As a Canadian, I remember coming to Japan and hearing that I shouldn't blow my nose. I got used to sniffling all the time. Then, a few years later, when I went to visit Canada, my sister was wondering why the heck I was sniffling so much and not blowing my nose. I think in most Western countries, it's actually considered gross and rude to keep sniffling, when you can just quickly blow your nose and be finished. Nobody likes snot in Western countries either, so it's not that blowing your nose is gross because it's 鼻くそ. It's gross that you keep playing with your 鼻くそ by sniffling forever. Just blow it out.
I feel like this is a subjective thing to every individual. I grew up in Europe, so I should be on the side "blow your nose and be done with it", but weirdly enough I actually never liked that and I never blew my nose in public in my life. I'm very much on the other side of the fence on this matter, I'm just sniffling forever, but the majority of people would just blow their nose without a second thought.
I'm also Canadian, I never could figure out how to blow my nose until my first husband (also Canadian) taught me because he couldn't stand the sniffling! It's useful to know that in Japan the snot management etiquette is so different.
The sniffing thing is one thing I could never do to fit in. My brother always does that, and he's actually made him self sick sniffing so hard that he had to swallow it 🤢 I always try to be sneaky about blowing my nose in Japan.
the bathing together thing was common in Europe too, because it saved money and hot water. Then American puritansm gained influence, and hot water was more easily available, and it became taboo. Now it only happens with little kids who cant bathe themselves. Great video, do more of these!
" Now it only happens with little kids who cant bathe themselves" Unless you don't care that its taboo and do it anyways because you prefer Japanese culture as it lines up more with who you are and how you think. :)
Here's a finding from the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) in the US. "One of the most significant findings in the report is that children under five years old, while comprising only 8.5 percent of the total U.S. population, account for almost 30 percent of the 110,000 annual bathtub and shower-related accidents. Over 75 percent of all bathtub and shower-related fatalities occur among children under five and 90 percent of the injuries and deaths occur when these young children are not being supervised by a responsible adult."
I grew up with 4 brothers and 4 sisters so that slipper thing would have been very useful to help us avoid walking in on each other. lol Thanks for another great lesson. :)
Sniffling noises annoy me so much I'd rather someone just blow their nose and be done with it lol. When I take the train there's people sniffling every 5 seconds so annoying.
Yea but here Japanese people usually don't have runny nose. They are usually healthy. They don't cough and spit in public. Generally, they are very disciplined are formal people.
We in Germany share sauna with many people - all totally naked. In one of my early visits to Japan I enjoyed the discussion very much after I accidentially returned to the kitchen with the bathroom slippers.
In Finland we have the sauna culture where we go in completely naked. Public ones are usually split between men and women but nearly every household has a private one where families can go together.
In Germany saunas are mostly mixed, but we have saunas with special women-only days once in a week. And it's forbidden to not be fully naked in a German sauna. Also there exist male-only saunas....but these are not actually saunas.
I first learned about toilet slippers from an anime called Sangatsu no Raion (very good anime). One of the characters gets bullied by a bunch of girls who stole her normal shoes from her locker, so she was forced to wear the school's toilet slippers on her walk home. Oh, speaking of anime, you mentioned Tsuki ga Kirei once in a video. It became one of my favorite all time anime.
I found your channel by chance. At first I was thinking "oh boy, just another japanese girl with kawaii looks". But then I noticed how much effort you put in this channel, from the very well made intro animation to the self presentation (make up, good english spelling etc). For me the best feature are the subtitles. It's very cool to see not only the hiragana substitute for the kanji, but also the romaji at same time. Dude, it helps A LOT. And there's an extra for the coloring, that show where are the substantive and verbs, because they change places in japanese and english. I will inscribe right now and try to learn as much as I can from your channel. Thanks Misa. Gambarimasu!
Also this was great video. Thank you so much for telling patiently all these things. Those subtitles help so much to understand and I really appreciate that.
Having a great time with Japanese Ammo videos! Thank you! I lived in Iwakuni in the early 90’s and would take the train to Hiroshima during weekends. You are helping me remember my wonderful time in Japan and strengthen my mo-sukoshi grasp of nihongo!
Toilet slippers probably were quite useful in the past with squat toilets and even just holes in the floor. I can see how they might protect your feet. We don't have toilet slippers in our house. I don't even wear regular slippers in the house.
In Canada during elementary school every classroom has a cloak room where we change from our outside shoes to inside shoes. Not sure if this is nation wide but was done in my part of the country.
When you say take a bath together, you should point out that it doesn't mean washing your body. It means soaking together. The water is not dirtied with soap etc. People take showers, get very clean, and then soak together.
It's my first video that I watched in your channel and ohhh how much I loved it!! Not only interesting to learn about such customs but to deepen my Japanese knowledge alongside that as well! Can't wait to watch more of your videos!!! 🤩🤩👏
South India : we have special toilet slippers, bare foot inside the home, all shoes outside the main area of the house or in the verandah or thinnai. Like Japanese we also have sounds to represent verbs.
My Japanese wife bathed with her dad till she was like 22. And I met other Japanese who have similar stories/situation. I'm not Japanese but bathed with family, mom, siblings, dad, until I was like 4-5 years old.
@@kawaii33366 You have a point, but the only problem is, that, in my experience, Westerners tend not react that way within reference to their own culture, but rather judge other cultures (while often overlooking similar aspects within their own), and demanding change instead of respecting differences. Again. That is just my experience, but I see it so often, and so strongly, that I cannot phrase that any other way than as a statement. I do hope it changes in the future, however.
@@kawaii33366 Misa is westernized to the point where she spends more time in Europe than her home country. Her beliefs are are the exception. She is more westernized than 99% of her country men's population
@@AntiActionFox and there's nothing wrong with that. People just need to keep it in mind when considering her as a reference for the country. That said, even within Japan, there will be people that dislike it, and in the West, there will be people that are fine with it. We're just talking about generalities and acceptance of differences.
keep doing the great work and some day the right people will find you and you'll even get to the 1 mio subs. your videos are very interesting and informational. and also one of the best Japanese teachers on youtube.
In Cantonese the word for what comes out of the nose is also nose poop unless it is quite runny (allergies for example) in which case we call it nose water. And nobody considers either word abnormally vulgar. We know the whole topic isn't pristine or anything, but, nose waste, like, it's normal, and everybody considers it normal. Is there any other context in which Japanese uses ごちそうさまでした? In one of the last episodes of Re:Zero season 1 it comes up in a completely food-unrelated situation.
I like this! Learning the language with some cultural background along the way. Nice! I'm wondering about 2 things: 1. If I'm not mistaken, Japanese has multiple words for "to wear", like 履く(haku) for pants and lower body, 着る(kiru) for upper body, and かぶる(kaburu) for headwear. If Haku becomes 履き替える (hakikaeru), would Kiru and Kaburu also add the Kae-kanji? for instance, "kikaeru" or something for changing upper body clothing? 2. Is there a Japanese equivalent for "Enjoy your meal" or "Bon Appetit", said to people that you see eating? Or is that uncommon? I'm not talking about a chef or host's " 召し上がれ " (meshiagare) here, btw, and I'm not about to eat something myself. Imagine someone just passing by a terras or something, wishing someone else a nice meal. TiA!
Toilet slippers make perfect sense to me with OCD about germs. I very much dislike blowing my nose in front of people (other than close family). I will go at great lengths not to. When I found out this was a Japanese custom I felt commonality.
✨😍✨ I'm all caught up! Having started in July '21 viewing every single Japanese Ammo video in order, the process is now complete. Along the way, several notebooks have been filled and much has been learned. みさ先生のおかげでここまで来れました。
Where I live in America, our schools had the same blowing nose custom. Mainly because blowing your nose in the middle of a lecture is rude and distracting, so we would be asked to take a tissue, exit the classroom, shut the door and blow out nose in the hallway.
My understanding of the idea behind "toilet slippers" is cleanliness. The Shinto religion is based around the concept of purification, and the idea is that when your home has been cleaned and purified (literally and ritually), bringing in dirt from the outside is unclean (literally and spiritually), so you take off your impure shoes in the genkan and wear shoes that remain pure when inside the home. Likewise, the toilet is an impure area and you don't want to drag any filth (literal or spiritual) back into the main home. Regardless of the religious aspects, Japan has a very healthy population that lives to an older average age than anywhere else... so clearly it's not a bad idea. :)
I was stationed in Japan intermittently for just over 11 years total. I did know of these customs, and a lot more that are seen as strange to most westerners. I learned about these from my Japanese friends. I enjoyed your content; especially your going over the language, with out using the Romaji with the Hiragana, Katakana, and Khanji. It makes you learn the characters when their is no Romaji. Thank You!!!!
Misa-San! I am really enjoying your lessons here. Thank you for speaking slowly and clearly, and explaining things so well. Plus, you are super cute. Where in the UK is your accent from?
I love your Videos they are very helpful!. Could you make a video on when to you should use the hiragana version of a word, and when to use the katakana version when both exist. :)
Thanks for your effort :3 - Polish people also use a slippers at home (but we haven't special shoes for bathroom). Depends of region we call it "kapcie (try read it like KAPUCHE)", "papcie (PAPUCHE)", "laczki (LACH-KI)" or "bambosze (BAMUBOSHE)" - that's not all possibilities xD Btw, I know word "uwabaki" thanks to movie "Tokyo Drift" :D - Personally I'm quite disgusted hearing nose sniffling (or slurping), but also audible using a tissue is like MEH :C
@@Jordan-inJapan the sniffling still is incredibly and even after living here for some time i cant get over it. drives me crazy when i am sitting somewhere quiet (e.g. library) and people would pull up their snot literally every 2 -4 seconds
I think I read too many doujinshi that images flashed before my eyes when I heard about that "bathing together" and oh a lot of Filipino also do that picking up the bowl or plate when eating
in asia and europe its normal to bathe with people from what i understand. i personally dont see anything wrong with doing such activities if both sides are consenting.
I can't believe I will be interested to learn Japanese Language like this.. .i just want to check what are weird gesture but i also learn the Character and pronounciation here. Thank you very much and for this, You deserve to have more subcriber. I also click the Bell notif. *cheers*.
I think that blowing your nose is more healthy than sniffing it back, as a person who gets sick often it's important to me 😅 but when I'll come visit Japan I would try to be polite and not to disturb people
A long time ago, when I first started coming to Japan (I live here now), I didn't want to go to an onsen to bath with others so my wife suggested I bath with her nine year old nephew, at her brother's house, to get used to it. I told her, "You do NOT understand the problem!" 🤣😂
Good question, there were always slippers available at my friend’s house, but they seemed fine with me using just socks. Maybe I was being impolite and didn’t realize. No one said anything lol
It's up to the household.. pretty sure no one carries slippers with them to go to a friend's place. I'd say it would be rude if someone has slippers they'd like you to use but you refuse to, but I don't feel this is common. Keep your feet and socks clean and you should be ok!
@@invictuslem wearing socks is okay, they do the separate stuff because they're intelligent enough to know which things are dirty and which things are clean.
Life Hack. 1. Tilt your head back 2. Pinch your nostrils together. 3. Breath in and hold your breath for as long as you can. 4. Release your fingers keeping head back. 5. Breath easy.
I mean I never bathed with my family, but I know people who did. I don't think it's that uncommon in the US. It's just not the social standard, so people don't talk about it.
The runny nose one was quite annoying when I visited. Just my luck that I started to get a cold when I was on the train back to my hotel. Had to stop off and get some cold medicine. Thankfully the medicine I picked up was extremely effective and it only took a day to get better which was a first for me.
In Finland we don't usually use slippers and it is more like elders hapit. What if you are going to visit your friend in Japan. Do you have to always keep two different types of slippers with you or has everyone slippers for guests.
I tried slurping noodles because a korean guy says it makes the noodles taste better. but you are right, I dont like getting noodle juice all over my clothes and face and in eyes, so I dont slurp
In my school we also changed shoes. Is that really weird? Is there a country in which they don't change shoes from outside shoes to school shoes? If yes then they are weird.
USA, to be fair we treat entire school floor as dirty, though doubtful that anyone is eating off the floor anywhere. Same goes for most peoples home too and bathrooms too.
@@jimmypatton4982 Oh wow I knew that people in USA don't change or take off shoes when going into their homes which I thought was weird but didn't know it was the case for schools too.
Not sure why is taking off your shoes when entering home and using home slippers portrayed as such an unusual thing. Except Americans, literally almost whole world does that.
I wonder what her audience breakdown by country is, but I definitely thought it was strange when I first heard about changing shoes, though I am a fish living in a strange land (USA).
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Here in Australia we take slippers to the toilet too; mainly because they're so useful against spiders.
Haha yeah ..im never going to Australia. Toilet spiders ?!
Nuh, I have seen spiders in Australia, you cannot kill them just with a slipper. 🤣
you must have really big slippers to kill really big spiders
As an Australian, I can verify this.
Maybe I'm too much of an old man ,but I never seen anyone where slippers to the toilet in Aus .
As a Canadian, I remember coming to Japan and hearing that I shouldn't blow my nose. I got used to sniffling all the time. Then, a few years later, when I went to visit Canada, my sister was wondering why the heck I was sniffling so much and not blowing my nose. I think in most Western countries, it's actually considered gross and rude to keep sniffling, when you can just quickly blow your nose and be finished. Nobody likes snot in Western countries either, so it's not that blowing your nose is gross because it's 鼻くそ. It's gross that you keep playing with your 鼻くそ by sniffling forever. Just blow it out.
I feel like this is a subjective thing to every individual. I grew up in Europe, so I should be on the side "blow your nose and be done with it", but weirdly enough I actually never liked that and I never blew my nose in public in my life. I'm very much on the other side of the fence on this matter, I'm just sniffling forever, but the majority of people would just blow their nose without a second thought.
Sometimes all you gotta do is just press your nostrils together with a tissue to drain your nose, no blowing required.
I'm also Canadian, I never could figure out how to blow my nose until my first husband (also Canadian) taught me because he couldn't stand the sniffling!
It's useful to know that in Japan the snot management etiquette is so different.
The sniffing thing is one thing I could never do to fit in. My brother always does that, and he's actually made him self sick sniffing so hard that he had to swallow it 🤢 I always try to be sneaky about blowing my nose in Japan.
AMEN brother
the bathing together thing was common in Europe too, because it saved money and hot water. Then American puritansm gained influence, and hot water was more easily available, and it became taboo. Now it only happens with little kids who cant bathe themselves.
Great video, do more of these!
Following what America might not always be the best idea
" Now it only happens with little kids who cant bathe themselves" Unless you don't care that its taboo and do it anyways because you prefer Japanese culture as it lines up more with who you are and how you think. :)
I hope you know the Puritans came to America from Europe!
I love Misas hair blue/purple changing into violet, her hairdresser did a great job and great video!
@James Cool u dont see the violets in it as well ?
How old she is?
Leave it to Misa to once again bring us a Japanese language lesson along with a culture lesson about some things most instructors don't talk about.
Here's a finding from the CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) in the US. "One of the most significant findings in the report is that children under five years old, while comprising only 8.5 percent of the total U.S. population, account for almost 30 percent of the 110,000 annual bathtub and shower-related accidents. Over 75 percent of all bathtub and shower-related fatalities occur among children under five and 90 percent of the injuries and deaths occur when these young children are not being supervised by a responsible adult."
This channel has been immeasurably helpful to me learning the Japanese language and culture. Thank you
Despite the nature of some of the topics, this was entertaining as well as educational. Nice one Misa!
I grew up with 4 brothers and 4 sisters so that slipper thing would have been very useful to help us avoid walking in on each other. lol Thanks for another great lesson. :)
日本人ですが英語の勉強になるのでいつもみています。
面白いし可愛いし、素晴らしいTH-camrだと思います。
Sniffling noises annoy me so much I'd rather someone just blow their nose and be done with it lol. When I take the train there's people sniffling every 5 seconds so annoying.
Yea but here Japanese people usually don't have runny nose. They are usually healthy. They don't cough and spit in public. Generally, they are very disciplined are formal people.
First time visitor here. what a brilliant idea teaching customs and Japanese at the same time! Also I like your smile and giggle
We in Germany share sauna with many people - all totally naked.
In one of my early visits to Japan I enjoyed the discussion very much after I accidentially returned to the kitchen with the bathroom slippers.
In Finland we have the sauna culture where we go in completely naked. Public ones are usually split between men and women but nearly every household has a private one where families can go together.
Yes in Japan there are so many Public baths. Japanese and foreigners do take a bath there, there are hot and cold baths, sauna, showers
Doing things Alabama style, I see .. I guess it's a family tradition
@@bobbiusshadow6985 no
I've gotten used to mixed saunas when I hang out with my friends. Less firewood needed.
In Germany saunas are mostly mixed, but we have saunas with special women-only days once in a week. And it's forbidden to not be fully naked in a German sauna.
Also there exist male-only saunas....but these are not actually saunas.
You put a lot of effort into teaching with every occasion. It is very much appreciated :P
I first learned about toilet slippers from an anime called Sangatsu no Raion (very good anime). One of the characters gets bullied by a bunch of girls who stole her normal shoes from her locker, so she was forced to wear the school's toilet slippers on her walk home. Oh, speaking of anime, you mentioned Tsuki ga Kirei once in a video. It became one of my favorite all time anime.
Awwww “snuffling” that’s so cute sounding
I found your channel by chance. At first I was thinking "oh boy, just another japanese girl with kawaii looks". But then I noticed how much effort you put in this channel, from the very well made intro animation to the self presentation (make up, good english spelling etc). For me the best feature are the subtitles. It's very cool to see not only the hiragana substitute for the kanji, but also the romaji at same time. Dude, it helps A LOT. And there's an extra for the coloring, that show where are the substantive and verbs, because they change places in japanese and english. I will inscribe right now and try to learn as much as I can from your channel. Thanks Misa. Gambarimasu!
This was really great! Fun way to learn about both some Japanese customs/culture as well as vocabulary! Thank you!
Haven't been here in a while, I really enjoyed the way you presented sentences in this video, very clear and easy to get.
Bathing together was quite normal here too, our whole family would go to sauna together when I was little.
Misa is the best language teacher. Clear explanation and interesting interpretation .
Also this was great video. Thank you so much for telling patiently all these things. Those subtitles help so much to understand and I really appreciate that.
“snuffle” means basically the same as sniffle anyway, plus it’s a fun word
tbh it's always better to blow your nose in the bathroom, because you can wash your hands right afterwards.
Having a great time with Japanese Ammo videos! Thank you! I lived in Iwakuni in the early 90’s and would take the train to Hiroshima during weekends. You are helping me remember my wonderful time in Japan and strengthen my mo-sukoshi grasp of nihongo!
Toilet slippers probably were quite useful in the past with squat toilets and even just holes in the floor. I can see how they might protect your feet. We don't have toilet slippers in our house. I don't even wear regular slippers in the house.
Just discovering this channel. What an awesome idea to sneak a language lecture into a video about culture.
In Canada during elementary school every classroom has a cloak room where we change from our outside shoes to inside shoes. Not sure if this is nation wide but was done in my part of the country.
It definitely was when I was in school.
We had assigned building entrances per grade and changed shoes there. nothing per classroom.
I look forward to watching your new posting every week for leaning Japanese and English. Thanks for your great job. Wishes from Taiwan.
When you say take a bath together, you should point out that it doesn't mean washing your body. It means soaking together. The water is not dirtied with soap etc. People take showers, get very clean, and then soak together.
yes
What for?
The toilet slippers are used not only in houses, but also in some ryokan, so one might encounter them even if not staying in or visiting a home.
Bathing with your parents is normal in Germany too. Or at least I did that xD
It's my first video that I watched in your channel and ohhh how much I loved it!! Not only interesting to learn about such customs but to deepen my Japanese knowledge alongside that as well! Can't wait to watch more of your videos!!! 🤩🤩👏
South India : we have special toilet slippers, bare foot inside the home, all shoes outside the main area of the house or in the verandah or thinnai. Like Japanese we also have sounds to represent verbs.
My Japanese wife bathed with her dad till she was like 22. And I met other Japanese who have similar stories/situation. I'm not Japanese but bathed with family, mom, siblings, dad, until I was like 4-5 years old.
I don't think it's a big deal. A bath is just a bath. Westerners overreact to that kind of stuff.
@@Phatnaru0002 i agree
@@kawaii33366 You have a point, but the only problem is, that, in my experience, Westerners tend not react that way within reference to their own culture, but rather judge other cultures (while often overlooking similar aspects within their own), and demanding change instead of respecting differences.
Again. That is just my experience, but I see it so often, and so strongly, that I cannot phrase that any other way than as a statement. I do hope it changes in the future, however.
@@kawaii33366 Misa is westernized to the point where she spends more time in Europe than her home country. Her beliefs are are the exception. She is more westernized than 99% of her country men's population
@@AntiActionFox and there's nothing wrong with that. People just need to keep it in mind when considering her as a reference for the country.
That said, even within Japan, there will be people that dislike it, and in the West, there will be people that are fine with it. We're just talking about generalities and acceptance of differences.
I should watch you more for practice. And you have talked about things that I discovered not so easily on my daily life.
keep doing the great work and some day the right people will find you and you'll even get to the 1 mio subs. your videos are very interesting and informational. and also one of the best Japanese teachers on youtube.
So much useful information here
動画がいつも、役に立ちます
AS a Canadian trying to learn Japanese I enjoy your channel I am happy I found it.
In Cantonese the word for what comes out of the nose is also nose poop unless it is quite runny (allergies for example) in which case we call it nose water. And nobody considers either word abnormally vulgar. We know the whole topic isn't pristine or anything, but, nose waste, like, it's normal, and everybody considers it normal.
Is there any other context in which Japanese uses ごちそうさまでした? In one of the last episodes of Re:Zero season 1 it comes up in a completely food-unrelated situation.
I like this! Learning the language with some cultural background along the way. Nice!
I'm wondering about 2 things:
1. If I'm not mistaken, Japanese has multiple words for "to wear", like 履く(haku) for pants and lower body, 着る(kiru) for upper body, and かぶる(kaburu) for headwear. If Haku becomes 履き替える (hakikaeru), would Kiru and Kaburu also add the Kae-kanji? for instance, "kikaeru" or something for changing upper body clothing?
2. Is there a Japanese equivalent for "Enjoy your meal" or "Bon Appetit", said to people that you see eating? Or is that uncommon? I'm not talking about a chef or host's " 召し上がれ " (meshiagare) here, btw, and I'm not about to eat something myself. Imagine someone just passing by a terras or something, wishing someone else a nice meal. TiA!
I don't know about headwear, but I know that きる becomes 着替える (きがえる) so a dakuten gets added to 替える
@@syra4290 Cool! Had not thought of the dakuten. That was helpful. Thanks! ☺️👍🏻
4:31 I always remember tokyo drift because of this 😂
same af
I like how you do the subtitles when you speak Japanese the Japanese color coding with the English and under that very interesting in and of itself
Toilet slippers make perfect sense to me with OCD about germs.
I very much dislike blowing my nose in front of people (other than close family). I will go at great lengths not to. When I found out this was a Japanese custom I felt commonality.
Thank you for your hard work! I hope you will still continue teaching us :)
✨😍✨ I'm all caught up! Having started in July '21 viewing every single Japanese Ammo video in order, the process is now complete. Along the way, several notebooks have been filled and much has been learned. みさ先生のおかげでここまで来れました。
How ambitious! Nice job
Hey!! I haven't seen new content from you in forever!!
Where I live in America, our schools had the same blowing nose custom. Mainly because blowing your nose in the middle of a lecture is rude and distracting, so we would be asked to take a tissue, exit the classroom, shut the door and blow out nose in the hallway.
Tank you for this content. We are learning culture and language at the same time. Great video!
My understanding of the idea behind "toilet slippers" is cleanliness. The Shinto religion is based around the concept of purification, and the idea is that when your home has been cleaned and purified (literally and ritually), bringing in dirt from the outside is unclean (literally and spiritually), so you take off your impure shoes in the genkan and wear shoes that remain pure when inside the home. Likewise, the toilet is an impure area and you don't want to drag any filth (literal or spiritual) back into the main home.
Regardless of the religious aspects, Japan has a very healthy population that lives to an older average age than anywhere else... so clearly it's not a bad idea. :)
I was stationed in Japan intermittently for just over 11 years total. I did know of these customs, and a lot more that are seen as strange to most westerners. I learned about these from my Japanese friends. I enjoyed your content; especially your going over the language, with out using the Romaji with the Hiragana, Katakana, and Khanji. It makes you learn the characters when their is no Romaji. Thank You!!!!
Great lesson Misa! Thanks so much.
Misa-San! I am really enjoying your lessons here. Thank you for speaking slowly and clearly, and explaining things so well. Plus, you are super cute. Where in the UK is your accent from?
Your hair looks really beautiful right now!
really thankful for that kind of inside knowledge
I love your Videos they are very helpful!. Could you make a video on when to you should use the hiragana version of a word, and when to use the katakana version when both exist. :)
習慣can be used as habit as well. As in I drink coffee as a habit. コーヒーを飲む習慣がある
Oh wow I didn't know about that slipper thing makes sense in a way though 🤔🧐🤷♂️✌
it make sense becasue they avoid dirty stuff and being sick.
Thanks for the subtitle, its very helpful for someone who is studying/learning Nihongo.. Subarashii ne..
Thanks for your effort :3
- Polish people also use a slippers at home (but we haven't special shoes for bathroom). Depends of region we call it "kapcie (try read it like KAPUCHE)", "papcie (PAPUCHE)", "laczki (LACH-KI)" or "bambosze (BAMUBOSHE)" - that's not all possibilities xD Btw, I know word "uwabaki" thanks to movie "Tokyo Drift" :D
- Personally I'm quite disgusted hearing nose sniffling (or slurping), but also audible using a tissue is like MEH :C
I was in a school for hearing-impaired (in germany), and we also had lockers to change to shoes to house shoes :)
The fact that none of these seems weird to me tells me I have lived in Japan waaaay too long. 😅
How long is too long?
@@DoctorEbot 20年間です。
@@Jordan-inJapan the sniffling still is incredibly and even after living here for some time i cant get over it. drives me crazy when i am sitting somewhere quiet (e.g. library) and people would pull up their snot literally every 2 -4 seconds
I think I read too many doujinshi that images flashed before my eyes when I heard about that "bathing together"
and oh a lot of Filipino also do that picking up the bowl or plate when eating
I like this video. Very informative. 😁👍
Idk if fhats a blanket on your chsir but it looks awesome
Uwabaki!! I learned that from the Fast and Furious movie!!! The teacher was so angry when he didn’t put on his slippers!!
鼻くそ is a really funny word! 😂
in asia and europe its normal to bathe with people from what i understand. i personally dont see anything wrong with doing such activities if both sides are consenting.
very useful thank you
Thank you!!
I can't believe I will be interested to learn Japanese Language like this.. .i just want to check what are weird gesture but i also learn the Character and pronounciation here.
Thank you very much and for this,
You deserve to have more subcriber.
I also click the Bell notif. *cheers*.
Great video misa!!
Thank you for another great video. You are great!
A super entertaining video, thank you Misa
Thank you Misa sensei 💖
I think that blowing your nose is more healthy than sniffing it back, as a person who gets sick often it's important to me 😅 but when I'll come visit Japan I would try to be polite and not to disturb people
Kotsu kotsu ga katsu kotsu
I am ADDICTED to this line because of you Misa 🥰
Thank you
A long time ago, when I first started coming to Japan (I live here now), I didn't want to go to an onsen to bath with others so my wife suggested I bath with her nine year old nephew, at her brother's house, to get used to it. I told her, "You do NOT understand the problem!" 🤣😂
Hello Misa! Would Japanese consider it rude if friends didn’t wear slippers in their house? Like, do they need to wear them?
Not rude. It’s their own house. But they would be judged as not so clean
Good question, there were always slippers available at my friend’s house, but they seemed fine with me using just socks. Maybe I was being impolite and didn’t realize. No one said anything lol
It's up to the household.. pretty sure no one carries slippers with them to go to a friend's place. I'd say it would be rude if someone has slippers they'd like you to use but you refuse to, but I don't feel this is common. Keep your feet and socks clean and you should be ok!
@@invictuslem wearing socks is okay, they do the separate stuff because they're intelligent enough to know which things are dirty and which things are clean.
Life Hack. 1. Tilt your head back 2. Pinch your nostrils together. 3. Breath in and hold your breath for as long as you can. 4. Release your fingers keeping head back. 5. Breath easy.
thank you very much for the lesson, sensei.
I just learned to take my shoes off at the genkan.
I mean I never bathed with my family, but I know people who did. I don't think it's that uncommon in the US. It's just not the social standard, so people don't talk about it.
the fake standard
The runny nose one was quite annoying when I visited. Just my luck that I started to get a cold when I was on the train back to my hotel. Had to stop off and get some cold medicine. Thankfully the medicine I picked up was extremely effective and it only took a day to get better which was a first for me.
I couldn’t anymore when you said 鼻くそ😂😂😂
The careful build up and calm way to say nose shit
In Finland we don't usually use slippers and it is more like elders hapit.
What if you are going to visit your friend in Japan. Do you have to always keep two different types of slippers with you or has everyone slippers for guests.
Dang Misa dropping the video at midnight lol
Thank you!
I like these shorter vids.
Its easy for me to focus.
Ressun wa tanoshikitta desu . Arigatou gozaimasu Misa sensei .
I tried slurping noodles because a korean guy says it makes the noodles taste better. but you are right, I dont like getting noodle juice all over my clothes and face and in eyes, so I dont slurp
みさ先生ありがとうございます
In my school we also changed shoes. Is that really weird? Is there a country in which they don't change shoes from outside shoes to school shoes? If yes then they are weird.
US
USA, to be fair we treat entire school floor as dirty, though doubtful that anyone is eating off the floor anywhere.
Same goes for most peoples home too and bathrooms too.
@@jimmypatton4982 Oh wow I knew that people in USA don't change or take off shoes when going into their homes which I thought was weird but didn't know it was the case for schools too.
Your hair looks truly lovely in this video! That color suits you so well!
In Mexico we do use Slippers in the bathroom... specially to make noise to cover FART noises...
Thank you ❤
The bath one isnt that weird up to a certain age for some cultures to be fair. (with parents ,simular aged siblings/cousins) XD
Thanks!
Not sure why is taking off your shoes when entering home and using home slippers portrayed as such an unusual thing. Except Americans, literally almost whole world does that.
yes so true, the shoes from the outside are so dirty.
I wonder what her audience breakdown by country is, but I definitely thought it was strange when I first heard about changing shoes, though I am a fish living in a strange land (USA).
Love the hair!