Guess The REAL JAPANESE
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- I challenged the idea of what it means to be Japanese by inviting 5 "foreigners" and one Japanese person to see if my friend Harukaze could figure out who the "real" Japanese person is!
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Did the results turn out how you thought they would? What do you think it means to “belong” to a certain culture?
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Basically she would be correct whoever she chose, I love the message at the end of the video, nice one :)
Hopefully a lot of Japanese people see this video and learn from it. It should be shown in schools all across Japan.
In Japan, if you’re parents are foreigner, but you’re born in Japan, you’re still not classed as Japanese, but the girl was born and raised in Japan which would make her Japanese to me. Granted, I’m from England where birth grants you instant British nationality. The rules work differently on different places.
She was BORN and grew up there. She's Japanese. But to answer, if you grew up your whole life there and feel at home in the culture, it is your culture. Sincerely, a Hong Konger. We have a lot of people who started out somewhere else, came for a while, and never left. The question is where do you feel more at home.
A Ray of Light
But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love.
-Nehemiah 9:17
Even in the mess Samson had made of his life, even though the Philistines had captured him and blinded him, there was a little ray of light.
The Bible says, “But before long, his hair began to grow back” (Judges 16:22)
What is this verse saying? It’s telling us there is hope, even if we have failed.
As Samson’s hair began to grow, his strength returned. However, Samson’s strength was not in his long hair. Rather, it was in his commitment to God. His hair symbolized a vow he had taken as a Nazirite. And his hair was returning.
One night when the Philistines were having a drunken feast to their false god, someone came up with the idea of dragging out the sightless Samson to make fun of him. So, they brought Samson from the prison into a big party where Philistines were engaging in debauchery and the worship of a false god.
Meanwhile, Samson said to the young servant who was leading him, “Place my hands against the pillars that hold up the temple. I want to rest against them” (verse 26)
So, the servant did as Samson had asked.
Then the Bible tells us, “Samson prayed to the Lord, ‘Sovereign Lord, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.’ Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands, he prayed, ‘Let me die with the Philistines’ ”
(verse 28-30)
Samson pushed with all his might, and the temple where they were came crashing down. As it turned out, Samson killed more Philistines that day than he had during his entire life of fighting them on the battlefield.
In contrast to the life of Samson, the Bible tells the story of another young man who experienced sexual temptation. His name was Joseph. The Bible says he was good-looking and well-built, and his employer’s wife constantly tried to seduce him. She also was about as subtle as Delilah.
In fact, she said, “Come and sleep with me” (Genesis 39:7)
But Joseph resisted her, saying, “My master trusts me with everything in his entire household. No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God”
(verses 8-9)
But one day she decided to do whatever she could to make this happen. She sent her servants outside, grabbed Jospeh, and pulled him down on the bed. So, Joseph did what any smart person should do in a similar circumstance. He ran. And he ran fast.
That is what we need to do when we’re faced with temptation.
But even when we mess up, even when we have failed, God gives second chances. Do you need a second chance? Do you want to get up and try again? God can give you a second chance today.
I agree with Harukaze about Sasha being Japanese, she should for sure be considered Japanese. Also would have been interesting to see some information on each participant like if they were born in Japan or for how many years they have livied in Japan
They are all 'Japanese' lol
Linguistically native level for all of them, I've been using the language 30 years and to me they are natives, I'm just very fluent (been fluent 25 years) and sometimes told I'm native but they were a notch above me.
nah the first girl especially was clearly a foreigner her accent was very off
@@phen-themoogle7651 1 and 7 were definitely not native; you can hear them mess up the intonation quite a few times. 3 said 'oya' kinda weird so that gave it away and 4's pronunciation of 'anime' was a little off. 2 could've passed as a native but it felt like 5 and 6 sounded more native. 5 and 6 definitely sounded the most native (because they are lol) but everyone except 1 and 7 could've easily been mistaken for a native speaker.
Edit: 4 was apparently raised in Japan from age 5 so the way he said 'anime' was probably the way kansai people say it and not him butchering the pronounciation.
Naw. Your country of origin is of great importance in terms of identity
@@zeddo-kun girl was literally born and raised in Japan, therefore Japan is her country of origin. Her parents may be immigrants from other countries and that is for sure part of her identity because of how they bring her up or what languages they teach her, etc, but that shouldn't make her not Japanese for whatever reason
Would've been nice to have short interviews with each of the other contestants throoughout to get to know how they learned japanese as well
Love the idea! We shot 1 on 1 interviews but unfortunately had audio issues :(
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A Ray of Light
But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love.
-Nehemiah 9:17
Even in the mess Samson had made of his life, even though the Philistines had captured him and blinded him, there was a little ray of light.
The Bible says, “But before long, his hair began to grow back” (Judges 16:22)
What is this verse saying? It’s telling us there is hope, even if we have failed.
As Samson’s hair began to grow, his strength returned. However, Samson’s strength was not in his long hair. Rather, it was in his commitment to God. His hair symbolized a vow he had taken as a Nazirite. And his hair was returning.
One night when the Philistines were having a drunken feast to their false god, someone came up with the idea of dragging out the sightless Samson to make fun of him. So, they brought Samson from the prison into a big party where Philistines were engaging in debauchery and the worship of a false god.
Meanwhile, Samson said to the young servant who was leading him, “Place my hands against the pillars that hold up the temple. I want to rest against them” (verse 26)
So, the servant did as Samson had asked.
Then the Bible tells us, “Samson prayed to the Lord, ‘Sovereign Lord, remember me again. O God, please strengthen me just one more time. With one blow let me pay back the Philistines for the loss of my two eyes.’ Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands, he prayed, ‘Let me die with the Philistines’ ”
(verse 28-30)
Samson pushed with all his might, and the temple where they were came crashing down. As it turned out, Samson killed more Philistines that day than he had during his entire life of fighting them on the battlefield.
In contrast to the life of Samson, the Bible tells the story of another young man who experienced sexual temptation. His name was Joseph. The Bible says he was good-looking and well-built, and his employer’s wife constantly tried to seduce him. She also was about as subtle as Delilah.
In fact, she said, “Come and sleep with me” (Genesis 39:7)
But Joseph resisted her, saying, “My master trusts me with everything in his entire household. No one here has more authority than I do. He has held back nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How could I do such a wicked thing? It would be a great sin against God”
(verses 8-9)
But one day she decided to do whatever she could to make this happen. She sent her servants outside, grabbed Jospeh, and pulled him down on the bed. So, Joseph did what any smart person should do in a similar circumstance. He ran. And he ran fast.
That is what we need to do when we’re faced with temptation.
But even when we mess up, even when we have failed, God gives second chances. Do you need a second chance? Do you want to get up and try again? God can give you a second chance today.
Pretty sure they were all actually raised in Japan
@@雀-t6cAbi was raised in the Midwest USA. She moved to Japan at age 17.
When the real Japanese aaid "hai" for no reason, I burst out laughing.
That would be the biggest sign for me who would be the real Japanese
I would say that too since "hai" is the only word that i could say when other words are too difficult to explain precisely
The way he said it right off and continued to was hilarious and made the others feel overly perfected
Only japanese i know is from anime and my accent is so thick i'd be out in 0.2 seconds.
@@Andytlpnani? baka
as a japanese person, I do think that even though the others were really good at japanese that classic japanese behaviour such as saying "hai" is kind of a giveaway. Then again the other contestants could of studied prior to speak more like that
Harukaze thank you so much for saying what you said about Sasha being Japanese. My kids were born in Sapporo and most of their lives have been in Japan, we left Japan about a year ago and they still identify as a Japanese and have troubles identifying to their passport countries. My oldest especially, he went to school in Japan and the keeps telling me he is Japanese. That love and connection to their "home" is impossible to erase and it breaks my heart that anyone would tell them they are not Japanese. They don't have the passport, but their heart and soul is strongly shaped by the country they grew up in.
I wonder why they don't have the passport if they are born there, its one of the best passports in the world
@@Handle0108 Japan doesn’t do duel citizenship beyond age 21 I think, and they don’t have birthright citizenship like the USA and other countries do. We had to report our children’s birth to our home countries to get them citizenship there. My understanding is that both our home countries would have to deny our children (born in Japan) citizenship in order for Japan to even consider giving them citizenship.
wow, its really that difficult?! but I would have to believe that its at least worth a try given how attached the kids are to Japan, and if they really want to live there in the future permanently and smoothly. @@lifeofvix
@@lifeofvix Still difficult to believe that's how Japan does citizenship. Most other countries will give you citizenship if you have legally resided there for several years. That sucks.
@@DynamicalisBlue that's the only way to preserve their culture unlike we do in europe
I appreciate the effort to find everyone who are SO native on their accent. It actually made the challenge difficult.
There isn't a difference in speech between an ethnic Japanese person who was born and raised in Japan and a non-ethnic Japanese person who was also born and raised in Japan so someone like Sasha should just be counted as a Japanese in a challenge like this.
In my view, if you have the mindset and way of life of Japanese people, you can be Japanese. But what many people confuse with is ethnicity and nationality so it’s probably better to ask are you ethnically Japanese or not. (Then of course you have situations where I’m half Japanese and I don’t know if I’m Japanese or not. It’s actually pretty funny how just by ”being” Japanese, I’ll be percieved as Japanese but by ”being” my other half, I’ll be percieved as the other nationality)
@@tenacious_takakumi2680Well, you just you're half so your category is half
@user-pd9ju5dk5s no human is half, he is fully japanese and fully whatever else. That's not how genetics and humana work, even tho it's a common way of linguistically expressing it, no one is really "half"
@@Volzotran Yes, that is how geenetics works. Roughly half and half from your parents, ya dolt 😂
@@Volzotran Yes, that is how geenetics works. Roughly half and half from your parents, ya dolt 😂
The people that were born and raised in Japan should just be counted as a Japanese since they learned Japanese the same way 'real' Japanese people learned it.
japenese people dont think that way though,so it dont really matter what we think, we should respect they way of thinking (youre only japanese by blood)
@@jit085 I'm just speaking from the context of this video. Sasha was born and raised in Japan and grew up speaking Japanese so her Japanese is just as fluent as the 'real' Japanese person so there's really no way to tell who sounds more native.
@@chippukumikyoku7267 I guess sometimes even if you're born in Japan, having non-Japanese parents can give you a slight accent or different common sense. Like, I was born in Australia, but since my parents are Japanese, I watched a lot of Japanese TV at home, and sometimes don't relate to TV shows others grew up with.
in japan citizenship is by blood, so technically american-born japanese people are japanese but japanese-born people who are not ethnically japanese are not legally citizens of japan or japanese.
@@dreadformer It's not about ethnicity, it's about nationality.
A child shall, in any of the following cases, be a Japanese national:
(1) When, at the time of its birth, the father or the mother is a Japanese national;
(2) When the father who died prior to the birth of the child was a Japanese national at the time of his death;
(3) When both parents are unknown or have no nationality in a case where the child is born in Japan.
I’m a Brazilian who was born and raised in Japan too, and I fell sad when people says I’m not Japanese cuz, I lived my whole life in Japan and my first language is Japanese. I feel you Sasha 🤍🤍
you just admitted you're not japanese
@@overbored617she has japanese citizenship. So she is japanese, but does not have japanese ethnicity.
I was born abroad as well, where I live in Europe if I were to say that I am not "from this european country" people would get upset at me and acuse me of not intergrating well enough, because I was born here. So I guess it also depends on the country I suppose
@overbored617 there's nationality and ethnicity. I wish english had different words for a person who is ethnically from versus nationality but it doesn't. So yes she is Japanes and at the same time not Japanese 😅
@@overbored617 it’s hard to born in a country and automatically be from another country…💔 It isn’t easy to understand this, but I believe a lot of people feels what I feel🙏
I can see why you feel bad. But on the other hand if they allow all foreigners to be considered Japanese and bring in a sudden surge of immigrants who all suddenly claim to be Japanese after integrating… then Japan isn’t really Japan anymore. The citizens will have no historic connection to the land
Honored to be in this video! What I want to say to everyone studying Japanese is that your second language does not need to be perfect or “native” to be valid. Never feels bad about your level or your process!❤
その言語が母国語じゃないと完璧に話せることは現実的じゃないし、どれだけ上手くても、どれだけ語彙力があるとしても、些細な発音の間違いだけでネイティブじゃないとすぐバレます！
完全にネイティブじゃなくても、完璧じゃなくても、外国語で流暢に話せることさえもすごいことだよ！！とみんなに伝えたいです❤
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いやいや、日本人の俺からすれば、それだけネイティブにしゃべられると、君たちが日本人にしか見えないし、逆に外国の人とは思えない。
Great video!
I wonder if most of the 'foreigners' were actually born in Japan and the whole idea of this was to teach us not to judge someone by their appearance. In that case they are all real Japanese.
It would have been cool if the Kyoto guy knew that and so he purposely let Sasha win to prove a point.
if that was the case they would’ve went into it at the end. Sasha is actually Japanese so it’s understandable the Kyoto guy lost since the judge was also from Sapporo like Sasha. You’re not giving Sasha enough credit. She is actually Japanese, I don’t know why they made it seem like she wasn’t in this video.
The conversation at the end is really important. There's a lot of Japanese people who don't "look Japanese" so they tend to be treated like "foreigner" by other Japanese people. But the end is correct, she is Japanese, she grew and lived in Sapporo. She is Japanese regardless of where her parents are from and what they look like. It's a shame this is still an issue in Japan in 2024.
Ofc we have a white colonizer trying to mansplain Japanese identity lmaoo
true kinda sucks
It's not that simple, in some countries, you need to have "native blood" to be considered a national. I'm not saying I agree with that, just stating a fact. It's called "ius sanguinis"
@@KarlMarxBR700 And you don't think that's a problem? Because it sounds pretty discriminatory to me.
@@avsambartyeah that's racism 😢
日本人の見分け方
7:18
でスゥーー
って無駄に伸ばしちゃう
めっちゃ分かる😂
分かるw
これめっちゃ思ったわｗ
後最後に「はい、、はい、、」って言うのって日本人なんだなぁって思ったw
なるほどw 確かに日本人だわ
Lol that shouldn't have even counted, Sapporo girl was actually Japanese!! I was thinking everyone except Kyoto-san was gaikokujin. Damn, maybe if I was Japanese myself I would've suspected she was native from the start.
true, if you're born and raised in japan, you're japanese no matter your ancestry
it's not like she can just travel to brazil and instantly be a citizen there solely because she's not actually brazilian; her ancestral country wont even accept her fakeness
but she's definitely a japanese citizen solely due to place of birth; otherwise she's stateless as both her parents arent even from the same country
10:45 "nihonjin dayo!~" sent me hahahaha
Love seeing Ananya in all these collabs with Japanese content creators. First Takashii, now Jesse! And omg! ABI! I love her TikTok content!
...Wait, so she was born and raised in Japan, went away a few years, then got back? So... the question wasn't who is japanese, but who is biologically japanese? Quite a diffrence.
More so ethnically Japanese
@@StephJ0seph genetically japanese
@@GloriaTheAnimator States do not have genetics....
If a tiger is raised by bears, is it then a bear?
Most people define their nationality by race, more than anything else. I'm a Swede, but if I was born in Japan, I would simply be a Swede born in Japan, or a Swedish-Japanese person (whatever you wanna call it). I would at least NOT be Japanese.
@@bumbelbop411 i think its what the question is asking, culturallly japanese, or biologicaly, i think only culturally maatters, biologically matters is just racism
Would have loved to see more of the ethnic Japanese person’s reaction😂 such a touching and surprisingly deep philosophical ending. Very cool.
Love this video. I recently moved away from Japan and I miss it so much. This brought me a lot of joy and hope to return in the future ❤ also, Sasha is definitely Japanese and Haru did a great job narrowing everyone down!
日本で育ってたらもう日本人よ笑笑
ほんとにそれな！ほんとの日本人ってどゆこと？ってなった
@@野菜たそまじそう思った。まー日本語ペラペラだったらもうそれで日本人かな？笑
ないです
When the lady said you are Japanese to the foreign lady I burst into tears 😭, it's hard when you are born in Japan to non Japanese parents then someone comes along telling you to go home to your own country. Thank you mam I am proud. 🇯🇵
Female relationship works differently to that of male's. I think you need to toughen up. How about being treated as a tourist? Is that acceptable for you?
Accents aside, their grammar and placement of words is all perfect they already speak Japanese better than tons of actual Japanese people 😂
I can tell from the pronunciation that some are not Japanese.
Actually, non-Japanese all had accent or pitch peculiarities. It isn’t too hard to distinguish.
Man this was so fun to watch! It's so interesting to look for those super-subtle tells. Interesting thing to look at: the Japanese guy saying かぶっちゃうんですけど at 3:32. His んですけど sounds kind of like "nasaya", which is off, but it's off in a very natural way. I think it's the kind of pronunciation flub that you'd only make if you have a Japanese accent and are speaking confidently. For me that would be a sign that he's absolutely Japanese. Then again, I obviously have confirmation bias watching this! So I might be talking complete nonsense.
ALSO, the girl talking about how she realized what's amazing about Japan when she studied abroad was beautiful. I thought she was just an extremely good actress (and a completely perfect Japanese speaker) because that's exactly what my Japanese friends have said in the fast. But it turns out she was just giving her honest feelings!
That’s very interesting that it sounded that way to you. I thought I heard every single letter, but now that you say it, it's a bit blurred. I think he did flub though, because it's the first time I thought his dialect came out. The guesser asked for a heavy Kansai dialect, but I thought his dialect slipped out a couple times in the video lol.
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I wanna hear stories from the other foreigners! They were all so good!
The guy from Kyoto could have ended the contest in a second by fully answering the challenge when he was asked to speak in Kansai dialect (really hard even for native Japanese to fake that dialect if they're not really from there). But I wonder if maybe he was holding back from fully answering because he didn't want to "reveal" himself in this contest or else maybe he really was just shy to be put on the spot. But anyway, good job by him and everyone.
kyoto has its own dialect separate from the kansai accent that people in osaka speak. its very different
@@andiiiiiiiiii You make an excellent point, and thank you for your feedback. As an American that lived in Osaka and other Kansai areas, I would still view the Kyoto dialect as one type of Kansai dialect, but yeah, probably Japanese people are aware that the Osaka dialect is the one that most people think of when they imagine "Kansai dialect", so this guy from Kyoto in this video may have been a little uncomfortable and unsure about whether to answer in the Kyoto dialect or to try more general Kansai phrases that are also used in Osaka and other Kansai areas as well.
@@MusicFanOnline i could be misreading but, it seems to me more like he legitimately didn't have much practice speaking like an osakan, and interpreted the question as testing to see if he could speak with that particular accent.
thats awesome that u lived in osaka though. i'm studying hyoujungo but osaka is infinitely more appealing than other places in japan so far
@@andiiiiiiiiii Yeah, it could be what you said. When I mentioned in my previous comment about him being "uncomfortable". I was thinking about the same possibility that you mentioned about him not being that comfortable in speaking like someone from Osaka as opposed to the Kyoto dialect which is more familiar for him.
Yeah, I studied hyoujungo first, too, and then got a job teaching English in Wakayama just outside of Osaka. Then I moved to Osaka later.
@@MusicFanOnline 結構すごいですね！なかなかうらやましいが、僕もそのうち日本に行くつもりです
ちなみに、もうわかってるかも知れないが、僕もアメリカ人です＾＾
that was some big brain move right there. the kansai guy tricked her into thinking he doesn’t speak the kansai dialect that much even though it’s the otherwise so she would eliminate him hahaha. i love the video so entertaining !
kyoto accent =/= kansai accent
@andiiiiiiiii kyoto is inin the kansai region
@@karkador it is but it's still not really the same. thats like someone saying "do an american accent" while the person being asked has a louisiana accent. you would assume they mean a midwestern or californian accent. look up kyoto vs osaka accent and you'll see what i mean (osaka is colloquially what people mean when they say kansai)
１と７は分かりやすい
確かに。発音だけで分かる
この企画、本当の「日本人」の定義完全に履き違えてるよね？あとHibikiさんより純粋な日本人の見た目してるのが両親外国人のSashaさんという皮肉よ。
The bilingual subs is a very nice touch!
最初の自己紹介で半分くらいには絞れるけど、それにしても皆さん日本語上手すぎますよ！
you could reverse it also, "who is not japanese"
Great job, Jesse! Although it would have been fun and interesting to interview the Kyoto guy too.
Amazing country with an amazing people. I was so close to visiting Japan at one point myself. I had experience with modeling and in late 2015 I was in contact with Capcom about the facial likeness role of Leon for the Resident Evil 2 Remake. I failed to mention I also have a voice acting background, in the end I lost the part and I can't forgive myself for wasting such an opportunity. That would've been a real dream come true to visit this place.
What an awesome showing. Please do another intro at the end so we can learn everyones real background, i think thats the most interesting part.
Ok, yes, Sasha even bowed when Haru was blindfolded! Her mannerisms and hand movements are even Japanese. Her cadence is awesome - if I closed my eyes, she sounds native to me!
画面を見ずに、”転職活動をしております”と聞いた瞬間すぐ”ひびき’だとわかった！w
いやぁ、素晴らしかった。みんなめっちゃ日本語うまいわ。7番の方って最後の方だけ少し訛りが出てきちゃって… 私もハーフで幼い頃から日本語も英語も話してるんですけど、時々緊張しちゃうと日本語話してる時に謎の訛りが出てきて「えっ、なんで？？」って思うんだけど、もしかしてそれと同じようなものな^^； とても面白い企画でした、ありがとうございます。 Great video. As others have mentioned, I'd love it if you could maybe do a follow up video with everyone because I'd love to know more about them and their journey with learning Japanese. Cheers.
I would kinda pinpoint who was Japanese pretty easily. Japanese guy has very standard Japanese voice.
As real Japanese, I can say Sasha is turely Japanese. She doesn’t have only perfect pronunciations but also perfect Japanese rhythm her speaking in Japanese, behavior. And I totally agree with Haru’s opinion she’s Japanese cuz she grew up, got education and mind in Japan.
From Urban Dictioinary:
real:
_"Often used by someone to describe themselves as "genuine" or "authentic". It is perhaps the most overused and generic word in current use, rendering it almost meaningless. Browse any personals advertisements and every other person who lacks a sufficiently descriptive vocabulary will describe themselves as "real"."_
I am for real.
by A May 20, 2004
@@takeshikodama5671 何言ってんのお前
@@nba_young_j8022
You're simping too much. Sasha is the last one standing, right? The two had a little exchange and I'm fine with the explanation of her identity. You on the other hand is obsessed with the word 'real' because you're reacting too much to the title of the video.
--"As real Japanese, I can say Sasha is turely Japanese."
My reply was meant as criticism. Regardless of who you claim to be, you can technically say what you've just said here. It's more about knowledge, experiences, and analysis. I wouldn't be disregarding opinions of others over yours. You're stating your opinion as if you have better truth claim than others.
--"She doesn’t have only perfect pronunciations but also perfect Japanese rhythm her speaking in Japanese, behavior."
I'm as Japanese as I can be on this particular technical aspect of the language. The premise of the game is, there are 6 foreigners who are "fluent" in Japanese and one "fully" Japanese. The fact remains that the Japanese guy also speaks what you call 'perfect' Japanese. (You also need to understand the meaning of double quotations in English language.) The word 'behavior' could be replaced with 'mannerism' but I'm also interested in behaviorism aspect of human psychology. Did you also mean to say perfect behavior??
--"And I totally agree with Haru’s opinion she’s Japanese cuz she grew up, got education and mind in Japan."
Nothing you said reflect that you're really agreeing with Haru.
basically(adverb):
_"This is the word you use when you want to explain something but don't actually have any depth of knowledge. Just say 'basically' a whole bunch and everyone will still think you're super smart and thank you for shielding them from potentially complex concepts."_
(Haru said "She's basically Japanese? ......")
You just took the easy route. Maybe there was no careful consideration for the creator of this video when you wrote that comment. Jess's pinned comment asks, What do you think it means to "belong" to a certain culture?
*You're agreeing without adding much of your opinion except your entitlement.*
--「何言ってんのお前」
This is typical Japanese nonsense. This speaks for his immaturity and the lack of education, imagination etc.
Sasha talked about her parents. I'm guessing her dad's side is Roman Catholic and her mom's side is Orthodox Christian. She may not be a believer but I'm sure her parents' influence is based on Abrahamic value judgment. Someone like her desires the sense of belonging and that's understandable. And someone like you giving her the stamp of approval seems quite lame to me.
"...cuz she got her mind in Japan"? That's the world of metaphysics meaning it is independent of geolocation. You could say humans are products of culture and environment but that leaves out the question of religion/spirituality as well as nature vs nurture debate.
She's admitting that she's not 100% Japanese at heart. But in your eyes, she's truly Japanese. Haru also said, if you think you're Japanese, you should identify as Japanese. None of you are clearly defining it, let alone agreeing with one another on logical and rational ground. If you just think you're a woman inside, then should the society treat you as a woman?
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 just went into effect on April 1st. A guy like Jess complains about people with different opinions.
*Try to read your own comment backwards and forget your subjectivity.* And then your ideas/thoughts become real as in deductively valid. Since I try not to be a moral relativist, I use different approach such as non-cognitive ethical model and/or typical believers' objective moral stance to understand others.
“... when one buys a pair of shoes, one is buying three things, the right shoe, the left shoe and the pair.”
What am I saying? Your guess is as good as mine!
@@takeshikodama5671 Try to read your own comment backwards - and you will understand that you are an arrogant biggot.
as someone who is Japanese, everyone's Japanese was really good, but within seconds i was amazed with Sasha's accent, or lack thereof. Sasha and and the actual Japanese guys had all the nuances to perfection, i wouldn't of been able to tell. they had very small tells in the answers and accent. this was a really good challenge! (Sasha is totally Japanese though, ETHNICALLY she is not, but she's 100% Japanese)
I had so much fun watching this, I love it.
She's too kind. It's obvious. You could tell immediately without seeing the video, except sasha because she grew up in Japan
How were the others obvious? I’m just curious since it wasn’t as obvious to me
@@cesar5666 The way they talk, words they use, and pronunciation specially.
In the case of Sasha, I don't consider her to be Japanese because I'm a firm believer that your DNA is part of what makes you French, Japanese, German, etc. However, because she grew up in Japan and her vocal chords are similar to Japanese people, she really does sound Japanese.
@@user-ge5oe9oo2kBased on your belief, only America accepts people that is why it’s immigration destination.
@@user-ge5oe9oo2k How could DNA make you French? With all the mixing of people for thousands of years nobody is 100% of anything. There is no way to biologically determine if someone is French or German. Your lack of rationality and knowledge of humans wandering the earth demonstrates your limitations.
It's fun to see the dynamics. I liked the loyalty between the people in the line. All the people in the line are trying to get the Japanese girl to pick wrong! The non-Japanese are trying to get her to choose them, and the Japanese guy is trying to get her to eliminate him. So that when she finally made the wrong choice, he gave the thumbs-up sign to the non-Japanese girl! Also, I felt he might have been trying to get her to believe he was a non-Japanese by saying it was "too hard" for him to speak in the Kyoto-accent.
She guessed really well, and in the end she was correct
I thought it was a pity "Tomoka" got eliminated so quickly, her japanese accent was quite good. And surprised "Ayaka" lasted so long, I thought her accent was pretty obvious.
Ya ahaha, her pitch and word elongation was off
This may be a mean comment but it did continue to surprise me how long it took her to be eliminated as well, I guess the contrast got obvious enough when she was speaking side to side with two native people?
Tomoka's answers gave her away not her accent.
i just love watching different people from various nationalities and races sharing their admiration for a languege and culture
Really cool vid! I would love to hear the stories of the other contestants. Why is their Japanese so good? Are there any language learners among them? (like learned it after 16 for example)
Or who speaks Japanese for the shortest time?
Their accents are all so good. I couldn’t tell. They must all be born there or moved to Japan when young.
If you grew up listening to japanese (not anime), it's pretty easy to identify which ones have mixed accents.
The hard ones were the last two, which are the only ones that grew up in Japan..
Fun video! They were all really good! But I think Harukaze was either too kind or trying to play her role because even I could tell the accent of the rest of the people😅 But Sasha is def Japanese. I could tell by listening to the way she speaks, not only her accent but things like using ‘jibun’ instead of ‘watashi’ etc. Loved the way she speaks ❤ (and I’m probably a little jealous too as a non-native Jp speaker 😅)
Only in japan can you be born and raised in the country but still considered a foreigner lol.
fun watch!
(and yes there's a couple other places e.g., China where this is true as well)
I feel like that would just suck for the most part.
that because your half japanese
The soul is japanese but the looks arent
@@Mnguyen92 its still half you can never be full
Umm, that's pretty much the case in every homogeneous society. China, South Korea, India, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Mongolia etc hell even here in Eastern Europe nobody would consider you as the "local" if you were, let's say, an Asian born and raised here. Japan isn't the only country on this planet...
I looove these videos of 'foreigners' speaking languages at near (or literally at) native level. It's just so amazing! I learned Japanese in highschool (part time) and I probably only remember barely 100 words! lol
The girl trying to guess who is Japanese, grew up outside of Japan, so it was always going to be difficult for her anyway!
I'm from Ishikawa and living in Kyoto. The kyoto guy is the most high level kyoto person. Ya'll have no idea lol. The kansaiben made me laugh cause kyoto people also don't use it much lol
That was a really wholesome ending. I think it was great that the ethnically non-japanese but still "japanese" person was chosen because its important to talk about the subject of inclusivity in other cultures despite different DNA.
Wow, this was really entertaining! Seriously, from beginning to end, she was nailing them each!
I'm a bit amazed by how good Sasha was, but I definitely knew it was the guy from Kyoto that was Japanese by how good he sounded like.
Huh? Did you not watch the video? Sasha was born and raised in Japan so her speaking Japanese like the Kyoto guy is pretty normal 😅
サーシャさんの日本語、全てが自然すぎる…!!日本人の私が聞いても、日本人としか思えない😂
W video idk why I'm so addicted to this channel
This is a great video! I think the guy from Kyoto who might actually think Sasha is a real Japanese too, the responses and answers from her are so on point
My god... what a dream would be to speak japanese like them... But if most of them were born and raised in japan and japanese is their native language, then this challenge is unfair.
Hibiki’s difficulty busting out the Kansai Ben was interesting. If someone asked me to talk like I do with hometown friends, I don’t think I’d be able to do it, or it would sound artificial. But if I start talking to someone from my hometown I notice a bunch of pronunciations and expressions just naturally emerging.
My son was born in Japan, speaks Japanese and identifies as Japanese, it's sad to see when the Japanese say he's a foreigner even though he's never left Japan
Is he biracial?
Did you mean ethnic mix? Because for me there is only one race, human race.
Bilingual here - as a person who was raised in a similar situation, but overseas, people have often reassured me that I'm either Japanese or foreign, like it's meant to be a compliment. I feel that identity is a complex thing and it's not up to others to tell us what we should identify as - I think it's really up to the person themselves based on how they feel, and for others to support it. We definitely get a unique sense of our bicultural values, perspectives, opinions and expectations, and which country (if any) we identify more with as we grow up. eg. I personally identify as a melange of both. My vocab range is wider in English, I can debate/explain things better in english, but I can express my feelings better in Japanese and relate to with my family (and therefore feel closer to anyone) in Japanese. In the case of people who have emigrated to a country then learned the language, I get the impression it's a slightly different case in general - there is a clearer sense of their home country as their origin that never really leaves them.
I agree that she should be considered Japanese! I was born and raised in Australia, but dont have a fully Australian accent, am ethnically Asian and wouldn’t necessarily say i have “Australian personality traits” but i would whole heartedly say Im Australian :’) no “consideration” needed
Maybe it's enough for Australia but Japan is not so cheap...
But in her case, if she gets naturalized (I am confident she would be successful in the process), despite the different ethnical background I am sure that most of the Japanese would welcome her as a fellow citizen. That said, having 0% Japanese blood, ethnically speaking she cannot be part of the Japanese ethnicity. But potentially her children will
Yes! I knew it would come down to accents. Most non-first language speakers learn the standard Kanto dialect and by noticing someone speaking naturally with a different accent it's quite clear they are from the area. Like at 12:44 the "ko to ba" intonation goes from high-low (high-low) as opposed to low-high (Kanto).
Quite similar to if this was done in English and someone had an authentic Manchester accent it would be easy to single out. And Manny accent isn't popularly faked anyways too as opposed to something like Cockney.
wouldve loved for her to have seen and interacted with all of them at the end too. youre making great content man keep it up
This video has no right to be as entertaining as it is lol. Some of these people are so funny
I was truly entertained! Thanks
一番最初に見たアニメでアンパンマンと忍たま乱太郎挙げてる人たちはかなり幼少の頃から日本にいると思う。
ポケモンより長くやってるアニメで、なおかつ小さい子向けのものだから。
ポケモンの対象年齢になるまでアニメを見ずに日本で幼少期を過ごすのかなり難しくないか？と思う。
日本人の方は話してる中に「はい」って言葉がさりげなく入ってることが多いから、そこでわかりやすいかも🤔
I think so, too.
マジで話し方がちょっと変だったからさ、結局アウトされたのよ
Ahh I'm 3 months late, but what a fun video Jesse. I need footage of the reveal where Harukaze meets/sees the people she eliminated as well!
I mean, Japanese isn't only about race but about nationality, no? Like, I'm asian, I wasn't born but I lived a few years of my childhood in Japan and still people consider me japanese. But honestly, if I saw someone like Sasha, who has the same roots, who knows fluently the language and who was BORN in Japan, I'd look at her as one of my fellows, yknow?
She was born in Japan, it's part of her culture, therefore she IS japanese, she's just not asian-looking tho... In my mind she got it 100% right lol
Honestly she got it right. Sasha’s considered Japanese for the purpose of this video. We’re guessing their race but where there from.
Also I’d like to see Harukaze’s meet the real Japanese guy.
Overall great video!
札幌と京都は確かにかなり難しいけど、京都のアクセントは日本人かつネイティブじゃないと自然に出せないと思うから京都の方1択になっちゃうよなー笑
でも札幌の方を否定する要素もなかなか見当たらないから難しい笑
Thanks for the amazing content, really enjoyed it and I'll keep supporting you till you hit 1m one from from your bro in 🇳🇬
That Black man who was speaking Japanese has perfect pronunciation. But like...academically perfect. To me.
He grew up in Japan from the time he was 5 years old. He’s a mangaka, and his steopfather is Japanese. He speaks a natively at this point lol
When he said TM Revolution I knew he was legit. Only the best listen to TM Revolution/ABS
What do you mean academically? What academic words did he use?
OMG. Everyone speaks Japanese so well, like perfect. I 'm leaning English now. I'm so proud of them.
So she lost and won at the same time!
She is a real japanese as is anyone who either was born in Japan or spent most of their lives in Japan, Japan needs people who love japan.
Great videooooooo. Please do more. I love your videos, I learn a lot of Japanese, thank you
Sasha is really Japanese when she asked to sing and got blushed.
みんな日本語うますぎっ！！！
This was such a fun video to watch, thank you!! Also everyone's Japanese is so good, you guys are amazing ❤
It's the same in the US for Asian Americans. I have never been considered an American by anyone at any point despite being born and raised in the US. It's always where am i from? Where I'm actually from never mattered to them to the point where they get irritated when i say which state i was born in... this is the perpetual foreigner stigma that every single Asian American goes through...
btw does the girl that wears a blindfold bilingual? I mean, does her English feels like she learned it when she was an infant?
Would have been nice to let Haru see all the other contestants and talk to them shortly just like she did with Sasha at the end.
If were you born in Japan, raised in Japan, and Japanese is your first language... you're a "real" Japanese. It does not matter where your parents imigrated from.
It's up to that person to prove it. I respect the first black samurai and also the first samurai who went to see the Pope in Rome back in 1600s. In the US, be it the Irish, Italians or East Asians, it took them a while to earn the respect from the people who came before.
No she isn’t. She’s a Slav, and will always be a Slav. She is not Japanese, she is European. She is a foreigner, no matter if she was born there.
More of these videos please! So much fun to watch! ✨
How did the girl on the end survive until the final 3 lol, I would have clocked her first.
I got so pissed at how much better than me Sasha is at Japanese until I found out that I was getting trolled and there were actually 2 people from Japan in the game. (I'm not that good but I'm supposed to be for work so it's super annoying when I encounter the CEFR C2s becauithe more people know about them, the more I am expected to be a C2.)
Serious question: what's the story of the others who got eliminated? What's their connection to Japan? Did they also grow up there, too?
bro really left us on a cliffhanger
My god…..they’re all so talented. As a Japanese person, there would have been no way to tell through just voices. ✨🥹 Proud of them all!
Very unique content 😊👍
Number 1 and 7 have accent, 2 and 4 have English sound despite native accent so they are easy to eliminate. Only 3 and 5 sound native Japanese.
Was curious to know where everyone else was from...
This was awesome. Hope you do more video's like this but with a curtain or something in front of the participants. Just so the guesser can get a reveal when they guess the participant. lmao
kansai dialect is kinda cool
this was such an entertaining episode. i love this! i want to see more.
一つ目の質問の時点で一人二人に絞れちゃう
一人目は明らかにアクセントが純日本人じゃない
二人目は好きだったの部分が走り気味でラテン系の言語のフロウに似てるのと口を横に開く感じの特徴的な発声はまず日本人ではいない
三人目の人はかなり日本人に近い発声と間の空き方、語彙の選び方で日本人の再現度がかなり高くて悩ましい。
四人目の人は声質的にこのドスの聞いた声はまず日本人の声タイプではいない。声は骨格に依存するのでこれ系の声を出せるアジア人特に口先だけで発生する日本語を長く話してきた日本人にはあまりいない気がする。加えて絶対ブドウ味ですよねっていうニュアンスは少し不自然なように感じられた。Definitely→絶対と訳した感じのプロセスが滲み出てる表現なので純ジャパの可能性は低いと予想。
五人目は全体の発音は日本人っぽかったが、とっさに出た相槌のそうの発音がso(ソゥ)というような語尾に口をすぼめる感じの発音をしていて外国人感が強く感じられた。
六人目明らかに日本人感がにじみ出ていた。まず前半の語気が少し上がったようなイントネーションが日本人ならでは。日本人ならではの面接時の受け答えにおけるテンプレ的なイントネーションを感じさせた。加えて最後のありがとうございます。の一言を言う感じからもかなり日本人臭がした。
七人目は家の発音がすこし違った。ぃえという発音は日本人ではまずしないので日本人ではない。
左から三番目の人が一番上手かった気がする。
たしかに ありがたい解説
this was great ! really fun to watch .. nice job everyone!
アクセントで一瞬で分かるわな。
これはすごくわかりやすいかも。
日本人だったら「私は〜」「僕は〜」って男女で分かれて主語から言うし。
日本語は日本人同士にしかわからないようにできている言語だそうです。