Can Japanese Actually Write Japanese Kanji?

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  • @ThatJapaneseManYuta
    @ThatJapaneseManYuta  4 роки тому +5836

    As you can see, many Japanese people can't write some kanji off the top of their head. So how do Japanese people write Japanese? Simple. With a computer or a phone!
    I think part of the reason why Japanese people are forgetting kanji is that it's so much easier to use a keyboard instead of a pen and paper. And if you want to learn Japanese, you can do it too! It's such a relief that you don't have to memorise how to write kanji on your own any more.
    Actually, if you want to learn Japanese, I can send you some free Japanese lessons by email. So subscribe here bit.ly/3bzsMnu

    • @esper5323
      @esper5323 4 роки тому +93

      i won't lie, it's amazing to me how much even natives struggle with them. i'm not a native and have never even been to japan and yet i don't have any issues with any of the words here (if it was outside the 常用漢字 and maybe words like 魑魅魍魎 came up, then i could understand.)

    • @nyanlinhtetd.g4051
      @nyanlinhtetd.g4051 3 роки тому +33

      I'm really confused to learn Kenji while learning Kiragana and Katakana.

    • @evoflysgaming3489
      @evoflysgaming3489 3 роки тому +6

      3 likes

    • @nyanlinhtetd.g4051
      @nyanlinhtetd.g4051 3 роки тому +3

      @@cristlewrite7944 Thank you soo much❣️

    • @osophine8672
      @osophine8672 3 роки тому +24

      Oh wow that really is a relief! I tried learning Japanese at one point and I can write hiragana and kana from memory but never Kanji. It's so intimidating

  • @oppaipoison2074
    @oppaipoison2074 4 роки тому +25782

    'why tf are you late for work?'
    'sorry some guy in the street was testing my kanji lmao'

    • @oeno6301
      @oeno6301 3 роки тому +662

      Lmao I laughed really hard at this

    • @oppaipoison2074
      @oppaipoison2074 3 роки тому +171

      @@oeno6301 im glad

    • @dhcarrot1195
      @dhcarrot1195 3 роки тому +122

      Made my day

    • @pranjal5687
      @pranjal5687 3 роки тому +57

      LMAOO 😂😂

    • @user-zu2tw3gs7n
      @user-zu2tw3gs7n 3 роки тому +155

      Almost Japanese go to work about 10 minutes before, so we were not late haha

  • @MUTSUGORO_
    @MUTSUGORO_ 4 роки тому +7193

    Japanese language (日本語)
    American「🤔」
    Englishman「🤔」
    Japanese 「🤔」

    • @orionwhitford1292
      @orionwhitford1292 4 роки тому +281

      “Japanese language?” I’m still learning

    • @boterloryang2262
      @boterloryang2262 4 роки тому +503

      Chinese:😁

    • @That_Guy977
      @That_Guy977 4 роки тому +119

      japanese could also be 日本人 if it's nationality

    • @deadman9455
      @deadman9455 4 роки тому +99

      Aint that "go" after "nihon" means Japanese language?

    • @That_Guy977
      @That_Guy977 4 роки тому +6

      @@deadman9455 Are you replying to me or OP?

  • @user-tr2jt9he3e
    @user-tr2jt9he3e Рік тому +697

    As a Japanese, kanji is quite hard to remember and write, but it makes reading a lot faster.

    • @theSUN2773
      @theSUN2773 9 місяців тому +30

      Yes.Each kanji almost refers to a whole vocabulary and takes small space.

    • @wenyichao5078
      @wenyichao5078 8 місяців тому +32

      As a Chinese, I really don't think kanji is hard to remember and write.because we use kanji in every single day😂

    • @fzf404
      @fzf404 8 місяців тому +24

      ​@@wenyichao5078But Japanese Kanji are also different from the Chinese ones

    • @theSUN2773
      @theSUN2773 8 місяців тому +18

      @@fzf404 Kanji and Chinese Hanzi are similar and have the same rule in shape,so it's not
      hard to remember.

    • @fzf404
      @fzf404 8 місяців тому +8

      @@theSUN2773 shape. But not sound. Japanese had irregularities there.

  • @JediPanBanam
    @JediPanBanam Рік тому +696

    I honestly love seeing my Japanese professor sometimes stand for a whole minute in front of the whiteboard and think "how do you write that one?" Knowing the Japanese sometimes struggle with kanji makes me feel a little better about learning them myself.

    • @user-OMANGEMANGE
      @user-OMANGEMANGE Рік тому +47

      In Japan, everyone in elementary and junior high school is required to study 2,136 kanji characters. Some children sometimes get calluses on their fingers in order to get a perfect score on a kanji test🤣🤣🤣Even if they go that far, when they only use computers and smartphones, they are unable to write kanji🥶In short, if you can read, it will not interfere with your life, so I would like those who are going to learn Kanji to take it easy.

    • @omaeokorosu
      @omaeokorosu 11 місяців тому +19

      大丈夫。日本語を話せて、ひらがなを書ければ日本人は文脈を読みとって
      漢字を教えてくれるよ

    • @stanlee4210
      @stanlee4210 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@user-OMANGEMANGE so what do japanese people write in? Isnt all documents written like that in japan?

    • @hangedfox9286
      @hangedfox9286 2 місяці тому +4

      @@stanlee4210 Hiragana and katakana can be used for the same words. They are phonetic. Kanji is ideographic.

    • @piano_beginner
      @piano_beginner 27 днів тому +1

      ワイもカンニングしてたから大丈夫や
      アニメの字幕でリスキルしてる

  • @warilban
    @warilban 4 роки тому +9493

    "Battle"
    Dude: Ah I see this often in games.
    This man has a bright future.

  • @zarinsolkar6918
    @zarinsolkar6918 4 роки тому +8734

    The guy with blue tie and spects is that classmate who always says he haven’t prepared for the tests but still manages to gets A+.

    • @zarinsolkar6918
      @zarinsolkar6918 4 роки тому +8

      Oηιon Коммγнизмα WHYYY

    • @arpitdas4263
      @arpitdas4263 4 роки тому +20

      It's specs mate

    • @zarinsolkar6918
      @zarinsolkar6918 4 роки тому +7

      Arpit Das sorry my bad

    • @zarinsolkar6918
      @zarinsolkar6918 4 роки тому +25

      Caster Gil God I am jealous . I could be doing a thing for 3 years and still forget it after few days . You are blessed buddy.

    • @cashmoneymawk988
      @cashmoneymawk988 4 роки тому +6

      i do that too

  • @user-ck7pj5nl2v
    @user-ck7pj5nl2v 2 роки тому +125

    I am a high-school student. Almost all of the students can write this level of kanji.
    But we don’t always use them so you don’t worry about that you can’t.
    Personally, I feel adults can’t remember kanji more than young people because they don’t often write kanji.
    It is the most important that you can read them. Then you will never have trouble living in Japan.

    • @kaciewolverton2692
      @kaciewolverton2692 2 роки тому +5

      Do you think education in the future will reduce teaching how to write kanji by hand? I've learned to read hundreds of kanji, but I can't write any. It doesn't seem very important when most communication and documents are typed.

    • @user-ck7pj5nl2v
      @user-ck7pj5nl2v 2 роки тому +24

      @@kaciewolverton2692
      In my opinion, it won’t be changed.
      I think it is necessary to learn kanji. Then we don’t have to practice writing them by hand but I feel it's the best way to remember them.
      Actually, it is not so important to be able to write down them but we sometimes have trouble when typed them.
      This is because we have hundreds of thousands homonyms kanji such as こうしょう. There are 48 ways to write the word in kanji so I can’t choose kanji I should use correctly in case I don’t usually use.
      For me, it's embarrassing for a Japanese person to make a mistake in Kanji, so I'm studying it.
      My English is poor but I hope it conveys my point to you😊

    • @robertcastel1565
      @robertcastel1565 Рік тому +1

      but in order to live in Japan you will have to fill out a lot of forms and do a lot of paperwork in the Japanese language to be able to legally reside in Japan.

    • @robertcastel1565
      @robertcastel1565 Рік тому +3

      @@user-ck7pj5nl2v How it's possible than one of the countries with most highest education in the world and the people it's unable to write in his own language? it seems very weird to me.

    • @Leokuma7
      @Leokuma7 Рік тому +2

      ​@@robertcastel1565 Nowadays they almost never have to fill out forms. I guess the paperwork you mentioned is almost once in a lifetime.

  • @Kenro25
    @Kenro25 Рік тому +87

    読めるし見たら分かるけど、インターネットで変換ができる世の中になってから自分の手で書く事が減って、書けと言われても細部まで思い出せない事が増えた。

    • @cherie..cherry
      @cherie..cherry Місяць тому +5

      Same. My ability to write in mandarin has suffered even though I can read it and type decently.

    • @aeluzarii
      @aeluzarii 26 днів тому

      @@cherie..cherry Honestly, sometimes I used to forget some details even within the latin alphabet when I spoke and typed it but didn't write it often, and then when I had to write something I was like, "uhm... how is this thing supposed to look like?" and went to take a look at my keyboard to remember it LOL

  • @yamaguchitadashi7511
    @yamaguchitadashi7511 3 роки тому +6583

    “i see it a lot in video games”
    ahh yes a man of culture

    • @mosota9079
      @mosota9079 3 роки тому +42

      lol Yamaguchi u here 😂

    • @babotu
      @babotu 3 роки тому +15

      @@mosota9079 Hallooo Yamaguchiiiii

    • @MPV-ig9iq
      @MPV-ig9iq 3 роки тому +11

      Hello yamaguchi

    • @babotu
      @babotu 3 роки тому +9

      @@MPV-ig9iq Hello Taehyung!!!!

    • @mr.bushido88
      @mr.bushido88 3 роки тому +8

      HEY!! I thought you were practicing with the others?!

  • @Rudenbehr
    @Rudenbehr 4 роки тому +17662

    I’m imagining there’s elderly Japanese citizens who complain how kids can’t write Kanji these days.

    • @anormalfangirl7408
      @anormalfangirl7408 4 роки тому +2035

      Japanese boomer

    • @reychop
      @reychop 4 роки тому +1687

      Hai hai booma!! (Okay boomer!) xD

    • @applefoodie
      @applefoodie 4 роки тому +1664

      I don't know about Japanese, but there are older Chinese who complain that kids these days are so used to typing Hanzi/Kanji that they've often forgotten how to write them.

    • @reychop
      @reychop 4 роки тому +813

      applefoodie just as how many adults complain about kids no longer knowing how to write cursive these days.

    • @avm-xk1up
      @avm-xk1up 4 роки тому +107

      joomer

  • @ml-intzu
    @ml-intzu 11 місяців тому +50

    Kanji is actually difficult to learn, but it is very interesting to know how this character was created or compounded, how ancient Chinese people were inspired. Imagining the meaning of unknown kanji from its parts is also fun.

    • @2oqh
      @2oqh 9 місяців тому +2

      its a very interesting writing system although very hard to learn for many

    • @aeluzarii
      @aeluzarii 26 днів тому

      @@2oqh Why does all the interesting stuff have to be this hard 😭

  • @kanakana8289
    @kanakana8289 Рік тому +99

    私達日本人は漢字を普段から使いますが、ほとんどはパソコンやスマホなどを利用しますので変換され出てくるため書く機会が少なく手書きではなかなか書けなくなってきています。
    日本語を勉強している方に安心してもらえる動画になって良かったと思います。
    日本語には同じ発音でも違う意味の言葉が沢山あり、漢字を使い分けていますが、日本人は漢字の選択に殆ど苦労しません。
    そして知らない漢字があっても書き順はあまり間違えないと思います。部首などのパーツで認識できるからです。部首やパーツの書き順はほとんど決まっています。書き順を間違えると漢字全体のバランスが悪くなり格好の悪い字になります。
    また部首にもそれぞれ意味があり、知らない漢字でも、パーツの意味から読み方や漢字全体の意味を推察できます。
    漢字を書くことは大切ですが、その漢字の適切な使い方や意味を正しく認識するほうが大切だと思います。『憂鬱』が書けても使い方や意味を間違えるほうが、書けないことより恥ずかしいことだと思います。

    • @user-jo5mw5zb9j
      @user-jo5mw5zb9j Рік тому +9

      Читать иероглифы всё равно придётся.
      Я считаю если человек смог по памяти написать иерголиф, значит он его хорошо выучил.
      Увидеть иероглиф и вспомнить что он значит легче, чем самим вспомнить и написать.

    • @ThomasNoname
      @ThomasNoname Рік тому +12

      @@user-jo5mw5zb9j What's going on here, lmao. Why did you reply to him in Russian

    • @user-jo5mw5zb9j
      @user-jo5mw5zb9j Рік тому +10

      @@ThomasNoname Потому что я русский.

    • @bootyspoon4675
      @bootyspoon4675 Рік тому

      @@user-jo5mw5zb9j well you should stop being Russian then

    • @zhref563
      @zhref563 Рік тому +4

      Cómo hispanohablante me alivia un poco saber que hasta los mismos japoneses tienen problemas para escribir los kanjis
      Ya que en si the English It is really difficult because of its pronunciation (which does not agree with what is written and changes a lot)
      Et le français Avec sa prononciation compliquée de mots et ses signes qui n'existent pas dans ma langue 漢字と仮名を組み合わせた日本語では、3つの言語すべてを考えたり話したりすることが困難になっているため、困難を抱えているのは私だけではないことを知ってほっとしています 漢字

  • @issym1254
    @issym1254 3 роки тому +11912

    Kanji: *Exists*
    English people: Kill me now
    Japanese people: Kill me now
    Chinese people: *I like your funny words magic man*

  • @ouo5544
    @ouo5544 3 роки тому +11319

    Kanji exists
    American: fml
    Englishman: fml
    Japanese: fml
    Chinese: lol ez

    • @lllIlIllIIIl
      @lllIlIllIIIl 3 роки тому +1329

      Chinese are good at everything. There’s always an unknown Chinese people that has the world record for everything and push their limits. Idk what drives them tbh

    • @yixie6830
      @yixie6830 3 роки тому +1076

      @@lllIlIllIIIl if you can learn writting traditional Chinese, you can learn anything

    • @GreatTasteMurder
      @GreatTasteMurder 3 роки тому +347

      I think Chinese can even understand kanji

    • @LuckyTheory
      @LuckyTheory 3 роки тому +536

      Chinese people really skip the step of remembering the stroke and everything and jump into remembering the sound&meaning instead. Which is sick

    • @omnomnom5359
      @omnomnom5359 3 роки тому +223

      Luta we don’t, we just know the pattern of writing in order because we have learned so many characters.

  • @thirdaccount106
    @thirdaccount106 3 місяці тому +4

    Thanks for posting this, this gives me hope and encouragement to learn

  • @cxllmegeo3557
    @cxllmegeo3557 Рік тому +5

    This video makes me feel more confident in just by seeing this. I thought that learning like all of kanji was like the base of Japanese so it stunned my motivation but I’m glad to see some people share my pain. 😂

  • @rish_hyun
    @rish_hyun 5 років тому +5518

    Me as a foreigner learning Kanji for almost 2 years
    Locals : Why can't we just use hiragana

    • @faicalmounbane7338
      @faicalmounbane7338 4 роки тому +237

      Hiragana and katakana bro i really memorized it all

    • @maiadraconica6488
      @maiadraconica6488 4 роки тому +51

      is learning kanji sortof like learning vocab as well?

    • @faicalmounbane7338
      @faicalmounbane7338 4 роки тому +50

      @@Eman-ud6tg im not already dead bro i'm still alive 😁😁😁

    • @user-wl2hm6jk6t
      @user-wl2hm6jk6t 4 роки тому +216

      xX Móšțøpĕ ŔŌBŁŐX Xx
      Hi,I'm Japanese.
      To be precise, the word is"お前はもう死んでいる。".
      "わ" to "は".
      "し" to "死".
      "しで" to "死んで".

    • @aexe1542
      @aexe1542 4 роки тому +142

      Because if you only use hiragana, many words with kanji with Chinese readings become homophonic (since Japanese phonology isn't very complex). Reading the words with kanji help you distinguish the meanings almost instantly.

  • @crow4834
    @crow4834 4 роки тому +3055

    if japanese people cant remember how am i supposed to 😭😭

    • @SL2797
      @SL2797 3 роки тому +16

      With this: ua-cam.com/video/sspUdoV9Il0/v-deo.html

    • @wladfan
      @wladfan 3 роки тому +72

      you are not, why would you want to speak a vocabulary no one else speaks lol

    • @crow4834
      @crow4834 3 роки тому +87

      Seudofonix its best to learn if youre wanting to write and read? cant read subtitles or books without knowledge of it

    • @wladfan
      @wladfan 3 роки тому +17

      @@crow4834 You have to learn more kanjis, when you find a hard one you will be able to read it because of its parts, but not write it

    • @wladfan
      @wladfan 3 роки тому +50

      @@musevms I was talking about the complex kanjis / kanjis of words that are rarely used, even japanese people don't know some kanjis, so why would anyone learning japanese learn the kanjis not even japanese people know?

  • @just_peace
    @just_peace Рік тому +1

    This video is so fun to come back to as I keep progressing in Japanese

  • @palmfictionisalehavre-musi6360

    Very well updating of these old videos that i enjoyed watching! Very good memories

    • @palmfictionisalehavre-musi6360
      @palmfictionisalehavre-musi6360 Рік тому +1

      I'm happy i can still enjoy these videos, and wondered how you managed renew or update. Fantastic. Very good job you did, beautiful

  • @Kevin-be9iy
    @Kevin-be9iy 4 роки тому +3180

    Me: I will learn Kanji
    Japanese person: No
    Me: I will not learn Kanji

  • @lp_grumpy
    @lp_grumpy 4 роки тому +2177

    Every person who is having a hard time learning kanji just suddenly felt a huge weight lift off their shoulders after this video

    • @souplover947
      @souplover947 4 роки тому +75

      learning to write kanji as a foreigner past the most common 200 or so was always a meme anyway
      anyone who gets to a high level in japanese knows that it's all about reading lots of books and media
      when you can read words in kanji then you can type them too and that's the most practical way to "write kanji" in this day and age anyway

    • @user-kc2gu5pr4r
      @user-kc2gu5pr4r 4 роки тому +34

      No, actually I kinda lost hope

    • @user-kc2gu5pr4r
      @user-kc2gu5pr4r 4 роки тому +18

      Creeps MaPasta thank you so much! To be honest, since I wrote this comment until now, I have learned at least 5 new kanji, and I think seeing kanji and learning how to write it is more enjoyable after I took it for fun and strengthening my memory skills, and I feel happy after I find that I wrote it correctly, sorry for my English

    • @takayamaseiichiro8364
      @takayamaseiichiro8364 4 роки тому

      That’s me!

    • @rebmanguerra5513
      @rebmanguerra5513 4 роки тому

      jiyui X imma cheer for you^.^

  • @Afterthefallout55660
    @Afterthefallout55660 9 місяців тому +5

    Thank you for showing us your research on the streets of japan. It was quite nice to see even native japanese speaker with years of knowledge struggle to write down and remember the kanjis. So as a european I don't feel that bad, when I'm just learning to read and write hiragana and katakana first, before diving into the kanji system.

    • @AslanVelas
      @AslanVelas Місяць тому

      How's you current progress? I also just started with kanji so, it's been rough.

  • @Marylily2
    @Marylily2 2 роки тому +3

    That genuinely made me feel so much better! I’m learning Japanese at the moment and can never retain Kanji, I have no idea why.

  • @milklab-milky2586
    @milklab-milky2586 4 роки тому +6626

    "Kanji is difficult"
    "Yeah, kanji is difficult”
    "I don't wanna learn them anymore"
    "We can just use hiragana"
    Me, as a foreigner who learns japanese: I see so much pain in your eyes girls

    • @vaylard9474
      @vaylard9474 4 роки тому +332

      Kanji make Japanese easier to learn for foreigners.
      For the Japanese it's their native language, they can differentiate between homonyms without much mental strain, and they are comfortable with their Chinese vocabulary so they don't require any visual aid to recall the meaning of a particular word.
      For me as a foreigner, spoken Chinese loanwords are easier to understand when I can visualize them. For example, I'm watching anime and I hear "だんせいきょうふしょう". I'm comfortable enough with 男性 and 恐怖 to immediately recognize them. Now しょう. There are tons of しょう's in Sino-Japanese, and only kanji help me differentiate between them effectively. In this case 症 makes the most sense.
      Honestly I can't imagine having to read a novel in hiragana, it would be such a pain in the ass.

    • @vaylard9474
      @vaylard9474 4 роки тому +18

      @Ki 木Ojo 王女
      I'm not Chinese either.

    • @ameyoko445
      @ameyoko445 4 роки тому +106

      Milk Lab - I am Japanese. I can read but it would be harder to understand. Using kanji is preferable because it has more detail in each Character. Also if I know the kanji, I can understand the Chinese but just a little though.

    • @yona20691
      @yona20691 4 роки тому +64

      @@vaylard9474 I'm totally understand this! LOL. For reading, Kanji will help us to understand the meaning more easily. I still remember I didn't understand a thing a child said in a manga because it's written in all hiragana. I have to think for some minutes to get what she said LOL.
      But it is different if you ask me to write Kanji. Like in this video, they know the Kanji if they read it but to write is totally different matters...

    • @Lexi2019AURORA
      @Lexi2019AURORA 4 роки тому +40

      Somehow I started studying japanese again after six years. It was the kanji that brought me back, not the hiragana. I'm not into the easy stuff, I want to be challenged.

  • @jonatanluna1061
    @jonatanluna1061 5 років тому +10250

    "Why can't we just use hiragana"
    Me. Right now. Learning japanese for the first time.

    • @acgm046
      @acgm046 5 років тому +558

      Me too. I can expect to continue learning and recognizing some kanji, which gives me satisfaction. But I definitely think I won't master writing them at all!!!!

    • @barkleyu
      @barkleyu 5 років тому +397

      I just started to learn japanese on my own. I really dont know how its gonna work out buut.

    • @barkleyu
      @barkleyu 5 років тому +108

      Yeah and goodluck to your studies

    • @littlemoon4589
      @littlemoon4589 5 років тому +13

      Jonatan Luna lol same

    • @ricblank0014
      @ricblank0014 5 років тому +132

      you are not alone. im also self studying 😂

  • @zarfo2667
    @zarfo2667 2 роки тому +23

    After seeing so many kanji, its pretty easy to memorize those kanji. It is made up of often used radicals, though when it comes to recalling kanji, its much harder for me. Reading is always easier than writing in my case

    • @stratonikisporcia8630
      @stratonikisporcia8630 Рік тому +5

      It's obviously easier to read than write, as you can always accidentally write nonsense, but what you read has to be correct.

    • @aeluzarii
      @aeluzarii 26 днів тому

      Yeah, there are usually just too many strokes to perfectly remember how to write one piece by piece, and radicals often help only with memorizing them but its not quite as effective to remember how to write it. If I'm not wrong, Japanese students are simply just forced to write many-many of these kanji until it gets hardcored into their memory, but as we can see from this video; it might not be quite as effective.

  • @PortugalDoor
    @PortugalDoor Рік тому

    Great to know! :)
    I'll still practice writing though, definitely helps understanding them better

  • @randomperson1714
    @randomperson1714 3 роки тому +5678

    Chinese people: I learnt those when i was 5.

    • @fungyuncoi4818
      @fungyuncoi4818 3 роки тому +318

      that's quite true though, I was learning characters when I was 4...

    • @gizemkara9004
      @gizemkara9004 3 роки тому +478

      @@fungyuncoi4818 I could not hold a pencil when I was 4 years old. you guys are perfect

    • @feristired8092
      @feristired8092 3 роки тому +327

      @@gizemkara9004 there is always an Asian better than you at everything- someone I think

    • @yeehaw24
      @yeehaw24 3 роки тому +72

      @@heylol1 No one had to. Why do you think it’s called a comment section?

    • @frogeelixir
      @frogeelixir 3 роки тому +28

      lmao not all but like they dont have the exact same meaning and have COMPLETELY different pronounciation and that just gets on my nerves and make me lose motivation to learn japanese T-T

  • @meowplayspokemon8332
    @meowplayspokemon8332 8 років тому +14456

    "i see sentou often in video games"
    see mom? gaming *is* educational.

    • @alighozali1940
      @alighozali1940 7 років тому +124

      I have no other options to reject this statement (y) :D

    • @ha1vorsen
      @ha1vorsen 7 років тому +68

      "Dairantou Smash Brothers"

    • @renation89
      @renation89 7 років тому +3

      Pokemon gym battle

    • @ShidaiTaino
      @ShidaiTaino 7 років тому +15

      Lmao. The only educational game is Oregon Trail

    • @user-kf8fs9zx4g
      @user-kf8fs9zx4g 7 років тому +11

      Saquez *is*

  • @siamakalaei1148
    @siamakalaei1148 2 роки тому

    Sounds Easy! 😆 Thanks for the video. Best wishes.

  • @clintzieandromeda6216
    @clintzieandromeda6216 Рік тому +5

    I remember writing in Chinese for the first time and it is so difficult for me so I assume it would be the same as Japanese Kanji. But the thing is that not all Kanji gives me the struggle to write for those that has less than ten strokes. Like a year ago, I was enjoying writing in Japanese, and yes I also wrote Kanjis with a lot of strokes. Imagine everything in Japanese are just Hiragana and Katakana since Kanji came from China and the Japanese will not struggle writing their letters just like how we write in English.

  • @j.fletcher690
    @j.fletcher690 3 роки тому +4350

    Most japanese people can read kanji perfectly well. It's just that the writing doesnt stick. If you'd ask these folks to type the words, no one would make a mistake

    • @francesatty7022
      @francesatty7022 3 роки тому +368

      it's a little bit like spelling I guess, we can understand things written down but if you're bad at spelling it can be difficult writing it right

    • @arsalanjameel8478
      @arsalanjameel8478 3 роки тому

      @@francesatty7022 ARE you japanese?

    • @even___
      @even___ 3 роки тому +27

      I don’t know how the Japanese learn it, but I use Traditional Chinese and it isn’t that hard to learn.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 3 роки тому +9

      Is it like cursive?

    • @randomperson1714
      @randomperson1714 3 роки тому +23

      Delivious if you know traditional chinese,then you can learn any language.

  • @slenderslayer464
    @slenderslayer464 3 роки тому +10980

    Moral of the story: Do not feel sad, even Japanese people cant know them all

    • @DoNotDisturb.
      @DoNotDisturb. 2 роки тому +622

      I feel bad saying it but... Thank god.

    • @friedpotato5844
      @friedpotato5844 2 роки тому +76

      @@DoNotDisturb. LOL 😆

    • @blackrabbit2282
      @blackrabbit2282 2 роки тому +94

      @@DoNotDisturb. I felt this deep in my soul

    • @user-bc8qe5hx7t
      @user-bc8qe5hx7t 2 роки тому +81

      yeah im only gonna learn hiragana i dont got time to learn katakana and kanji

    • @blackrabbit2282
      @blackrabbit2282 2 роки тому +213

      @@user-bc8qe5hx7t Katakana is the same as Hiragana. They all sound the same just look different.
      Katakana is just for foreign words and names

  • @yh-japan
    @yh-japan Рік тому +8

    As someone who learned Japanese since last September and started living in Japanese for about 2 months now, I prefer seeing and reading kanji, but to write them, it’s a whole another level 😂 I can recognise them while typing yes but writing it out is almost impossible 😂

  • @micbrn
    @micbrn Рік тому +1

    Thank you for these videos! ありがとございます

  • @boothefool22
    @boothefool22 3 роки тому +5420

    "We can just use hiragana" made my day xD

    • @user-yd4om1qw3n
      @user-yd4om1qw3n 3 роки тому +77

      @@RadkeMaiden We laugh at them for being salty at Taiwan

    • @fatlind259
      @fatlind259 3 роки тому +147

      @@RadkeMaiden I laugh at Chinese people, because they are not allowed to criticise their government.

    • @still.ines07
      @still.ines07 3 роки тому +41

      It's litteraly me trying to learn Japanese :')

    • @principe.5116
      @principe.5116 3 роки тому +42

      @@RadkeMaiden and the rest of the world laugh at Chinese

    • @dijkstra4678
      @dijkstra4678 3 роки тому +7

      What a relief

  • @paveladamek3502
    @paveladamek3502 5 років тому +26156

    Meanwhile, some native English speakers confuse THEIR with THEY’RE.

    • @gwyndale3899
      @gwyndale3899 5 років тому +3383

      and THERE
      also YOUR YOU'RE

    • @girlhoodcoquine7212
      @girlhoodcoquine7212 4 роки тому +422

      Iam not even native and I thought iam the only one who does 😂😂

    • @euivets2892
      @euivets2892 4 роки тому +164

      @Its_ cookiecat I'm german and I make mistakes with Seid und Seit as well 😂

    • @euivets2892
      @euivets2892 4 роки тому +62

      @@seulxejn1851 Seid ist eigentlich ,,Seid ihr". Ich weiß nicht ob du Deutsche(r) bist, aber es ist leicht D mit T zu vertauschen.

    • @mohdluqmanulhakimabdulmali9622
      @mohdluqmanulhakimabdulmali9622 4 роки тому +91

      everyone speaks german
      i'm going to speak malay:
      gile susah siot kanji ni
      harap harap dpt belajar lah mcm mana nak tulis
      perlu cari cikgu yg betul betul pandai lah

  • @MattFromHawaii
    @MattFromHawaii Рік тому

    I also read a lot of words in books, but have difficult talking the spelling when spelling it however; its not on the same difficulty as remembering the kanji, and the order or combination of kanji to make the exact meaning of what is the final meaning. If it's any other language; there's thankfully the phonetics that can help with forming more accurate looking words, if not the right words, when following the rules, or sometimes not, of whatever language you're speaking or trying to spell in 🤷‍♂️

  • @ND62511
    @ND62511 Рік тому +22

    Ironically enough, I find Kanji super useful as someone who started learning Japanese only 2 months ago; it helps identify words quicker and it helps with analyzing sentences. It also is helpful in making information more compact: 私 takes up so much less space on a page than わたし, even if it is more complex to write. Though, I definitely get why people get annoyed with it; trying to write Kanji small isn’t easy, especially if you have a dull pencil. Makes me think it would be a good idea to invest in a mechanical pencil…
    Interesting to hear a perspective with those fluent with the language!

    • @vergl569
      @vergl569 8 місяців тому +1

      How many kanji have you learned now, 9 months later?

  • @soue6315
    @soue6315 4 роки тому +6138

    Imagine yourself trying to learn a language that even the native speakers have a hard time with.

    • @verybarebones
      @verybarebones 4 роки тому +451

      So every language?

    • @mayoiko
      @mayoiko 4 роки тому +195

      @@verybarebones haha no, some languages are easy

    • @verybarebones
      @verybarebones 4 роки тому +173

      @@mayoiko that doesnt mean native speakers don't struggle with them. Care to mention any language simple enough that no native speakers commit typos on?

    • @mayoiko
      @mayoiko 4 роки тому +158

      @@verybarebones i never see any native speaker struggle with my native language, and most of us dont just speak the national language we also speak more specific local language too, languages are not equally hard or easy, the world is big, open your eyes

    • @mayoiko
      @mayoiko 4 роки тому +133

      @@verybarebones typo is not the same thing as not knowing the spelling/meaning, typo is just happen by accident. not the same as people who cant tell difference between "their" and "they're"

  • @krank568
    @krank568 3 роки тому +16278

    'we can just use hiragana'
    me trying to catch up in my japanese: *YES I AGREE*

    • @mrbaefong6964
      @mrbaefong6964 3 роки тому +822

      i never felt more understood when she said that 😭

    • @b1acksol
      @b1acksol 3 роки тому +270

      Lmao ikr. I’m going to live with a family member in Japan when I graduate and there’s no Japanese language course at the high school I’d go to so I’m taking Chinese instead and I didn’t think it would be as helpful as it actually is when I’m in Japan.

    • @ttchme9816
      @ttchme9816 3 роки тому +399

      @@b1acksol
      " You just need to learn a different pronunciation when learning kanji. It should be very simple. "
      -Me, still struggling to understand kanji despite being a native Chinese speaker.

    • @Ekolop
      @Ekolop 3 роки тому +42

      Hahahahaah that woman understands me

    • @zant2146
      @zant2146 3 роки тому +100

      Me after realizing that I'd have to read a whole chunk of text full of hiraganas: *NO* *PLEASE* *GO* *BACK*

  • @lucasholving0607
    @lucasholving0607 2 роки тому

    Great job to all the participants in your video, I hope they had fun trying writing Kanji 😄👍

  • @jorgeae6728
    @jorgeae6728 Рік тому +43

    Algo que me he dado cuenta en los meses que llevo estudiando japonés es que los kanjis los puedes reconocer fácilmente cuando los lees, sin embargo la dificultad está cuando tienes que escribirlos

    • @ThePersistentKoala
      @ThePersistentKoala Рік тому +1

      Parece que ya no es una distreza necesaria en el siglo XXI

  • @stationeryevolution467
    @stationeryevolution467 3 роки тому +2096

    Girl: I don’t want to learn more kanji we can just use hiragana
    YESSSSSSS
    but i know kanji is pretty much essential if you want to really learn japanese

    • @anthemsofeurope2408
      @anthemsofeurope2408 3 роки тому +52

      Would be cool, but probably not possible, because of religion. Shinto texts are writen in kanji and it's also a part of japanese culture, so sadly no

    • @Greyr4X
      @Greyr4X 3 роки тому +14

      but It's like everywhere especially on their posters and sign boards xD

    • @stationeryevolution467
      @stationeryevolution467 3 роки тому +40

      @@anthemsofeurope2408 yeah of course, im pretty sure kanji wouldnt be going anywhere, but it sure would be nice if japanese didnt use so much of it. But of course it is their culture, and i am still going to try and learn it.

    • @stationeryevolution467
      @stationeryevolution467 3 роки тому +20

      @@Greyr4X yeah i know, imagine the ease if they just used hiragana. but of course, language learning is never easy, and kanji is part of japanese literature and culture, so i still respect the language :)

    • @anthemsofeurope2408
      @anthemsofeurope2408 3 роки тому +17

      @@stationeryevolution467 I also learn japanese at the moment. I can remember many kanjis (mostly like "water", "city" or "mountain", they are easy). You could write all kanjis in hiragana. 山 would be やま (mountain).

  • @voca-gacha6173
    @voca-gacha6173 4 роки тому +10648

    This makes me a little more confident in learning Japanese

    • @BNK2442
      @BNK2442 3 роки тому +91

      Same.

    • @BNK2442
      @BNK2442 3 роки тому +304

      The part where woman said "Kanji wa musukashi desu" made me feel better.

    • @allenslayz5118
      @allenslayz5118 3 роки тому +35

      @Someone誰か 難しい is muzukashii right? Not ga

    • @jjjosssueee
      @jjjosssueee 3 роки тому +7

      Artyona what are some good apps??

    • @allenslayz5118
      @allenslayz5118 3 роки тому +9

      @@jjjosssueee Kanji study is a good one for reviewing

  • @lulus2023
    @lulus2023 Рік тому +1

    Thank you your video makes me more eager to learn Nihongo, because i was thought there is something wrong with my brain, why i can remember kanji very well/easly?
    turns out even a native speaker also struggling to memories them 😌

  • @cookietries
    @cookietries 3 місяці тому +1

    I can't believe it has been 8 years since this video was uploaded. I remember watching it years ago like it was yesterday.

  • @Dremekeks
    @Dremekeks 5 років тому +4169

    4:32 - "Kanji is difficult..
    I don't want to learn them anymore."
    *_MOOD._*

    • @azarilh2355
      @azarilh2355 5 років тому +126

      Consider that Japanese people learn Japanese because they have to, not because they want to. So if you're studing Japanese ya shouldn't feel depressed if *_even_* some Japanese people dunno how to draw a janji.

    • @Living_Legacy
      @Living_Legacy 5 років тому +80

      Japanese being forced to learn Kanji in school is the same as Chinese being forced to learn the traditional characters in school or like people in west who are forced to learn Latin. But thank God, being forced to learn Latin is more of a thing in the past now. These old language arts are not even that applicable in the modern day but it's ridiculous how you're still forced to learn them in school.

    • @azarilh2355
      @azarilh2355 5 років тому +24

      @@Living_Legacy Well, Latin is forced only in certain High Schools/Universities.

    • @shoma9716
      @shoma9716 5 років тому +38

      ??? Japanese are also forced to learn ancient Japanese and ancient Chinese.
      And those two are included in National Center Exam (something like SAT)
      kanji is more important and necessary skill. Everyone has to be able to read kanji even if they can’t write it unlike Latin in Europe

    • @Living_Legacy
      @Living_Legacy 5 років тому +2

      @@shoma9716 what do you mean ancient Japanese and ancient Chinese? Isn't that just kanji? I agree that kanji in Japan is more useful than Latin is in the west, but it's still not necessary.

  • @So___
    @So___ 4 роки тому +3436

    (Ancient) Japanese people: “This new system of writing called Kanji from our neighboring country will improve our literature and knowledge”
    Also (current) Japanese people: “can’t we just use hiragana instead?”
    Edit: just FYI, I’m Japanese and I’ve been studying Kanji for more than 15 years so I know how people are stressed about memorizing complex Kanji, though the ones appeared in this video aren’t that hard😂😂 That’s why many Japanese people in the comment section are kinda confused, aware that many non-Japanese might think that Japanese people can’t even use their mother tongue correctly. Please understand that those that are interviewed in this video don’t represent Japanese as a whole, they’re just a part of massive population and there are MANY people, even middle school students, who can understand every Kanji appeared in the video.

    • @YT-jq6it
      @YT-jq6it 4 роки тому +175

      It's difficult to communicate using only Hiragana cuz our syllable is very simple and there's a lot of meaning for a word read in the same way...
      That's why we're still using Kanji unlike Korean language.

    • @So___
      @So___ 4 роки тому +39

      Y T hahah yeah true but watching people not being able to write or read in Kanji makes me doubt the usefulness of it😂 not sure if you’re Japanese (you used ‘our’ so probably you are??) but anyways 必要最低限の漢字以外は辞書とか自動変換とか使わないと完璧に覚えてられないからどうせならアルファベットみたいな感じになってれば覚えやすいのにな〜って思いました笑笑 教養として一般で使われてる言葉くらいは書けて/読めて当然でないといけないだろうと思いますが...。まあ全部ひらがなだと読むのめんどくさいし細かいニュアンスも伝わらないしなので結局は極論ですよね

    • @potaterjim
      @potaterjim 4 роки тому +161

      The extra sad thing is realizing that they adopted hiragana _after_ kanji, and just never bothered to transition fully.
      "Alright guys, our language has way too many homonyms, and using spaces is off the table. How do we make sure people can tell what we're writing to them?"
      "How about we use chinese characters. some of them are virtually identical to hiragana and katakana, like 夕 and タ, the more complex ones are all literally made of combinations of the basic ones, and sometimes they're related to their radicals, but usually not. And each one has like 4 to 6 different readings depending on the word they're in. And sometimes they just have a unique reading that you just have to know."
      "Well, do they at least make it easier to write lengthy words?"
      "Here's a 56 stroke kanji. If you draw any of the strokes in the wrong order, it will be illegible."

    • @hugoa2637
      @hugoa2637 4 роки тому +21

      Didn't hiragana come after Kanji?

    • @leonpb1409
      @leonpb1409 4 роки тому

      Yes can't they

  • @mr.voidout4739
    @mr.voidout4739 Рік тому +2

    I remember my Japanese teacher in HS (1st ever American class in the curriculum!) was teaching us some basic kanji, and she explained how they imagine things to memorize them. For example chichi; father, is "two swords crossed to defend the family." We had the "chomen" notebooks to practice hira/kata, so I'm able to read/write those fluently at least.

  • @ca.y_d
    @ca.y_d 2 роки тому

    this is what took my motivation to learn Japanese away but atleast now I know what it looks and feels like from They're perspective tysm

  • @sin-YA
    @sin-YA 3 роки тому +1506

    We need only to read Kanzi.
    For example, Most Japanese can read “檸檬” (lemon).
    But Most Japanese can’t write it

    • @georgeshen943
      @georgeshen943 3 роки тому +48

      柠檬

    • @randomperson3974
      @randomperson3974 3 роки тому +47

      @@georgeshen943 that is simplified chinese? (簡體字?)

    • @georgeshen943
      @georgeshen943 3 роки тому +3

      @@randomperson3974 yes

    • @chima6291
      @chima6291 3 роки тому +71

      Just like in China, everybody reads 戊戌, but they just don’t know which one is which one.

    • @contresillodenettur9828
      @contresillodenettur9828 3 роки тому +100

      my eyes are paining, did u squeeze some lemons?

  • @yuh6840
    @yuh6840 4 роки тому +3005

    me:maybe i can learn kanji,maybe its not that hard.
    japanese ppl:kanji is hard.
    Me:okay.

    • @hugebuffman3619
      @hugebuffman3619 4 роки тому +114

      2000 characters. What are they useful for? Saving some space

    • @aidenlin2817
      @aidenlin2817 4 роки тому +51

      I wanna die it also speeds up the reading I think, because the character suggests the meaning itself, while for the other two, you kinda have to mix them up to make sentences, and others would have to separate and recognize words themselves

    • @diaosibuku
      @diaosibuku 4 роки тому +2

      I wanna die they are the language____chinese

    • @alibabaalibabababa3064
      @alibabaalibabababa3064 4 роки тому +11

      I’m a non-Chinese person living in Hong Kong, and I feel like Kami-sama after seeing these people fail.

    • @tldoesntlikebread
      @tldoesntlikebread 4 роки тому +46

      @@hugebuffman3619 Kanji is also easier to read, it's just hard to write and learn.
      This is Japan in Hiragana:
      にほん
      This is Japan in Kanji:
      日本
      Sentences:
      田中さん日本はあそこだ。
      たなかさんにほんはあそこだ。
      The top sentence is Hiragana and Kanji,
      the bottom sentence is just Hiragana.
      For me the top sentence is easier to read because the words are easier to identify. It's like saying 'one plus one equals two' instead of 1 + 1 = 2
      Kanji also helps to prevents the confusion between hiragana 'ha' with the particle 'wa' which is written with the same character, any word that has ha in it tends to be in Kanji like 話 (hanashi).
      Finally no it's not just space it also helps to combat against homonyms by using different Kanji, because like English, Japan has some as well.

  • @thepunisher2988
    @thepunisher2988 Рік тому +299

    Actually, the Japanese government once debated abolishing the Kanji system during the Meiji Restoration, but for various reasons it decided against it. It took years for South Korea to completely phase out the use of Kanji, because newspapers and other printed medium kept using Kanji until the internet started to take over as a preferred medium for delivering news. On the other hand, North Korea phased it out relatively quickly it for the purpose of increasing the literacy rate.
    If Japan were to do away with the Kanji system they should have done it long time ago like Korea. There are too many written works and records that will need to be edited/re-written that the process of phasing out the Kanji system will take much longer that it took South Korea. In other words, it is too late now to abolish Kanji, so Japan is better of sticking with it.

    • @natanoliveira554
      @natanoliveira554 Рік тому +4

      Why would they want it abolished?

    • @Veronica-rh4js
      @Veronica-rh4js Рік тому +49

      I disagree with you because it's easier to change it now since most things are virtual. And if you never start you'll never achieve, later is better than never.

    • @user-dk7zk6dh4t
      @user-dk7zk6dh4t Рік тому +41

      @@natanoliveira554
      Japan, which lagged behind Western countries in terms of modernization, sought to modernize in various ways. One of these was the abolition of kanji writing. This was because Japan believed that a complicated writing system such as Kanji was hindering the modernization of its own country. Some of them thought that the Japanese language should be abolished and the alphabet should be unified.

    • @linderoes7832
      @linderoes7832 Рік тому +30

      @@user-dk7zk6dh4t I think it’s Japanese unique feature that exists kanji,hiragana,katakana 3 writing system.
      In Meiji era many foreign word is translated using kanji but today people prefer to use katakana.Sometimes I think katakana is too long to read.Although kanji is hard for writing but easy for grasping meanings

    • @user-ep7jc7gw3n
      @user-ep7jc7gw3n Рік тому +35

      1945年時点で識字率が95%以上であったため、廃止する必要がないという結論に達しました

  • @Jenny-sd1ff
    @Jenny-sd1ff 2 роки тому +1

    love your videos!!! thanks for making them

  • @thatguy7155
    @thatguy7155 3 роки тому +3313

    Me: trying to learn Japanese so I can read manga
    That one kanji: how would you like to die

    • @ericperez7750
      @ericperez7750 3 роки тому +21

      How is your progress?

    • @thatguy7155
      @thatguy7155 3 роки тому +140

      @@ericperez7750 last year i read 1 manga and now i read like 10
      Oh about the study? Yeah it's boring and i think it's not needed for now

    • @ericperez7750
      @ericperez7750 3 роки тому +23

      Oh ok lol. but you obviously read the manga in Japanese right?

    • @thatguy7155
      @thatguy7155 3 роки тому +62

      @@ericperez7750 a bit late response but holy crap man now i have a very great idea to cobtinue my japanese study
      Maybe this reading manga in japanese isn't a very bad idea after all

    • @ericperez7750
      @ericperez7750 3 роки тому +12

      @@thatguy7155
      oh ok, hope you continue studying!

  • @QuinsonHonQBB123XX
    @QuinsonHonQBB123XX 4 роки тому +3106

    Foreigner: Menu
    Japanese: 献立
    Me, an intellectual: メニュー
    Edit: 1K likes!!! Thanks guys

    • @ivankoh3779
      @ivankoh3779 4 роки тому +447

      That's what duolingo taught me to say lol

    • @pflh2391
      @pflh2391 4 роки тому +489

      @@ivankoh3779 even duolingo just gave up

    • @lazysloth4256
      @lazysloth4256 4 роки тому +152

      めぬ?

    • @YNNEB-hz3be
      @YNNEB-hz3be 4 роки тому +39

      *AVENGERS THEME PLAYS*

    • @hana-bb6hh
      @hana-bb6hh 4 роки тому +36

      @its cat what are u trying to say?

  • @gabstermaster
    @gabstermaster 2 роки тому +1

    Like how I’m having trouble learning to type and text lol like there is so many kanji that have the yu sound so I’m like how do really remember all this and how to get to the specific word your looking for.

  • @MasonKLutz
    @MasonKLutz Рік тому +1

    This gives me some confidence on learning kanji with Japanese. Then again, this was just in the same lines as doing a spelling bee but with writing characters in kanji.

  • @w7f21
    @w7f21 3 роки тому +773

    Japanese people: kanji is pretty hard
    Chinese people: that’s what we write on the daily

    • @christinetay6646
      @christinetay6646 3 роки тому +35

      Ya, this is what we learned daily. But the fact, we can't even write it out on the spot too🤣🤣🤣

    • @christinetay6646
      @christinetay6646 3 роки тому +16

      I mean some of the words are different from Chinese.
      But the word 贿赂 quite similar to chinese, but yet, I can't write it without handphone

    • @HingYok
      @HingYok 3 роки тому +10

      @@christinetay6646 It's the same in Traditional Chinese though.

    • @christinetay6646
      @christinetay6646 3 роки тому +2

      @@HingYok is it?? 😂😂
      My traditional chinese is bad

    • @Rubbeei
      @Rubbeei 3 роки тому

      @@HingYok Fun fact: some of the words are not the same as traditional chinese

  • @simi-fk7xd
    @simi-fk7xd 4 роки тому +35223

    me: ok ive memorized hiragana and katakana. its time to learn kanji
    my brain: の
    me: pls
    my brain: ノ

  • @areki3852
    @areki3852 11 місяців тому

    Would not have thought that, very revealing video ;)

  • @EliJakobable
    @EliJakobable 5 місяців тому +2

    this is really reassuring to someone who is learning Japanese at a basic level. It kind of reminds me that, as an american; I still don't know all of the words in the english lexicon, and thats fine. I think its comforting to know that I don't have to understand every nook and cranny of a language to be "fluent".

  • @DisEkript
    @DisEkript 8 років тому +1931

    The first girl is like "jesus stop asking me to write these damn words!"

    • @k_______p
      @k_______p 8 років тому +3

      +DisEkript true lolol

    • @elemenist
      @elemenist 8 років тому +168

      still very cute girl but her reaction is just like "Oh God I forgot these exist"

    • @Rachiuwu
      @Rachiuwu 8 років тому +2

      +DisEkript Lol

    • @kevinpopescu9741
      @kevinpopescu9741 8 років тому +12

      +Rick Butler I love 'em cute ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @CuteAnimeGirlsAreTheBest
      @CuteAnimeGirlsAreTheBest 8 років тому +10

      +Rick Butler Actually, if she would have known all the Kanji the situation wouldn't allow her to act so cutely.

  • @OutlawKING111
    @OutlawKING111 3 роки тому +1682

    Me: Aight I think I'm decent at writing Hiragana and Katakana.
    *kanji exists*
    なに??

  • @Kai-715
    @Kai-715 2 роки тому

    4:33 Wonderful! This video taught me something new! Now I know the difference between (taihen) 大変 and (muzukashii) 難しい
    :D

  • @99Gara99
    @99Gara99 4 місяці тому

    This is really eye opening

  • @gasdd71
    @gasdd71 2 роки тому +6114

    Reading Kanji is easy… but writing… is a whole different story

    • @user-mh9up4el7d
      @user-mh9up4el7d 2 роки тому +362

      がんばってください✨

    • @Diamond-pv3bp
      @Diamond-pv3bp 2 роки тому +458

      @@user-mh9up4el7d thanks for hiragana atleast I can read it

    • @Diamond-pv3bp
      @Diamond-pv3bp 2 роки тому +69

      @@user-mh9up4el7d it is kanbatte kudasai

    • @user-mh9up4el7d
      @user-mh9up4el7d 2 роки тому +71

      @@Diamond-pv3bp yes!😍thanks for learning Japanese.

    • @nourjassem857
      @nourjassem857 2 роки тому +60

      How am I supposed to read kanji tho? Like I don’t understand I just memorize it

  • @PoeCompany
    @PoeCompany 7 років тому +1690

    the man in the glasses and suit was on point. didn't miss any.

    • @nicetightsize8jeans
      @nicetightsize8jeans 7 років тому +215

      he was very educated I wonder what kind of work he has to do at his job

    • @PoeCompany
      @PoeCompany 7 років тому +13

      ***** if you say so

    • @LyamOfficial
      @LyamOfficial 7 років тому +162

      I will assume he mainly works in an office perhaps dealing with alot of documents and alot of people that work in that field (in Japan) if they have a career they are usually are Law graduates which is quite heavy on the use of Kanjis that most normal folk at Japan dont tend to use everyday

    • @gaboratoria
      @gaboratoria 7 років тому +12

      His suit was pretty neat

    • @krys8180
      @krys8180 7 років тому +71

      how is his entire career being discussed with his outfit being the only thing we know about him? 😂

  • @Lolownik
    @Lolownik Рік тому +8

    I started learning Japanese a couple of days ago and so far I have learnt Hirakana and after thinking that I'd need to memorise Kanji I thought it would be a disaster to learn, but this... Does put a smile on my face.
    EDIT: Actually screw kanji I am not learning this. Surely I will be fine with Hiragana and Katakana.

    • @dreikaneda8913
      @dreikaneda8913 8 місяців тому

      It depends on what your goals are, if you want to focus on speaking or understanding Japanese, Kanji might not be necessary, but not studying them at all can make everything more complicated :')

  • @ney-
    @ney- 2 роки тому

    This makes me confident with this language because i chosed to not focus alot on kanji but just in hiragana and katakana

  • @wickedninja8599
    @wickedninja8599 8 років тому +373

    Well, I feel better now that I know Japanese people have trouble learning Kanji.

    • @Cayan47
      @Cayan47 7 років тому

      me too....

    • @maxkillers26
      @maxkillers26 7 років тому

      hahahaha same

    • @veronicacamp9334
      @veronicacamp9334 7 років тому

      wickedninja8599 Lol same

    • @elguinolo7358
      @elguinolo7358 6 років тому +1

      I wonder how much more (or less) difficult it could be for the Chinese.

  • @Yarsig
    @Yarsig 5 років тому +2772

    "We can just use Hiragana." Most beautiful thing I've ever heard. 700 Kanji in and I'm going to pull my hair out.

    • @tsunderebluu4943
      @tsunderebluu4943 5 років тому +21

      Have you ever tried Anki?

    • @Yarsig
      @Yarsig 5 років тому +47

      @@tsunderebluu4943 yes, I have it installed, I also use WaniKani. Still, it's intense once you've been doing it every day for 3 months.

    • @Gumbier_Than
      @Gumbier_Than 5 років тому +56

      @@Yarsig I'm dying here too. Still every time I read fan fic from some of my favorite manga series, I get encouraged again. It's a vicious circle.

    • @KTMICD2
      @KTMICD2 5 років тому +58

      @Имран Захаев yeah, but if we remove kanji and insert spaces, we'll get 4 years for free, 4 years of not having to learn kanji lol...
      sure fucking hope it's good for the brain as you say, or maybe I'll have no space left once I learn kanji.

    • @michaelweiske702
      @michaelweiske702 4 роки тому +16

      So, legit answer to the question (from someone who shouldn't have any authority on this whatsoever:
      They use kanji because it separates words from particles. I don't have japanese on my phone, so I'm going to have to romaji it; if you saw in hiragana "ha ha ha ha..." You wouldn't know where one word began and another ended (mostly because the hiragana for "ha" can be used as the subject particle pronounced "wa". The start of the sentence was "ha ha wa ha..." With ha ha meaning mother)

  • @naturalistmind
    @naturalistmind 2 роки тому +1

    I have spoken Japanese for years but just began to grasp kanji a few days ago, but I'm happy if I can just read it

  • @pontapon7631
    @pontapon7631 9 місяців тому +2

    I can read it because I remember it as a form, but when asked to write it, it doesn't come up. I think this is even more the case now that computers and smart phones are more common and we don't use pencils as much anymore.

  • @mosshotep
    @mosshotep 4 роки тому +1120

    When a system is so complicated that the natives struggle

    • @kokonut5498
      @kokonut5498 3 роки тому +124

      jak sam To be fair, majority of Americans can’t distinguish their there and they’re. Or using “an” before a vowel so the average Japanese are smarter than the average American.

    • @VladimirJacinthe
      @VladimirJacinthe 3 роки тому +55

      rxd also, they don’t know how to use commas when they’re making a list.

    • @LuisFlores-tx4ee
      @LuisFlores-tx4ee 3 роки тому +20

      rxd or they misspell easy words like “realise”

    • @dimitrivukasin6867
      @dimitrivukasin6867 3 роки тому +13

      Your and you're

    • @permanent_daydreamer
      @permanent_daydreamer 3 роки тому +3

      rxd also I’m pretty sure other countries that have English as the primary language will make those same mistakes

  • @CopShowGuy
    @CopShowGuy 4 роки тому +801

    "Sentou?"
    "Sentou as in 'battle' "
    "OH!"

    • @user-ej9dz7iz4g
      @user-ej9dz7iz4g 4 роки тому +199

      We have several words which read “Sentou”.
      For example, 戦闘(battle), 銭湯(Public bath), 先頭(the front of a line), 千頭(1000 of animals).
      So he probably got confused about which SENTOU

    • @CopShowGuy
      @CopShowGuy 4 роки тому +80

      @@user-ej9dz7iz4g That's fair. How much will the fare cost to get us to the fair? Fare well.

    • @user-ej9dz7iz4g
      @user-ej9dz7iz4g 4 роки тому +4

      CopShowGuy what do you mean?

    • @CopShowGuy
      @CopShowGuy 4 роки тому +80

      @@user-ej9dz7iz4g English has many words that sound the same as well. Fair, fare, fair, and fare all sound the same but all four have different meanings.

    • @user-ej9dz7iz4g
      @user-ej9dz7iz4g 4 роки тому +7

      CopShowGuy I got it lol

  • @ruru4983
    @ruru4983 2 роки тому

    I can't believe this was 6 years ago makes me feel olddd

  • @Lexi2019AURORA
    @Lexi2019AURORA Рік тому +236

    Advice to fellow learners of the Japanese language: learning Kanji is not the same as learning a phonetic system (such as kana, Cyrillic, or the latin alphabet, all of which you can learn within a week), it's a different concept altogether. Learning Kanji is like learning words or word stems. You're just never going to master the Kanji if you're stuck in the western mentality. It's supposed to take a few years to learn, so be patient.

    • @cxllmegeo3557
      @cxllmegeo3557 Рік тому +11

      Cold hearted truth 😓

    • @dogchaser520
      @dogchaser520 Рік тому +7

      "a few years"
      Good stuff

    • @glory1356
      @glory1356 Рік тому +3

      Sorry but I'm not taking advices from Ben Shapiro fan...

    • @Lexi2019AURORA
      @Lexi2019AURORA Рік тому +3

      @@glory1356 What does that have to do with learning Japanese? 👀

    • @Lexi2019AURORA
      @Lexi2019AURORA Рік тому +4

      @@glory1356 My advice to YOU: Don't learn. Forget about the kanji and stick to the hiragana. Stay on the beginner level and leave the kanji to the experts.
      That's my advice to all the trolls. 😁

  • @LeSweetpea
    @LeSweetpea 7 років тому +2235

    It's good to know that I'm not alone with forgetting how to write certain kanji! Reading kanji is much easier!

    • @cactussenpai9625
      @cactussenpai9625 6 років тому +75

      LeSweetpea so I'm guessing that's a normal problem yeah?
      If I can read, that's good enough right?

    • @user-ep2sm3jm1o
      @user-ep2sm3jm1o 6 років тому +5

      For sure!

    • @illiachapliiov4582
      @illiachapliiov4582 6 років тому +59

      Yes, totally! It gives me so much more confidence to continue learning Japanese - seeing other people mess up the kanji) Ee, subarashi!!!

    • @debugger6502
      @debugger6502 6 років тому +1

      I love Kanji thou XD

    • @taritangeo4948
      @taritangeo4948 6 років тому +57

      Its like recognizing people's faces doesn't mean you can draw them from memory.

  • @user-xo3gr4fj5h
    @user-xo3gr4fj5h 3 роки тому +2559

    I always wonder how Japanese students are able to complete their test in time writing kanji
    Now I know they don't

    • @peecondom6729
      @peecondom6729 3 роки тому +27

      Lmao

    • @user-xo3gr4fj5h
      @user-xo3gr4fj5h 3 роки тому

      @Lauchianto k my bad

    • @beandiesel974
      @beandiesel974 3 роки тому +1

      Oh ok

    • @suno6423
      @suno6423 2 роки тому +415

      Most Japanese students can write most of the kanji. That's because they study hard. On tests, you have to write all the basic things you learned in class in kanji to get a score.
      The reason why the people in the video can't write kanji is because they have fewer opportunities to study now that they are working, and also because they don't have the chance to use the kanji themselves on a daily basis.
      From a high school student in Japan.

    • @BiGSmoke-.-
      @BiGSmoke-.- 2 роки тому +14

      @@suno6423 Are there times when you may forget or not know a kanji letter?

  • @ylmrarodavia
    @ylmrarodavia Рік тому

    As someone who is learning japanese this video is comforting😂

  • @hjj-zj2lc
    @hjj-zj2lc Рік тому +11

    読めはするけど書けって言われたら難しいよね

  • @fxyang1989
    @fxyang1989 4 роки тому +572

    0:40 She missed a left stroke in the letter meaning fight. Remember when I was a kid, this is a common mistake to make. And my teacher told me that a fighter without a knife is no fighter at all.

    • @sauusa6294
      @sauusa6294 4 роки тому +23

      is she fighting sugar?

    • @ZaHandle
      @ZaHandle 4 роки тому +23

      John cena wants to know your location

    • @pualamnusantara7903
      @pualamnusantara7903 4 роки тому +1

      @@sauusa6294 😂😂😂😂 糖

    • @aye2you
      @aye2you 4 роки тому

      I dont get what youre talking

    • @firstnamelastname3367
      @firstnamelastname3367 4 роки тому +29

      @@aye2you He was refering to 戦 (fight), where learners occasionally mistaken the part 戈 with 弋.
      Pictogramically, it looks like a warrior without whos sword/knife (that missing stroke).

  • @sodu5698
    @sodu5698 4 роки тому +700

    Me a japanese: laughs at them for not knowing
    Me a Japanese: not remembering learning any of this

    • @joaovitordemelo8209
      @joaovitordemelo8209 4 роки тому +12

      Hey, I'm learning Japanese, I'm quite at the beggining - i've learned just some grammar, hiragana and katakana, some radicals (I'm trying to learn them first to make learning Kanji easier) and I'm almost finishing learning the first grade's kanji. How much kanji do you think I still have to learn to be able to read decently, like, get most of the meaning of japanese twitters? I'm asking to you because you're a native and I've never actually spoken to a native japanese before (English is not my native language either, I'm brazilian)

    • @davidribosome4326
      @davidribosome4326 4 роки тому +15

      @@joaovitordemelo8209 to speak decently learn the most common 2000 kanji. Look up most common 2000 kanji and go from most to least common. This is a good strategy for any language

    • @joaovitordemelo8209
      @joaovitordemelo8209 4 роки тому +5

      @@davidribosome4326 That's what I'm doing, with Anki's help (a spaced-repetition software that helps memorization). First, I learned all common radicals (about 214), and then, I started learning kanji by making mnemonics using the radicals. I'm learning 20 new kanji per day and constantly reviewing it, and the order I'm using it's the order japanese people learn in school (because i read that is more didatic than the JLPT order)

    • @joaovitordemelo8209
      @joaovitordemelo8209 4 роки тому +1

      @@davidribosome4326 After learning all kanji (and meanwhile I'm already acquiring some vocabulary and grammar notions) I plan to learn japanese itself. I think it will be easier for me this way (like learning an alphabet and then moving to the language, but in this case the alphabet has 2000+ words)

    • @davidribosome4326
      @davidribosome4326 4 роки тому +3

      @@joaovitordemelo8209 NICE. Im doing the same. Good luck :)

  • @SaraAnn1922
    @SaraAnn1922 Рік тому

    Me with Finnish language although is my native language some words are just difficult to write and it's hard to remember which words are closed compounds which are not. Learning Japanese and I have wondered how Japanese remember their detailed kanji.👏

  • @imgoofy5817
    @imgoofy5817 2 роки тому

    1:39
    Her voice and laugh is amazing! It reminds me of Kakeguri

  • @DaveBarrack
    @DaveBarrack 7 років тому +1856

    I found it interesting when an English word was used to clarify a Japanese one. (As in "battle") "Oh, that one!"

    • @andyli7344
      @andyli7344 7 років тому +159

      Battle is actually used quite often in Japanese as a direct loan word. But it's quite common for East Asian language speakers to require clarification when no context is provided for a word. A peculiarity of Mandarin is its abundance of homophones, which were passed on to Japanese and Korean.

    • @barka.extreme
      @barka.extreme 7 років тому +84

      i think "sentou" has more than one meaning and hence kanji, so he just said the word in English so they could easily get which sentou he is about

    • @relyat89
      @relyat89 7 років тому +64

      Yeah, that was fascinating. The amount of context required in Japanese is pretty crazy sometimes. English and most western languages seem to rely on context much less.

    • @JustClaude13
      @JustClaude13 7 років тому +24

      That was the first thing I noticed. I was surprised at the odd words that have infested Japanese.

    • @user-xh1qg1uf3s
      @user-xh1qg1uf3s 7 років тому +15

      The odd words are usually differentiated by melody. This is also the difference between men's and women's. If picking up the case 「戦闘」and「銭湯」the first is Sen-tou and the second is sen-tou. Women know the meaning of sen-tou「銭湯」 but doesn't use it. They rather use "O-yu." It is also used for "bath" not for public bath and only includes the meaning of bath-tub. In short a bath room is independent from toilets in Japanese house.

  • @aldowilliams4765
    @aldowilliams4765 2 роки тому +1854

    Anyone: hey maybe learning Japanese would be fu-
    Kanji: I’m gonna stop you right about there amigo

    • @deadofnuclearwinter7894
      @deadofnuclearwinter7894 2 роки тому +42

      I find learning kanji fun but I guess I'm an exception due to the comments

    • @darrenfleming7901
      @darrenfleming7901 2 роки тому +94

      @@deadofnuclearwinter7894 no disrespect to japanese but having a unique drawing for every word defeats the purpose of a writing system.

    • @deo.
      @deo. 2 роки тому +39

      @@darrenfleming7901 There isnt quite a unique character for every word. There are just about 2500 regularly used kanji, for about 15000 words, which is the general average a Japanese person may know.

    • @comradecameron3726
      @comradecameron3726 2 роки тому +12

      Youcsn learn Japanese.
      It’s just the writing system that is difficult.

    • @shutdahellup69420
      @shutdahellup69420 2 роки тому +22

      @@deo. i would rather kms like fr, no offense.

  • @farzanapoly739
    @farzanapoly739 Рік тому +3

    Got admitted to the Japanese department in our uni for a one year course. Hope I'll understand Jdramas better. Wish me luck guys.

  • @Wmann
    @Wmann 6 місяців тому +1

    Dunno, if it’s just me, but I found learning Kanji pretty easy over other aspects like grammar and such.
    Since I’ve spent my childhood on Chinese, I guess I got so used to just knowing what the characters are by experience.
    Just earlier this morning I saw 鬱憤, and I kinda just remember it now because who knows why. I just thought “oh yeah that thing in between wood, and that thing here with that thing there…” or something.
    One of the first kanji I learned is 難 from 難しい, which is quite funny.

    • @Wmann
      @Wmann 6 місяців тому

      Or maybe I’m just really underestimating kanji, haha.
      But really, I do just remember kanji after seeing and writing them once or twice.

  • @aunomixenda6173
    @aunomixenda6173 4 роки тому +305

    Me: learned hiragana and katakana in Japanese language but have been crying in toilet for hours seeing kanji.
    Japanese: (confused about kanji)
    Me : (stays confused too)👀

  • @brokengoat4082
    @brokengoat4082 2 роки тому +5432

    I know everyone already probably said this, but as someone trying to learn Japanese, seeing even natives struggling with kanji made me feel much better and confident. Thank you for this video.

    • @Angxls00
      @Angxls00 2 роки тому +18

      They werent native thats why they think its difficult

    • @theprophet2444
      @theprophet2444 2 роки тому +92

      It would have been interesting to see if they could tell the meaning of the words instead of writing it, because I have a feeling they would be able to interpret them more easily than actually write them.

    • @thathandsomedevil0828
      @thathandsomedevil0828 2 роки тому +1

      @Cloud UA-cam bro... 👀

    • @thathandsomedevil0828
      @thathandsomedevil0828 2 роки тому +33

      @@theprophet2444 same. I am currently learning Japanese and just learnt my 300th Kanji character. I already shelved the notion of having to write any of the characters from the Kana sets and focusing on being able to read and pronounce them right. I can spend the rest of my life learning how to write them. Issue of course is that this is the digital age, we use keyboards and mobile phone apps for everything now, nobody writes to anyone on paper anymore so I might just get away using Google translate to write documents. My British friend who lives in Osaka told me that's what he does, the dude is married to a Japanese woman and has a kid with her. He also told me not to sweat it, he only knows a thousand Kanji. I still find that all very impressive though. 😄

    • @himesetsu1001
      @himesetsu1001 2 роки тому +20

      @@Angxls00 they are

  •  2 роки тому

    this makes me feel so much more better lol

  • @Angela_Skysub
    @Angela_Skysub 5 місяців тому +2

    한자문화권이 아닌 문화권에서 일본어 배우려고 할 때 어려움을 겪다 보니 만들어진 영상 같긴 한데...
    영상하고는 관계없지만 저도 몇몇단어를 읽는건 가능하네요 근데 쓰는건 그저 세종대왕님께 감사할 따름입니다 ^^...
    덧붙여서 한국도 워드프로세서에서 한자 변환기능이 있긴 합니다. 특수직종을 제외하고 거의 안쓰지만요 ㅋㅋ

  • @xz5693
    @xz5693 4 роки тому +1275

    "it's basically chinese but stolen by japanese"
    *- my asian mom 2019*

    • @LastBastion
      @LastBastion 4 роки тому +26

      It is,

    • @xz5693
      @xz5693 4 роки тому +5

      @@LastBastion y u gotta be toxic to my english? i speak 🇳🇱 🇨🇳

    • @LastBastion
      @LastBastion 4 роки тому +61

      @@xz5693 ._.
      Your mom's statement is actually correct 😁

    • @annonimooseq1246
      @annonimooseq1246 4 роки тому +11

      Asianchickensoup I think that they were just agreeing with you, like oh yeah, it is

    • @sebastiandreak1462
      @sebastiandreak1462 4 роки тому +5

      Too harsh, it's more a drawing experience rather than simply "stole"

  • @Thatonejoestar
    @Thatonejoestar 3 роки тому +1591

    *Me studying *: why the hell do I need to learn this?
    My mom: imagine someone comes up to you and ask you about this and you don't know what a shame
    Me: wh- who would do that?
    *how my mom expects ppl to ask me:*

    • @moanbug
      @moanbug 3 роки тому +21

      that's literally my dad

    • @user-cx6lq8mt5g
      @user-cx6lq8mt5g 2 роки тому +6

      This is me and mom lol

    • @gasdd71
      @gasdd71 2 роки тому +5

      Dude I understand you so fking much.

    • @ajdz1840
      @ajdz1840 2 роки тому +5

      You just never know when a random UA-cam channel might do it 🤔

  • @omaeokorosu
    @omaeokorosu 11 місяців тому +4

    今の時代、日本もネットがあるので手書きをする人は余りいません
    なので海外の人は覚えるだけで大丈夫。
    日本では漢字を書くのは難しいですが
    この動画に答えている人達に「書け」ではなく「読め」なら全員正解するでしょう。