I'm a native Japanese, and his Japanese is really AMAZING. It might be better for people who are learning Japanese to follow his good example(no one-size-fits all kinda methods tho) because I would see him as a native, if I didn't know he's an international person, which is not a Japanese fake compliment. So, I understand the feelings of Japanese people who saw him as a native. But, needles to say, korekara podcast's Japanese level is also at a mind blowing level as well;) Learning languages are not winning or losing, so please don't compare with someone, and enjoy the process😊👌 ノンネイティブって知らなかったら、普通に日本人だと思いますー🌸おめでとう😊👏👏👏
he's very good but i can tell he isn't native, small things give it away. I'm just gonna list the things that i noticed during the last of his Japanese speaking portion: small pitch accent ambiguities when saying certain words. 23:42 日本語、23:44 努力 24:19 pitch accent for Twitter (ツイッター) went down (possibly influenced by the English pronunciation) when usually Japanese speakers say ツイッター （↗ →） 24:39 he said 今さら when it should be 今から 24:45 when he said どんな the pitch accent is off (he said どんな↗ but it should be どんな↘) 24:49 pitch accent of 考え is off 24:54 he said どうでもならない but it actually should be どうにもならない
I'm American. I think his English sounds near native. If you scrutinize his English you're going to find small mistakes but that's true for most people. Just look at RU-vidrs who make videos of themselves speaking freely. Instead of redoing the video when they make a mistake they'll typically just put a subtitle or note or something. If his Japanese were as good as his English I would be super impressed. I'm not able to really judge that though as my Japanese level isn't high enough (I do have N2 so it's not bad either). Listening to his Japanese I thought he sounded really good. If you really wanted to showcase his Japanese you'd have to make the video all in Japanese at least. I got a better feel for his English skills than his Japanese.
> I can last like 5 minutes tricking Japanese people KaiwaCoachingさんのチャンネルにある「快話ラジ」（KaiwaRaji#1）をはじめの５分聞いてみましたが、発音がネイティブっぽくてめちゃくちゃうまいのはみんなすぐに気づくとは思うけど、文法ミス・ピッチがベースからぶれすぎる部分・通常ではない表現（**）が、ゆっくり話しているにも関わらず１分に３個ぐらいあって、それが時間が経つにつれてどんどん積み重なっていくので、５分も経てばネイティブではないとほぼ確信されて、なにか言ってくるという感じではないかと。 （**）ラジオ形式を*お送り致します。「初回配信」「初心者向け」「いらっしゃる」の発音。日本語を上達したい。書きください。パーツ１。etc etc.
You want to know who really reached a native level? It's とある中国人むいむい. Obviously Kaiwa Coaching hasn't met her since he says he hasn't met anyone better than he. むいむい speaks Japanese just like a native speaker of Japanese. She is the best.
@@wamu5204 She definitely is. This guy speaks very good Japanese though. It's just that Muimui's Japanese is too great. She speaks even better than some Japanese.
As a native Japanese speaker, I nominate Mui Mui, too. But she looks so Japanese that if you didn't know better, you'd think she's a Japanese who speaks native level Chinese, or vice versa or, you just don't know what she is. lol. But she probably doesn't get considered here because she's not an English speaker. But then you also gotta remember that videos are edited.
Guys, let's be honest... This guy is fluent in both English and Japanese to say the least, but NOT native level in either of those. No offense, but I seriously doubt he can trick Japanese people into thinking he's native, even for 1 minute. He says he's more confident in his English, but literally his every other sentence sounds a bit unnatural. I'm not hating on the guy - I'm sure he can give good advice on how to get fluent, but in my opinion he is just an average dude who got GOOD at Japanese (and English) - but is he native level? Not even close.
nah hes got a malaysian accent, so it sounds off- personal experience as a malaysian chinese, we can speak 3 languages but are not 'native' in any one of them (chinese- doesnt sound like im from china, english,-doesnt sound like im from UK/US, malay-i dont have the fluent accent for it lololol)
As an american, i disagree with your assessment of his English, its not perfect but near native is definitely an accurate description of his english. His english is gramtically correct, natural, and he speaks pretty fluidly.
@@KoreKaraPodcast they were quality laughs though, not just mere chuckles. when he asked for drama recommendations and raza said idk but I can recommend a podcast... large laugh. worth about 4 chuckles, approximately.
I personally think anyone who didn't learn a language as a small child isn't native. just by definition they aren't. they can be fluent though. it's nothing wrong with being fluent. Being fluent is a huge achievement and tbh someone fluent can definitely be better at their TL than a native speaker. even native speakers make mistakes and pause to figure out what they want to say. I think it's toxic to get people obsessed with trying to be "native".
i think someone can sound exactly like a native in their second language. After all natives were not born good at their native tongue. Were all born without language and acquired it. It was a foreign language to them when they first began as a toddler. But the issue is in replicating the native experience. Most people have lives and can't devote themselves all day everyday to it forever. It's also harder because you have to overcome your first language it gets in the way.
@larrybardwell8461 yeah I guess my problem is people obsessed with sounding like native speakers & some youtubers who capitalize in their insecurities in not being "as good" (not saying this channel does just in general)
I studied Japanese by myself for 6 months then I went to a study abroad program in Japan for 6 months. After that I came back and passed the N1 and continued studying for a bit but nowadays I don’t interact as much with the language as I’m not living there and don’t actually need to use it in my daily life
As he knows by himself, his skill in grasping how the Japanese language sounds is marvellous. I'd tell that he must be a Japanese if I didn't know he's a non-native Japanese speaker.
does anyone think his ability can be attributed to starting at such a young age, ie in the midst of puberty, and his native language being much closer to Japanese than English?
I don't know about his Japanese but his English is damn good. I would totally believe he was American based off of how well he pronounces words and just the flow is right. Literally thought he was until they started talking about Malaysia
I'm gonna smash like button from 2 accounts if you bring Mami from バイリンガルニュース (Bilingual News) to the podcast. She was AJATTing in international school long time before ajatt was even created. They had plenty bilingual or close to native level speakers of Japanese and English in their podcast so they can provide a lots of insights about reaching native like level of fluency.
I would say he's not native level in English unless it's in an accent I'm not familiar with, mostly due to skipping words. This doesn't mean much, I'm sure he's fluent enough to say exactly what he wants. This makes native level pretty pointless imo. Why work on this elusive goal when you could become much better than a mean native at the skills you actually need?
This has been an enjoyable watch! I've been in a slump to brush up my japanese for more than a year now. Now that i'm starting school at a japan's vocational school, i'm trying to find some sort of difference of perspectives or some sort to help build the motivation i once had. 🥲 but now i'm just gonna force myself to start and keep trying. Thank you for the podcast!
