Thank you for all your back-end efforts for our learning! 😅🤗🙌🙏
I love your video, your voice and bgm. ありがとうございます💖
I really hope you to make more and more videos like this. I did enjoy it a lot🎉🎉🎉
お菓子はすごくおいしくて、甘かったんですけど、苦い思い出になってしまいました。😅かわいい🩷
田中さんの物語は面白かったです！I thought it was very funny. Great way to learn Japanese. ありがとうごさいます！
Good to find such channel to learn japanese
WOW so glad I found this channel!
this video of normal speaking Japanese is thing helpful for learning Japanese and I really like this title and your lovely voice.
JLPT勉強のために試験問題と関連したオーディオだけ聞いて日常生活で使う日本語を勉強したくて聞くようになりました。 内容が難しくもなく、日常語彙が聞けて良かったです。 これからもよろしくお願いします.
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Thank you it was so interesting❤❤❤❤❤
面白い経験だった。
気がついていなかったことは本当に困らせて恥ずかしくなる様子も起こさせた。
お話を聞かせてくれて有難う。面白すぎる。とても楽しかった。
I really like this 😭 since there is subtitle I can learn it well
Thank you for sharing yovr funny but unforgetable experience to us. I can't help bvt laugh
I just love this kind of more natural video
本当におもしろかったでした ! つぎの「田中さんのラディオ」が楽しみです
I would appreciate a vocabulary at the end. Thanks for sharing❤
Thank you sister for you hard work
I'm from Syria and i wanted to learn Japanese to increase my knowledge so i found your video and it was so interesting as the way you are talking and the tone of your voice it's so beautiful
Keep up the good work 👍
It's very relaxing and helpful, thank you!
本当にありがとうございます
This great thank you so much!! 🙏🏼
Tanaka Radio is really relaxing and fun to listen. I would love to see more of these.
How about also creating a podcast channel for radio episodes?
Omg I'm studying japanese and the first podcast I turn on today mentions Czech Republic I'm so happy!! I'm sorry about trdelníks, they are tricky 😂😭
Please please make more of these !!
This was so nice, I've been looking for something relaxing to listen to in japanese so I train my ear a bit and this was perfect! I'm still a beginner but someday I'll come back to this and hopefully will be able to understand much much more:) ありがとうございます、たなかさん！
ありがとうございました
This is so useful for me どうもありがとうございます😃
I love the idea of this new series, please continue \o/
新しいシリーズを作ってくれてありがとう！そんなお菓子はポーランドにもあるので、時々食べます🤤
恥ずかしかったですが、いい思い出になりましたね。
ありがとうございます!
This is my first podcast and in my third language and I love it I subscribe…you posted on my birthday too😂
日本語の聞くのが苦手です。それがら、今私は勉強しています。ありがとうfor the video!
This is so funny! ur voice is so calming please continue this seires tanaka san!
im a big fan starting from today
めちゃ可愛いでしょう！❤❤❤ そな間違いほ人間的だからこの話しが大好き😘
ありがとう！
I love your account so much! I'm going abroad to japan for school and your account is my all time favorite!
I was in Prague and ate trdelniks a lot, but only in one place among all it was with chocolate. When I asked my czech friends about that, they were very surprised and answered that trdelnik is already very sweet and there is no need to add chocolate.
For my trip in Prague there was another embarrassing story. I and my friend saw as one girl didn't pay for her subway ticket, and we thought to do the same. But we weren't so impudent to pay nothing, so we bought tickets for smaller price... We were caught and what a surprise! That were tickets for dogs 🙈 luckily everything ended without fines
No music will better 🌻
i listen this because i start to learn japanese and i need to get used to my ear listen Japanese and i love your radio so thx soo much
初めてTanakaさんのポッドキャストを聞き、聞きやすいポッドキャストだな〜と思っています。チャンネル登録させていだきます。😁
Kiite kurete ureshikattane!!! Konnakoto hanashi wa motto kikitaindesune.
I found you just today and I subbed already! I need to pick up my japanese before I forget everything haha! Thank you for this video, it really helped because speaking is more difficult than writing to me.
I hate when people realise something wrong and they ignore it , I'm the kind of people who would head a random stranger in the street to inform him that he has something on his hair, sometimes it gets weird, but people often appreciate the help of the others.
Sumimasen, i’m from indonesian and i think is very good, arigatou.
Salam dari indonesia♥️
I am learning Japanese, thanks to your radio episode, i can practice listening skill although i only can hear 40% your content.
Minna isshoni ganbaru
On my first visit to Japan, I would sometimes stop at a bakery to buy pastry on the way home. Once I was in the shop, one of the employees asked me if I was ready to order and I just mumbled 少々お待ちください.
The funny thing is that I knew that this was not the way I should have replied, as it is a polite form that the employees would use towards a client, and not the other way around, so I don’t know why I said that. But I can still see the faces of the two young female employees covering their mouth with their hand, trying hard to suppress a giggle.
たこ焼きを初めて食べた時に、中は溶けたみたな感じと知らなかったです。だから先ずは丸ごと一口で食べて、口の中に爆発されて、あつすぎるほど吐き出しっちゃった。廻人に視線されていました。
すみません、ネーティブジャパニーズじゃないです。
Thank you!! ❤❤
Amo tu canal ❤️❤️❤️❤️
thanks for subtitle Tanaka_san
i love this series, so funny
i just subscribed snd i love your videos!
I love your voice. It makes me relax and concentrate my mind. I'd like to listen your radio while studying though I don't understand Japanese.
I request you to make more like this. I'm also trying to understand what you are talking to. >
Thank you, for saving my night hahaha, btw your channel is my source to learn Japanese fr
たなかさん、ありがとうございます。とても面白かったよ！私は見るながりいっぱい笑ったんです。さっき笑っていた時母は「頭がおかしくなったの」っておかったんです。😂母は怒ってしまいましたからちょっと掃除して、謝ってみるかー😭
I hope that one day, I will be able to listen in without reading the captions, that is my goal
プラハから、おはよう🖐️。Trdelník は美味しいですけど、食べるの方は難しいです。ちなみに、プラハ人はTrdelník店が嫌いかもしれないです。TrdelníkよりKoláček ほうがおすすます。
Thank you for the listening practice 😊. What I wanted to say in that broken Japanese above is that, Trdelník is tasty, but it is not traditional czech food, despite the advertisement. Many Czechs think it is a tourist trap. 🤔 Personally, I would recommend Koláček or Tvarohová buchta. Less messy to eat and it is the dessert, that our grandmas perfected and served for special occasions.
私は恥ずかしい思い出がたくさんあるですが、でも、忘れっぽい人なので、知らず人にとっては、特に忘れる速度が速いです^^
ありがとうございます😊
3:08 This also happened to me, i was in a travel to a city in my country and I tried a snack that is popular there, it was like a crepe filled with chocolate, and I ate it but then I looked at my shirt and I saw it was covered in chocolate lol
Now, i have a really embarrasing memory, it is that one day, I went to a church to an event, and when it was time to go out, I saw a a stall that sold traditional snacks, so, i went and had one, thinking they were for free I just took one and went away until my parents asked me if I payed for them, i was very embarrassed and they scolded me to go pay the seller. It still haunts me to this day.
This is so fantastic :)
Thank you for adding Indonesia sub