How I became fluent in Japanese | Grammar 

Ayyyye. Way to condense my 1 year of hard studying into a 5 line YT comment... -_- But on a real note, this is great.

Right?? It's such an amazing resource to have. And I feel like it explains the grammar in such a simple and logical way that textbooks sometimes don't do 😪

Awwwww thanks for sharing my videos 🥺❤ explaining things as a native speaker is really hard LMAO for English im just like "...it's just like that 😬"

I definitely wanted to be as specific as possible so that people could actually implement the tips in their own studying. I’m glad to hear you find it helpful!! 😙

I will make it a reality eventually, just wait for it!! 😤✊❗

I swear Japanese people talk on 2x speed 😩

Ahhhh im super happy to hear you find my videos helpful 😙🙌 if i keep getting awesome support from people like you im sure my channel will take off 😤🤧

ALSO you're such a sweetheart for replying to literally every comment?... Sending you SO SO SO much love.

@@sunehraneha5933 literally two of the softest comments I've ever read, thank you so much 🥺 being natural on camera is still a bit challenging so im super happy to hear you say i emit warm energy 🤧 and ofc I reply to comments, im super grateful to everybody who takes the time to leave them ❤ thank you so so much for the positivity!!

I'm glad you're enjoying my videos so far! There'll be a new one coming out tomorrow too 🥳 thanks for supporting my channel, Grant!!

Holyyyy you don't understand how much it meant to me to read this comment, thank you so so much 😭 honestly I wasn't expecting to even have 256 subscribers at this point, so I'm already grateful to have viewers like you who appreciate the effort I put in. Attaining 1 million subscribers is a HUGE feat, but now I feel like I can't let you down 😤✊❗

not a problem, hope they can be helpful for you!! 😙

Glad you liked it and found it informative!! 😙

really glad to hear you enjoy them!! thanks so much for watching 🤧🫶

I'm glad you were able to learn something from my video! 😄 More to come soon～ 🥳

Thank you so so much my guy!! I really appreciate the positive support and encouragement, it means a lot 🙏 Ps i love your channel name 😂👏

Thanks so much for the positive comment, Armando!! 😙

Thank you so much for watching them!! 🥳

i aint going anywhere >:)

Ahhhh thank you Nori!!!! I’m glad you found the explanations easy and the scripts funny, i do my best to make the learning fun and easy 😝

Helps having a friend who tells me straight up what could be improved 😌🙏

That’s great to hear!! And thank you, im glad you find them helpful 🤧 keep up the awesome studying! 🥳

Thanks for checking out my video, Dominik! Always nice to see other foreigners who pursued Japanese to a high level 🥳 good luck with your RU-vid journey!!

Thank you so much!! Im glad you're enjoying my videos 🥳🎉

Ahhhh thank you so much snailpirate!!! 😭 I pray that your prediction comes true. I'll keep working on making better and better videos until it happens 😤✊ i love your animated videos btw!! 😍

@@TokuyuuTV hehe thanks 🙏

Im super glad my videos were able to help!! 🥳 wishing you all the best on your new language journey!! 😙

For sure! ように is a very versatile grammar and probably one of the most common 😙

glad to hear you’re getting back into japanese!! 🥳 wishing you the best of luck on your journey〜 こちらこそ見てくれてありがとうございます🙇‍♂️

Thank you so much!! It means a lot that you enjoy my videos so much 🤧 i hope they have been helpful! 😙

I knowwww, something about being able to respond with 1-2 words and not seem like a jerk just hits different 😩🙏 シェアしてあざます 🙇‍♂️

Thank you so much for the nice comment 😭 I'm glad you are enjoying my videos so far!!

Thank you so much for the nice comment 😭🥺 I'm glad to hear the content is still enjoyable even if you aren't learning Japanese 😄 There will definitely be more videos to come!!

Thanks so much for the love homie, right back at ya!! ❤️😍

@@TokuyuuTV yann~

Thank you so much for the amazing comment 😭🥺 I'm just as happy as you are that yt decided to recommend my video to you 🙏 I'm glad you're enjoying the video style so far!! I'll keep at em so you don't need to worry about me only having 3 videos 😤✊

Thank you so much for your support!! 😄 hopefully my future videos are just as helpful 😙🙌

Ahhhhhh im really happy you find my videos entertaining and informative!! That’s the balance I’m going for 😙 ill keep making videos and you keep up the japanaeae learning! 🥳🤝

im glad you enjoy them so much!! 🥲

Wowww incredible that you’ve stuck to learning japanese for so long!! 😮👏 and im beyond humbled that you think my videos are the best you’ve seen, thank you so much ❤️ wishing you all the best in your studies, keep up the awesome work!! 🥳

LMAOOO maybe watch it 10 times just to be sure 😉😂

ahahahahaha acquiring the language of anime is the most meaningful pursuit for humans imo 😌 glad you enjoy my videos!! 😙

And you're one of the first to notice it 🥳

@@TokuyuuTV Glad to be first to galaxy brain info, humor, and editing!

Here i am, reporting for duty 🫡

I'm glad my video is approved by a native Japanese speaker!! 😝 僕の友達もリスニング練習を頑張ってるって 😂 いい練習になればいいね！そしてカズさんの英語うまいね 😮👏 これからも頑張ります 🙇‍♂️

Ahhhh it makes me happy to see someone appreciating the little bits of humour i throw in, thank you 🙇‍♂️😄 And "literal chad" might've been a very liberal translation 😝😂

You are officially part of the OG crew, congrats 😎🤝 thank you so much for the kind comment!! 🥺 let's pray we take off 🙏 頑張ります‼️

I'm happy to hear you like the length of the video!! It's always tricky for me to gauge what the right length is so i appreciate your feedback 😙🙏 Thanks for watching my videos, Julio!! 🥳

日本語マジ混乱するよ〜😭😂

Ahhhhh im super happy to hear that!! I love to hear you’re gonna make a daily schedule, that’s the key to success 💪 thanks for watching my videos! 😙

Thank you so much, Arsalan!! 🙏 i still have a lot to learn in video-making but im willing to put in the hours 😤

Im glad you enjoy my videos!! Thanks for leaving such nice comments as well 😙

@@TokuyuuTV Congrats on landing your new career in Japan I know we will learn a lot from you since you are already there.

Ahahahahaha I appreciate your faith in my ability to blow up 🙏 i'll try to make it a reality so you can have your well-deserved bragging rights 😜

Wowww thank you so much for your comment 😭😭 this is in fact my first experience with doing everything (including being on camera), so I'm really happy to hear you say that it doesn't come off that way 🥺 and thanks for bringing that to my attention! I had no idea that 80's/90's Jpop was so popular outside of Japan 😮 Where would I be able to find these communities? Thank you again so so much for the comment and wishes. Hopefully I can get into the country soon!! 🙏

I'm truly surprised these were your first videos on camera, you definitely have a knack for it. We'll all be tuning in for the entertainment factor alone 😅. Well, since you asked where to find those communities... I'll take the opportunity for some shameless self-promotion 😊. This is my personal account but I have plenty of links on my channel wall and banner that link to Facebook groups and pages like Moritaka World: Chisato Moritaka Fans International 「森高ワールド 森高千里国際ファングループ」, Idol Crisis Official and more where I have a combination of Editorial, Administrative and Moderation roles. That's a solid place to start as you'll quickly find that we have a wonderful relationship with many other fan groups of similar artists from the same time period (many are suggested right in our feeds). Most are based in Japan but it's a global community of respectful and passionate fans. As in... a ton of lovely people who are either learning Japanese or considering the idea of giving it a go. It's a warm and welcoming community so I'm sure you'll like what you find there. I myself had no intention of beginning this journey of learning another language. I just sort of fell into it and my want to express more than what a few simple phrases would allow led to sticking with it. From my limited experience so far... I'd like to submit that the amount of time folks spend watching and listening to these artists (actual people and not simply the audio voiced over animated mouth movements) puts them at an advantage and should prove to provide a larger percentage of return viewers on a regular basis. I'm not stuck on that opinion but I do spend a lot of time between both communities and the difference can be striking to see in action. Simply put... people will watch even their favorite anime content maybe a handful of times? Or maybe watch through every few months or so perhaps? The music crowd will put their content on repeat and often listen to the same songs hundreds of times if not more, taking in the same commonly used phrases and inadvertently mouthing the words over and over until the sounds of the lyrics become second nature. What's more, they spend so much time dealing with names and searching for more music that when that kanji brick wall pops up it's not nearly as intimidating because it's already part of their everyday routine. Oh! When the music isn't on, guess what many are doing? Watching anime and taking in even more 😅. Okay, I've written enough to fill the comment box by the look of it. Feel free to visit over on Facebook. I'll be here for the next upload no doubt! ✊😉

@@Ray_Wood_1984 thanks for the info!! It's easy to see your passion for 80s/90s Jpop, it's very heartwarming to see 😙 I'll check out what you mentioned!

I’m glad the videos are helpful Rushikesh!! Congrats in completing n5, that’s amazing!! 🥳🎉 sometimes japanese grammar hits different 🤪 but you’ll slowly get a hold of it if you keep sticking to it! がんばれ〜✊❗️

@@TokuyuuTV thankyou so much brother 😀

Ahhhh im so glad you think so - i try to make it that perfect balance! よろしくお願いします‼️🙇‍♂️

Ahahahahah that’s an interesting perspective! She definitely plays hard to get when it comes to fluency 😩

Im glad i was able to get a laugh outta ya 😉 thanks for watching!!

Ahhhh thank you so much for leaving another wonderful comment, always nice seeing your name in the comments section!! 🤧 yeahhh it’s surprising how many particles there are 🥵 but of course, a lot of those 188 aren’t used regularly so it’s not as intimidating as it sounds. Absolutely love your mentality of practice makes progress (one of my favourite sayings from Les Brown 😝). Keep up the fantastic work!! 😙

Grammar is definitely the most confusing in the beginning imo 😪 but you'll definitely overcome it the quickest!! Thanks for watching my video! 😄

i knew it 😩😩

aren’t we all

Aren’t we all

Am I the only one who is just here because I don't like America???

so glad you enjoyed it!! and what’s the brazilian meme?? 😮

@@TokuyuuTV That math lady meme is called "Nazaré Confusa". It's a character from a very famous Brazilian soap opera. Someone on internet got her expression in a scene an made this one 😂

@@amauryfreitas9725 that’s so interesting!! i had no idea it was a brazilian soap opera. her expression is definitely perfect 😂

I never wanna find out what "it" is 😩

thanks for watching my videos, im glad you enjoy them!! 🤧 yess, learning japanese is definitely a huge task. But it’s best to know the challenge at the beginning so you’re adequately mentally prepared to take it on if you choose to!

Yeahh I’m still mastering the perfect timing for cuts to keep perfect flow and pace, but im glad you think the newer videos are better for this 😙 thanks so much for watching my videos!! Im glad you’re enjoying them 🤧

@@TokuyuuTV You're welcome. Hope to reach your language level too in maybe 10-20 years lol. Just started about 30 days ago. So still in the happy finding phase and a bit overwhelmed... Looks like learning words/pharses is not easy for me :) Still looking to find a decent Anki N5 dick where no Kanji are there. Happy to just grabbed the Hiragana somehow. Kana might be next... Hope you are happy in you new job :)

I love your mentality of thinking long-term, but it definitely won’t take you that long if you’re consistent!! Don’t get too caught up in ‘having a bad memory’, remembering words and concepts comes with countless reputation and natural exposure! Just keep at it and you’ll see that things begin to stick 🥳

ooo a study plan would be a great idea for a future video! I'm gonna write that down LMAO and yes it's definitely possible, even if you commit 1 hour every day you'll definitely get fluent

Thank youuuu 😭🙏

Thanks so much Cosmo, im glad you’re enjoying them!! 😙 n2 is an awesome goal and im sure you can achieve it if you stick to it 💪 and if you go to college there you would have so many fun experiences and your japanese level would just sky rocket 📈😎

@@TokuyuuTV thanks for your reply, its hard to see RU-vidrs actually interacting with audience, btw just wanted some advice do you think JLPT N2 is enough for a foreign student to get scholarship in a good college in japan or do i need to do JLPT N1, and does only JLPT matter, or there are some other factors to scholarships for foreigners, it would really help a lot.

@@cosmoshorts1835 interacting with my viewers is the most rewarding part of doing youtube ❤️ I couldn’t tell you for sure cause im not an expert in scholarships, but I know my friend was being considered for the MEXT scholarship and he knew no Japanese - he would have just had to pass a bare minimum proficiency test (~N5/N4 level). So I don’t think you NEED N2+ (if the program is in English), but I would imagine better proficiency would always be a bonus!

@@TokuyuuTV ありがと うございました tokuyuu san. btw just one more favour where can i find more info on scholarships and stuff, i really want to graduate from japan, lol, sorry for the trouble :(

@@cosmoshorts1835 hey sorry for the late reply, I’m really not an expert in Japanese scholarships unfortunately 😝 i think you’re just gonna have to search for ‘japanese scholarships for international students’ and see what you can find. I checked out this link and there’s some good information: www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/planning/about-scholarship/

Ahahahahha that's oddly specific 😝😝 but he's funny so i'll definitely take it as a compliment 🥳❤️

Exactly!! But i think the ‘it will work’ came from literally saying ‘it can go’ 😝

They really will 😪 they’re so confusing when you first learn them, and still confusing after you’ve learned them too 😂 learning Japanese is a huge challenge that is super rewarding to tackle 😌

ahahahahaha i did watch a lot of ryan higa when i was younger!! that’s crazy you think my videos are similar 😮 it’s an honour to be compared to him 🙇‍♂️ I think using そして is more natural than それに in this case, but other than that it’s a perfect sentence 😙 こちらこそ見てくれてありがとう！

で and に is a very reasonable mismatch, and i still make the ある/いる mistake 😂😂 but telling people they’re wrong when you just want to hear what they said again is pretty savage 😂

I would say that you should work through an N4 anki deck everyday to slowly chip away at it - even just 15-30 mins a day would really help improve your vocab! You could also make a custom Anki deck to add vocab that you hear or see in different contexts so you can review and learn them. I would also suggest that you keep steadily studying kanji - even 2-3 a day (plus review for past kanji) would be a great pace! While you study kanji, I also recommend that you associate key words that use that kanji (e.g. Kanji: 事 Key words: 事(こと, thing), 事実(じじつ, fact)). This way you can learn new vocab while learning new kanji, and associating kanji with specific words helped me remember the kanji’s meaning as well!! Hope this helped 🥵

Wowwww absolutely incredible you already speak four languages!! Im sure all that exposure to different languages will make it easier for you to learn japanese as well 😙 congrats on passing N5, and keep up the awesome work!! 🥳

@@TokuyuuTV I guess the reason I already speak 4 languages is because I live in India.

Absolutely insane, wish i could speak 4 languages 😩

In a good or bad way? 🥲

LMAOOO your order seems a little sus but im glad you mastered them 😂

Very true Luna! But even though it’s commonly said in English it’s not technically grammatically correct, whereas yaru is! And this also applies to all verbs in Japanese 🥳

Im just checking it out now and you’re right - none of the links are working anymore! 😥 i cant see anything written about it not being free anymore. I hope it’s just a temporary site error

Ahahahahah thank you!! 😝 im glad you appreciate the little details i put in 🤧

Gotta make sure my viewers are being galaxy brained 🌌 🧠

I am still very much new to making videos 🥵 maybe one day ill hit 500 videos!! 😝

@@TokuyuuTV 頑張って！😄

I purposely avoided は and が because i knew it would've literally taken 2 mins to break down LMAO

The main secret I would say is to not look at them as in any way being related to each other. Think of は as just setting the scene/providing the context for the sentence (it tells you nothing about what is doing the verb or how/where it is done or what it is done to). It just tells you "this is the thing I'm talking about (not some other thing)". が logically connects to the verb (like を, に, で do) I like Cure Dolly's explanation of が and the subject in Japanese. Basically imagine that there is a が (subject) in every sentence even when it's not stated, in which case the subject can be thought of as 'it'. That 'it' can often refer to what was stated in the topic (は) which is where the confusion that sometimes は indicates the subject comes from (it doesn't, が does that, even when no が is stated). Further confusion around が comes from it's use in indicating hopes, abilities, or preferences (ゲームが下手 means "(I'm) bad at games" not "the game is unskilled") or how when a verb is made "passive" (it's not actually passive) the が seems to indicate the object instead (it doesn't, it still indicates the subject, think of it like the sentence "the bread got eaten" where "bread" is the subject doing the "getting" (in Japanese the difference between: パンを食べられた and パンが食べられた is in the first one "bread" is the object of "eat" and in the second bread is the subject of "got" (you can think of 食べられた as 2 verbs put together "eat" たべ(る) and "got" られた))) No grammar explanation is going to be fully correct or complete (or comprehensible without a linguistics degree), so listen to/read lots of Japanese until you build an instinct for how it works instead (after getting just a basic understanding that you can happily forget once you have an instinct for it).

@@kevinscales one of the best explanations of は vs が I've seen! It's definitely a lot to disgest without tons of practical Japanese experience 😪

@@TokuyuuTV Yeah, often the most fundamental aspects of a language are the hardest to grasp, so never feel bad about not fully getting "basic" concepts. Just move on and don't worry, it will come eventually.

Unga bunga

LMAOO I'm sorry if my fashion is just too distracting 💅😌 Thanks for always supporting my content, appreciate it always

I just really appreciate people taking the time to write a comment on my videos, so i want to make sure i reply to them 🤧

Aint nobody got money fo dat 🙅‍♂️ thank you for being a loyal follower to the supremacy >:)

@@TokuyuuTV you deserve it :) it's hard to believe this channel is just starting out tbh, you're insanely talented 🥲

@@chibinishi thank you so much 🥺😭 I'll keep working on improving the content until it's perfect 😤✊

the homie🤧🫶

ahahahaha his videos are great so im flattered at the comparison 🤧

that’s funny, i never noticed that 😂😂😂

I knowww!! As learners, we go through all the effort and confusion of learning them all and when we finally listen to Japanese speakers the particles aren't even being used half the time LMAO 😂😪

LMAOOO right?? It’s like cOme on, give me something to work with 😩

i knew it!! 😭😭😭 me too tho

Whatttt that’s so clutch, where did you even find that??

@@TokuyuuTV well, there is a site. You can find almost any book there for free. I did mention the site couple of times but my comment keeps vanishing...

@@shubhratrii ahahahahaha youtube probably doesn’t want you sharing that site then 😂 oh wellll, im glad learning japanese doesnt have to cost you a lot of money then 😝

@@TokuyuuTV disclaimer: I’ve enrolled in a Uni for a Japanese certificate course. (part-time for now ‘cause my major is sociology ) hehe.

Ahhhh i knew it!! I am too so join the club 🤷‍♂️😉

im surprised it’s this one and not the kanji one 🤨