100 Nouns Every Japanese Beginner Must-Know 

Gwayne-樣/-sama Anime On Piano Easy hahaha yup

:DDDDDD LOL that was a trap

4:34 its her vioce isnt it.

The surgeon would point to the location/ focus on it.

Apple Thor Mighty Thunder bold of you to assume the surgeon has arms

Well, here's a fun fact for you: in Russian (yes I am learning Russian), hand and arm are exactly the same word. The word is "Рука".

Lol

"Ashit! Wrong ashi!!"

Correction toriniku o tapemasu not wo😚😭

@@teachikhradze2178 sometimes o is written like wo so she/he is right by the way it's tabemasu no tapemasu

@@teachikhradze2178 Nope, sometimes を is o & sometimes its wo.

As an English speaker with tiny amount of Japanese knowledge I knew that "toriniku" basically means bird meat, but when I saw the kanji, I figured that is the kanji for chicken not just bird. And by reading the pronunciation for that kanji I can figure out that chicken is actually "garden bird". So I'd say it's pretty intuitive overall.

What is pigeon niku?

Dafuq

For me when it comes to learning. I personally listen to a lot of Hatsune Miku songs. Since pretty much all of them are entirely in Japanese. I say that because obviously, like most songs, there will be some English lyrics that will find their way in. But it's very useful to listen to, cuz if you can make out the lyrics, it'll be that much easier to listen to what people say in Japanese. You get what I am saying? But as for actually learning the words or sentences. One video from this channel suggested two things I remember to this day. Do not crunch, in other words, set a time where you only learn the language, for like 15min. Do it everyday or every other day. The other one was to learn 100 words in one month. Just do whatever makes you comfortable. Pushing yourself will just burn you out. By then you'd probably be better off not learning at all. Burnout makes it real easy to give up.

@@TIMRUM 😂😂

me too

@@pianoneko9279 are u japanese??

If you're interested in Japanese myths and history, check out a channel called linfamy. The quick, animated vids are fun and informative. There are also loads of documentaries from NHK, Japan's national broadcaster. Search for Japanology if you're interested. You might have guessed, I'm on a recent Japanese culture binge 😉

Yea the pronunciation seems to be from a speech engine and it messed it up not reading those accents on a few words. Also the kanji for year 年 was written as "toshi" but read as "nen".

There's no reason they don't use Kanji, Furigana, Hiragana, Katakana, Romaji AND English that I can see.

what is furigana?

@@SmookieYT furigana is hiragana writen over (or next to) kanji/katakana symbols that shows spelling of the word. You can see it in many manga, games and any kids media in Japan (bc kids naturally haven't memorized all of the symbols) And - as much as it can sound scary to the beginners - It's actually very helpful to learn with furigana instead of roumaji. It's because you get used to new writing systems as your brain doesn't take the easiest route of just memorizing romanized spelling and have to actually remember symbols/letters. + you get to practice your hiragana reading skills - a skill that should be mastered for both hiragana and katakana at the very beginning of learning japanese. C:

Thanks for the answer :) I know what you mean and I totally agree with you :) It´s just that I´ve never heard the term "furigana" before.

@@meji475 I agree. I am still picking up Hiragana so I am starting out. I know very little Kanji except the most basic. If I can see Hiragana, I can figure it out. I have seen that furigana used sometimes.. What puzzles me and maybe you know - some words seem like they would be harder to write in Kanji than in Hiragana. I mean some of the Kanji is very complex and the word only needs 1 or 2 Hiragana characters. So why use Kanji in that case?

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確かに

yeah, it's usually pronounced "Bii-ya".

@@mccama19 I've always heard it as "Bee-ru"

Is bus wrong too? It says バス but they pronounce it differently? I am confusion

a kimono is just a kimono

Or it could be rule of cool. The loan word sometimes just sounds more stylish than the Japanese one.

A year on have u got much progress?

nen*

Nen and toshi are the same meaning; "year"

Not a mistake so much as a condition of how it is used. For example, if you want to say "Next Year" it is rei nen. If you want to say "Every Year" it is mai toshi. When written, it still uses the same kanji.

google translate does the same, written as toshi but if you click the speaker icon you here "nen"

Both are correct. Its written in 年 kanji. Meaning year. “Toshi” is kunyomi or Japanese reading on that particular kanji. “Nen” is onyomi or Chinese reading. Again both has same meaning. Now, the actual hard question is WHEN you have to use onyomi and kunyomi for each different kanji for specific word you’re trying to say.

Because 'bed' is a borrowed word from English language,,, (remember Japanese dont have beds but traditionally 'futons' ) but 'bedroom' translates as 'sleeping place' and has been an established word in the Japanese language.

@@Yinyanchant thanks!

sometimes the g is pronounced ng in japanese

sorry for two years' late reply

Lmao I can understand your anger. But trust me on this one, once you reach a considerable level in Kanji, reading Japanese becomes SO quick, because rather than reading each letter you straight up look at the meaning and automatically translate it. I surprise myself sometimes with how fast I can read some sentences.

@@amj.composer To avoid any misunderstandings it was just a joke but yeah sometimes it could be very difficult to understand what would they like to expression with it. It depends on the context of the text. I will try it. Thank you kind sir. :-)

I thought that with back. That is quite the kanji for a 4 letter word

@@amj.composer considerable level means how much kanji ??

@@lokeshyadav819 Around 700-1000 I'd say. With these many Kanji you can probably read video/anime titles, read middle school books etc. Ofc this is nowhere near being able to read a newspaper.

David Humphrey awesome explanation!

Why does the katakana in your name say "haha" while the english says "baba"?

Petre's Gaming Haven because I wrote 八八in Chinese, sounds like ババ

Oh I see. I'm smart (sarcasm sign)

Petre's Gaming Haven me too(sarcasm sign)

八its 8 🙂

Thanks! ありがとう！

@@sy5572 どいたしまして！

so it is ここふわちゃん instead of あかちゃん

year is 'nen' also. just that you have to say it with numbers. like 'sannen - 3年" =3 years

metallicJrocker you're right the same Kanji, but different pronunciation

年＝nenn,toshe For example 2019年 nisen juu ku nenn＝Two-thousand-nineteen 今年 cotoshi＝this year

soken yes, right

I noticed that too...they said something Else n the translation was something else😔😔

平仮名まだ学んでない方の為にかも それにしても仮名が分からないと日本へ行っちゃ大大変よ！

so am I

we all are

Kanji have multiple readings 😉

I learned that 部屋「へや」is room and 寝室「しんしつ」is bedroom.

寝室です