Introduction – Japanese Lesson 1

Learn Japanese at the Japan Society Language Center! For more than 30 years the Japan Society has provided Japanese language education of all levels. Today, …
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As we’re all learning Japanese, we’re bound to encounter many situations where we just won’t understand a word, a phrase or even complete sentences. Even for…
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40 thoughts on “Introduction – Japanese Lesson 1

  1. I knew most of these words from anime, so I feel like watching anime or
    like video games, helps my mouth say these words more fluently.

  2. Omg,I am so passionate about languages,but mainly of Latin and Germanic
    groups, I have never imagined that Japanese was so funny!

  3. just wanted to hear how the Japanese language sounds phonetically…, and I
    so much enjoyed it that I definitively must learn it, even if I’ll have to
    spend the rest of my life on this 

  4. Her teaching is very wonderful! She teaches us Japanese at the same speed
    as native Japanese so that is good for Japanese learners. I praise her as a
    native Japanese person! 

  5. i’ve been watching these so much that i cant speak english i can only right
    enligsh ND I CANT EVEN SPELL THING ROIT

  6. Am I just mishearing, or does Erin pronounce “ki” as “shi”? I noticed it
    twice when she recited that Japanese proverb near the end of the video. Is
    this standard Japanese pronunciation? It rather confused me.

  7. Sou ka is “ah, now I get it” or “ah, now I see” kind of expression, but
    with a slight surprised reaction. naruhodo is more used to agreeing with
    what someone is saying “I see what you mean now” or “I get it now” but
    means that you totally understand what was stated to you. Both mean the
    same basically, but used in slightly different sentences. That’s mostly the
    differences. 🙂

  8. That’s correct. But if you are talking to your Boss or someone older, you
    might not want to use “Naruhodo” to show that you get it or you agree with
    him/her. You’d say Soudesuka if you want to be polite and want to show them
    you understand.

  9. if it’s just ‘hanashite’ it’s please talk/converse. it’s plain without
    something like kudasai, but it’s not a strong imperative like hanase, with
    the ‘e’ ending. or nasai. it’s closer to a request. you can also use that
    ending to form various sentence structures & several other tenses by
    tagging things onto the end! 🙂

  10. I think I said this for the last video, but once again, thank you so much
    for having the kanji and furigana! The way that you break down the
    sentences is really helpful.

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