How to Introduce Yourself in Japanese Like Native Speakers

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  • Опубліковано 1 бер 2023
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  • @ThatJapaneseManYuta
    @ThatJapaneseManYuta  Рік тому +22

    Learn Japanese with Yuta: bit.ly/3kyf3UU

    • @nicbentulan
      @nicbentulan Рік тому +1

      Yuta why don't you say there's anime in your videos? I am unlikely to watch your videos that aren't about anime. But ok I guess I'll check every time to see if there's anime.
      But I'm not new. You could attract new subscribers / viewers if they knew there was anime right?
      Also by including the anime names in the video description, you'll indeed attract more viewers right?
      The only disadvantage I can think of doing this is that people are LESS likely to watch if there's anime. I really don't see the harm here. It benefits everyone.
      New subscribers - see an anime channel
      Old subscribers - see anime
      Yuta - gets more views/subscribers.

    • @YTmrcrisp
      @YTmrcrisp Рік тому

      When I click your bitly link I get a UA-cam 'Something went wrong' page and a picture of a monkey 🙂

    • @YTmrcrisp
      @YTmrcrisp Рік тому

      But I only get that when clicking the link on my mobile 🤔

  • @mullergui13
    @mullergui13 Рік тому +183

    The more I learn about Japanese, more I understand that the only way to learn is through immersion. There's no way a person can "study" all these versions of the same idea and know when and how to use them properly.

    • @dmanden1242
      @dmanden1242 Рік тому +16

      Yeah, it feels like that’s the only way. Besides studying vocabulary. Yuta’s videos are very helpful. The particle で has so many uses. The textbooks say と and や are normally things that connect ideas aka “and”. However, I learned a new use for で.

    • @Ernthir
      @Ernthir Рік тому +15

      Biggest thing in learning any language is practice. You can't just study. You need to actually use it. Language uses a specific part of the brain that needs to be trained. Language is a skill not a knowledge.

    • @theprophet2444
      @theprophet2444 Рік тому +3

      It's like that with most languages, I wouldn't have a good grasp on English just from learning it at school when I was younger, the text book English was extremely boring and unintuitive I think most cases. When I was at higher education I already was quite fluent in the language but often failed written exams, because I didn't care much for text book English. I wanted to understand English on a conversation level instead, to a degree that I didn't need to translate the language in my head anymore. Watching English movies and playing English games helped me the most as I'd learn the language bit by bit by looking up words I didn't understand in a dictionary. Nowadays it's much more convenient to just use apps like Google Translate for example.

    • @bigfat4172
      @bigfat4172 9 місяців тому

      ​@dmanden1242 と and や only work as "and" when grouping/listing nouns specifically. Connecting ideas/sentences requires で(for nouns/na-adj) or conjugating verbs/adjectives into their -て/くて forms.

    • @In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock.
      @In.New.York.I.Milly.Rock. 7 місяців тому +1

      This is such a ridiculous take. Textbooks and formal education are not supposed to be self-sufficient, so OBVIOUSLY, they wouldn't cover every single iteration of linguistic nuance. Traditional methods are meant to qualify the student to be able to maximize their learning while in direct contact with media and native speakers. In the pursuit of this level of comfort with the language, it becomes progressively easier to "immerse" yourself and to conduct your studies *in the language you're learning* instead of your native language. This aversion to traditional learning methods is ridiculous and wholly ignores that, in various languages, native speakers can achieve fluency and still not have full knowledge of the structural elements of their grammar - the average American's conceptual comprehension of English, for example, is often considerably more limited than that of a student who has achieved a tertiary proficiency diploma.

  • @Vii_DT
    @Vii_DT Рік тому +172

    if your Japanese is jouzu you'll realise that his final self-introduction was intentionally inaccurately translated, and it's hilarious af.

    • @yellowronos
      @yellowronos Рік тому +7

      It was indeed funny. I wanted to use it but never heard of anyone using it in Japan so I won’t use it except my friends’ friends

    • @32bob69
      @32bob69 Рік тому +4

      I know some of it, but what does it all mean 😭

    • @yellowronos
      @yellowronos Рік тому +1

      @@32bob69 only way is to ask a Japanese person that knows english or someone that is fluent and an expert in Japanese. I’m still studying Japanese so I might not be of much help.

    • @FlorGeneva
      @FlorGeneva Рік тому +1

      @@32bob69I’m Yuuta. The kind of person to subscribe to four streaming services and watch anime for research purposes.”

    • @jotharn
      @jotharn Рік тому

      ​@@32bob69 I only have 4 months of self-study and still super far from fluent, but I can kinda work it out like "I am Yuta. I am registered to 4 streaming services to watch anime for research purposes" anyone who knows better can correct me 😅

  • @DanielLiNeutrinos
    @DanielLiNeutrinos Рік тому +12

    "Real" translation at the end. "My name is Yuuta. I am the one that subscribes to 4 streaming sites and a man of culture"

    • @nicbentulan
      @nicbentulan Рік тому +5

      HONTOUNI DOUMO ARIGATOU GOZAIMASU.

  • @MrMricecreamman1
    @MrMricecreamman1 Рік тому +18

    I was wondering why sometimes I hear yoroshikuonegaiitashimasu. I always thought it was a dialect. Thanks Yuta for explaining this!

  • @TheStickCollector
    @TheStickCollector Рік тому +9

    I will need this, but probably not for a while

  • @loulou3676
    @loulou3676 Рік тому +14

    Terrace House is so good. It's like it was designed for people to learn ordinary Japanese conversations. The way they speak is natural and simple and the dialogue is practical for daily life. Terrace House >>>>>> Anime

  • @The_official_jaijai
    @The_official_jaijai Рік тому +7

    Yuta I’ve watched two seasons of Terrace House because of you. I’m truly hooked and I’ve learned so much Japanese.

  • @louleloup2607
    @louleloup2607 Рік тому +6

    Always happy to see Monogatari references in your videos, Yuta !

  • @amalaylay
    @amalaylay Рік тому +9

    This is a great one Yuta! I’ve seen other people explain you don’t need to say 私は constantly when introducing yourself, but I’ve never heard of all these other things before. The examples really help too

  • @Ugetora
    @Ugetora Рік тому +10

    I love the easy to understand educational content yuuta!

  • @Lensynth
    @Lensynth Рік тому +2

    I love this video, super informative and delivered in a way that's casual and lighthearted.

  • @kaiguyniki
    @kaiguyniki Рік тому +2

    That introduction at the end was hilarious! さすがYutaさんw

  • @Oharafolk
    @Oharafolk Рік тому +2

    Love the video, thanks so much!

  • @FunkyBukkyo
    @FunkyBukkyo Рік тому +7

    Yes... 自己紹介 always makes me nervous

  • @khanhphamcao
    @khanhphamcao Рік тому +1

    great video, very educational
    I also like how you put some funny footages in there too as examples, good entertainment

  • @chrisdickinson2245
    @chrisdickinson2245 Рік тому +2

    Anyone else shout "Wa ga na wa Megumin!" as soon as Yuta said "...there are more anime-ish ways of introducing yourself..."?

  • @ifechukwuejiofor8479
    @ifechukwuejiofor8479 Рік тому

    ありがとうございます、ユタさん。🙌

  • @kodokunamurasaki
    @kodokunamurasaki Рік тому +8

    thanks for helping us to learn japanese, Yuta san

  • @zainmudassir2964
    @zainmudassir2964 Рік тому

    Salaam Mr. Yuta. I find your vids about Japan very informative and hope visit one day places like hot springs

  • @EvilSockMonkeys
    @EvilSockMonkeys Рік тому

    I really enjoyed this video

  • @TheMoobist
    @TheMoobist Рік тому +2

    This is a ridiculously useful video.

  • @DamOperadyse
    @DamOperadyse Рік тому +1

    Thanks Yuta for your videos, I’m a french guy, I can understand your english clearly, and you show me what I think its now the right way to continue my learning on japanese language; I got books to learn, but now seems to be very unnatural way to speak. Now I need practice my ears and speaks, because I was doing to lots of writing and kanji working…yes…with flashcard…Now need to read some books at my little level 😊.
    お疲れ様でした、ありがとうございました。

  • @user-vf2sq6pt7p
    @user-vf2sq6pt7p Рік тому +1

    Yuta always with the monogatari references, GREATNESS.

  • @ItsShaz1
    @ItsShaz1 Рік тому +11

    Very interesting and useful video Yuta!

  • @VieShaphiel
    @VieShaphiel Рік тому +1

    I used to watch a Let's Play duo on Niconico, who apparently decided that one of them should always use ~と申します and the other ~と言います in their opening greetings, just to avoid being too uniform.

  • @Paul-yk7ds
    @Paul-yk7ds Рік тому

    Very good video for Japanese beginners

  • @cid_xexyz
    @cid_xexyz Рік тому +3

    I really like this style of teaching with multiple relavent examples and variations. Is your leaning group taught in a similar fashion?

  • @Japonesbello
    @Japonesbello 9 місяців тому +1

    1:17 No way I've just learnt this word today.

  • @Z_E_B_O
    @Z_E_B_O Рік тому +2

    Jugemu-jugemu Gokōnosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kūnerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakōjino-burakōji Paipopaipo-paiponoshūringan Shūringanno-gūrindai Gūrindaino-ponpokopīno-ponpokonāno Chōkyūmeino-chōsuke desu.

  • @mmadaus
    @mmadaus Рік тому

    fantastic, from now on I'll introduce myself just as Megumin

  • @riseandshinemrfriman5925
    @riseandshinemrfriman5925 Рік тому +1

    4:51 😂

  • @jonathannixon5391
    @jonathannixon5391 Рік тому +11

    This was funny because I had just yesterday read a chapter in "Human Japanese intermediate" that talked about using 「と言う」 and 「と言います」im actually curious to know what Yuta thinks about the human Japanese apps/textbooks. I feel they've helped me a lot

    • @Lensynth
      @Lensynth Рік тому

      I would also be interested in Yuta's opinion about Human Japanese because I use it also.

    • @Toriitime
      @Toriitime Рік тому

      I used と言います regularly in Japan and heard it from natives as well when giving a name. I used “Human Japanese” as a start about 15 years ago! Keep at it

  • @dethswurl117
    @dethswurl117 Рік тому +5

    Lol any particular reason you choose her as the thumbnail, YUTA SENSEI??

  • @GuitarGamerRPG
    @GuitarGamerRPG Рік тому +1

    Damn Yuta, i was questioning today what's the difference in はじまして and よろしくおぬがいします it's like you red my mind

  • @pabloyagani
    @pabloyagani Рік тому +2

    Woot !!

  • @arsnakehert
    @arsnakehert Рік тому

    I miss your ThinkPad, Yuta
    Now I have one of my own, though!

  • @JustIzzan
    @JustIzzan Рік тому

    ok this video was a gamechanger not in the sense of how to introduce yourself but all the japanese netflix shows I can now watch to get some nice imput, only watched all Terrace House Seasons

  • @LucTaylor
    @LucTaylor Рік тому +1

    Speaking of Makima san... I meant to make a note of the phrase he used for 'cop a feel'.

  • @pendragnx
    @pendragnx Рік тому

    your anime introduction was A+

  • @rcdmgkey3458
    @rcdmgkey3458 Рік тому

    Good

  • @Gabriel-no6wv
    @Gabriel-no6wv Рік тому +1

    I couldn't watch those japonese shows, this girls are soo cute 😆I would die from cutness.

  • @TheBombayMasterTony
    @TheBombayMasterTony Рік тому

    Good explanation. 10:22, haha. That was great.

  • @richardochayadi2997
    @richardochayadi2997 Рік тому

    the ending is so hilarious

  • @laksviolet
    @laksviolet Рік тому

    06:33 Yoroshiku onegai itashimas!!!❤

  • @scottscott7817
    @scottscott7817 Рік тому +1

    Mari Yaguchi ❤ I learned a lot of Japanese from Morning Musume. I only watched that Netflix show because she was in it 😄

    • @cayleece7890
      @cayleece7890 Рік тому

      Oh! I used to listen to Morning Musume a lot too! But years ago, I love their older stuff. Nice to see another fan 🥰

  • @AnimeRush739
    @AnimeRush739 Рік тому

    @Yuta is there any chance you can give us some points explaining rules to a worker in a job?

  • @toby182
    @toby182 Рік тому

    Now i know what the name of the shop at my neighbourhood meant.

  • @nunyabusiness5725
    @nunyabusiness5725 Рік тому +1

    I love the thought that you could be teaching us offensive terms to cause mayhem when the people try this 😂

  • @sanjuro66
    @sanjuro66 Рік тому

  • @fuego09esmeralda
    @fuego09esmeralda Рік тому

    5.54. I thought you were going to say "If I ask you to like this video for me..." 😉🙂

  • @shibasishchakraborty4864
    @shibasishchakraborty4864 Рік тому +3

    i have a doubt of the word "dozo yoroushiku" what is the meaning of it ?

  • @Trainlevel2
    @Trainlevel2 Рік тому

    Are there any conditions in which you know to drop the formal tense right away (for example, as you noted, speaking to children)

  • @ChadFaragher
    @ChadFaragher Рік тому

    OMG I've watched all those Netflix shows.

  • @caniscuriosum3386
    @caniscuriosum3386 Рік тому +1

    Super useful video Yuuta. Anyone know if adding "da yo" to the end of a sentence is more common among female speakers? Is it more commonly spoken in specific regions of the country?

    • @awesomestory9864
      @awesomestory9864 Рік тому +3

      Da yo is a neutral way of ending a sentence. da is an informal way of saying desu and yo is used to put more of an oomph into the sentence.
      E.g. "Shiranaindayo!" Shiranai means "I don't know" and by adding "da yo" you add a bit more of an firm expression to your sentence like "I really don't know!".
      Hope I could be of some help.

  • @thyuiui5864
    @thyuiui5864 9 місяців тому

    how if in a formal things like apply for a job? if u don't mind?

  • @farahin28
    @farahin28 Рік тому

    Its funny how I know where all the footages come from which show. 😂 Looks like I’ve been watching too many Japanese shows

  • @looming314
    @looming314 Рік тому +1

    it's illegal to not include kira yoshikage's self intro.

  • @funnyinnit3216
    @funnyinnit3216 Рік тому

    Girl in thumbnail was beautiful 💜

  • @MemoGGG16
    @MemoGGG16 Рік тому

    Kaiki is best girl!

  • @violetagardenia
    @violetagardenia Рік тому

    Is this show available on netflix?

  • @Slipluck
    @Slipluck Рік тому

    4:04 I love Devil Hunter cuz that is my job, every morning I go to kill Devils.

  • @lovelifeandcrafts5003
    @lovelifeandcrafts5003 Рік тому +1

    はじめまして。れおんです。 えいごしゅしんです。にじごさいです。😊。 I am still learning through duolingo. I am not fluent yet. Please correct me if i have written it wrong.
    Nice to meet you, my name is leon. I am from England . I'm 25 years old. 😊. Xx

    • @jeanleduy9923
      @jeanleduy9923 Рік тому +2

      For your name use katakana, English is not a contry use instead uk or us in example. 25 is にじゅご.
      ガンバ手ください

    • @lovelifeandcrafts5003
      @lovelifeandcrafts5003 Рік тому

      @@jeanleduy9923 ありがとうございます。😊🙏. I will try to remember that for next time. Xx

    • @Paul-yk7ds
      @Paul-yk7ds Рік тому +1

      The Japanese for "England" is イギリス. You put えいご, which is the English language

  • @marginbuu212
    @marginbuu212 9 місяців тому

    Disappointed that you didn't use Kira Yoshikage's introduction from JJBA.

  • @Mich_Angel
    @Mich_Angel Рік тому +3

    Great videos and the emails with short videos are great... But I never been able to join any of the courses they are always closed...?
    All I get follow the link to register to a course is.....
    " Japanese Vocabulary The Shortcut is closed" 👀⁉
    " CLOSED Yuta's Basic Japanese Premium is currently closed for new members."👀⁉
    🤭... ⁉👀😳えっ!...😂🤣😅。。。

  • @kokorochacarero8003
    @kokorochacarero8003 Рік тому +1

    1:43
    10:33

  • @user-xr6gk8xi7x
    @user-xr6gk8xi7x Рік тому

    I don't receive email when trying to subscribe to the newsletter. Already tried two of them with no luck (checked spam too)

  • @narasimhaniyer6990
    @narasimhaniyer6990 Рік тому

    Hajimemashite.Narasimhan desu.Ningen desu,otoko desu,kyuuketsuki janai desu,uchuujin desu.Yoroshiku onegaishimasu :D

  • @francis7336
    @francis7336 11 місяців тому

    How do you know when to read 私 as わたし and when as わたくし?

  • @ariohandoyo5973
    @ariohandoyo5973 Рік тому

    Request: how Captain Tsubasa speaks japanese, and why does he call his uncle Roberto by his name?😁

  • @madafaka8784
    @madafaka8784 Рік тому

    Simply go around wearing a Karate-gi and shout OSU at each mitochondria having object around you.

  • @RedonsDans15
    @RedonsDans15 Рік тому

    so if we're going to attend the arrival of some bussinesmen in our company would be good if we use:
    はじめまして よろしくおねがいします ?

  • @katie-blackwell
    @katie-blackwell 8 місяців тому

    Do people introduce themselves like "Hi Im so and so. Mom of two" or "I have a fifth grader" things like that? It's common with moms where I live and people even do it in work settings.

  • @333kireinahime
    @333kireinahime Рік тому

    Do a video asking if japanese people on the street can guess the meaning of Korean Hanja

  • @theprophet2444
    @theprophet2444 Рік тому +1

    I am only proficient in German(native) and English but I know a bit of Japanese, Italian and French from native speakers and I have to say that text book language learning is horrible in all of these cases. It's incredibly unnatural, I guess it's because the language in text books is very rigid which makes it sounds strange. It will be enough to get by of course but it's not a way to really enjoy a language or understand it at a high level. So yeah, when we speak we tend to leave out words in English, German and other languages, much like with Japanese or we tend to shorten sentences, it just sounds more fluid and "nice" that way.

  • @user-gr3ox3fw3o
    @user-gr3ox3fw3o Рік тому

    Damn this clip of homuras introduction gave me instant depression 😢

  • @FlareOfLegacy
    @FlareOfLegacy Рік тому

    Hmm who's that lady in the thumbnail...I swear I've seen her before, and from that very same image too. Just can't remember...

  • @nicbentulan
    @nicbentulan Рік тому +1

    2nd comment: Great series of how anime characters speak Japanese. Please do Itsuki Nakano from the quintessential quintuplets or any or all the 7 main characters in TQQ. how they speak Japanese I believe is very important to understanding the plot eg the honorifics, the lost in translation stuff (eg when they say things like tsurui, hatsukoi, uso, etc that are removed from the dub). I compiled a lot of the lost in translation stuff in r/gotoubun
    Something to consider about Itsuki:
    The Quintessential Quintuplets' character types are:
    Ichika - Onee-san / ara ara,
    Nino - tsundere,
    miku - kuudere / dandere,
    Yotsuba - genki
    Itsuki - ??
    - Tsundere like Nino?
    - Eat-suki?
    - Imouto?
    - Someone who speaks keigo to their siblings, to Fuutarou and to Raiha and to everyone basically?
    I have a theory as to what Itsuki's type is, but you're not gonna like it...

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    私は回教徒ですだからアラバ語を勉強しています.

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    初めてわたくしMatthew Geoffrey Knight宜しく御願いします🇨🇦🇯🇵❤️

  • @RoBin-lf1bm
    @RoBin-lf1bm Рік тому

    Can anyone tell where the 9:13 clip from?

    • @Paul-yk7ds
      @Paul-yk7ds Рік тому

      It's a dating show called Real Love. I watched it on Netflix, lots of fun haha. You might need to use a VPN to put your Netflix in Japan though (?), if you don't see it in your home country.

  • @DistrarSubvoyikar
    @DistrarSubvoyikar Рік тому

    初めまして。
    アタシはデイントレです
    (hajimemashite
    atashi wa disotore desu)
    (Note: This is half me introducing myself and half making an implicit joke about how some katakana have too tiny difference and look basically the same)

    • @Cathay3520
      @Cathay3520 Рік тому +1

      yeah, ン and ソ as well as シ and ツ look similar

  • @tsubakichan
    @tsubakichan Рік тому

    douzo yoroshiku isn't really used in real life? Should textbooks be updated? 😕

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    大和の男と生まれては三兵戦の花と散れ

  • @jarodball4945
    @jarodball4945 Рік тому

    4:58, 🤨それは何だった…

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    初めて私は魔鷲騎士ですよろしくお願いします

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    I learn Japanese from Japanese military songs 😂

  • @afhb7447
    @afhb7447 Рік тому

    Can you explain what's the difference between women speaking compare to men? Cause in Japanese they are words that's really too weird or wrong because of this difference and we can't always mimic the other gender.

  • @Kishimatto
    @Kishimatto Рік тому

    Since I suffer from a mental illnesss Japanese people don’t want to talk to me anyways….which is fine by me 😊如何ですか初めして騎士マットです宜しく御願します
    敬語で話す事が楽します

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    初めて俺様はマット騎士です宜しくお願いします😂

  • @zombiedemon1762
    @zombiedemon1762 Рік тому +1

    So kinda unrelated to this video but......
    Why is it that when I try to watch anime in Japanese with subtitles, I can't tell the difference between any of the character voices?
    Do all Japanese people just have THE EXACT SAME DEAD MONOTONE VOICE WITH ABSOLUTELY ZERO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EACH OTHER?

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    軍歌を楽しむ

  • @antispeedrun
    @antispeedrun Рік тому

    Speaking as a 38 year old Amerikajin with a degree in linguistics he's not using and a German father and a history of studying German in grade school, but who then also studied Japanese later, in daigaku, and then rokkagetsu ryuugaku shiteimashita, I was today years old when I saw this video here in which That Japanese Man Yuuta-san transcribed しゅみ into ロマじ and then, suddenly, it occurred to me that I've been transcribing it "schumi" in my head because of my German classes. Lol whut.

  • @arsnakehert
    @arsnakehert Рік тому

    我、鬼庭形部雅孝なり!

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    俺様は日本語を勉強している😂😂

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому +1

    I use pronouns when I speak Japanese……it’s a bad habit I have 😂

  • @Nihonbunkaotaku
    @Nihonbunkaotaku Рік тому

    俺様の日本語はどうか😂❤

  • @afrocosmos
    @afrocosmos Рік тому

    Completely unrelated to the video, I accidently misclicked and pressed dislike but clicking it again cancels the dislike right? I pressed like afterwards, I swear! I love your channel and this video, but does the like😅 still count?

  • @spiritsplice
    @spiritsplice Рік тому

    All out of video ideas huh?

  • @Fuwa_san
    @Fuwa_san Рік тому

    女性に年齢を聞くことがいいですか。