Wow. Memories! So many words mentioned that used to confuse me when we went to Japan during summer vacations! テンション I couldn’t understand what people were talking about. They didn’t seem angry or tense. To this day, I won’t use that word. マンション I would literally look for a mansion. When I would finally find the place, I would be like, “yeah....that’s an apartment.” Loved learning the meaning/background of certain words. So informative. Thanks!
When I was studying Japanese 消しゴム was the best, I loved how blatantly the word just switched languages halfway through - kanji/hiragana to katakana too! And for such a mundane thing as well - but I did hear Japan makes some life-changing erasers too...
As a portuguese person, I was so intrigued when you said some of these words would have derived from portuguese, I guess it makes sense as there was a lot of exportation from Asia back in the day and there was a strong portuguese influence in certain parts, but I didn't know anything would have stuck in Japan! I actually had to google if "balanço" actually meant swing as where I come from I only ever heard it being called "baloiço", so here's another thing I learned today! 😅
@@cactustactics Yes! How cool and interesting! And now if I go to Japan and end up in an area where no one speaks english at least I know I won't starve! 😂
the one time i’m grateful for learning german in high school. so many german loan words as well as dutch, both of which are quite similar languages :’)
Really interesting video. These loan words sound little like the original that I didn't recognize the connection before you said them. Probably because the Japanese way of linking consonants and vowels changes the intonation and emphasis. Japanese loan words actually become their own words while in other languages they usually sound a lot like the original.
This happens in all languages really, you're conforming the sounds used in one language/dialect to a different set of sounds, and they can end up pretty different, even in closely-related languages! Sometimes when they're a "new" loan word people make the effort to keep the original accent (croissant = "kwasson") but a lot of people are reluctant to do that, and time + seeing it written more than hearing it pronounced can shift that to a more "local" pronunciation. At some point they're not even considered loanwords anymore! Same happens with Japanese->English too, like karaoke = ka-ra-oh-keh vs carry-OH-key (dokey). There's kind of an accent to click into I think. For me the hardest part about the Japanese examples is how they're cut short sometimes, like depaato - it's not the original word, and technically what you have is a different word ("depart"), but people just learn it as-is and yeah, that fragment means this thing. We do some similar stuff in English but I can't remember any examples offhand - where we take a longer phrase and just use part of it. It's interesting though! Languages are rad
This was a very cool and interesting video. Could you do a video on all the different Japanese words for ghost/demons? There are SO many... Yurei, Oni, Akuma, Youkai, Youma, Ayakashi, Kai.... What are the differences??
Quite honestly Reina if you wanted to make your own Japanese language course that would be amazing! You really do explain things nicely! I would buy it because I know you explain stuff well.
Great video. I started studying Japanese in quarantine and I'm noticing a lot of similarities between English and Russian. Your pronunciation of norma was right on. I came from the slang and Kanji videos with Joey, those were really fun. I'd definitely love to see more language content.
I’ve always been interested in how peoples inflection and personality comes through and how you are supposed to feel and react, even when it sounds formal, knowing the background reasoning for any form of expression informs your ability to really interpret it, even if it’s just to watch anime or movies.
I remember learning ブランコ in a song title when I was first learning Japanese and was also taught around the same time that you sometimes put words in katakana for emphasis, so I always just assumed it was that lol.
What a fun video, This is really interesting! And very cool to learn. I knew the English language borrowed words from other languages, so its not surprising at all that another language would do this too. I didn't think the Japanese language would have this many though.
I shouldn't be surprised that German has similar words to us, but it still did take me by surprise that Arbeid is arbeid in German too (I speak Norwegian).
Fun fact for those interested 首/kubi means neck which is why to phrase “to be fired” used to mean literally losing your head but we don’t really do that anymore but losing your job is similar in a sense to losing your head
i also notice that some words sounds like their Chinese counterpart such as Taiyo/Sun, Junbi/Ready and Sekai/World which i assume is of the same origin
My favorite English word I would hear a lot on Japanese television was "anbaribaburu." This was back in the early 2000s so not sure if it is still used a lot. I didn't know what they were saying and I asked a Japanese friend of mine the meaning of the word and he told me that it was an English word. When I figured it out I was laughing for a while.
Interesting to learn the ones that aren't derived from English. In the back of my mind, I remembered アルバイト was from German, but didn't remember the specifics.
When you say the Japanese sentences could you say it slow for the first one and then normal speed for the next instead of both normal speed? I know you can rewind or use the playback speed on youtube to change to .5 or even .25 speed but it would be very helpful for new learners. I think you previously did it in other videos as well (don't quote me on this). thanks for the great video sensei
I heard that there is the word ボンベ (bonbe) for the German word Bombe which means bomb, but apparently in japanese it means something like gas bottle or so, which sounds kinda wild and scary 😅
Oh boy... When I first met a Japanese person during my early days learning, I took the word mansion in its English meaning and was impressed that I met someone rich enough to live in one. Until, of course, they clarified that it was just a large apartment. Hahaha.
Salary man. White shirt. That's crazy, I never thought of that. Tenshon. Would you be able to use tanoshi instead? Lol I wanna catch that fat pokemon 😆
I’d love to go but it doesn’t quite feel safe enough yet considering how slow Japan is on vaccines. Especially because I can only get there via public transportation
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It’s kinda cool to know X-rays in Japan are called Roentgen. Roentgen, or Wilhelm Roentgen is the man who discovered X-rays in 1895
That’s what we call it in sweden too, röntgen.
@@Psykel same in hungarian...
“Norma” is also found in all romance languages like Italian, French, and Spanish.
I didn’t know I needed to hear Reina say words in more than just English and Japanese 🤩
😭💛
I love Reina when she speaks English or japanese 👍💜
What makes it even better is the fact that she asked native speakers to teach her to pronounce some of the non English foreign words
Saboru (to be late/tardy) is my favorite I learned in Japanese class, from the word "sabotage"
Ahhhh a GREAT one!!!!
Wow. Memories! So many words mentioned that used to confuse me when we went to Japan during summer vacations! テンション I couldn’t understand what people were talking about. They didn’t seem angry or tense. To this day, I won’t use that word. マンション I would literally look for a mansion. When I would finally find the place, I would be like, “yeah....that’s an apartment.” Loved learning the meaning/background of certain words. So informative. Thanks!
When I was younger, I hated it whenever people used the word テンション and I was always tempted to be like “tHaT’s NoT wHaT tHAt mEaNs iN eNgLisH” 😂😅
The loan words from other languages were so interesting!
And *really* well-pronounced! (Chef's kiss from a native speaker of Dutch who also speaks German)
@@Nynke_K She literally asked native speakers to help her pronounce the words correctly. The dedication
When I was studying Japanese 消しゴム was the best, I loved how blatantly the word just switched languages halfway through - kanji/hiragana to katakana too! And for such a mundane thing as well - but I did hear Japan makes some life-changing erasers too...
As a portuguese person, I was so intrigued when you said some of these words would have derived from portuguese, I guess it makes sense as there was a lot of exportation from Asia back in the day and there was a strong portuguese influence in certain parts, but I didn't know anything would have stuck in Japan! I actually had to google if "balanço" actually meant swing as where I come from I only ever heard it being called "baloiço", so here's another thing I learned today! 😅
I think I heard that "pan" specifically came from Portugese too (and not Spanish or French or anything). That's a big one!
@@cactustactics Yes! How cool and interesting! And now if I go to Japan and end up in an area where no one speaks english at least I know I won't starve! 😂
@@SamTheOutsider てんぷら (tempura) is also from the Portuguese - thank you Portugal!
I love these silly,new,fun Japanese vocab videos!(especially the example sentences you make) please keep'em coming!
the one time i’m grateful for learning german in high school. so many german loan words as well as dutch, both of which are quite similar languages :’)
Really interesting video.
These loan words sound little like the original that I didn't recognize the connection before you said them.
Probably because the Japanese way of linking consonants and vowels changes the intonation and emphasis.
Japanese loan words actually become their own words while in other languages they usually sound a lot like the original.
This happens in all languages really, you're conforming the sounds used in one language/dialect to a different set of sounds, and they can end up pretty different, even in closely-related languages!
Sometimes when they're a "new" loan word people make the effort to keep the original accent (croissant = "kwasson") but a lot of people are reluctant to do that, and time + seeing it written more than hearing it pronounced can shift that to a more "local" pronunciation. At some point they're not even considered loanwords anymore!
Same happens with Japanese->English too, like karaoke = ka-ra-oh-keh vs carry-OH-key (dokey). There's kind of an accent to click into I think.
For me the hardest part about the Japanese examples is how they're cut short sometimes, like depaato - it's not the original word, and technically what you have is a different word ("depart"), but people just learn it as-is and yeah, that fragment means this thing. We do some similar stuff in English but I can't remember any examples offhand - where we take a longer phrase and just use part of it. It's interesting though! Languages are rad
Super fun and informative! I had no idea loan words in Japanese came from so many different other languages! Super fascinating! 😊
i love how you said norma - норма no problem :D not the hardest word but still
Thanks! I grew up in a heavily Russian area so I know a few words & phrases ☺️
Another informative language video 👍 also nice to know the origins of these loan words as I just use them casually
AAAAAAh so happy to see more language videos from you! Also so happy that u got a sponsor with Rosetta stone!
You put so much work into your videos this was so interesting!
Aww thank you so so much!!!
This was so fun! I've always wondered about the origin of the loanwords I've studied, so this is awesome
I like Aribato and manshon terms . Thank you for the informative vid ❤️😊
This was a very cool and interesting video.
Could you do a video on all the different Japanese words for ghost/demons? There are SO many...
Yurei, Oni, Akuma, Youkai, Youma, Ayakashi, Kai.... What are the differences??
Wow I love this idea!!!! I will definitely look into it! Thank you for the suggestion ☺️
Quite honestly Reina if you wanted to make your own Japanese language course that would be amazing! You really do explain things nicely! I would buy it because I know you explain stuff well.
I knew Buranko because of the Do As Infinity song 💖
Great video. I started studying Japanese in quarantine and I'm noticing a lot of similarities between English and Russian. Your pronunciation of norma was right on. I came from the slang and Kanji videos with Joey, those were really fun. I'd definitely love to see more language content.
I’ve always been interested in how peoples inflection and personality comes through and how you are supposed to feel and react, even when it sounds formal, knowing the background reasoning for any form of expression informs your ability to really interpret it, even if it’s just to watch anime or movies.
Congrats to 420k Subs Reina! I think we all know how to celebrate this milestone 😏
I remember learning ブランコ in a song title when I was first learning Japanese and was also taught around the same time that you sometimes put words in katakana for emphasis, so I always just assumed it was that lol.
You are SO god with the words in so many languages! 😱
Your foreign pronunciations are all so good!
What a fun video, This is really interesting! And very cool to learn. I knew the English language borrowed words from other languages, so its not surprising at all that another language would do this too. I didn't think the Japanese language would have this many though.
Hey Reina! Would you ever be willing to make a video on Terrace House? I’d love to hear your perspective on it and how Japan feels about it
That was pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Would "conbini" be another example? It sounds like the first part of "convenience" (store).
Absolutely!!!! Excellent catch!
I shouldn't be surprised that German has similar words to us, but it still did take me by surprise that Arbeid is arbeid in German too (I speak Norwegian).
I adore your videos!
Fun fact for those interested
首/kubi means neck which is why to phrase “to be fired” used to mean literally losing your head but we don’t really do that anymore but losing your job is similar in a sense to losing your head
Escalator is interesting to hear. My grandma used to call them electric stairs.
I've always wondered how saboru became what it means.
Man I was missing this videos!
Love the accent you add to the origin words 🤣
Excellent!
i also notice that some words sounds like their Chinese counterpart such as Taiyo/Sun, Junbi/Ready and Sekai/World which i assume is of the same origin
God it's nice to hear your voice again
My favorite English word I would hear a lot on Japanese television was "anbaribaburu." This was back in the early 2000s so not sure if it is still used a lot. I didn't know what they were saying and I asked a Japanese friend of mine the meaning of the word and he told me that it was an English word. When I figured it out I was laughing for a while.
*shakes head* anbaribaburu
Google pulled up nothing. So what does it mean?
@@yippeeyokai5750 unbelievable in katakana English.
Interesting to learn the ones that aren't derived from English.
In the back of my mind, I remembered アルバイト was from German, but didn't remember the specifics.
I def got a metabo problem! Need to do that cleanse
Good day Reina senpai ❤️❤️😊
I hope you’re fine with the earthquake. Also your brows look different but still perfection.
When you say the Japanese sentences could you say it slow for the first one and then normal speed for the next instead of both normal speed? I know you can rewind or use the playback speed on youtube to change to .5 or even .25 speed but it would be very helpful for new learners. I think you previously did it in other videos as well (don't quote me on this). thanks for the great video sensei
I knew ブランコ, because of "kuuchuu buranko", but only now understood, what exactly it means and why❤️
Oh yeah they called big apartment mansion too in singapore. Idk why tho.
Is x-ray/röntgen one of those words that somehow is completely diff in English compared to all other languages? Just like pineapple/ananas.
Yes, yes it is
I can't believe I understood a Japanese word because I know a little German, made me feel smart for a second so tnx for that.
Reina thanks again
I still be calling camera shashinki whenever i went there.
I heard that there is the word ボンベ (bonbe) for the German word Bombe which means bomb, but apparently in japanese it means something like gas bottle or so, which sounds kinda wild and scary 😅
I mean, it kinda still makes sense
Would you be interested in doing videos about word or language links between Japanese and other Asian languages? Like Mandarin or Korean?
I would but I’m sadly not very knowledgeable about other Asian languages and don’t know if I could do them justice
one i saw from some anime; jigusopazuru, ...literally just saying jigsaw puzzle
Possibly the most famous wasei eigo: The Sony "Walk Man"
Oh boy... When I first met a Japanese person during my early days learning, I took the word mansion in its English meaning and was impressed that I met someone rich enough to live in one.
Until, of course, they clarified that it was just a large apartment. Hahaha.
Salary man. White shirt. That's crazy, I never thought of that.
Tenshon. Would you be able to use tanoshi instead?
Lol I wanna catch that fat pokemon 😆
I thought this one was funny- マジックテープ (majikku tēpu) = Velcro (magic tape),
I hope I never used it, but I 100% thought スタイルがいい meant someone had good style 🤦♀️😂 Knowing me I've probably said to compliment someone's outfit 😅
I didn't realize skinship wasn't used in English 😭 No one has ever called me out when I've used it
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Japanese : *S T E A L E D*
This is a joke
I love the word neologism.
Have you thought about being on The Podcast Trash Taste?
So Super Nintendo world Japan is finally open are u gonna vlog a trip or are u still on lockdown
I’d love to go but it doesn’t quite feel safe enough yet considering how slow Japan is on vaccines. Especially because I can only get there via public transportation
In Japan, 電子レンジ is all normal, but hearing ""チンする" I was like "Wut?"
Now everyone says レンチン and it’s even weirder lmao
😍Thanks for your great videos😍
I've been with your channel for a while 😊
🤔 Do you have videos about Japanese culture, customs and traditions? 🤩
Thanks for your great channel🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Eroi is the word I hear a lot LOL.
English (UK)
English (US)
English (JP)
ブランコって外来語だったんですね
ブラブラしてるからだと思ってましたね
私もずーっと勘違いしてました😭😂
Wait, skinship is NOT an English word? How do I even know about it, I that case? I wonder if it's spread from Japan...
damn, i thought ゴム came from the english word “gum”
also “GOMU GOMU NOOOOOO”
On a random note. Never knew damanegi was Japanese.
So wasei-ego is like spanglish
Gomu Gomu no Red Hawk.
Hello!
Mecha ude, what happened?
what happend to "Mecha Ude" T-T
アルバイト arubaito comes from German Arbeit, or work lol
lets mary in kyoto
You're so freaking cute today, Reina.
She's always kawaii
I can read the Korean language.
Did you realize the word because was misspelled. No judgement, just saying lol
Learning Japanese is hard
THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE YOU’RE THE FIRST PERSON I THOUGHT ABOUT
和製英語は日本語です。
最近じゃメタボなんて使う人ほとんどいないけどね
ほぼ死語だと思う
そうですね〜あまりにもおかしな(和製英語)日本語なのでどれだけ英語が無理矢理変形されるかを伝えるために例として加えました☆彡ちなみに私は田舎の方にいますが今だに結構聞きますよ
@@reinascully
そうなんですね。
自分の周りじゃ使ってる人全くと言っていいほど居ないので、死語だと思ってました。
ちなみに自分もメタボに関してはほとんど使ったことないです。
まぁ地域によるとしか言えないですよね。ありがとうございました。