Hi, i'm Hannah!! I'm 24 years old, and I have been studying Japanese since I was 13. I can speak some French, some German and some Korean too! I graduated with a degree in Japanese Studies from Oxford University in 2019, and now I'm back here again, this time doing an MPhil (Masters Degree) in Japanese Studies. I lived in Kobe in Hyogo prefecture from September 2016 until August 2017, and I lived in Nozawa Onsen, Nagano Prefecture from December 2019 until April 2020. I make videos (usually in Japanese with English subtitles) about my life and my studies. 😊 I hope you enjoy them!!🙇♀️
genuine question - if this is a song about hirigana, why are you using words with kanji? e.g. when u said "あ is for 雨", but how does that make sense, because あ is hirigana and 雨 is kanji? btw I really hope this doesn't come across as rude, I'm not trying to make out that you're wrong or anything I am just curious about this, thanks.
Well, because the goal is to find words that start with the syllabary which is the hiragana in terms of pronunciation, and even if they exist in kanji form, they exist primarily in hiragana form. And let's not forget that these songs are primarily for children. They haven't learned kanji yet. This kind of music is an easy way for them to learn both the alphabet and vocabulary words
Because the correct way to write the word rain is 雨. Hiragana is used for grammar and pronunciation. Most words are not written in just hiragana alone. Most words are written in kanji. She is teaching you hiragana through the introduction of words.
Good lord it's been so long since I first began following your channel. I am so glad that you are doing so well. 25 eh? Time flies. I wonder have you found yourself a waifu yet? Of food i am wary of going to Japan because I am vegetarian, and I know that it is impolite to request to omit items from a recipe. 😬 Do you have any experience of good Japanese veggie restaurants?
10 years. Ok, that makes me not feel so bad, then, for not yet being able to create sentences in Japanese after 4 months of studying. But 10 years seems like a good benchmark for being able to get on youtube and express myself in Japanese; although, I'm extremely curious how that will go, because I usually suck horribly at expressing myself verbally. '>.> And, yeah, I agree with the others-your Japanese sounds great to me! It's always inspiring for me to see native English speakers who can speak well in Japanese. It is encouraging for me to continue.
