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your channel is so good I swear you're the best youtuber, I learned Japanese basics and I can understand you because you speak slowly and your content is sooo interesting. Whenever I don't understand something, I just turn on the subtitles for a few seconds then I turn them off, and you put some english on your video on the difficult words. Huge THANK YOU !!!!
My motivation is pure, unadulterated spite. I was told you had to be born with a gift to learn languages to get even remotely good at a second language, and that I'd never be good at English. So I became fluent. I'm planning to become fluent in at least 3 more languages, just to rub salt in the wound.
You show 'em who's got the last laugh! It's absolute BS that you'd hae to be born a certain way to learn languages. I've struggled with learning Japanese, but I barely struggled to learn English since my childhood and I'm able to speak it fluently.
omg yes, none of the people I know speak more that 2-3 languages (B1+) but I've already know 4 (2 of them completely self learnt, and 3 more OTW)the only person that I know that knows more than 2 is my sister XD
I know it’s a year on but I got told in school that learning a language isn’t for me when I failed French class but loved everything Japanese so I decided to learn a more difficult language out of spite…I’m with you ✊✊
I don't have a lot of motivation for studying japanese. Just the pleasure of understanding a little more each day. I also have no discipline, and no habits. I have another thing. I have FUN. I'm having fun watching this video. I understood almost everything. I have fun reading a little manga in Japanese (with furigana, and I read manga when I've already watched the shows, so I already understand the story). I learn songs because I have fun doing it. I watch japanese shows paying attention to the dialogues, because that's fun for me. When I stop having fun, I stop. I'm not the quickest learner, but I haven't suffered at all. That's my humble advice. Try to find things for which you need no motivation or discipline at all. Things you get drawn to because you're actually enjoying. Then you won't stop.
I'm not quite sure I agree with that. Maybe it works for you, but even with the things I love more than anything else, I do still need discipline and motivation to meet my goals. I could study Japanese just whenever I want to, but it would take so long to get anywhere that I'd probably give up in the middle. ^^;; I think realistic goals, discipline, and motive are the three most important things. You need a strong reason to learn a language (such as just simply loving the language), plus some good goals i.e "I'll learn ten words every week" and then discipline, which usually comes in the form of a good habit i.e "I'll review my flashcard deck every day." That's how you remain a pretty quick learner without suffering, at least in my experience. I wish you luck though!
@@user-kl3pl1gf7x well, MOST language learning in the world, by far, occurs without discipline. It's done by children, who just need to understand and communicate. Well, I have a pleasure of understanding more and more. That's how I learned English as well. I found pleasure in understanding books, songs and movies. I actually never ever speak English. I just read and listen to it a lot, and I write a little.
I understand what you are saying, that if you are unable to be a disciplined person you use the fun to make you learn, like when you cant convince a child to do something speaking but if you offer some candy they do it immediately, so in theory if you never stop feeding the child with candies they will never stop doing what you say. But we thats not how it works. Ideally you should have BOTH discipline and fun, because if you are getting bored, lazy and even with all your determination you cant stand reading one more page of the textbook then try something else that is fun, to keep you engaged. However you can't rely on that to get things done forever and that were disciple takes place, the nearly unstoppable force of habit, built with patient and time, like muscles in a gym. If one fails the other is there, like a couple of Gigachad and ... Female Gigachad.😂😂😂
@@facundocesa4931 Yeah, children absolutely need to learn their native tongue in order to live their lives and are surrounded by that language and constantly being interacted with in that language, so it's easier to learn. They NEED to learn it, whereas most of the time no one needs to learn a second/third/non-native language. They just WANT to. What you're talking about is immersion which is a really good way to learn a language, especially English since so much content is in English. But for, say, someone who speaks English natively and is learning Japanese... Technically there aren't many reasons you'd have to learn Japanese, and it's hard to find opportunities to use the language when you live outside of Japan. That's where discipline comes in; and it's especially important in the beginner stage of learning, because beginners cannot really have fun consuming content in a different language when they don't understand a single thing. For example, I created this account イフェラ with the interest of only consuming Japanese or Japanese -related content with it. English is easier for me to understand than Japanese, so my natural tendency is to watch English videos because I can follow along easier -- but I have discipline, so I watch mostly Japanese videos. This is what allows me to improve enough that I can enjoy more and more content in Japanese, and without discipline, I would have given up before I ever got the chance to enjoy it.
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” that's my motivation! I want my crush to feel at home even though he's far away from Japan. No matter if he likes me back or not!
In my case, I stay motivated because I feel enormous frustration listening to music in Japanese and not understanding anything. Also when I study Japanese I feel nice on my chest and I like that feeling
I used to feel stagnant when learning Japanese because I tried to do everything simultaneously (listening, speaking, writing). Nowadays, my daily Japanese practice is just listening to podcasts and jotting down words I don't understand. I might not learn much in a day but it is sufficient for me to remember and understand them. I'm a very slow learner and when I see people being able to speak Japanese fluently in a short period, it gets me really demotivated. However, I've come to a realization that I'm not competing but learning. Reminding me this makes me enjoy the learning process a little more and go easy on myself.
Agreed! I was the same way, burning myself out by trying to learn everything at once. It's really exhausting to put 100% effort into learning everything you possibly can, every single day. I think if you spend enough time listening to podcasts and learning new words, you'll absorb a lot of other things (like pitch accent and grammar rules) naturally, and you'll be fluent in no time! You might want to consider keeping a Japanese audio diary or finding a Japanese friend to call, though. I learned the hard way that even if you have great listening comprehension and understand pitch accent, proper grammar, etc., you can still really struggle to actually speak in the language. :'D
Two things keep me motivated at the moment.. one is my father who always was proud of me that I have been studying a so hard language.. another one is that the company, in which I have been working, opened a new office in Japan... so I'm praying silently that maybe one day I will be able to visit it... 😁
Originally my motivation for learning Japanese was to be able to play a certain video game in Japanese. I picked it up last time I was in Japan and brought it home... and found out it was English dubbed all along 😂
My motivation to keep going is a bit corny. I was going through some really tough times, and the song "やめるなら今" by Higuchi Ai which kinda snapped me out of it. My hope is to one day be able to write to her and thank her in Japanese.
The strongest motivation for me in learning Japanese is the feeling that I received a secret, mysterious knowledge. I also want to read the scientific literature of this country.
I’m looking forward to the time I can watch your videos without subtitles 🥰 my motivation is the fact that I love so many things about Japan and the Japanese language.
My first reason I started learning Japanese was I was addicted to manga wasn't translated into my language. So I tried translate it myself (just for me, to understand the story). And after first try I decided to learn Japanese because it interested me and was completely different from the languages I had learned before😅 I think it's a little bit strange method of motivation, but when I think someday I'll be able to read without translators and dictionary... It gives me strength and desire to learn💪 But, of course, this is not my only method of motivation, it's just the most effective for me now :)
My only motivation is to travel to Japan one day. Japanese is one of the most difficult languages there are so every bit of understanding I gain is very rewarding by itself
this kinda strengthened my motivation behind wanting to learn japanese (I haven’t started yet but I’m planning to do so next month), it’s basically 3 things: 1) fulfilling a long-time dream I’ve had, I’ve been interested in learning japanese since I was a teenager (I’m 26 rn), 2) wanting to understand more about the culture through language (which is connected to #1 since I’ve been interested on it since younger), 3) and more recently, to understand japanese media in general since I like some celebrities lol... and I’m also interested on getting into j-music and entertainment so I’d love to be able to consume content without depending on someone else to translate it.
I took my first JLPT exam yesterday Hitoki, and I want to thank you, as my favourite Japanese learning channel, I found your videos great for listening practise, and the dual subtitles super helpful for reading practise, so thank you! :D
I just took the MEXT scholarship tests and interview, and if everything goes well I will go to Japan to study. By visualizing that, I stay motivated. Thank you so much for your videos. You are my favorite youtuber!!
hi onomappu! i stumbled upon your channel last month and have been following you since,, i was waiting for my exams to get over and now that im done with them, ive finally started learning japanese!! really excited... dreaming bout the day when ill be able to speak fluently in it anyways, great content as always! luv you loads ;)
For me I have several motivations. First I want to travel to Japan one day to visit and second I watch a lot of anime in Japanese with subtitles and would like to be able to understand more what the characters are saying. I've picked up on some words and phrases just by watching anime but I also realize I have to be careful because real life Japanese and anime Japanese are different from the way its spoke.
@@suhani526 I use Minna no Nihongo 1 and 2 cause those books are refer by my teacher And I was thinking about making TH-cam videos about that but I am not sure should I do it Btw if u want to know I can tell u everything
The one thing that keeps me motivated is being able to play these vast amount of untranslated Otome Games. It’s hard staying motivated when I have no time to play tho, so I always try to find something to read while being busy with school.
My motivation to learn Japanese is because I have a "platonic love" for a Japanese voice actor 🥰 (lol) and I want to understand what he says (for example in interviews or radio shows) a little better, but not only for that I learn Japanese, it's also because I've made friends with several Japanese girls and I'm currently enrolled in a Japanese association and I like to interact with the Japanese people in charge of that association 😊✨ But in addition to that, one of the requirements to graduate from the degree I'm currently studying is to speak and have knowledge of two languages, fluent English and some other language at an intermediate level (there are two languages you can opt for, French or Japanese) and I opted to continue learning Japanese (I started learning Japanese before I entered university), so that's also a motivation to continue learning Japanese ✨
my newest motivation is the japanese exchange students who are visiting my school and class in a couple months, I want to become better at conversational japanese so I can speak to them
Honestly, and it's not just being educated, your videos are a huge motivation. Just take it. I think that without discipline no way to just base the whole studying on motivation. Even if you can do just two words a day, you establish the discipline that helps you move forward.
Thats so true you can’t learn a language in a month it takes years and years to become fluent about motivation I haven’t been motivated at all but i really have the desire to learn Japanese its extremely difficult you need a strong goal that motivates you even at your worse not gonna lie before watching your videos i almost gave up Japanese but your words helped me realize that i can learn Japanese so thank you so much
One more day of hoping for the "Hola" in the initial greeting 😭 (Also, I started language classes in March to help with consistency since I'm not very self-motivated and I'm so glad I can understand a lot more without reading subtitles -or using the JP subtitles-).
originally, i was bored during the pandemic lockdowns, so i went on duolingo and went "japanese seems interesting" I didn't really find my motivation until I started reading manga, i started reading ace of diamond which (until recently) didn't really have an official english translation. I had watched the anime and instead of waiting for a 4th season ,i started reading the manga and now I have all of the physical volumes (only available in japanese) for the entire 1st act. I can't stop learning now, or else I'll have nearly 50 books i can't read lol Also, I started college this year and found a japanese language learner club and that helps a lot, since now I get to practice having conversations with other people :D
My motivation is Japan itself. I want to visit Japan, I love their culture, etiquette, language, food etc. I started learn Japanese three years ago, and now I think I've pre-intermediate level. But I haven't evolved since then, and I want to start learn more hardly. Because of you, now I'm getting more and more motivation by the day. どうもありがとうございました、ひとき先生！
I'm stuck in a limbo between beginner and intermediate. That kind of level where you just have to force yourself to immerse into media content, read manga, books and listen to as much native content as possible. But doing all of that, especially listening, is so difficult because I get distracted so easily when I barely understand something, and other times I just get plain bored.
Motivation is very important, I tried to learn French, even if the lessons were very easy I don’t have motivation and I end giving up but I have very motivation to lear Japanese and I cried every kanji lesson but I love it and I learn more Japanese in 3 months that French in a year
My main motivation is that I want to watch a geisha performance and understand what the music is saying. I really want to see kitano odori, kyo odori, miyako no nigiwai, and gion odori. Another thing is that I really want to study medicine in Japan.
ああすごい I am very intrigued about your summer school starting next year and I'm definitely going to sign up! Your videos are not only a delight to watch, but extremely helpful and beginner friendly :) ひときせんせい ありがとうございます！╰(*°▽°*)╯ Edit/update: I love how Hitoki's hands are a sensei unto themselves sharing emotion and wisdom (and flailing)🤣
😂 I love the train situation! But in other words, my motivation is to become a translator for Japanese and Español people so that I can communicate more. I want to be able to understand everyone without having to turn them down and feel bad letter. That’s my motivation! そう、皆んなーさん、がんばれましょう！
My motivation is because I want to travel to Japan, and being able to speak with the natives. Also because I watch anime, and I love the language and the culture. In my opinion if you love the culture of a country, it's easier and funnier to keep learning. Also, on some days it's really hard to keep learning, keep your motivation high, there might be worse days, but it's really worth it once you reach your destination! And the process, the journey which makes it so worth it and fun.
I love learning languages and I find it interesting and I have the ability to memorize so that I do not need to repeat more than once easily, but I am bad at learning to write😅😂 Nice idea to participate in learning in a more motivating way🤟❤️☺️
The first guy about how I had no motivation but still remember stuff was me when I was studying dentistry for 3 years until I realized I had no real interest in it and I was doing it for the sake of my family XD Then I dropped out and took psychology. I'm learning Japanese because I was jealous of my friend who can speak japanese well eventhough he didn't learn at all and also because now I can speak to Japanese people through vrchat easily to practise. also I picked up some japanese while watching little anime so might as well just learn how to have conversations.
I agree with the karaage person. Not that karaage is hard to get/make, but the feeling of accomplishment of learning a language I love and eventually moving to a country (fingers crossed) that's more suited for me, all by my own efforts... picturing that right there is a huge motivation. It helps that I am having trouble digesting our own cuisine as I grow older (too spicy for me) and Japanese cuisine might just let me survive lol. It also helps that Japanese is the sweetest sounding language of all languages I have heard, and the only way I get exposure to it is when I actively learn. My mother tongue sounds ROUGH, like someone is constantly swearing at you. English sounds meh and I had to learn it against my will anyway.
I mainly watch your videos to try reading the Japanese captions, so I’m basically trying to hear pronunciations of kanji and if I can’t fully understand every syllable of the said kanji then I tell myself “I’ll figure it out eventually” Right now I’m learning Japanese similar to how a toddler would learn words and what they mean, I watch Japanese TH-camrs, they say a particular sentence I want to use at some point, I listen closely to try understanding every word said and repeat it a few times until I’m confident I’ll remember that sentence A few words and phrases I learned while using that strategy 入りたくない I don’t want to enter 来て come here ボニー、優しい心を持っている、僕のお父さんい同じている (I randomly thought of saying this sentence when I was playing a horror game on rec room which is a knock-off version of The Joy of Creation, I don’t think you know much about it but you can research about that game if you want, it’s a FNAF fan game is all I’m gonna say, the horror game on rec room was called “Ignited Bonnie” I believe and when I said that sentence I was in a corner and there were two hallways on my left and right, I was facing diagonally to the corner of a wall, I was hearing Bonnie’s footsteps from the left hall and I said 「ボニー、優しい心を持っている、僕のお父さんに同じている」 a second after that I saw him charging at me full sprint so I ran through the right hall and right before to caught up to me and killed me I shouted 「あんたの赤目目はきも」if you English speakers are wondering what I said “your red eyes are cringe” and the other sentence “Bonnie, you have a kind heart, it’s just like my dad” I said that because Bonnie’s endoskeleton chest was exposed and had no heart and also the joke of your dad leaving to go buy something or go somewhere and hasn’t returned in years or decades, I don’t think the dad leaving and never returning joke is a big thing in Japan so a lot of Japanese people would be confused if you made those jokes, I basically said something usually sarcastic in English but said in Japanese which doesn’t have a whole lot of sarcasm, not saying Japanese never has sarcasm, they do, just not as much as English, so you wouldn’t sarcastically say “perfect, just great” in an inconvenient situation, in Japanese, you’d pretty much say “this is bad” or anything along those lines in any bad situation)
I already speak 3 languages on fluent level, but my dream, is to become a physic scientist in Japan, on CERNish places, where I can make some discoveries in elementary physics, as Peter Higgs and many others did
l am brazillian and l am study japanese with very frequence, but my motivation is very good, l like japanese writing is very cool and very funny! and l like japanese art, and l use japanese write ln my draws what help in my studys of japanese : D
I learn Japanese because I want to talk in Japanese in my Japan Holidays. And because I’m interested in Japan and it’s culture. Therefore I „visit“ a language course. My problem is that I don’t have that much time. Therefore I need someone who keep my motivation on a high level.
Now that I think about it, I think my biggest motivation is when I have a crush on a Japanese celebrity 🤣 大学の時、十年前ぐらい、花ざかりの君たちへ～イケメンパラダイスを見たら、斗真さんが好きになっていました。二年前、日本語の音楽を聴きながら、サカナクションの一郎さんを見つかったら…おい、また日本語を勉強し始めたいです！ ぜひ、彼と話したいんです。多分他の人と話しているもいいかもしれません。
I'd say I am not motivated I just set myself the goal to study or immerse for 1h a day and just do that. I mostly have no motivation to that one hour so I do it in the morning to have it done for the day.
I am 37 and go to the university to learn Japanese. I take out my camera and record my speech with my native Japanese teachers. I go out and find Japanese people to practice even more. Create your own instrinsic motivation. Believe yourself. That is all there is to it. Period.
Some of my own thoughts about motivation: 1. JLPT would be a total waste of money. I don't even have any English related certificates because I simply don't need them at all. 2. I don't actively learn any kanji at all. I mostly use OCR and learn them passively when I encounter them enough number of times. 3. I have less than 0 motivation to study and use keigo. It's simply not in my style. 4. Before graduating from the university I could relatively easily get a good passing mark on Japanese subject to increase my overall grades' avarage. 5. After learning Japanese for so many years at this point I can't get myself to stop anymore ;)
1:25 I think he don't know Trenitalia, them change every minute x'D I have a motivation for study japanese, but I have good period and bad period, now I have the motivation :)
Can you stop making me laugh so hard XD
You guys are AWESOME!!!
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wow it's should be 12pm in jp and still here
Eu quero ser seu aluno, Hitoki-sensei. Kkkkkk
I studied because theres this cute japanese game and i cant understand what its saying soo hehehxD
Where is the video?
where waiter says gochisousama deshita.
He goes to toilet, eats the dish a little and says that
your channel is so good I swear you're the best youtuber, I learned Japanese basics and I can understand you because you speak slowly and your content is sooo interesting. Whenever I don't understand something, I just turn on the subtitles for a few seconds then I turn them off, and you put some english on your video on the difficult words. Huge THANK YOU !!!!
My motivation is pure, unadulterated spite. I was told you had to be born with a gift to learn languages to get even remotely good at a second language, and that I'd never be good at English. So I became fluent. I'm planning to become fluent in at least 3 more languages, just to rub salt in the wound.
Thank you for choosing Japanese as your 3rd language✨
You show 'em who's got the last laugh! It's absolute BS that you'd hae to be born a certain way to learn languages. I've struggled with learning Japanese, but I barely struggled to learn English since my childhood and I'm able to speak it fluently.
omg yes, none of the people I know speak more that 2-3 languages (B1+) but I've already know 4 (2 of them completely self learnt, and 3 more OTW)the only person that I know that knows more than 2 is my sister XD
Gifts help but trust me, hard work matters more than talent. An unmotivated lazy talented person can never do as good as a person who works hard.
I know it’s a year on but I got told in school that learning a language isn’t for me when I failed French class but loved everything Japanese so I decided to learn a more difficult language out of spite…I’m with you ✊✊
I don't have a lot of motivation for studying japanese. Just the pleasure of understanding a little more each day.
I also have no discipline, and no habits.
I have another thing.
I have FUN.
I'm having fun watching this video. I understood almost everything.
I have fun reading a little manga in Japanese (with furigana, and I read manga when I've already watched the shows, so I already understand the story).
I learn songs because I have fun doing it.
I watch japanese shows paying attention to the dialogues, because that's fun for me.
When I stop having fun, I stop.
I'm not the quickest learner, but I haven't suffered at all.
That's my humble advice. Try to find things for which you need no motivation or discipline at all. Things you get drawn to because you're actually enjoying. Then you won't stop.
I'm not quite sure I agree with that. Maybe it works for you, but even with the things I love more than anything else, I do still need discipline and motivation to meet my goals. I could study Japanese just whenever I want to, but it would take so long to get anywhere that I'd probably give up in the middle. ^^;;
I think realistic goals, discipline, and motive are the three most important things. You need a strong reason to learn a language (such as just simply loving the language), plus some good goals i.e "I'll learn ten words every week" and then discipline, which usually comes in the form of a good habit i.e "I'll review my flashcard deck every day." That's how you remain a pretty quick learner without suffering, at least in my experience.
I wish you luck though!
@@user-kl3pl1gf7x well, MOST language learning in the world, by far, occurs without discipline. It's done by children, who just need to understand and communicate.
Well, I have a pleasure of understanding more and more.
That's how I learned English as well. I found pleasure in understanding books, songs and movies.
I actually never ever speak English. I just read and listen to it a lot, and I write a little.
I understand what you are saying, that if you are unable to be a disciplined person you use the fun to make you learn, like when you cant convince a child to do something speaking but if you offer some candy they do it immediately, so in theory if you never stop feeding the child with candies they will never stop doing what you say. But we thats not how it works.
Ideally you should have BOTH discipline and fun, because if you are getting bored, lazy and even with all your determination you cant stand reading one more page of the textbook then try something else that is fun, to keep you engaged. However you can't rely on that to get things done forever and that were disciple takes place, the nearly unstoppable force of habit, built with patient and time, like muscles in a gym. If one fails the other is there, like a couple of Gigachad and ... Female Gigachad.😂😂😂
@@facundocesa4931 Yeah, children absolutely need to learn their native tongue in order to live their lives and are surrounded by that language and constantly being interacted with in that language, so it's easier to learn. They NEED to learn it, whereas most of the time no one needs to learn a second/third/non-native language. They just WANT to.
What you're talking about is immersion which is a really good way to learn a language, especially English since so much content is in English. But for, say, someone who speaks English natively and is learning Japanese... Technically there aren't many reasons you'd have to learn Japanese, and it's hard to find opportunities to use the language when you live outside of Japan. That's where discipline comes in; and it's especially important in the beginner stage of learning, because beginners cannot really have fun consuming content in a different language when they don't understand a single thing.
For example, I created this account イフェラ with the interest of only consuming Japanese or Japanese -related content with it. English is easier for me to understand than Japanese, so my natural tendency is to watch English videos because I can follow along easier -- but I have discipline, so I watch mostly Japanese videos. This is what allows me to improve enough that I can enjoy more and more content in Japanese, and without discipline, I would have given up before I ever got the chance to enjoy it.
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” that's my motivation! I want my crush to feel at home even though he's far away from Japan. No matter if he likes me back or not!
So wholesome 😭❤
おおおおめっちゃかっこいい!!!
In my case, I stay motivated because I feel enormous frustration listening to music in Japanese and not understanding anything. Also when I study Japanese I feel nice on my chest and I like that feeling
I used to feel stagnant when learning Japanese because I tried to do everything simultaneously (listening, speaking, writing). Nowadays, my daily Japanese practice is just listening to podcasts and jotting down words I don't understand. I might not learn much in a day but it is sufficient for me to remember and understand them.
I'm a very slow learner and when I see people being able to speak Japanese fluently in a short period, it gets me really demotivated. However, I've come to a realization that I'm not competing but learning. Reminding me this makes me enjoy the learning process a little more and go easy on myself.
Agreed! I was the same way, burning myself out by trying to learn everything at once. It's really exhausting to put 100% effort into learning everything you possibly can, every single day. I think if you spend enough time listening to podcasts and learning new words, you'll absorb a lot of other things (like pitch accent and grammar rules) naturally, and you'll be fluent in no time! You might want to consider keeping a Japanese audio diary or finding a Japanese friend to call, though. I learned the hard way that even if you have great listening comprehension and understand pitch accent, proper grammar, etc., you can still really struggle to actually speak in the language. :'D
@@user-kl3pl1gf7x Thank you so much!
I relate to you on an astronomical level
Two things keep me motivated at the moment.. one is my father who always was proud of me that I have been studying a so hard language.. another one is that the company, in which I have been working, opened a new office in Japan... so I'm praying silently that maybe one day I will be able to visit it... 😁
I'm proud of you too (although I'm a random person on the internet, been using Japanese 20+ years so I know the struggle)
I am a beginner and my motivation is to come back one day and fully understand this video.
Originally my motivation for learning Japanese was to be able to play a certain video game in Japanese. I picked it up last time I was in Japan and brought it home... and found out it was English dubbed all along 😂
I just straight up switch the language of an English game to Japanese if Japanese is an option
My motivation to keep going is a bit corny.
I was going through some really tough times, and the song "やめるなら今" by Higuchi Ai which kinda snapped me out of it. My hope is to one day be able to write to her and thank her in Japanese.
That's actually an awesome motivation. (Also, thanks for the song rec!)
The strongest motivation for me in learning Japanese is the feeling that I received a secret, mysterious knowledge. I also want to read the scientific literature of this country.
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I’m looking forward to the time I can watch your videos without subtitles 🥰 my motivation is the fact that I love so many things about Japan and the Japanese language.
My first reason I started learning Japanese was I was addicted to manga wasn't translated into my language. So I tried translate it myself (just for me, to understand the story). And after first try I decided to learn Japanese because it interested me and was completely different from the languages I had learned before😅
I think it's a little bit strange method of motivation, but when I think someday I'll be able to read without translators and dictionary... It gives me strength and desire to learn💪
But, of course, this is not my only method of motivation, it's just the most effective for me now :)
May i know how to find manga thats in Japanese? Cause all of the manga i found are in English 😢
My only motivation is to travel to Japan one day. Japanese is one of the most difficult languages there are so every bit of understanding I gain is very rewarding by itself
this kinda strengthened my motivation behind wanting to learn japanese (I haven’t started yet but I’m planning to do so next month), it’s basically 3 things:
1) fulfilling a long-time dream I’ve had, I’ve been interested in learning japanese since I was a teenager (I’m 26 rn),
2) wanting to understand more about the culture through language (which is connected to #1 since I’ve been interested on it since younger),
3) and more recently, to understand japanese media in general since I like some celebrities lol... and I’m also interested on getting into j-music and entertainment so I’d love to be able to consume content without depending on someone else to translate it.
I took my first JLPT exam yesterday Hitoki, and I want to thank you, as my favourite Japanese learning channel, I found your videos great for listening practise, and the dual subtitles super helpful for reading practise, so thank you! :D
we need update
@@dunyaboylap5271 Passed the N5, still having weekly lessons with a lovely iTalki tutor and looking forward to finally visiting Japan in 2024 😁
I just took the MEXT scholarship tests and interview, and if everything goes well I will go to Japan to study. By visualizing that, I stay motivated. Thank you so much for your videos. You are my favorite youtuber!!
That's great!! うれしいo(^▽^)o
Can u tell me how to prepare for mext cause I want to take it but I don’t know what to do and what I need
@@ivy_yati3481 me too, i want to know
I just took the JLPT, so I'm happy you post this!! いつもありがとう！☺️
JLPTお疲れ様😊こちらこそありがとう！
hi onomappu! i stumbled upon your channel last month and have been following you since,, i was waiting for my exams to get over and now that im done with them, ive finally started learning japanese!! really excited... dreaming bout the day when ill be able to speak fluently in it
anyways, great content as always!
luv you loads ;)
Aww thank you for your comment✨ I'm happy that you started learning Japanese! I hope you'll enjoy Japan in Japanese in the future!
あなたのヴィデオのほんとに好きです。あたしは日本語を勉強しています, 日本人の友達いないので練習できません、そしてにほんのどらまみています毎日は日本のドラマ見ていますと日本の音楽聞きます。ほんとに話せるできる欲しいです！ひときさんあなたの動画ありがとうございます、頑張れます！
インドネシア語勉強しているんですか？すごいですね。どうも✋インドネシアからのリキです。よろしくお願いします🙏
インドネシア語はとてもわかりやすくて好きです(*´ω`*)
@@Onomappu terimakasih 🙏
For me I have several motivations. First I want to travel to Japan one day to visit and second I watch a lot of anime in Japanese with subtitles and would like to be able to understand more what the characters are saying. I've picked up on some words and phrases just by watching anime but I also realize I have to be careful because real life Japanese and anime Japanese are different from the way its spoke.
レッスンのお知らせ、楽しみにお待ちしております!!✨、アドバイスありがとうございます🌼
Thanks for everithing
毎日貴方の動画をみてますから、モチベーションにもらいます
It was the "eh? Subete??" And the deadpan " sekai" for me😂😂😂😂😂 when you dont want to study but end up memorizing the most trivial things by heart😂
Been waiting for long time😁😁
Can u wish me luck cause I just take JLPT test this morning so I have been waiting and exciting for the result☺️😊
what all books do you refer to?
絶対大丈夫だ！！！！！！🤞
@@suhani526 I use Minna no Nihongo 1 and 2 cause those books are refer by my teacher
And I was thinking about making TH-cam videos about that but I am not sure should I do it
Btw if u want to know I can tell u everything
@@Onomappu ありがとう😊😊😊
Good luck 👍💙💙
The one thing that keeps me motivated is being able to play these vast amount of untranslated Otome Games. It’s hard staying motivated when I have no time to play tho, so I always try to find something to read while being busy with school.
本当にありがとうございます、今はモチベーションがありませんだけど貴方のチャネルはすごいです、日本語をたくさん勉強します。私は一緒に勉強するという考えが好きです。
That's just what I needed. 😭👍🏻
My motivation to learn Japanese is because I have a "platonic love" for a Japanese voice actor 🥰 (lol) and I want to understand what he says (for example in interviews or radio shows) a little better, but not only for that I learn Japanese, it's also because I've made friends with several Japanese girls and I'm currently enrolled in a Japanese association and I like to interact with the Japanese people in charge of that association 😊✨
But in addition to that, one of the requirements to graduate from the degree I'm currently studying is to speak and have knowledge of two languages, fluent English and some other language at an intermediate level (there are two languages you can opt for, French or Japanese) and I opted to continue learning Japanese (I started learning Japanese before I entered university), so that's also a motivation to continue learning Japanese ✨
my newest motivation is the japanese exchange students who are visiting my school and class in a couple months, I want to become better at conversational japanese so I can speak to them
you look so cute 😭❤️❤️❤️
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Thanks for the advice. Years ago I started learning Japanese from Japan-easy but I lost the book I wrote all my lessons down and lost all motivation.
My current motivation for studying japanese is to have another diversion from household stress
You're using negative things for positive things! That's amazing👍
全部動画内容を理解することは、私の勉強の成果だ。だから、強いモチベーション感じる
Honestly, and it's not just being educated, your videos are a huge motivation. Just take it.
I think that without discipline no way to just base the whole studying on motivation. Even if you can do just two words a day, you establish the discipline that helps you move forward.
for me my motivation for learning Japanese or other languages is to make people smile :)
thank you😄! ! !
Thats so true you can’t learn a language in a month it takes years and years to become fluent about motivation I haven’t been motivated at all but i really have the desire to learn Japanese its extremely difficult you need a strong goal that motivates you even at your worse not gonna lie before watching your videos i almost gave up Japanese but your words helped me realize that i can learn Japanese so thank you so much
Wow this is magic? lately i was losing my motivation to continue learning english and japanese, your video really helped me, thanks ❤
One more day of hoping for the "Hola" in the initial greeting 😭
(Also, I started language classes in March to help with consistency since I'm not very self-motivated and I'm so glad I can understand a lot more without reading subtitles -or using the JP subtitles-).
I think forming a habit of studying would help too
originally, i was bored during the pandemic lockdowns, so i went on duolingo and went "japanese seems interesting" I didn't really find my motivation until I started reading manga, i started reading ace of diamond which (until recently) didn't really have an official english translation. I had watched the anime and instead of waiting for a 4th season ,i started reading the manga and now I have all of the physical volumes (only available in japanese) for the entire 1st act. I can't stop learning now, or else I'll have nearly 50 books i can't read lol
Also, I started college this year and found a japanese language learner club and that helps a lot, since now I get to practice having conversations with other people :D
My motivation is Japan itself. I want to visit Japan, I love their culture, etiquette, language, food etc. I started learn Japanese three years ago, and now I think I've pre-intermediate level. But I haven't evolved since then, and I want to start learn more hardly. Because of you, now I'm getting more and more motivation by the day.
どうもありがとうございました、ひとき先生！
I truly believe your catch phrase in English, Japanese, Chinese won you many subs 😊👍
I'm stuck in a limbo between beginner and intermediate. That kind of level where you just have to force yourself to immerse into media content, read manga, books and listen to as much native content as possible. But doing all of that, especially listening, is so difficult because I get distracted so easily when I barely understand something, and other times I just get plain bored.
Motivation is very important, I tried to learn French, even if the lessons were very easy I don’t have motivation and I end giving up but I have very motivation to lear Japanese and I cried every kanji lesson but I love it and I learn more Japanese in 3 months that French in a year
This video was very much needed
My main motivation is that I want to watch a geisha performance and understand what the music is saying. I really want to see kitano odori, kyo odori, miyako no nigiwai, and gion odori. Another thing is that I really want to study medicine in Japan.
At first i wanted to live there, but now i want to be a twitch streamer and we all know how much it help if you know japanese :))))
はじめまして わたしはインドネシア人です。ありがとう ございます for your video, im so excited back to learn 日本語。
Bahasa indonesia??? Halo org indo disini 😁♥️
これは運命です!昨日からモチフェションは無くなちゃってyoutubeにモチフェションを上がる動画を見たいなって思った。そしてonomappu channel 開けて、アップロードする最後のビデオはこのビデオです！ すごく嬉しい😭いつもありがとう😭♥️
i really appreciate that u always add subs in russian, thnx bro)
Your videos are soo helpful to learn japanese for me please keep doing it i love you by the way🥰
A guy who knows all the train timetables is the hero we need, but the hero we don't deserve.
ああすごい
I am very intrigued about your summer school starting next year and I'm definitely going to sign up! Your videos are not only a delight to watch, but extremely helpful and beginner friendly :) ひときせんせい ありがとうございます！╰(*°▽°*)╯
Edit/update: I love how Hitoki's hands are a sensei unto themselves sharing emotion and wisdom (and flailing)🤣
Adoro as legendas em português nesse canal, as vezes encontro umas pérolas do tipo "deixa pro pai"
😂 I love the train situation! But in other words, my motivation is to become a translator for Japanese and Español people so that I can communicate more. I want to be able to understand everyone without having to turn them down and feel bad letter. That’s my motivation! そう、皆んなーさん、がんばれましょう！
I will enroll in your online course next summer!
日本語勉強始めたから、最後までいくしかない。辞めるというのはありえない。
My motivation is because I want to travel to Japan, and being able to speak with the natives. Also because I watch anime, and I love the language and the culture. In my opinion if you love the culture of a country, it's easier and funnier to keep learning. Also, on some days it's really hard to keep learning, keep your motivation high, there might be worse days, but it's really worth it once you reach your destination! And the process, the journey which makes it so worth it and fun.
I love learning languages and I find it interesting and I have the ability to memorize so that I do not need to repeat more than once easily, but I am bad at learning to write😅😂
Nice idea to participate in learning in a more motivating way🤟❤️☺️
The first guy about how I had no motivation but still remember stuff was me when I was studying dentistry for 3 years until I realized I had no real interest in it and I was doing it for the sake of my family XD Then I dropped out and took psychology. I'm learning Japanese because I was jealous of my friend who can speak japanese well eventhough he didn't learn at all and also because now I can speak to Japanese people through vrchat easily to practise. also I picked up some japanese while watching little anime so might as well just learn how to have conversations.
Thanks for video :)
普通の家庭に住んでいたので、いろいろな言語を学ぶのは素晴らしいことだと思います。私は13歳かもしれませんが、家族がなじみのないことを嫌うので、すでに自分で日本語を学び始めています。
13歳で自分で勉強して、とても尊敬する！✨
そして、ニコロの努力は必ず成功につながるよ！！！
이런영상 너무 좋아요ㅠㅠ 계속 올려주세요!!
ヒントありがとうございます 😊
Me : Play "I Am the Storm that is Approaching"
Love your vids thanks
Your comment made me motivated to make videos🔥
I agree with the karaage person. Not that karaage is hard to get/make, but the feeling of accomplishment of learning a language I love and eventually moving to a country (fingers crossed) that's more suited for me, all by my own efforts... picturing that right there is a huge motivation.
It helps that I am having trouble digesting our own cuisine as I grow older (too spicy for me) and Japanese cuisine might just let me survive lol.
It also helps that Japanese is the sweetest sounding language of all languages I have heard, and the only way I get exposure to it is when I actively learn. My mother tongue sounds ROUGH, like someone is constantly swearing at you. English sounds meh and I had to learn it against my will anyway.
I mainly watch your videos to try reading the Japanese captions, so I’m basically trying to hear pronunciations of kanji and if I can’t fully understand every syllable of the said kanji then I tell myself “I’ll figure it out eventually”
Right now I’m learning Japanese similar to how a toddler would learn words and what they mean, I watch Japanese TH-camrs, they say a particular sentence I want to use at some point, I listen closely to try understanding every word said and repeat it a few times until I’m confident I’ll remember that sentence
A few words and phrases I learned while using that strategy
入りたくない
I don’t want to enter
来て
come here
ボニー、優しい心を持っている、僕のお父さんい同じている (I randomly thought of saying this sentence when I was playing a horror game on rec room which is a knock-off version of The Joy of Creation, I don’t think you know much about it but you can research about that game if you want, it’s a FNAF fan game is all I’m gonna say, the horror game on rec room was called “Ignited Bonnie” I believe and when I said that sentence I was in a corner and there were two hallways on my left and right, I was facing diagonally to the corner of a wall, I was hearing Bonnie’s footsteps from the left hall and I said 「ボニー、優しい心を持っている、僕のお父さんに同じている」 a second after that I saw him charging at me full sprint so I ran through the right hall and right before to caught up to me and killed me I shouted 「あんたの赤目目はきも」if you English speakers are wondering what I said “your red eyes are cringe” and the other sentence “Bonnie, you have a kind heart, it’s just like my dad” I said that because Bonnie’s endoskeleton chest was exposed and had no heart and also the joke of your dad leaving to go buy something or go somewhere and hasn’t returned in years or decades, I don’t think the dad leaving and never returning joke is a big thing in Japan so a lot of Japanese people would be confused if you made those jokes, I basically said something usually sarcastic in English but said in Japanese which doesn’t have a whole lot of sarcasm, not saying Japanese never has sarcasm, they do, just not as much as English, so you wouldn’t sarcastically say “perfect, just great” in an inconvenient situation, in Japanese, you’d pretty much say “this is bad” or anything along those lines in any bad situation)
Смотря твои видео появляется мотивация учить японский спасибо большое!
Thanks a lot…I saw yr video many times…
今日はJLPTをした！きみのおかげでふらふらやぐるぐるなど言葉を覚えていて、ありがとう！
私のmotivationは日本語でゲームをスラスラしたい！
there are soo many funny ways to get motivation.
I already speak 3 languages on fluent level, but my dream, is to become a physic scientist in Japan, on CERNish places, where I can make some discoveries in elementary physics, as Peter Higgs and many others did
If you want you could make more videos of this type thanks.
Great video.
3:42とても本当です！
Very good video.
l am brazillian and l am study japanese with very frequence, but my motivation is very good, l like japanese writing is very cool and very funny! and l like japanese art, and l use japanese write ln my draws what help in my studys of japanese : D
Mi motivación para el japonés es entender tus videos :)
I learn Japanese because I want to talk in Japanese in my Japan Holidays. And because I’m interested in Japan and it’s culture. Therefore I „visit“ a language course. My problem is that I don’t have that much time. Therefore I need someone who keep my motivation on a high level.
i have this one app with a bunny who gets sad when i dont study...and then i just have to study >
¡Gracias!
@@haywood9546 I think he/she donated some money
Love u❤️❤️
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@@Onomappu 本当だよ;)
Now that I think about it, I think my biggest motivation is when I have a crush on a Japanese celebrity 🤣
大学の時、十年前ぐらい、花ざかりの君たちへ～イケメンパラダイスを見たら、斗真さんが好きになっていました。二年前、日本語の音楽を聴きながら、サカナクションの一郎さんを見つかったら…おい、また日本語を勉強し始めたいです！ ぜひ、彼と話したいんです。多分他の人と話しているもいいかもしれません。
Love ur vids 💙💙
Keep going king 👏💙💙
Yes! Hitoking Ganbaru💪
5:09 😭😭😭❤️
Thank you l love you so much 🥺❤️
ひときさんありがとうございます！日進月歩
I'd say I am not motivated I just set myself the goal to study or immerse for 1h a day and just do that. I mostly have no motivation to that one hour so I do it in the morning to have it done for the day.
Спасибо за видео)
❤️❤️❤️
wow keren kamu belajar bahasa indonesia!
I am 37 and go to the university to learn Japanese. I take out my camera and record my speech with my native Japanese teachers. I go out and find Japanese people to practice even more. Create your own instrinsic motivation. Believe yourself. That is all there is to it. Period.
Some of my own thoughts about motivation:
1. JLPT would be a total waste of money. I don't even have any English related certificates because I simply don't need them at all.
2. I don't actively learn any kanji at all. I mostly use OCR and learn them passively when I encounter them enough number of times.
3. I have less than 0 motivation to study and use keigo. It's simply not in my style.
4. Before graduating from the university I could relatively easily get a good passing mark on Japanese subject to increase my overall grades' avarage.
5. After learning Japanese for so many years at this point I can't get myself to stop anymore ;)
1:25 I think he don't know Trenitalia, them change every minute x'D
I have a motivation for study japanese, but I have good period and bad period, now I have the motivation :)