How to become fluent / About life in Japan / Formal Japanese VS Casual Japanese (日本語/ English subs) 

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The interview in Japanese with the option of subtitles is amazing content. It is so hard to find spoken Japanese that isn’t affected (yelling, cutsie, very fast news broadcasts, etc ). This is perfect, thank you very much. More please. 👍🏻

I have found the best way to acquire true knowledge and ability in any language, is to shadow audio books narrated by professional voice talents. To enhance listening, wear headphones, slow to 0.6~0.8 speed, filter to dampen bass and boost midrange frequencies, and compress (Volume Smoothing) to enhance quiet consonants. Then repeat aloud half a second behind, imitating every nuance, at first focused only on sound with no concern for comprehension. Only after your preconscious ear and tongue can handle the patterns of the sound system, are you ready to realize the meaning of the sounds you have already heard and absorbed. Traditional vocabulary translation first, pronunciation second is not a shortcut, but an obstacle.

I like how he mentioned Yuta先生 and the channel "Ask Japanese"! I watch them both, and it really helps in learning.

Thank you Miku Sensei, that was fun!

10:44 this part killed me😭🤣😂

I totally agree with Alex about learning formal Japanese first and casual next. I used to speak super formally, but then my friends taught me casual Japanese. Now I can quickly switch between the two at will.

This was so good! More of these please it’s so easy to follow

Excellent interview. Really liked the fact that's in relatively basic Japanese with a slower pace. Keep them coming like this!

this video was great. this is indeed an amazing way to learn when you can listen to the voices and read what you hear in the same time

Thanks for the chat with Alex again! I enjoyed it.

More of thiiiis !!!! please ! That's so great ! Slow everyday japanese with subtitles .. Thank you !

This interview is excellent! I have been studying Japanese on my own for less than a year, so it is interesting to hear Alex's perspective. Thank you for the English subtitles, Miku sensei. I hope that someday I will no longer need them.

This is the type of listening practice I need. Please keep up the content and thankyou for not putting on English subtitles!

Very thankful for this type of video! ありがとうございました！

Really sympathetic dude and nice advice he gave! All in all thank you so much for the work you both put into this!

Cool conversation! I find that the most formal vs casual has been the most difficult part for me recently. I say that now because I'm a beginner but I sure something else will come up

Very useful to have both the English and the kanji. Thank you!

Alex's wit coupled with his japanese ability not only makes this great listening practice, but gives me something to aspire toward in my japanese learning.

I got so many vocab just by watching this video. ありがとうみく先生。 ❤️

Thank you for this video, I will finish watching it later. BUT! the first minutes of the interview solidify something in my mind. I remember when I first began to study Japanese, this was when I was in my early 20's and during my first years of college, I made a lot of Japanese friends in my major program. I was studying computer animation, and there were so many Japanese going to my college just to study computer animation. I made so many Japanese friends, and I would tell them that I was learning Japanese. Their first reaction was of confusion and they would react with the same phrase, "wow! Japanese is hard." It was funny to hear that, but I kept studying it. I remember a Japanese friend telling me once, when I told her that I wanted to go to Japan to learn Japanese better, she said, "no, don't..in my opinion, you are in the best place to learn Japanese. Why do you think my English hasn't gotten better? because I am using Japanese here more than I thought I would! make Japanese friends and speak to them in Japanese or practice it with other Japanese people whenever you hear a Japanese person around." I kind of stopped learning it, due to not having money to go take classes and due to pretty much focusing on getting through undergrad and grad school. NOW! since I've been a special ed teacher for the last 5 years, I decided to refocus and give it my all to make Japanese my 3rd language, English and Spanish are my native languages, and I wish to make Japanese my 3rd language. I really want to conquer this wish. And My Japanese friends' tip, of making Japanese friends, has reminded me! that I am lucky to be where I am. I live in Los Angeles, CA. Near my home is "Little Tokyou." In LT, there is a Japanese American community center building. In that building there is a pure Japanese language school, I hear Japanese every day whenever I go to Little Tokyo or Santa Monica. So! this year I decided to start taking Japanese language classes there. My progress has been great! I am progressing fast because the Japanese I knew from my college years, the 3 years of Japanese I took back in college, is coming back and the "dots" are connecting back in my brain. I even told my instructor that don't be surprise if I progress and start using a little more advance Japanese, compared to what we are learning in the classroom. LOL, I still have a ways to go, but I am progressing far better compared to when I was in college. I really want to become as close to fluent in Japanese as I can. :) BTW! I can tell that the classmates in my Japanese language class are really struggling with Japanese. I can answer some of the basic Japanese questions really fast...seeing them struggle reminds me of my own struggle of the language back when I was in my 20's and when I first began to learn Japanese. It is a humbling experience, and I am learning a lot more retaking some of the Japanese grammar I know. thank you for this video!

I hope you can do another interview with Alex. His Japanese is incredibly understandable to me, probably because he’s a native English speaker too. It’s great practice. Love your videos Miku!

This was great. Thank you sensei!

I love Alexxxx ... such a humble guy.. His knowledge of Japanese is much much higher than he likes to admit and his podcasts are amazing ... just wish there would be more of it

OMG I missed Alexes podcasts SO MUCH! I am so glad to hear him again... AND SEE HIM TOO!

Very Very interesting!!! thank you thank you Very much Miku San!

Very cool conversation. Thank you both!

Thank you, Alex-sensei! I could understand you perfectly with the Japanese you are using. Thank you so much, I enjoyed the conversation, with all the tips. Thank you so much!

OMG its Alex from Learn-Japanese Pod! I love his podcast. He is just pure good vibes! :)

i love how all her rooooollls build-ups end with a super shy announcement ^_^ miku sensei ga sugoi desu!

Alex-san, you are so interesting. I got inspired to learn Japanese more after watching this interview. Thank you Miku-san for the video.

I'm only 10min into the video and this is the best resource for listening practice, as well as overall strategy for language learning, I have ever seen. I'm so impressed. 感動した、このビデオで本当にすごいアドバイスがある。ありがとう！続きを見るのが楽しみです.

Terrace house taught me so much Japanese it’s やばい！

勉強になりました 本当に。ありがとうございます

You both Alex and 先生👩‍🏫are just amazing .

Very good to know his experience on learning japanese, because no one shares with you, like he did in the video, with so many details. It’s comforting to know that we are not aliens, that exists a process of learning and that’s ok, just respect your time, recognize your improvements, even it’s small. Thank you for the video.

This is the 1st time i watched a collab you with him but He's totally great , he can be a mentor , I learned a lot things in him as a beginner , more than studying japanese but about life when in japan.❤

Great video I am starting to understand Japanese more now ! 😊

大好きこんな動画、ありがとう!

Wow.....I love the interview. Learning alot

めっちゃおもしろかった❗

i really like this segment, coz' I learn a lot. thanks. currently working here in japan, and I really understand this topic about Nihonjin to Mekishikojin.

I can't believe i understood more than half the conversation without subtitles, I thought they would be in the video but you had to turn them on yourself. So i watched without subs and tried my best to comprehend the japanese and it ain't all that bad!!

Very interesting and fascinating video. Both of you make learning Japanese so easy though I know it is not. I don't get enough opportunity to speak and communicate in Japanese.

Mikuさん、こんにちは。とても役に立つと思います。

So happy to listen you...your voice is like "Alex from the green monster!! Thank you so much!! I speak Spanish and practice with you English and learn Japanese

Super relate to everything! As a foreigner up to this day, I’m experiencing culture shock😭. That’s why I’m badly looking for easier way to learn japanese and this video and you, 先生 helps a lot. Thank you so much! 私は もっと 頑張ります！ 💪🏻

この素晴らしい会話によって、いろいろお勉強になりました

great subtitles, you can slow down the video speed and understand everything

It is priviledged for me to say.. since i can speak chinese so when it comes to Kanji(basic one) is easier for me to learn and memorise because i know simplified hanzi. Im self study so im still struggle with how japanese word order in a sentence, and sometimes i find it read in hiragana is harder than kanji (read subtittle for a certain vocab) because there is so many words in sound the same but if see kanji i will recognize immediately.. now is my 3months self study, and im verry happy with the result i made so far

Doing a listening practice video about how to learn Japanese is actually brilliant. I often find myself getting distracted from actually studying Japanese by watching/reading discussions about how best to learn.. now I can have both. 😁

Thank you miku saan for such a useful source.......keep it up####.....Love you>>>>>>>>>

ありがとうございました‼️

I watched to 11 minutes with subtitles off because I didn't realize I had to click the cc button. I actually picked up more than I thought I would lol. Been watching Alex's podcast so I can pick up a lot of what he says.

yeah its true the flash card is the most effective way ..next is writing the kanji characters to be much easier but in my expirience it depends on the person if what would be the best way for him/her learn easier..nice video

I'm getting the gist of the conversation 😭 Is that some black magic on your part, Miku-sensei?

I've been studying Japanese for 16 months since the Covid started , never thought about one day I'm really into it , thanks a lot for the video it's very helpful , I actually put it in slow speed so I could understand the conversation . Once again thanks Alex and Miku .

Totemo arigatou gozaimasu sensei i love your videos special listening and speaking practice video

Thank you very much for your both interesting conversation. The most interesting point to me was: I was totally amazed, he speaks his mother tongue is much slower than he speaks Japanese. 本当に面白いです。^.^

The best japanesse language teacher that i ever seen who used english language, すごい❗ミク先生大好き

A few months ago, I wasn't focusing on speaking or listening to Japanese content and I could barely understand anything from your interview videos, vlogs, Sambonjuku's videos etc. But after practicing those things, I understand 98% percent of everything that is said here! 有る難しいございますw

Totally i have same problem with language, being too shy to talk because i want to be perfect...i want to get over it so i'm trying to practice with my friends for speaking!

for short visits, I think the first thing to learn is Katakana - it's the most useful for reading signs and so on

This is so helpful! I would like to shadow Tori-chan from TH, do you know where I can find more resources and if it's okay to ask, what do Japanese native people think about the way she speaks?

im am blown away. i did massive immersion since 20 feb, didn't understand anything in Japanese ever... i did turn on subtitles here but actually didn't need them. whoever is serious learning japanese... MASSIVE IMMERSION AND all her guide vids you can watch ^^ this stuff works like magic it work... im stunned. you just have to be patiente the first month and a half and look up stuff and be okay with comprehending 50% and not understanding everything perfect.. i love that i understand this interview withouth subs o.O

Thank you SO much. These videos in full japanese with subtitles are so helpful for my learning. Easy to follow along but new vocab and practice. Please dont stop 😭😭❤❤ みく先生、こんな動画を作り続けてください!! ほんとに勉強になってるんですから❤ わかりやすくて日本人じゃなくてもペラペラになってる人にアドバイスを聞いてくれてよかったですよね。ありがとうございます! ^.^

This is my first comment to my idol sensei in internet, Miku Sensei. I always look forward to your content sensei.

手伝ってくれてありがとうございます！私は二年くらい日本語を勉強してますが話すときにまだはずかしくなるだから、日本に行くときは日本語だけを話すつもりです!

I watch anime to learn usage of words that I am not familiar with.Because you will encounter lots of word while watching,so it will really help to expand your vocabolary.

great interview,,,,surprised to know you are in Mexico ...me too jajajajaj saludos de Cadereyta NL

ミクせん大好き💕

ありがとうございましたせんせい😊

Alex san has good vocabulary skills.. he has used so many new words.. which I have learnt by seeing so many times this video. Great.

To me after Hiragana and Katana cool reading completion biggest obstacle -- kanji

このポットキャストは、とてもいいだと思う。聞くことはとても役に立った。もっとやりなさい！！！！！

If you're making a newspaper for foreigners but in Japanese.. use furigana for all the kanji. You might add spaces between words too.

I like the fact that this video not only provides abundant information on how to improve our Japanese, but it is also in Japanese so I got to practice listening as well! Thank you!

The best app I have found so far has to be Hello talk. Just dive in and make a fool of yourself , but eventually you will be reading , writing and talking in Japanese. Yes your grammar will be questionable but you will be communicating. After all what else could you ask for?

日本語のよむのが好きです(？) one of my favourite ways of leaning. Miku 先生いつもありがとうございます. Just one question: what are the titles of the three mangas that Alex recomended here? They weren't clear on the video. Thanks in advance

I’m absolutely a perfectionist. I had a verbal exam the other day and I froze up soo badly. Japanese is my major so I need to be comfy in speaking it. I can speak it ok, but when it comes to presentations I am terrible. (In any language, though, even English.) Which makes me wonder why I signed up for a speech contest in October. It will be a good learning experience and if I win I get a plane ticket to Japan. But is it worth the possible embarrassment

Thank you for this content! Does anyone know the name of the Japanese children's history book he recommended??

Regarding Kanji: Maybe there is a chance for the "Kanji-geek". I still speak very little Japanese and would not be able to follow your conversation without the great subtitles. But from the beginning I just love those kanji, and almost certainly spend too much time on that while making not enough progress on speaking and understanding. It's of course very tempting to just rely on all the cool technologies for reading and writing Japanese. But I find it actually a lot of fun to go the "good old way" and learn writing calligraphy. It isn't really so hard: Got a nice little (Pentel brand) brush pen with refill cartridges, and make probably 10 times more flashcards than I can ever memorize new words. It's a bit of an obsession, I must say, even though I'm not trying to make beautiful scrolls. Yet even with my limited knowledge of 2-3rd grade kanji I find it usually a lot easier to read text that doesn't avoid kanji. I find reading text with just hiragana much more difficult than when it's written with the usual dose of kanji, even if I have to look up lots of them to just read and understand one sentence. Of course it helps if there's a lot of furigana for the less frequent kanji. (btw, where can I get that book "わたしってADHD脳” in the US?). p.s. Here is a tip for other kanji-geeks: Instead of buying so many cartridges, get a syringe and a pot of ink - it's quite easy to refill the cartridges using the syringe. You may have to do some explanation though if you buy a syringe at a pharmacy. They may first assume you're a junky, and I was told that a doctor's prescription is required to buy a syringe, but they sold me one after some explaining.

You should get Steve Kaufmann on your show! :D

6年で習得した漢字を全て忘れたくはないが、聴解がまだ下手です。 今ではミク先生が日本語を話すための私のお気に入りのロールモデルです！ アレックスもとても素敵です...

I miss him and beb ... I really don't understood them and it's funnnny af

Everyone says the first step to fluency is just speaking without worrying about mistakes and really making lots of mistakes. It's one thing to hear this but another to put it into practice. My first foreign language was German and the grammar, if spoken correctly, is complex. Nouns can be male, female, or neuter. Once I stopped worrying about Grammar and just started talking then I suddenly spoke fluent, if unique (bad), German. Japanese is another beast though. *Rather than speak with sloppy grammar I would advise speaking in short sentences* If you don't keep the sentences short, everything being completely backwards is going to make your brain freeze and nothing will come out and you'll switch to English. And make a note of any words you wanted to say but couldn't and look up those words as the vocabulary you should learn next. For reference I have N2 and feel pretty fluent in Japanese but I don't mind making mistakes either.

おととい、日本語の本をかいました! モルモン書と言う. Reading it is going veeery slow and I only understand 1% of the kanji pretty much. But despite sucking at Japanese it's a lot of fun!

I am not bothered about becoming fluent as long as I can communicate and still enjoy it 十分です。

I'm trilingual and I'm currently learning Japanese grammar, the 3 languages I currently know are very versatile and flexible where u can just say them in any order while Japanese is so hard cause its not just the order but also the level of formality huhu

My favorite Japanese actor is Ken Shimora so I will start shadowing and copying his mannerisms.

Love you both. Hope you do more colabs in the future.

Whohh beautiful language

I use way more casual Japanese than I should lol. Mainly because I don't have a strong enough command yet over switching, and keigo I can't speak smoothly , but because I'm not Japanese, it's kind of easy to get away with casual/polite alone.

10:50 CLIP that!

Yeaaahhh...

Hi, Miku sense. I always wondered. How good Is Alex's Japanese in comparison to your English? Are you guys at the same type of level?

ミク先生、日本のドラマは一番いいて何？ 私日本語勉強したいから

“Pick your favorite actor or actress and mimic them” Me who’s into ダウンタウン: *なんやねん* !

❤ありがとうございました❤

What did he suggest at 37:05? 37:05で何を進めたでしょうか？