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I probably should at some point. I am a huge Sumo fan. I would love for you to do a video on Sumo. I find Kanji so interesting. So in today's Juryo matches you had Akua 天空海 vs Churanoumi 美ノ海 whose name has the same kanji 海 at the end which I understand means sea or ocean. So it is weird to me that Akua has that same Kanji but it isn't pronounced umi. I would think learning these would be difficult and having watched several of your videos I see that it is even for native speakers. But even though I have learned all the Japanese I know from Sumo it would be good to be able to understand Japanese commentators and rikishi interviews.
I took Yuta's Japanese course last year, and it was easy to understand and built a great foundation for me. I took JLPT N2 this year and got 178/180. (P.S. I can read kanji as I am from Hong Kong, so that helps with the learning progress. For those who can't read kanji this would probably take a bit longer.) At last, thanks Yuta. You actually taught me real Japanese.
N5 is the basics, N1 is the "most advanced". The JLPT system is definitely very flawed 😅 There's no speaking (or writing) portion, so you could pass while not being able to produce any Japanese of your own. Chinese people have an advantage with the kanji, and are culturally disposed to cram study things, so I've heard about others cases like that where they've passed but can't really use the language. It's gotten bad enough that an N1 certification doesn't mean much on a job application - I think it still means more if you're not Chinese, but it's definitely a problem.
It looks difficult to me..😅even more so if Japanese is not your first language..! All the people who're studying to pass JLPT..Gambatte kudasai. Good luck!✨
Great video! I hope there will be one for N1 questions soon. Really curious to know what Japanese people think about some of the grammar points or Keigo/Vocab that is used in the tests.
I'm glad I got all of them right, but in these exams it is often times quite hard to get the right answer, as multiple choices seem possible. You'll get it right after careful reading and some thinking, but then you might soon run into trouble as the remaining time for the reading section gets closer to the deadline. Add the pressure of wanting to pass the test and it becomes very easy to miss important details. Luckily, you only need about 60% of the answers to be right in order to pass :D
I got all but the first right. With a pretty good base, I can understand a lot with context and stuff, but when I’m just given a random word like that, it’s hit or miss. Honestly never encountered the word 目上 before, and it’s such a simple combination of kanji that the possible meanings are frighteningly plentiful.
I'll pass N2 soon so I tried answering the questions. I just got only one answer wrong so it made me a little more confident but I gotta keep studying, I don't feel ready yet 😬
These were actually fun to try myself. That long text was a pain to read tho, especially since I couldn't even recognise a lot of words I actually know. I actually managed to get three of them right, including the last one. I'm kinda surprised at how much I've progressed considering I was able to read most of everything
That 1st Grader must be reading level ahead of her/his age. I would say 10 year kid can go for N3 level N2 would be some 13 year old 15 year Which is High School would be N1 This is literally certified by their Govt acc to their Kanji level not JLPT base but get the idea. That the child you mentioning must be reading Novels or Light Novel atleast.
The grammar is usually pretty easy for the JH kids, the kanji should be mostly ok, but even my HS age students can struggle on the readings (comparatively). Of course it's not even worth mentioning the listening, except maybe to say that normal people don't really talk like they do on the test.
I guess this shows me that I'm still at N3, I understood like half of the words, but together they didn't really make sense in my head, or maybe I didn't pay enough attention to understanding the sentences
I will probably take the n2 in june 2023, I was thinking about taking n3 but I think I am just above n3 level so with a couple months to work I might be able to do n2, idk will see.
You don’t have to take them in order you can take any level you wish btw and there’s online or in person prep course for 10 weeks prior to testing you can do
Well N2 & N1 is called Advance level. English Advance Level is much tougher believe me. It consists of 98% words which not even a Native ever heard so for a Japanese it's impossible. They literally take grade 5 level exam till they reach High school what do you expect.
I guessed each question right but one (the first of the reading comprehension, although the right answer was my second option), I'm happy considering I took N2 in 2018 n.n About the text, since it was about personality, and I like to study things related to this theme, I agreed with all about that text n.n But I'm surprised some of the interviewed people doubted a little before picking the answer they believed correct :o On December 4th I will be a supervisor for JLPT in my country (Costa Rica), good luck to everyone who will take the test! n_n
I was able to get all the reading comprehension questions correct. but I couldn't get any of the questions before it correct. The grammatical nuance and the words I didn't know,「伺う」「お越しになる」and 「目上」 made them hard, but maybe if I didn't rush I could get them correct. N2 is definitely a test I'd like to pass at some point.
It's not not understanding that's hard for me. It's just that whatever the language may be that I'm reading, every time I see an answer that i THINK is correct, my brain kind of switch off all logic and find out/make up the most bullshit stories to back up what I THINK is right. I really need to fix THAT
Although these question is easy for us (I'm upper-middle ranked university student in Japan), we will be jolly surprised if you answer these question correctly.
There is something called every individual ability is not same as yours. People still need a reference for exam guide to do it properly. So you can't judge on that but yes reading their articles boost your reading speed for sure. But your brain to comprehend is on the individual.
It is so cold to use the last guy’s ignorance to market your lessons. “Did you notice the last guy’s a dumbass who doesn’t read? If you don’t want to be like him, I can teach you the Japanese that real-life Japanese people actually speak!” Lmao
Hmm. It looks like native speakers are having to actually think about these questions a little. They're getting them right pretty consistently, and they're not going "Wow this is super tricky," but they're also not acting like the questions are much too easy to be worth their time. This says to me that a foreigner would likely need to be fluent and literate to do well on this test. Which does make me curious about the N1.
It's not an alphabet. The Chinese character are just symbol you go through it the Japanese Hiragana is to fill words that's how you start to read after getting hang of it.
The girl in the white top looks and sounds like my friend. Though it's hard to tell when shes wearing a mask. I'm going to message her to see if she got picked haha.
@@based9930 scam? lol u people are crazy. anyways japan and asia in general been wearing mask long before covid. whether u have common sense or not, it does lessen the spread of germs if most people actually wear them. it's pointless if only have the population does tho, like in america.
@@humanbean3 the people who are crazy are those walking around terrified with a face diaper on all the time. if you are that afraid of germs then don't leave the house. nobody acted like this until authority told them to.
@@based9930 No one is terrified lol. We are just being considerate for others. For people like you. It doesn't keep you from receiving the germs btw. It only prevents you from spreading them. Can you even comprehend what that means? It means the people wearing masks are doing it for the sake of others. Not themselves.
@@based9930 Also, did you totally ignore what I wrote? Of course you did... I'll say it once more though. Japan has been wearing masks LONG before covid. They've worn them during cold and flu season for decades. Oh, and guess what? They have the lowest rate of airborn illnesses despite being such a dense population. Imagine that.
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I probably should at some point. I am a huge Sumo fan. I would love for you to do a video on Sumo. I find Kanji so interesting. So in today's Juryo matches you had Akua 天空海 vs Churanoumi 美ノ海 whose name has the same kanji 海 at the end which I understand means sea or ocean. So it is weird to me that Akua has that same Kanji but it isn't pronounced umi. I would think learning these would be difficult and having watched several of your videos I see that it is even for native speakers. But even though I have learned all the Japanese I know from Sumo it would be good to be able to understand Japanese commentators and rikishi interviews.
I took Yuta's Japanese course last year, and it was easy to understand and built a great foundation for me. I took JLPT N2 this year and got 178/180.
(P.S. I can read kanji as I am from Hong Kong, so that helps with the learning progress. For those who can't read kanji this would probably take a bit longer.)
At last, thanks Yuta. You actually taught me real Japanese.
I have a Chinese friend who can barely speak Japanese and she passed the N1. JLPT is garbage tbh.
@@endingxtheme N1 seems like just the basics.
N5 is the basics, N1 is the "most advanced".
The JLPT system is definitely very flawed 😅 There's no speaking (or writing) portion, so you could pass while not being able to produce any Japanese of your own. Chinese people have an advantage with the kanji, and are culturally disposed to cram study things, so I've heard about others cases like that where they've passed but can't really use the language.
It's gotten bad enough that an N1 certification doesn't mean much on a job application - I think it still means more if you're not Chinese, but it's definitely a problem.
That is a seriously impressive result. Congratulations! How is your speaking and writing?
Okay being able to read traditional Chinese is basically cheating lol
1:47 The perfect laugh
It looks difficult to me..😅even more so if Japanese is not your first language..!
All the people who're studying to pass JLPT..Gambatte kudasai. Good luck!✨
ありがとうございます
you can't be serious
どうも
i will take the JLPT test tomorrow and the only thing i can say is YAMETE and OCHINCHIN
youre off to a great start, good luck on that test m8
that’s enough for erotic mangas
Ore wa ochinchin ga daisuki nandayo?
大変だよ😂
Dw bro, I am going to take n1 on december and what I can add is 巨乳 and 貧乳
Great video! I hope there will be one for N1 questions soon. Really curious to know what Japanese people think about some of the grammar points or Keigo/Vocab that is used in the tests.
I think there has been one before, but I'm not sure and can't bother to look..
@@huzelstep I'm pretty sure it was done by Yuta himself, the test.
@@tariqplays5826 that's what i meant
I'm glad I got all of them right, but in these exams it is often times quite hard to get the right answer, as multiple choices seem possible. You'll get it right after careful reading and some thinking, but then you might soon run into trouble as the remaining time for the reading section gets closer to the deadline. Add the pressure of wanting to pass the test and it becomes very easy to miss important details. Luckily, you only need about 60% of the answers to be right in order to pass :D
Going to take the N2 test soon and this was pretty easy. All first try without any trouble. Really boosted my confidence. Thanks for sharing!
お疲れ様です
I got all but the first right. With a pretty good base, I can understand a lot with context and stuff, but when I’m just given a random word like that, it’s hit or miss. Honestly never encountered the word 目上 before, and it’s such a simple combination of kanji that the possible meanings are frighteningly plentiful.
「日本人ならN1でも余裕やろ」「このチャンネルの動画に出てくるバラエティ重視の日本人と違って、平均的な日本人なら分かるやろ」と言いたくなる。TwitchとかでN1解いてる配信いくつか見たことあるけどそこにやってくる日本人はみんなほぼ全問分かってたし。
すまないN1だという強烈な先入観が働いていたようだ。
同感。こいつら頭悪すぎて呆れてる
テストするまでもない一般教養だろ
i love how his video gets right into it in just 5 seconds
i’m taking the n2 exam in a few weeks and this just popped up on my feed😭
I'll pass N2 soon so I tried answering the questions. I just got only one answer wrong so it made me a little more confident but I gotta keep studying, I don't feel ready yet 😬
Great video as always Yuta, keep it up 🔥
I passed this December test with but still in doubt that i should study n1 or not.
N1 is so difficult 🥺
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These were actually fun to try myself. That long text was a pain to read tho, especially since I couldn't even recognise a lot of words I actually know. I actually managed to get three of them right, including the last one. I'm kinda surprised at how much I've progressed considering I was able to read most of everything
I'll take N3 in 3 weeks and aside from reading part that I didn't do, I could read the kanji and answer correctly !
よかった。
anyone tried his Japanese courses?
ございました！！！！！
I work in a JHS in Japan and my first graders say that the N2 is EASY 🤣
That 1st Grader must be reading level ahead of her/his age.
I would say 10 year kid can go for N3 level N2 would be some 13 year old 15 year Which is High School would be N1
This is literally certified by their Govt acc to their Kanji level not JLPT base but get the idea.
That the child you mentioning must be reading Novels or Light Novel atleast.
The grammar is usually pretty easy for the JH kids, the kanji should be mostly ok, but even my HS age students can struggle on the readings (comparatively). Of course it's not even worth mentioning the listening, except maybe to say that normal people don't really talk like they do on the test.
New Street Interviews!! c:
I guess this shows me that I'm still at N3, I understood like half of the words, but together they didn't really make sense in my head, or maybe I didn't pay enough attention to understanding the sentences
I will probably take the n2 in june 2023, I was thinking about taking n3 but I think I am just above n3 level so with a couple months to work I might be able to do n2, idk will see.
You don’t have to take them in order you can take any level you wish btw and there’s online or in person prep course for 10 weeks prior to testing you can do
Yuta, I have a question. What is the history of the stroke order of kanji? Is there a difference with the Chinese writing about the stroke order?
In Japanese the stroke order is form up to down and left to right
Modern chinese changed stroke orders of some kanji, so there are some differences with jpn like 左 and 右
stroke order is important when reading cursive style kanji
You should also then give them an English test question at the same level as N2. So, comparing them both.
Well N2 & N1 is called Advance level.
English Advance Level is much tougher believe me. It consists of 98% words which not even a Native ever heard so for a Japanese it's impossible. They literally take grade 5 level exam till they reach High school what do you expect.
@@cc_ppur1334 Thanks for the info
Good way of analyzing.
JLPT is literally really easy for Japanese native speakers😂
にこめなんだけれども
I guessed each question right but one (the first of the reading comprehension, although the right answer was my second option), I'm happy considering I took N2 in 2018 n.n About the text, since it was about personality, and I like to study things related to this theme, I agreed with all about that text n.n
But I'm surprised some of the interviewed people doubted a little before picking the answer they believed correct :o
On December 4th I will be a supervisor for JLPT in my country (Costa Rica), good luck to everyone who will take the test! n_n
It reminds me junior high exams. I hated this but got a full mark this time.
Let's(ﾟ∀ﾟ)go!!
I was able to get all the reading comprehension questions correct. but I couldn't get any of the questions before it correct. The grammatical nuance and the words I didn't know,「伺う」「お越しになる」and 「目上」 made them hard, but maybe if I didn't rush I could get them correct. N2 is definitely a test I'd like to pass at some point.
ちょちょいのちょい
Interesting
Me reading these questions like Ed from Good Burger reading the contract.
Mhmm, mhmm, oh oh, yeah... I know some of these words!
Got everything right yay.
It's not not understanding that's hard for me. It's just that whatever the language may be that I'm reading, every time I see an answer that i THINK is correct, my brain kind of switch off all logic and find out/make up the most bullshit stories to back up what I THINK is right. I really need to fix THAT
Reading seems really difficult.
Are they reading upside down???
外国人として、答えてみて違う😅
Although these question is easy for us (I'm upper-middle ranked university student in Japan), we will be jolly surprised if you answer these question correctly.
I think this is good speech.
You heard it here first. Read your Japanese books and pass JLPT. Don't need to waste money on superfluous things. Ahem*
There is something called every individual ability is not same as yours.
People still need a reference for exam guide to do it properly.
So you can't judge on that but yes reading their articles boost your reading speed for sure.
But your brain to comprehend is on the individual.
Whoa this guy grew his beard. Most Japanese people are clean shaven… nice look to switch things up a bit 😮
The JLPT is so outdated
It is so cold to use the last guy’s ignorance to market your lessons. “Did you notice the last guy’s a dumbass who doesn’t read? If you don’t want to be like him, I can teach you the Japanese that real-life Japanese people actually speak!” Lmao
3:43 totsugeki?
Hmm. It looks like native speakers are having to actually think about these questions a little. They're getting them right pretty consistently, and they're not going "Wow this is super tricky," but they're also not acting like the questions are much too easy to be worth their time. This says to me that a foreigner would likely need to be fluent and literate to do well on this test. Which does make me curious about the N1.
確かに、日本語ネイティブの私にとっては、これらの問題は簡単でした。英語ネイティブの皆さんも同じなのでしょう。
I failed this test so hard. Prob would have done better if I just slept through it
Can Japaneses people read upside down? Why didn’t they turn the paper around? I wouldn’t be able to solve anything like that.
It's not an alphabet.
The Chinese character are just symbol you go through it the Japanese Hiragana is to fill words that's how you start to read after getting hang of it.
結構、簡単だったね。N1の方がむずい。特に理科のテキストがでると
日本人さえも間違える雰囲気
"If you can read Japanese, JLPT is easy, so let me teach you how real-life Japanese people actually write."
Wait, that's not what he said?
The girl in the white top looks and sounds like my friend. Though it's hard to tell when shes wearing a mask. I'm going to message her to see if she got picked haha.
So ? Is she her in the video?
いちこめなんだけれども
All masked outside, sigh...
It is really getting pathetic how tightly people are hanging onto this scam.
@@based9930 scam? lol u people are crazy. anyways japan and asia in general been wearing mask long before covid. whether u have common sense or not, it does lessen the spread of germs if most people actually wear them. it's pointless if only have the population does tho, like in america.
@@humanbean3 the people who are crazy are those walking around terrified with a face diaper on all the time. if you are that afraid of germs then don't leave the house. nobody acted like this until authority told them to.
@@based9930 No one is terrified lol. We are just being considerate for others. For people like you. It doesn't keep you from receiving the germs btw. It only prevents you from spreading them. Can you even comprehend what that means? It means the people wearing masks are doing it for the sake of others. Not themselves.
@@based9930 Also, did you totally ignore what I wrote? Of course you did... I'll say it once more though. Japan has been wearing masks LONG before covid. They've worn them during cold and flu season for decades. Oh, and guess what? They have the lowest rate of airborn illnesses despite being such a dense population. Imagine that.
Interesting