Don’t be overwhelmed, although kanji is difficult, it DOES get easier 🤓 For those of you that are just starting out in Japanese, check out Rosetta Stone 📚 rosettastone.com/reinascullyyt4
@@adls04 And YOU, You must Not Be English. THAT VIDEO CAN'T TEACH A BABY TO RETAIN JAPANESE WORDS from the things SEEN in common every day . She is a Nothing of a teacher.🤑
Here is a little story to remember the days of the week easier: Monday: GETSU - Let GET the new week started Tuesday: KA - On Tuesday I get fired (Kanji for fire) Wednesday: SUI - On Wednesday I SUE my company Thursday: MOKU - I lose the lawsuit and get MOCKED by everyone Friday: KIN - because I have no job, I have no money (Kanji for gold/money) Saturday: DO - It's saturday, I have time to DO anything I want Sunday: NICHI - Now ONE week is over (remember ichi = 1) It's a story I made up when I tried to memorize this. I hope it helps some of you. Let me know if it worked or if you have a better idea :)
this is pretty helpful, a way to remember kinyoubi could also be "its payday (money day) hahah.... though may not be for everyone but i think a lot of people get paid on fridays
Gonna try to use this. Days of the week are something that just absolutely REFUSES to stick to my brain regardless of how much I try to drill it in there.
One thing which i don't understand, is why you don't just use the kanji themselves, as in, 日曜日(にちようび) and 月曜日(げつようび), could be remembered Way, WAY more easily by just saying, "日曜日 is literally 「Sun-Week-Day」so it's basically Sunday" And, "月曜日 is literally 「Moon-Week-Day」so it's basically Monday(because monday is moon day)"
I like to think that the kunyomi/onyomi system has a good English equivalent. Native Japanese kunyomi are like native English words, whereas Chinese-derived onyomi in Japanese are like Latin-derived roots in English. For instance, using the "moon" example from the video, the native English word would be "moon" while the Latin root would be "-lune-". Use "moon" to talk about the moon by itself: you would say "the moon is beautiful" NOT "the lune is beautiful". This is similar to how "tsuki" (kunyomi) is used in Japanese. Combine "-lune-" with other roots to talk about more complex concepts related to the moon: you would say "the interlunar period" NOT "the intermoonar period". This is similar to how "getsu" (onyomi) is used in Japanese.
@@deepaniliyanarachchideepan1559what？？why？？？why are you sending this here what is that please explain.
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One trick to remember the days of the week is: They're based on the same planets as most European romance languages (Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, etc); that is: 月曜日 has the same MOON as lunes/dilluns/lundi/lunedì 火曜日 has the same fire kanji used for planet Mars, just like martes/dimarts/mardi/martedì 水曜日 has the same water kanji used for planet Mercury, just like miércoles/dimecres/mercredi/mercoledì 木曜日 has the same tree kanji used for planet Jupiter, just like jueves/dijous/jeudi/giovedì 金曜日 has the same gold kanji used for planet Venus, just like viernes/divendres/vendredi/venerdì 土曜日 has the same earth kanji used for planet Saturn, just like sábado/dissabte/samedi/sabato 日曜日 has the same SUN as Sunday in English or Sonntag in German (unfortunately the names for Sunday in those other languages are not related to the Sun, but actually mean something like "the day of the Lord") Alternatively you could also use Sailor Moon characters and their powers to remember this. That's what I did.
In Czech (and some other slavic languages) - just FYI Monday - from "day after sunday" Tuesday - from very old slavic word for second Wednesday - from word middle (of the week) Thursday from word fourth Friday - from word fifth Saturday - from word Sabbath Sunday - from "not to work"
Gosh this is so incredibly clear, thank you. I think I’m gonna try to get back into learning Japanese again, the kanji can seem overwhelming at first but you explained it super well, I really appreciate it
So I knew about the kanji for fire cuz avatar and naruto, but yeah, I need to rewatch the video with a lot of pauses to remember what u've just thrown at me
@@reinascully i should have payed more attention when i was in korea learning the korean equivalent... i know all of the on yomi because it's not that far off from korean on yomi. but damn it, how to write and recognize them at a certain level... that's what's destroying me currently lol
This is definitely helpful. Once I get out of bed later on in the day I'm going to replay this video and take notes since I really need this. ありがとうございます、れいな先生！
heyy monique! :) I'm still a beginner in Japanese as well but a lil tip when writing foreign names such as reina its written using katakana rather than hiragana, since hiragana is only used for words exclusive to Japanese language, if the word was "burrowed" on the other hand like コーヒー(coffee), u use katakana! so you should say レイナ先生instead. hope that was helpful❤️ please don't hesitate to ask me about anything if it's unclear.
@@sleepyhead261 I haven't heard of it as a japanese name before! but even if it is and you still don't know the proper kanji for it that she uses (when a japanese child is born example it's a boy named Genki, there is more than one kanji for that, and the parents choose one for their kid at their birth, if you're not a japanese native you can still do that by choosing your personal kanji that corresponds with the pronunciation of your name in Japanese) so if you don't the Kanji that reina sensei uses for herself you should just use katakana!! and if her name is originally Japanese then sure use hiragana, katakana is used for foreign names in general.
I love reinas japanese beginner lessons. Her explainations are super simple and easy to understand. Ive been doing self-study for a while and a lot of resources online have explainations that are arent this simple to understand as a beginner who knows nothing. I hope reina does more of these videos.
Just a fun fact regarding the days of the week It follows the same as latin names of planets/roman mythology gods. For japanese with exception of sunday and monday you add the kanji for star 星 and added the day of the week it is the respective planet name: Sunday - Sol (Sun) - 日 Monday - Luna (Moon) - 月 Tuesday - Mars (Mars) - 火星 Wednesday - Mercurius (Mercury) - 水星 Thursday - Joves (Jupiter) - 木星 Friday - Venus (Venus) - 金星 Saturday - Saturnus (Saturn) - 土星
even though ive been studying for over a year and know a few hundred kanji, i feel like i enjoyed this video, and kind of wish i had all of the info about kanji so well condensed at an earlier stage. Will share :)
This is one of the best explained videos on kanji I've seen! You explained it so well and made it make so much sense! Thank you for making this! I hope you'll consider making more in the future ☺️
Trivia from Japan: Soseki Natsume, a great writer of the Meiji era (1868-1912), is said to have translated "I love you" as "Tsuki ga kirei desune(The moon is beautiful, isn't it?)".
Having learned Mandarin since I was a kid, it makes understanding Kanji really easy but reading it keeps going back and forth from Mandarin and Japanese. Not to mention sentence construction just isn't the same. IDK if you've already talked about that before but it still messes with me even now. Love the vid tho. Totally helpful for my dumdum brain
Omg i totally agree! I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese though, which I think helps a lot since I noticed a lot of the Chinese derived Japanese pronunciations of kanji are actually closer to Cantonese than Mandarin, which I found really interesting
I've been studying Japanese on my own for the past decade and I still have the same problem. You'll never really outgrow it, you just train yourself to resist better after enough practice. The worst moments are when I'm supposed to read something in kunyomi, especially when there's okurigana following the kanji, and my brain throws out the Mandarin pronunciation like it's gonna help. That's when I turn my brain off and on again, and just refer back to jisho.org.
@@haliesung980 Yep. As a matter of fact, onyomi is based on its ancestral form go-on (呉音), which was borrowed from southern Middle Chinese during the Three Kingdoms Period. Nowadays, you only see go-on being used with ancient Buddhist scriptures or texts in a museum, and the ancient Wu language is basically defunct in China. Thankfully, certain Min and Canton dialects these days still preserve some aspects from it. You can even hear a bit of similarities between Japanese onyomi and (Fujian) Taiwanese too. I've disgraced my ancestors with my lack of Taiwanese, though, so I can't give any examples. :(
at least you can read it and understand lol i'm stuck with on yomi but not the writing part. korea has a very similar on yomi system. but we don't need to know how to write them like japan. we can take classes for it if we want to, but that's a big "if". i might have gone to some of them if i didn't leave korea when i was 9. but sadly here in georgia, they don't teach it. unless you are trying to learn mandarin and not japanese, which i wasn't at the time. probably should have lol
I haven't studied Japanese in so long but this was so incredibly clear, wonderfully paced and engaging. Thank you so much Reina! You're very skilled at explaining in an easy to understand way
This is so helpful. I am self learning japanese, and when searched for basic kanji there were more 100. Starting from a smaller number like 21 will boost my confidence!!!
Wow I wish my high school Japanese class covered the difference between kun-yomi and on-yomi. That would have made such a difference! No wonder I didn't progress far lol
I used to think the same way that kanji are useless. But at this point, reading べんきょうする seems so much more difficult than reading 勉強する and I am only a beginner. Kanji are actually wonderful
Even though you rarely need to write kanji, I was told by a friend that practicing writing them as you learn them helps them stick in your brain. So far, it's been very helpful.
The explanation for kun-yomi and on-yomi was so much clearer in this vid than anything else I've seen. THANK YOU!!!!! A couple lightbulbs went off in my head and now learning more kanji will be easier with this in mind
Thanks for this. You teach better and I have learned more for your 10 minute video than college and these other learning apps. Also you always look like you are smiling.
That was a fantastic breakdown of the basics! Especially the kun yomi and on yomi. Sadly, I’ve been living in Japan for 12 years and struggle with regular studying. I really enjoyed your lesson and hope you continue making them!🙏❤️
That makes a lot more sense now. My Japanese class just made us memorize the kanji, without much background information. It didn't make too much difference for me since I have a Chinese background, but this explanation cleared up a lot. Thanks!
Thank you for this, Reina. I just started learning Japanese a few days ago and I’m feeling kinda intimidated already after starting hiragana and katakana
If you have access to them I highly suggest the Dr. Mimi Hiragana and Katakana apps out the really helped with reading by making simple pictures out of the characters to help you put them to memory.
@@ammaranuar2544 According to this, it's just an urban legend (都市伝説): happymail.co.jp/happylife/characteristic/beautiful-moon/#:~:text=%E3%80%8C%E6%9C%88%E3%81%8C%E7%B6%BA%E9%BA%97%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%AD%E3%80%8D%E3%81%8C%E3%80%8C%E6%84%9B%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99,%E3%81%A8%E6%8C%87%E6%91%98%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%9D%E3%81%86%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%80%82
Horen LastTeacher 2.0 the very famous author Natsume Soseki was also an English teacher and when he was asked what I love you meant he said it meant 月がきれい because the phrase I love you holds so many complex and strong emotions that you can’t encapsulate the full meaning of
I will start my beginner's Japanese class next week. The characters are starting to scare me but i'm sure it'll be rewarding in the end. Im glad I came across your video.
you came at the perfect time omg. I really need to learn as much kanji and Japanese grammar I can before the new gintama movie comes out because i really wanna see it in theaters!!!!
I knew all of the Kanji in this video because I've already studied kanji before. But I haven't used any japanese (written or spoken) in over a decade so I don't remember any of it. This was a good way to refresh my memory.
When you get the time can you make a video explaining the currency? I'm hoping to go there after cov-19 is over! Love your videos and I'm sorry for your loss!
I live in Sapporo, before I came to Japan I knew these kanji, but I couldn't speak Japanese until I moved to Japan and started having random conversations with people in Omiya (originally moved to saitama) but I like how you're teaching, not really new information for me, but it was a fun watch. 日本来る前に日本語は独学して、でも全然喋れない感じ、大宮駅周辺でいろんな人と話してみて喋るようになった。今日本語困ってないけどこの動画面白いと思って見た。この動画作ってくれてありがとうございました。
I have been learning Kanji (along with Hiragana and katakana) using Anki. Right now I am just trying to learn the meanings. I have heard it is easier if you ignore the Kun Yomi and On Yomi when starting out. But this was super helpful to understand how kanji are combined and ultimately how they are read when I get to that level. Thanks!
I really liked this video, you broke the words down and explained it very well. I recognized (ichi, ni, san, shi or yon). You helped to make it more understandable.
This was super helpful. Thank you. My family and I are seriously considering moving to Japan. My wife is Japanese so she will be fine. I will be fine in about 20 years, if i study hard every day !!!!!
Wow okay I can see a correlation on how On Yomi and Kin Yomi work. It's like taking the word Grass on its own but then using Grassland to describe a landscape.
IIRC, 日, 月, 金, 木, 水, 火, 土 are also what comes up by default when you type A to G in a chinese keyboard. Edit: By "A to G", i mean the locations of A to G in a QWERTY keyboard.
I did know all of these kanji already (although going back over them is always helpful, especially the days of the week). I've been learning kanji on Wanikani for a little over a year now and I've found it extremely helpful, although it can go a bit slowly at times so probably not best if you're in a hurry to learn kanji as quickly as possible. I think it's worth checking out, I like it, others don't.
I knew all of these Kanji, I learned most of the kanji I know from a great app called YomikataZ. It was very helpful to get the distinction between onyomi and kunyomi though. Thanks Reina!
I actually have already learned all these kanjis before but i was confused about the on yomi and kun yomi but now i understand the difference between them thank you so much
I have first grade level of knowledge in written Chinese and conversational in Cantonese. This help me a lot when I was learning Japanese, but the different way of reading them depending on context was confusing, but it does help that certain words in Japanese sounds similar in Cantonese as well. One notable example is the word for telephone. Also helped that the Japan wave hit Hong Kong very early on and HK Cantonese adopted some Japanese vocabulary.
Thanks for Sharing, It is interesting to think about, Japanese people whom were inventors, developers, story writers inspired some to learn Japanese. I wish I could repay them all back. Here is hoping to give back, maybe someday I could keep the Japanese language going for many more years. Long Live Nippon.
Don’t be overwhelmed, although kanji is difficult, it DOES get easier 🤓 For those of you that are just starting out in Japanese, check out Rosetta Stone 📚
rosettastone.com/reinascullyyt4
HAI! good video, great person!
I learned a lot of these from anki using a wanikani deck. Thanks for the vid.
@@adls04 off i started learn it and this is hard + 2000 more
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You must Not Be English, That Video can't Teach UNDERSTANDING ! ! She just TALKS Talks talks
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And YOU, You must Not Be English. THAT VIDEO CAN'T TEACH A BABY TO RETAIN JAPANESE WORDS from the things SEEN in common every day . She is a Nothing of a teacher.🤑
Here is a little story to remember the days of the week easier:
Monday: GETSU - Let GET the new week started
Tuesday: KA - On Tuesday I get fired (Kanji for fire)
Wednesday: SUI - On Wednesday I SUE my company
Thursday: MOKU - I lose the lawsuit and get MOCKED by everyone
Friday: KIN - because I have no job, I have no money (Kanji for gold/money)
Saturday: DO - It's saturday, I have time to DO anything I want
Sunday: NICHI - Now ONE week is over (remember ichi = 1)
It's a story I made up when I tried to memorize this. I hope it helps some of you.
Let me know if it worked or if you have a better idea :)
this is pretty helpful, a way to remember kinyoubi could also be "its payday (money day) hahah.... though may not be for everyone but i think a lot of people get paid on fridays
Gonna try to use this. Days of the week are something that just absolutely REFUSES to stick to my brain regardless of how much I try to drill it in there.
This looks oddly specific
Thanks
One thing which i don't understand, is why you don't just use the kanji themselves, as in, 日曜日(にちようび) and 月曜日(げつようび), could be remembered Way, WAY more easily by just saying, "日曜日 is literally 「Sun-Week-Day」so it's basically Sunday"
And, "月曜日 is literally 「Moon-Week-Day」so it's basically Monday(because monday is moon day)"
I like to think that the kunyomi/onyomi system has a good English equivalent. Native Japanese kunyomi are like native English words, whereas Chinese-derived onyomi in Japanese are like Latin-derived roots in English.
For instance, using the "moon" example from the video, the native English word would be "moon" while the Latin root would be "-lune-".
Use "moon" to talk about the moon by itself: you would say "the moon is beautiful" NOT "the lune is beautiful". This is similar to how "tsuki" (kunyomi) is used in Japanese.
Combine "-lune-" with other roots to talk about more complex concepts related to the moon: you would say "the interlunar period" NOT "the intermoonar period". This is similar to how "getsu" (onyomi) is used in Japanese.
and the word lunatic/lunacy! you can't say moonatic/moonacy lmao, good analogy!
This helps alot
in romanian, "lune" is "luna"
That's interesting
@@iceblu4713romanian is a latin language yes
つき🌙/(ゲツ) 月曜日、
ひ🔥/(カ) 火曜日、
みず🌊/(スイ) 水曜日、
き🌳/(モク) 木曜日、
かね💴/(キン) 金曜日、
つち🌍/(ド) 土曜日、
ひ☀️/(ニチ) 日曜日
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@@deepaniliyanarachchideepan1559what？？why？？？why are you sending this here what is that please explain.
One trick to remember the days of the week is:
They're based on the same planets as most European romance languages (Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, etc); that is:
月曜日 has the same MOON as lunes/dilluns/lundi/lunedì
火曜日 has the same fire kanji used for planet Mars, just like martes/dimarts/mardi/martedì
水曜日 has the same water kanji used for planet Mercury, just like miércoles/dimecres/mercredi/mercoledì
木曜日 has the same tree kanji used for planet Jupiter, just like jueves/dijous/jeudi/giovedì
金曜日 has the same gold kanji used for planet Venus, just like viernes/divendres/vendredi/venerdì
土曜日 has the same earth kanji used for planet Saturn, just like sábado/dissabte/samedi/sabato
日曜日 has the same SUN as Sunday in English or Sonntag in German (unfortunately the names for Sunday in those other languages are not related to the Sun, but actually mean something like "the day of the Lord")
Alternatively you could also use Sailor Moon characters and their powers to remember this. That's what I did.
True! That's very useful
In Czech (and some other slavic languages) - just FYI
Monday - from "day after sunday"
Tuesday - from very old slavic word for second
Wednesday - from word middle (of the week)
Thursday from word fourth
Friday - from word fifth
Saturday - from word Sabbath
Sunday - from "not to work"
Wow. That is SPOT ON!! Like 100% matched with my native language. Didn't even notice that before. Thanks a lot.
Genius.... I'm Italian and I never noticed this....
lol between sailor moon, naruto, avatar etc I got this down without even noticingh.
Gosh this is so incredibly clear, thank you. I think I’m gonna try to get back into learning Japanese again, the kanji can seem overwhelming at first but you explained it super well, I really appreciate it
Raquel plz... Don't mind but you are soooo cute 🥰☺️
thank you ive been trying to learn and always get overwhelmed when i try to start learning so this was very helpful 😊
Time to get my brain destroyed by kanji, yay......
😂😩 it destroys us all
So I knew about the kanji for fire cuz avatar and naruto, but yeah, I need to rewatch the video with a lot of pauses to remember what u've just thrown at me
been destroyed since i was little... good luck. my reasoning is in the comment section lol
@@reinascully i should have payed more attention when i was in korea learning the korean equivalent... i know all of the on yomi because it's not that far off from korean on yomi. but damn it, how to write and recognize them at a certain level... that's what's destroying me currently lol
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This is definitely helpful. Once I get out of bed later on in the day I'm going to replay this video and take notes since I really need this. ありがとうございます、れいな先生！
heyy monique! :) I'm still a beginner in Japanese as well but a lil tip when writing foreign names such as reina its written using katakana rather than hiragana, since hiragana is only used for words exclusive to Japanese language, if the word was "burrowed" on the other hand like コーヒー(coffee), u use katakana! so you should say レイナ先生instead. hope that was helpful❤️ please don't hesitate to ask me about anything if it's unclear.
Shahd abozeid isn’t Reina a Japanese name though?
quick question, why is it that everywhere I look the hiragana for "ri" is written differently
kip I think it just has to do with how people write. Just like in English some people write ‘a’ like that and some people write the other way
@@sleepyhead261 I haven't heard of it as a japanese name before! but even if it is and you still don't know the proper kanji for it that she uses (when a japanese child is born example it's a boy named Genki, there is more than one kanji for that, and the parents choose one for their kid at their birth, if you're not a japanese native you can still do that by choosing your personal kanji that corresponds with the pronunciation of your name in Japanese) so if you don't the Kanji that reina sensei uses for herself you should just use katakana!! and if her name is originally Japanese then sure use hiragana, katakana is used for foreign names in general.
The bits of linguistics in the video took it from A tier to S tier!
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I've been through a lot in life but still manage to keep my sanity. But then theres thing called "kanji"! Goodluck self! :)
I remember learning the first 21 kanji, I didn’t know when to use kun yomi and the on yomi, thank you so much for the explanation, it was helpful 😊
I love reinas japanese beginner lessons. Her explainations are super simple and easy to understand. Ive been doing self-study for a while and a lot of resources online have explainations that are arent this simple to understand as a beginner who knows nothing. I hope reina does more of these videos.
You have some of the best explanations, and make it really easy to understand!! Thank you! どうもありがとうございます。
Just a fun fact regarding the days of the week
It follows the same as latin names of planets/roman mythology gods.
For japanese with exception of sunday and monday you add the kanji for star 星 and added the day of the week it is the respective planet name:
Sunday - Sol (Sun) - 日
Monday - Luna (Moon) - 月
Tuesday - Mars (Mars) - 火星
Wednesday - Mercurius (Mercury) - 水星
Thursday - Joves (Jupiter) - 木星
Friday - Venus (Venus) - 金星
Saturday - Saturnus (Saturn) - 土星
凄いですネ。
even though ive been studying for over a year and know a few hundred kanji, i feel like i enjoyed this video, and kind of wish i had all of the info about kanji so well condensed at an earlier stage. Will share :)
8:26 I was today years old when I found out ATLA opening's Fire element symbol is the kanji for Fire.
I've been living in Japan for a few years now and your explanation of kun-yomi and on-yomi is the clearest I've ever heard. Well done.
I can recognize most of the kanjis showed, because i'm learning japanese, I'm so happy
This is one of the best explained videos on kanji I've seen! You explained it so well and made it make so much sense! Thank you for making this! I hope you'll consider making more in the future ☺️
Trivia from Japan: Soseki Natsume, a great writer of the Meiji era (1868-1912), is said to have translated "I love you" as "Tsuki ga kirei desune(The moon is beautiful, isn't it?)".
I loved this. I’ve been finding kanji difficult and having a video explain the basics really helps. ありがとうございます
Having learned Mandarin since I was a kid, it makes understanding Kanji really easy but reading it keeps going back and forth from Mandarin and Japanese. Not to mention sentence construction just isn't the same. IDK if you've already talked about that before but it still messes with me even now.
Love the vid tho. Totally helpful for my dumdum brain
Omg i totally agree! I speak both Mandarin and Cantonese though, which I think helps a lot since I noticed a lot of the Chinese derived Japanese pronunciations of kanji are actually closer to Cantonese than Mandarin, which I found really interesting
I guess, I'm pretty lucky for being forced into Chinese as a kid- although i didn't do too great, but it made japanese much easier
I've been studying Japanese on my own for the past decade and I still have the same problem. You'll never really outgrow it, you just train yourself to resist better after enough practice. The worst moments are when I'm supposed to read something in kunyomi, especially when there's okurigana following the kanji, and my brain throws out the Mandarin pronunciation like it's gonna help. That's when I turn my brain off and on again, and just refer back to jisho.org.
@@haliesung980 Yep. As a matter of fact, onyomi is based on its ancestral form go-on (呉音), which was borrowed from southern Middle Chinese during the Three Kingdoms Period. Nowadays, you only see go-on being used with ancient Buddhist scriptures or texts in a museum, and the ancient Wu language is basically defunct in China. Thankfully, certain Min and Canton dialects these days still preserve some aspects from it. You can even hear a bit of similarities between Japanese onyomi and (Fujian) Taiwanese too.
I've disgraced my ancestors with my lack of Taiwanese, though, so I can't give any examples. :(
at least you can read it and understand lol i'm stuck with on yomi but not the writing part. korea has a very similar on yomi system. but we don't need to know how to write them like japan. we can take classes for it if we want to, but that's a big "if". i might have gone to some of them if i didn't leave korea when i was 9. but sadly here in georgia, they don't teach it. unless you are trying to learn mandarin and not japanese, which i wasn't at the time. probably should have lol
Much needed ! Thank you!!!
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@@reinascully That did make my day! 😊
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I haven't studied Japanese in so long but this was so incredibly clear, wonderfully paced and engaging. Thank you so much Reina! You're very skilled at explaining in an easy to understand way
Thank you! This comment made my day!
@@reinascully My pleasure! :))
finally! an eye opening - to the point - explanation that is easy for this beginner to understand ... kudo's to Reina :)
I love how you simplified them so they're easier to understand! You did amazing
Wow thank you!!!
This is so helpful. I am self learning japanese, and when searched for basic kanji there were more 100. Starting from a smaller number like 21 will boost my confidence!!!
Because Reina-nesan gives me free lessons, I'm gonna like and comment as payment ❤️❤️😊
Wow I wish my high school Japanese class covered the difference between kun-yomi and on-yomi. That would have made such a difference! No wonder I didn't progress far lol
I used to think the same way that kanji are useless. But at this point, reading べんきょうする seems so much more difficult than reading 勉強する and I am only a beginner. Kanji are actually wonderful
I only knew the kanji for Mizu and Ki. Thank you for the explanation tho! Really helpful!
Thanks for the video. It helped me understand the difference between Kun and On reading.
Even though you rarely need to write kanji, I was told by a friend that practicing writing them as you learn them helps them stick in your brain. So far, it's been very helpful.
ありがとうございました。
3:42 is when the learning starts
The explanation for kun-yomi and on-yomi was so much clearer in this vid than anything else I've seen. THANK YOU!!!!! A couple lightbulbs went off in my head and now learning more kanji will be easier with this in mind
Wow, that kunyomi and onyomi explanation makes things so much easier! Thank you so much!
Thanks for this. You teach better and I have learned more for your 10 minute video than college and these other learning apps. Also you always look like you are smiling.
Perfect explanation!
this is literally the first time I've understood the difference between kun and on yomi properly. thank you
I just started learning Japanse. I really like these short, simple video's. It keeps things fresh and easy to remember instead of just my books.
That was a fantastic breakdown of the basics! Especially the kun yomi and on yomi. Sadly, I’ve been living in Japan for 12 years and struggle with regular studying. I really enjoyed your lesson and hope you continue making them!🙏❤️
Finally being able to read a kanji you couldn't before is so satisfying.
Yay! A learning video. 😃
That makes a lot more sense now. My Japanese class just made us memorize the kanji, without much background information. It didn't make too much difference for me since I have a Chinese background, but this explanation cleared up a lot. Thanks!
thank you for today's class sensei
Thank you for this, Reina. I just started learning Japanese a few days ago and I’m feeling kinda intimidated already after starting hiragana and katakana
If you have access to them I highly suggest the Dr. Mimi Hiragana and Katakana apps out the really helped with reading by making simple pictures out of the characters to help you put them to memory.
Kelly Rowe thanks for the recommendation! I’ll definitely check it out
I'm here for the literal explaining like I'm 5 of this. Great way to start a foundation! Thanks Reina!
Following up: I feel like there is some symbolism to each of the days.
Lolol the 月がきれい example without telling the “actual” meaning. Don’t say that to just anyone, it means I love you
What do you mean?
@@ammaranuar2544 According to this, it's just an urban legend (都市伝説): happymail.co.jp/happylife/characteristic/beautiful-moon/#:~:text=%E3%80%8C%E6%9C%88%E3%81%8C%E7%B6%BA%E9%BA%97%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%AD%E3%80%8D%E3%81%8C%E3%80%8C%E6%84%9B%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99,%E3%81%A8%E6%8C%87%E6%91%98%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%81%9D%E3%81%86%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%80%82
It's not really just an urban legend though, every Japanese person knows what you mean by 月がきれいですね
@@ishankohlii i see. Thanks for clarifying it for me.
Horen LastTeacher 2.0 the very famous author Natsume Soseki was also an English teacher and when he was asked what I love you meant he said it meant 月がきれい because the phrase I love you holds so many complex and strong emotions that you can’t encapsulate the full meaning of
I knew these Kanji, but that was a really helpful explanation of On'yomi vs Kun'yomi and it's the first time I've really understood that! Thanks.
I will start my beginner's Japanese class next week. The characters are starting to scare me but i'm sure it'll be rewarding in the end. Im glad I came across your video.
I started learning Japanese a few weeks ago and wanted to cry when I had to learn kanji already. This lesson made it a little less scary!
So just give up, dont learn japanese if you are scared of kanjis, it makes you look pathetic
@@franctokyo5981 Can I help you?
you came at the perfect time omg. I really need to learn as much kanji and Japanese grammar I can before the new gintama movie comes out because i really wanna see it in theaters!!!!
難しそうだよ！頑張ってね
My fav symbol is the one for "Ultra" it looks so cool.
日本人です！どうやって日本語を友達に説明しようか難しくて困っていたんですが、れいなさんの丁寧で的確な動画のおかげで説明がスムーズにできるようになりました！本当にありがとうございます！
That’s amazing Rina, You’re the coolest
Could you do more of these?
I just wanna say thank you I've learned so much in this video! And gives me motivation to start learning kanji again! 🥰
I really appreciated the way you explained this, and I feel a bit less worried about getting a handle on Kanji, thank you
I knew all of the Kanji in this video because I've already studied kanji before. But I haven't used any japanese (written or spoken) in over a decade so I don't remember any of it. This was a good way to refresh my memory.
When you get the time can you make a video explaining the currency? I'm hoping to go there after cov-19 is over! Love your videos and I'm sorry for your loss!
I live in Sapporo, before I came to Japan I knew these kanji, but I couldn't speak Japanese until I moved to Japan and started having random conversations with people in Omiya (originally moved to saitama) but I like how you're teaching, not really new information for me, but it was a fun watch.
日本来る前に日本語は独学して、でも全然喋れない感じ、大宮駅周辺でいろんな人と話してみて喋るようになった。今日本語困ってないけどこの動画面白いと思って見た。この動画作ってくれてありがとうございました。
Hearing these Kanji explained... I keep thinking of all the anime I've watched that included their use without me even realizing the connection... 🤯
I have been learning Kanji (along with Hiragana and katakana) using Anki. Right now I am just trying to learn the meanings. I have heard it is easier if you ignore the Kun Yomi and On Yomi when starting out. But this was super helpful to understand how kanji are combined and ultimately how they are read when I get to that level. Thanks!
After trying out many sources, finally WaniKani worked for me. It's super fun.
すごい！こういうのをさがしてたんだけど。ありがとうございます!! 🥺🙌🏼
I really liked this video, you broke the words down and explained it very well. I recognized (ichi, ni, san, shi or yon). You helped to make it more understandable.
This was super helpful. Thank you. My family and I are seriously considering moving to Japan. My wife is Japanese so she will be fine. I will be fine in about 20 years, if i study hard every day !!!!!
Never been good at learning languages so my brain just melted watching this
Thank you for the info Reina sensei 😊😊❤️❤️🇯🇵🇯🇵
Thank you I have been trying to expand my vocabulary and know my kanji for the past few days. This helps alot!
I M OBSESSED WITH JP! WHEN YOU FIRST UPLOADED THIS I ASKED AND TOLD "mama" (JP FOR mommy ACCORDING TO Google translate) AND SHE. AGREED
As I'm a beginner this was very helpful. Thank you.
Some cool stuff on Kanji. Including the days of the week.
That was a GREAT lesson.
Wow okay I can see a correlation on how On Yomi and Kin Yomi work. It's like taking the word Grass on its own but then using Grassland to describe a landscape.
That’s exactly it!!!
IIRC, 日, 月, 金, 木, 水, 火, 土 are also what comes up by default when you type A to G in a chinese keyboard.
Edit: By "A to G", i mean the locations of A to G in a QWERTY keyboard.
日 月 金 木 水 火 土
Maybe it's a shortcut for companies to quickly type any day of the week without typing the whole thing in
@@xXJ4FARGAMERXx Yeah, it's possible. i think it's possibly based on the most common words?
Good video thank you!
My goals in end of this 2022 year, i have to recognized 250-315 kanji
O M G. so helpful. pls continue with this kind of content.
Thank you so much for making this video, it’s super helpful!!
from Philippines, I'm new here , thank you very much,very useful and informative hope more so i can learn more as a beginner,more power
I did know all of these kanji already (although going back over them is always helpful, especially the days of the week). I've been learning kanji on Wanikani for a little over a year now and I've found it extremely helpful, although it can go a bit slowly at times so probably not best if you're in a hurry to learn kanji as quickly as possible. I think it's worth checking out, I like it, others don't.
This was cool, you are really well spoken. Thanks for the info!
This is good kanji to start. Thanks reina 😀👏👏
I'm REALLY happy you're doing this you are the BEST at explaining this stuff! 🖤💖
That means a lot!! Thank youuuu!!!
@@reinascully ofc! I've been waiting for more language content from u, the way you explain stuff really sticks in my head!
I knew all of these Kanji, I learned most of the kanji I know from a great app called YomikataZ. It was very helpful to get the distinction between onyomi and kunyomi though. Thanks Reina!
I've been learning kanji via my own personal methods, so I was able to recognize all of these on sight.
Best explanation of kanji I've ever seen!
今まで見た漢字の説明の中で一番良かった (I used a translator for that ..🙂)
This was very helpful Reina, thank you. Looking forward to going through my Kanji cards on Anki.
Love this video! Good detailed info about Kanji! The kanji I learned here at my university. Ugh it makes me need to go back to homework lol.
Great video! Learning Japanese is difficult but the challenge keeps me determined! Haha
Also can I say I LOVE your hair!😆
I actually have already learned all these kanjis before but i was confused about the on yomi and kun yomi but now i understand the difference between them thank you so much
So glad this video could help!!
This was really helpful! Please do more!
I have first grade level of knowledge in written Chinese and conversational in Cantonese. This help me a lot when I was learning Japanese, but the different way of reading them depending on context was confusing, but it does help that certain words in Japanese sounds similar in Cantonese as well. One notable example is the word for telephone. Also helped that the Japan wave hit Hong Kong very early on and HK Cantonese adopted some Japanese vocabulary.
I can't wait for the next video.
Thanks for Sharing, It is interesting to think about, Japanese people whom were inventors, developers, story writers inspired some to learn Japanese. I wish I could repay them all back. Here is hoping to give back, maybe someday I could keep the Japanese language going for many more years. Long Live Nippon.
My Japanese class starts this week. I can’t wait hihi
Revision is always useful