BY THE WAY in Japanese - Formal & Slang┃The Native Way 

She is one of the best Japanese teachers on RU-vid. As a Japanese teacher myself, I respect her style a lot.

I usually don't smile when I watch RU-vid Japanese lessons. But I smile when I see Misa sensei smiling. ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

I'm shocked that misa is not at a million subs, she deserves it for being such an amazing person.

That bit about 女 and kunoichi was so freaking cool. I love little factoids like that. Just like your video about answering the phone and youkai. Of course, I find youkai fascinating too.

This is really helpful, I was actually wondering about this recently while talking to some Japanese people - when I wanted to change topics or direction in the conversation and realised I didn't know how. みさ先生、ありがとうございます :)

When I first came across these vids I was a bit arrogant thinking 'i already know how to say this phrase,' but I soon realized how much more in in depth knowledge there was to each. And I always learn something I never learned from any textbook. Moral of the story: no level of knowledge is beneath you. Every new thing learned is a good thing :)

8:44 you can also translate with "that being said"

Tokoro de, you are the best teacher in Japanese. Although I dropped my Japanese for the moment, from time to time I listen to your videos. Keep up the good work.

Misa sensei, もいかいいありがとう・Now I'm all this time at home, you make me want to re start again japanese. Please, stay save! ☺️ 🙏🏻🌸

[[Changes the topic completely]] ~つか＊男/てか/ところで~ A1「今日はいい天気てすね。」 B1「そうですね。ところで買い物に 行くんですか。」 A2「今、何をしていますか。」 B2「漢字を勉強しています。ところで、 どうしてまだ起きていますか。」 A2「今、何してる？」 B2「漢字勉強してる。てか何でまだ　 起きてるの」 C「てか髪切った？」 D「てか熱くない？」 [[Similar topic/Within context/Changes point]] ~そういや/そういえば~ A1「あ、このレストラン安くて美味しいよ」 B1「へぇ。そういえば、晩ご飯何食べる？」 A2「車どこに止めよう。」 B2「そういえば、駅前の駐車場の料金　 上がるらしい」 A2「え？まじかよ」 [[For your information.../when you want to add new information that’s not meant to become the main topic of the conversation?]] ~ちな*/ちなみに~ A1「「女の忍者はくノ一って言うんだよ。 ちなみに、くノ一っていう言葉は女っていう漢字を書くときにひらがなの「く」、カタカナの「ノ」、漢字の一を書くことに由来してるんだよ。」」 A2「キンダーハッピーヒッポ美味しいよね。」 B2「うん。ちなみにヒッポは日本語でカバって言うんだよ。バガっていう言葉に似てるよね。」 [[Extra Information]] ((ところで、というか、っていうか)) A1「どこか涼しいところで休みましょう」 A2「ポイ捨てはダメだよ」 B2「私一人がやめてところで何も変わらない」 C 「みさ先生は十三歳だと言いました」 D 「みさっていう先生/みさという先生」 E 「ポケモンっていうゲーム/ ポケモンというゲーム」 F 「原田くんは頭がいいというか、ずる賢いですね/原田くんは頭がいいっていうか、ずる賢い」 G 「安全じゃないというか、危ない/ 安全じゃないっていうか、危ない」

LOL I was just wondering about ちなみに this morning! thank you so much as always! :D

Thank you for making these! It's interesting to rediscover how learning works: I recently learned the ...か...か grammar, which is a way to express "or". So when I was rewatching the video now, having almost forgotten the details, when I heard about というか, I immediately thought: huh, it's like saying "[Previous sentence]," you can say, or "[Next sentence]"

I've been studying with your videos since 2017. You keep getting better and better, and so does my Japanese thanks to you 😄

Thank you! I had never heard of てか,I will be more careful when I watch something in japanese in the future !

I'm loving the Gollum approach to conversations, some of the more "physical" skits I've seen online can be a bit too much for my easily distracted, noob brain to handle. Also going through it twice with and without subtitles is a nice touch. ありがとうございます！

misa sensei is such a hardworking person i mean do you look at that effort right there???? she deserves like a million subscribers like seriously i love herrrrrr

教えてくださってありがとうございます。すごく役に立った! :)

これどう言えばいいか分からなくてずっと困ってた！いつもいい動画ありがとうございます😊

Almost 1am but it was so helpful like always!! Cheers! Stay safe! Cya next video! バイバイ! 👋😊

In Filipino, we also used the word Teka "wait a minute" but it can also means btw, depends on the situation.

Thank you, Misa-sensei! The effort you put into each of your videos is amazing. You’re the best!

This lesson was really helpful for me. Thank you for posting this. Misa sensei- your Japanese is beautiful!!! When you said you reply with お前カバ I was laughing so hard haha!

Thank you for the lesson Misa-sensei, take care in this hard time we're all going through and greetings from Bolivia.

このビデオたちからたくさんの日本語を学びました。みさ先生、ありがとうございます I tried

This information is such gold. Thank you so much Misa! I’ve literally been binging your videos the past month, like during work and whatnot, and my Japanese speaking friend says I’ve gotten so much better. You’re amazing!!

Thank you, Misa-sensei! Your lessons, as always, are extremely helpful. 😊

I respect Misa for the diligence and attention to detail that she puts is her videos.

I love your videos and how you explain things, it makes it learning japanese a lot less overwhelming. Have you done a video of chaining adjectives and nouns? I can understand it in the present, but it gets a bit difficult in the past. Thanks! Hope you've been well!

I like this format with example dialog without subtitles first.

She seemed a bit sad when talking about going out to dinner. Ah the things we can’t do anymore! Yay 2020.

After reading multiple explanations of ていうか and failing to understand them I finally understood with this video , みさ先生 your teaching skills are incredible! 本当に助かりました！ありがとうございます!

Thank you for another helpful lesson.Keep up the good work Misa sensei..Tokoro de i like you style your such a good japanese teacher😊

Notification squad! So happy to see a new video :D!!

Thank you for your latest video, misa sensei ♥️♥️♥️ greeting from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩

Thank you for all of your hard and amazing work, Misa! Each of your videos is a mine of knowledge when it comes to grammar, vocabulary and set phrases. I'm from Poland and I learn Japanese. I always take notes watching your videos. I believe that I will use what I have learned from you on my next trip to Japan. Thank you once again!

Your lessons are so useful! Arigatou!

Easy listen. Thanks.

Thank you みさ先生。You're the best Japanese teacher of YT. And the cutest as well 😊

i agree with flowurbanflow, also an engaging bit of humor will go a long way. like at the end 15:49 that was really cute, i enjoyed that.

I was studying kanji while watching the video and noticed you uploaded it around 4:30 am Japanese time, then you said: 3:47 lol

Misa sensei is one of rare people can use Englishgo in true specific way to put the finger on the true reasonable meaning in Japanesego and I will over react if I say she a Japanese treasure and Japan should treasure it for sure thank you very much.

Could you do a video about phone etiquette? I had a phone call with a language learning partner and didn’t know how to end the call so it was a bit awkward 😅 Love your content btw! Thank you so much for teaching us :)

相変わらずみさ先生の動画はすごく役に立ちました！練習だけだと思ったのに、必ず私が知らないことがあって、たくさん勉強になります。ありがとうございます！ （ところで、日本語が間違ったらごめん>..

ありがとうみさ先生。I'll re-watch and write my notes later 😊

どうもありがとうございます.I'm from Bangladesh. I'm preparing for N-4 Only watching your useful lesson videos.You are my best 先生. I'm little bit weak at listening.I expect more N-4 Listening learning video.

I had given up learning Japanese, but these videos are really motivating. There is so much good information.

みさ先生のシャツはめっちゃかわいい！！よく似合います 😊 今日も教えてくれてありがとうございます~

Misa you're amazing! I've almost watched every video on you channel, I think your teaching method is perfect for me and you can make people easily understand how things works. Please never stop! I'd love to see a video about the difference between ために and ように

Misa sensei, I don't usually comment on RU-vid, but just wanted to say that you are the most stylistically fun and quite frankly most effective Japanese teacher whose lessons I have used. You deserve far more subscribers and I wish you had been my Japanese teacher in high school (even though you are distractingly cute)! がんばってもらう (I think is appropriate?).

I found very useful you make conversation without subtitle first. Very useful for improving listening skills!

ちなみに, このレッスンは 良いというか素晴らしい。

Misa has resorted to talking to herself for her social interactions

15:11 sensei's sadistic moment

I was playing a game with a character class called a Kunoichi (The female version of the male Ninja class) while listening to this. When I heard her say Kunochi and what it meant, I was just like.. "Ooohh, that makes a lot more sense now." hahaha

Misa Sensei is the best! Sending love from Myanmar!!!

Great video and lessons as always. At 11:40, for the sentence 「そういえば、駅前の駐車場の料金上げるよ」、 I think might be more appropriate to translate 駐車場の料金 as "parking fee" instead of cost of parking lot which may mean the cost of the entire lot (as real estate). Therefore, something like "By the way, it seems that the parking fee of the parking lot in front of the station will go up". This follows the context that the speaker wants to park his car, and not to buy a parking lot.

She's pretty good. Usually I prefer learning a foreign language from a foreigner because foreigners who learned the language are often aware of what it takes to get it, while native speakers just learn the language from growing up.

I am understanding you more in Japanese each time. みさせんせいのビデオが日本語でまあってわかりました。

thank you

Thank you for this wonderful lesson!

I like to use 'by the way' in english.. thank u for this.. x) And whoa.. the quality of your videos... you really are the best..

Your videos are great and super informative! I love the text at the bottom and how it's colored.

I loved the お前カバ part 🤣🤣🤣 Keep it up ミサ先生, I love your tutorials :)

Wow, really cranking them out today! てか、さすがうまいビデオ！

When people ask me what I do in my free time I told them I study lessons with Misa :D

that was awesome

apart from the language part for which I am here, I'd like to point to your attention, Misa, that it's a great combination of colours that you have in your attire, hair colour ,the lipstick and the blurred lines of the eyeliner. This looks extremely satisfying.

Damn.. I had to restart the video.. I was too busy looking at you I haven't followed the beginning of the course.. Anyway, わかりやすいでした、ありがとうございます!

Awesome! Thank you so much

By the way (formal) ところで By the way, why are you still awake? (formal) ところでどうして、まだ起きていますか。 By the way (informal) てか By the way, why are you still awake? (informal) てか、なんでまだ起きているの。 By the way, did you get a hair cut? てか、髪切った。 てか、かみきった。 By the way, isn't it hot? てか、暑くない。 てか、あつくない。

Thank you very much for this lesson.

Your pronunciation is truly incredible! :)

i love her personality

wow amazing new intro i love it!

So helpful ..thnkyou sensei

She has the cutest eyes! I love the way she brakes everything down!

ところで、ミサ先生の動画を全部待っているよ。 ありがとう*_*

Very fun lesson!

Hi Misa ! I have been watching your video for few weeks now and I learned so much thank you so so much ! I was wondering if you made or will make a video about all the words like そして、それで、それに、それでも... it’s so confusing ! I never know what to use to mean words like So, ... Also... Talking about that... In fact... Well... Actually... I don’t know how are called these words in English grammar but I hope you see what I mean ! 日本語を教えてくれてありがとうございます！

Love this channel ❤️ great stuff!

Thank you for the lesson, very useful and interesting.

15:12 In germany, chocolate milk is called Kaba.

Aloha Misa 👋. Hope you are ok and staying safe! Aloha 😁🤙🏽

Great video! Love the Baka - Kaba story 😄 I also love that the word 'Sou' in Japanese and the English word 'So' happen to sound so similar - great minds think alike 😆 Your English is beyond incredible Misa Sensei. We can only hope to one day be as good at Japanese!

what would you say if you would cut the video into two halves, made a short info that you did that at the beginning of the video and linked the time stamp of the beginning of the second half. The two halves would be first half: Normal spoken japanese, no subtitles explanations in japanese and second half slow spoken japanese with explanation in english, just an idea, great video, i like the practicability of giving insight to slang and formal and informal speech, thank you!

Great lesson

Wow, this is really funny. XD "Souiya" kinda sounds like "soya," which is soy in Spanish, and "china" (pronounced and written the same) is how we refer to China, as in, the country. It's written the same in both English and Spanish, but pronounced differently due to different pronunciation rules. Still, it's hilarious. XD

色々お世話になってくれてありがとうございます先生。

U r just awesome, much respect for u.

ビデオはすばらしい！ありがとう、ところでみさせんせいのシャツはすきです！がんばってください！

。。。ところで抜群で教育的な動画だと思います。たっぷりこのような動画を作り上がりたいんね。 でもさ質問が持っています。『ところで』と『ちなみに』って正式な言い方を知って聞いたことがあるしけど『さて』っていう風にはなんですか。両方とも主題を変更するために使用されますか。 新しい通常口語の言い風に使えることが好きだ。 またのレッスンを教えていただきくれてありがとうございました。

Your hippo story is adorable

Thanks a lot as always.ありがとう

Only Yesterday based on the story characters. Inspired dialogue. "Taeko and Toshio" Could you have emotional responses to this characters? A friend relationship conversation in Japanese For a Japanese lesson. When you're able to.

Thanks a lot for your video lessons of Japanese language, you’re really cute and clever person, I’m always watching your new videos with more pleasures. ありがとうございました

I really enjoy your videos and explanations! I'd be happy to see more videos all in Japanese though >

Thanks for the lesson Misa-Sensei! Can you make a video for “Anyways” phrases? これからもよろしくお願いします！

Mo hitotsu youi desu (another good one! ) Arigatou Misa sensei

Please continue to act out sentences for some of your examples! I feel like I can grasp this format better.

love her