What "SENPAI" Actually Means In JAPANESE 😂🇯🇵
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No one:
Ian: *Flirts with himself and asks to hang out*
Yesss get it Ian😩🤚🏻
LETS go
LET'S go
Let's go
Let's go
Why is everyone making fun of him for talking to himself? like almost every tiktoker does that, he's amazing
Yeah I do that aswell!
Lmao even me ain't a tiktoker still talking to myslef in mirror🤣😭
I'm pretty sure they're just joking around when they make fun of Ian for flirting/talking to himself *no hate just saying*
Filthy Frank has done it and so has Shane dawson.. (when his content was still good)
No they aren’t
The part he said "Notice me, Senpai~"
Made me burst out laughing 🤣🤣🤣
?
🙄🤚🏽
💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢💢👩🏻?
...😶😬
Ikr 😂😂
"Don't go around Japan saying 'notice me senpai' to every person you see"
He knows us too well...💀
Bruh he is japanese 😳
Who is us??
@@ninjacat8659 weebs
@@Ash_628*dweebs and yes I D I O T S
Senpai spider
Bruh I tried to explain this to a group of desperate teen weebs and they told me that I was white and it’s not my business to explain Japanese language if it isn’t my first language.
I said alright and walked off because my momma always told me you can’t fix stupid.
hella damn facts
Lmao fucking snowflakes bro
☕☕☕🍰🍰🍰
r/neckbeardstories
If they didn't know this it CLEARLY isn't their first language (not saying I did)
I'm cringing thinking about even the possibility of people going "NOTICE ME SENPAI" to random people lmao
I heard so much people saying notice me senpai to other people imao
We dont know what people are capable of these days lmao
LMAO
native Japanese person here...english speaking tourist do this...WAY TOO OFTEN. but most of us are too polite to correct them either including myself TwT
people acting like its still 2017, no one says that anymore 😭😭😭
The way he says "Notice me senpaii" Is priceless😂😂
What Senpai actually means in brazil :
a person without a father
So like their father is dead or alive but just not in their life. Could it be used for both occasions?
So I am senpai from Brazil💀
@@ryantheyoutuber611I feel sorry
So it's similar to yatim in Indonesia language 💀
I just realized that there are people who think 'senpai' means 'crush' 😂😂😂
Edit : tysm for the likes
Lol me too 😹
People actually think it means ‘crush’?
I always knew it used for addressing people senior to us
@@rakeshwasnik9327 same
Me too
I've been in anime community for more than 5 years and I didn't know that people actually thought senpai means "crush"
Same, I knew it means like a teacher or someone more experience
@BatCatDickBabsJayTimSteph CassDukeKateLukeHarlHel like I ever call my teachers senpai
@@gammingchat6253 teacher(and doctors in some cases I believe) = Sensei, not senpai
And both can go after a surname, like if you had a teacher named Tanaka, "Tanaka-sensei" could be a proper way to refer to them. ♡
@@MadeOfConfusion ok
@@MadeOfConfusion yea i knew that eg: korei sensei
Me who calls our male karate teacher senpai : *elite feeling*
Btw wat does senpai really means
I’ve always thought of it as the term “upperclassman”
That 'yatta' in the end was gold😂😂
Gogeta Blue
YATTTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KYAAAAAAAAAAAA
Orewa Gogeta da!
@@aishwaryaanand5155 Hai, Aishwarya san!
Notice me senpai
YES, FINALLY! NOW PEOPLE WILL STOP SAYING “Senior” IN A WEIRD VOICE
Finally a comment that has the same ying in my mind. I've been scrolling down looking for someone to say Senior man
"Don't touch my senior"
"uwu notice me, SENIOR."
I REMEMBER SOMEONE WAS NAMED “SENPAI” IN A GAME SO I ASKED THEM “why did your parents name you upperclassman?” AND THEY WENT “what do you mean?”
IKR? ITS SO CRINGE
Ian is like oxygen.
*HE IS LITERALLY EVERYWHERE*
"Thanks senpai"
“Dont go and say “Notice me senpai” to everyone you see”
Bro i aint that desperate
You'd be surprised of how many people in the world are 🙄
@@lonely_ghost9857 i have been summoned😂
@@Faith-gm4mm I’m DEAD🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Faith-gm4mm 😂
@@Faith-gm4mm LMAOO
"senpai doesn't mean crush"
Yandere-Chan: *nervous sweat intensifies*
Um what? yandere-chan called him senpai because he is her senior, not beacuse he is her crush.
@@afdjsk6868 oh sorry i didn't really know i dont play yandree simulator-
@@allisproduction2716 ah it's ok! I didn't play yandere simulator as well, but yeah i heard a lot from people because yandere simulator is really famous lol
@@afdjsk6868 ayano is Japanese so im sure that she knows what senpai means
@@justsakii9657 yeah
FINALLY THANK YOU I HATE ALL MY FRIENDS SAYING TO THEIR CRUSH “ahhhh I wish sempai notices me!!!”
* realizes when the girl said “thank you” it sounds like “arigato”*
Also me: NYA, ITHCI NEE SAN NYA ARI-
that song actually translates to: meow 1 2 3 meow thank you
kinda weird lyrics LOL
they lyrics are “nya, ichi ni san nya arigato”
nah, arigato means thank you so she really did say it- nya itch nii -
It's thank you for your position in Japanese translated into English so I'm scared of this song even more now 💀
@@dandanthemermaidman8977correct translation !!
"Senpai does not means crush"
UwU cat has left the chat
ウウネコを殺させろ
@@LocalFoodeater121 I’m to lazy to translate that
@@shawn1165 pfft it's ok, it's "I'm gonna kill the uwu cat"
@@LocalFoodeater121 watashi random shi-
@@bestgirlminaashido9637 what?
An actual person who doesn’t impersonate a girl by just putting a towel on their head
Instead he puts on a wig
But he did that before
@@yasminlong9756 True
Dude actually went out his way to look even more like a female. I always thought the towel thing was kinda weird but to actually put a wig on.. lol susssss
@@dereklee778 😂yup
SenpaiSpider after watching this video: OMG I am so good
My japanese brain just gained 80 brain cells. 😂
Can we just appriciate the fact hes using an actual wig instead of a towel?
Edit: woah- thanks for the likes
Yeah @Luke Davidson wears towel
Towel is a known tradition
Ikr
@@lunalathecat4173 yup 😂😂
@@majinmario1 is it
Senpai means senior ❤😅
The way he called himself senpai was so cute😂😂
Me when I talk to a Japanese friend who's older than me: "senpai, nanishiteruno?"
My friend beside me who thinks senpai means boyfriend: *oooh who's the lucky man?* 😩😩😩😍😍😍😏😏😏
I would like to see there face after them knowing that senpai means senior 🙂
Bruh, HAHAHA
😂
@@whochromatic OMG YEAH ME TOO lol xD
oop
People actually thought Senpai meant crush?
i never thought
That is so ignorant
Well there is a game where a anime girl kills other girls to get her crush in love with her and she calls him senpai
@@Sebastian-xv1lw
Yandere Simulator or some shiz right-
That’s so weird😂
@@daru-_-mochi yeah
That hair is amazing! This was a fun video!
Can we appreciate he spoke perfect Japanese for us
The actual word for “crush” in Japanese is tokimeki
How do you spell that
@@adamnour5252 I just did
@@adamnour5252 t-o-k-i-m-e-k-i
@@th3yloveana yep
@@gamerwolfaoi2723 like wtf bro “how do you spell that” ITS RIGHT FRIGGGIN THERE lmao 💀
Damn who goes around thinking senpai means crush. I’ve read enough mangas and Haikyuu to know it means senior. Nishinoya always wanting his underclassmen to call him senpai. “NISHINOYA SENPAI, TANAKA SENPAI”
Ah I love Haikyuu 💜
@@SomniCatcher07 when you remove haik: I love yu XD
@@vrmil6843 oh lol I didn't notice that haha ❤️
What kind of mangas do you read
@@SomniCatcher07 Slam Dunk best spokon of history
I'm slowly but steadily learning Japanese from this man
but isn’t that the definition of crush?
lol 😂
No?
I honestly thought this was something obvious that everyone knew.
Same, and it's true, almost everyone knows this, only fake anime fans or the newbies who just started watching anime don't know senpai means a senior
Same-
Man.. i hates when anime become a trend
@@GeezSus yea it’s mostly from yandere sim for the blame, since the crush is the main character’s senpai so she always refers him as senpai, and people saw it as crush
Same, like how they would think it means crush lol 😂 I don't think if any girl would go and say notice me crush 😂
“NOTICE ME UPPERCLASSMEN”
xD
XD
xD
Ruined the xD chain
@@RestEditz Xd
LMFAO the Anime like demonstration had me busting up 😂
I can't unsee that.... yet I learned so much. Definitely won't be forgetting "Senpai"...
Welp... was I the only one who knew senpai is "senior" even after watching tons of animes? Not sure how people translated it into "crush"
P.s. Oh glad I wasn't the only one.
same
Yeah, I think I figured it out by watching like Naruto or something. But I never knew people thought of it as meaning "crush"
people probably thought senpai meant crush because of yandere sim because mc calls her crush Senpai
Same :>
Fr same
Imagine going through a school corridor
And everyone is like: *OHAYO SENPAI*
Hahaha
Imagine going to a school and saying "ohayo kouhai"
That would only happened if you were a respected upperclassman throughout the school, otherwise it simply the the juniors that knows you enough to greet you
😂
Then broke the door and bring it to your senpai
i showed my family this and now they still keep calling me senpai😂
The best japanese teacher ✨🇯🇵
Why is his example completely explaining a crush situation😂
Because most people think "Senpai" means crush lol
@@raizel3646 I don't think so?
ikr i was thinking the same thing proceeds to show a girl using an innocent word for flirting lol
@@jul2447 Wdym? I mean-I get it. People misinterpret this word A LOT and turn the real meaning into different stuff, mostly to "crush" (at least that's what I've heard). I think other people misinterpret "Senpai" for, uh, inappropriate stuff...uh...so I guess he didn't want to show it. Otherwise idk.
As well as upperclassmen and lowerclassmen
yandere dev: *throws away his whole game*
Not defending him here, but no. I’m pretty sure Senpai is an upperclassman.
XD
Taro is literally an upperclassman so calling him senpai is correct
That's why Budo is also called budo-senpai
Well Taro is also an upperclassman so..
@@simeon9962 it was a joke, and it was not meant to be taken seriously.
Non Japanese ppl saying "konichiwa" and thinking they know the whole lore of japan:
When I was younger I was a total weeb and called my friend who was also loved anime but not as much as me. And she was really good in school. She studied on everything, even on the weekends and I thought she knew what “Senpai” meant and she thought I had a crush on her and I simply explained that I was just referring to her as someone whose better at school then me cause that was the only way I could explain.
"Senpai doesn't mean Crush"
Literally everyone who hasn't done the bare minimum of research into a the language (aka mostly MHA fangirls and similar weebs): *Shock
Yea I mean if you’ve watched like any sports anime or slice of life in subbed you should know this
Honestly, yet another field yandere dev failed
sorry
@@goose7215 OH RIGHT! I forgot about that
I don't think MHA fangirls would think senpai means crush either, I'd actually assume we're talking about people who get into Japanese culture through, for example, Yandere Simulator. I mean, isn't that like, the trademark game for the sentence "Notice me, senpai"?
lol, I never thought people would think 'senpai' as for crush isn't its quite obvious when you watch anime ??
Yea, besides some people aren't wathing anime and they might only see this trend and don't know what senpai actually means
@@midori8576 wait what does it mean then?
@rilakkumaa. the “notice me, senpai” is a trend now? I thought it completely died in 2013-2015. Tiktokers are so out of trend.
@rilakkumaa. oOf lol
@@midori8576 true in fact
HAHAHAB I KNEW THIS BUT IANS REACTION WHEN HE WAS LIKE SUP WAS SO AWKWARD
You learn me a lot of JAPANESE
His dad be like- oh shit not again
Ah shit, here we go again
Kuso,
Watashitachi wa koko e ikimasu ga mata
Romaji of Ah shit, here we go again
*sigh* another day in my life
him: what senpai actually means in Japanese
me: isn't it upperclassman?
him: no it does not mean crush
me: 👁👄👁that's not what i said
Yes exactly I was like that too
He wasnt talking to you lol
He was talking to those who think it means crush.
He was taking to the weird simps who think that or dumb people
@@aimiearmy2452 me to
Thanks for being relatable
it's been sometime seeing videos like this of yours and looking to Ian now 💜
btw..
you're more cute now 🙂😉
sEnpAi ❤️
This was really helpful because I am learning Japanese
We already know the true meaning.
In fact i was surprised that people think senpai means crush lol
Yep I was confused because
In my karate classes I always call my senior 'senpie'
@@cloudycloud846 and I thought it was senpai. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I thinks it was just E
same
Exactly
Ian goes to random japanese people and says *Notice me Senpai*
Them: *Confused SLAPPUUUUU*
Lol😂
Lmao do onii san and onee san too 😂
Dad: *"What do you want, daughter"*
Daughter: *"please help me with my homework senpai"*
After seeing what people use "SENPAI" for in the internet, saying "senpai" to my seniors is weird and creepy now 😂
seNpAi nOtiCe mE
Just like how calling someone daddy is ruined now
@@kelvinkris2598 agreed
Step on me senpai ☠️
@@pygmalion8952 😂💀
Tobi: look at me, I am a school girl in love with her senpai
Ye deidara
Is the anime in a school setting? Cuz that would mean she was in love with her teacher
@@strangeaelurus no
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@strangeaelurus bruh its naruto 😂😂😂
I call my karate seniors senpai
Im soo happy someone made a vid abt this especially Ian!!
Ian you are my new japanese teacher :D
Wait, people actually thought senpai meant “crush”?!?! What anime have y’all been watching while high lmao
If i'm not wrong it might've mostly come from yandere simulator lol
@スキマリ! Well not really it’s just people took it the wrong way because Ayano called Taro senpai and- well I’m sure you know
@@ms0_u ew
@@ms0_u Or fnf
hentai or something lmfaoii
Me actually knowing this and seeing people say “Notice me, Senpai”: o-o
Edit: Thanks for the likes.
Notice me senpai 😙😉😋
Same
@@MC-km1mg gæ
Its like "notice me senior"
@@vrexyyzeditz Yea
I've said this a million times to my group and explaining, finally this vid will help them
Bruh whoever thought senpai means crush I'm dying rn😂😂😂
I thought everyone knew that "senpai" means senior. Hm?
Not everyone.
Yeah im not a anime fan but my friend is a akb48 fan she always say senpai
@@xndrian1167 true. But mostly do.
i thought it meant teacher
@@nolol9 that's sensei
I never knew people thought 'senpai' means 'crush'....lol
Same, thats so weird. It is pretty self explaining in animes. Thats what I thought.😁
We now that stop thinking that we don't know Japanese we know a little bit 😂😅
I explained it to my sister after she wondered “Why do they keep calling this guy senpai if he’s not their crush?”
“Senpai actually means senior or upperclassman, it’s basically just a way of referring to someone above you”
“Ohhhhh…I’m dumb”
“Not dumb, just didn’t know something”
“What senpai actually refers to in Japanese!”
“Oh yeah it means senior or uppercl-“
*No, does not mean crush!*
Yeah, I was like: Bro, who thought it meant crush?!
@@keyrianreacts7355 kids at my school thought it meant crush so the went around calling people senpai💀
@@keyrianreacts7355 had u played or seen someone played yandere simulator?
@@keyrianreacts7355 yea that's a reason why
@@wolfyruby3543 after i realized how fake yandere dev is i stopped giving a damn but yeah i see where you coming from
When a junior in karate class calls you senpai, Thats a next level of respect ,I feel highly qualified ❤️❤️
Same
what belt are you?
@Rya
Purple 🟣
@@siyachaudhary5865 how long did it take u to get it
@@highcaliper8926 my brother was a black belt before he quit but it took him about 2 years.
My friends never knew this and I had to explain 😂
For my school presentation I am going to bring this video so my friends can stop thinking senpai means daddy or master or crush or something like that
Uhh if anyone watches high school anime you would know this.
If anyone watches anime, they would know this.
@@HDevol yes
True
Oi, senpai, WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY TO MY HAIR???!!!!
Josuke Higashikata -1999
I started Ouran High School Hot Club and I've seen some clips from other animes so this wasn't all that surprising but still informative.
I appreciate this man for using something that actually looks like women hair instead of using an ugly towel.... thanks man! 😂🙏🏻
Edit: Thank you so much for the likes!!
Lol soo true
They just use a towel cause it’s cheap
so u dont appreciate everyone else who doesnt care about buying wigs and just puts a towel over their head? what
@@chilly4295 a joke...
Diversity win! Woman character appears in video 😌
Thanks for telling me this before I went to my parents and said I'm senpai
When a Kouhai calls you "Paisen" rather than "Senpai" now that's literally a legendary achievement you can have in your life.
Ian flirting with himself...
Me : I knew I was not alone in that lowlife act... I feel you, bro... 😂
Same it's tuff out here 😔✨
Him: **Explaining 'Senpai'**
Me: Dude, put those spects down or else they'll become foggy.
fr the way he touches the glasses.. ik the already greasy
bruh i read this as froggy 😭
@@user-el1dt8or9l lol
SenpaiSpider be like: salee😂
FINALLY A VID I CAN SHOW MY FRIENDS SO THAT THEY THINK SENPIA DOESNT MEAN “CRUSH”
'' someone who is senpai should be treated with respect''
Nagatoro: your such a wimp, senpai
Nagatoro: *Mentally and physically abuses Senpai throughout the anime and manga*
true 😂
Never in my life did I hear more truth from someone
@@Adam-vp4rf yup what you said
Nagatoro is my senpai, don't do anything with her shes mine
This is an explanation for people who don't even watch anime or anything and just heard senpai. Like it's obvious it's upperclassmen stuff, older people, more experience, teachers etc
Yup, I've never watched anime either and thought it was something along the lines of 'master'.
I watch anime every day so I know this
Seriously, even me being someone who used to like yanderesimulator, I never once thought it was crush
I mean when i was little i was dum and didnt know what it meant but now i know what it means
It is used only for boys or even girls like can you also call a girl senpai I am, just curious
I only read the subtitles and memorise the words but even I know how you use the word "senpai"
Well that clears up when Todoroki referred to his father as senpai
"Dont go and say "Notice me Senpai" to everyone you see" and thats how you know this guy BUSSIN
bussin is for food, ex: this burger bussin... pls dont embarrass yourself
You're a cannibal?! 😧
What do you mean he's bussin?
@@jollybear_wastaken LMFAOOO
as long as we're talking about it, "kouhai" is the opposite, for someone whom you are more experienced than, but it's not something you would say as readily unless there's a genuine hierarchical structure in which you are above someone. like, you wouldn't call someone "kouhai" just because they're younger than you, but might if you're their upperclassman or their senior at work
Yes, kouhai probably is used to refer someone like when you're introducing someone who is your junior
Yup, like you'd say "this is my kouhai" but you don't say "hey, kouhai" or "what's up, kouhai?".
Now that I think about it, I wonder why that is?
It's the same with "Onii' or "Onee" and "Imouto" or "Otouto". Like you'd call your big sister "Onee-san", but you don't call your little sister "Imouto-san" when you're speaking to her.
My bestie actually thought Senpai meaning was crush, there was this time i called a girl older than me at school as "senpai" just joking, then he gets surprised and calls me out, not knowing it's just to show respect for elder people, lol
Lol I don’t know where he got that wig but I’m dyeing 😂😂😂
Everyone who's seen slice of life high school love story anime will know senpai is just someone more experienced than you. Heck it doesn't even have to me slice of life, you will even know it if you watch black clover or some academia anime, idk why people think it means crush.
I was getting mad at persona 5 royal cause of a certain person calling me senpai all the damn time
@@MichaelVickers2007 lmao must be ,,Toph". You get it? Tough and Toph?
@@justadumbkid8116 yes I know
@@MichaelVickers2007 lol
Because not everyone has watched anime and it is clearly used in the incorrect context most of the time in media like memes
"ah superior Being, can you help me with my homework"
EYS YES ❤
Senpai.. No I did not mean the other type of sus one
W comment bro
Ian :Dose not mean crush
Flirts with himself at end
I’ve been trynna explain this to my friends
He is flirting with himself.....
Don't you get anyone with whom you can flirt Ian
It's just a joke
😅
No girl Ian is more attractive than any girl so it’s understandable y he won’t get any girl to flirt with ㅋㅋㅋ
@@xiao8735
And attractive girls be like: Are we joke to you
😂
@@disapointment8789 heeeeeeyyyyyy u r beautiful no matter what n Ik u r pretty but I’m glad u took what I said in a positive way :)
also u r an army so u r definitely best girl 😌😆
@@disapointment8789 Oh Army is here 😆
Wow dude common tiktokers flirt and act with themselves so why are you telling him it's a joke? It's very common for a tiktoker to do that you idjot
I've been studying Japanese since I was in 8th grade (nearly 5 years now!) because I wanted to play games like Detective Pikachu (which wasn't translated to English at the time I started studying). As well as other games from Japan that were never brought over to the West.
Although I watch anime on my own time fairly often, I rarely interact with anime fans online (unless they're gamers), so I'm baffled that there still exists people that believe that "senpai" means crush!
They also use it as "boyfriend"
You all know it ain’t homework😂
I can see how it's been ''translated" into like crush, because it's pretty common for the older kids, like high school seniors (and uni) to have the younger people having crushes on them, they are seen as cool or something.
It's also the case for people to be draw to people they think are like the top. So normally the smartest kid, the best sports player, etc.
So I can see how it's become so misinterpreted.