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Japanese Writing, A Beautifully Complex System:
The History of Kanji:
Hiragana vs Katakana:
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Romanize Definition:
Why Learn Romaji?:
When do Japanese write their names using kanji, and when do they write them using hiragana?:
How Many Kanji Characters Are There?:
Shigeru:
When To Use On-Reading & Kun-Reading for Kanji:
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epic jaguar 97 says
In ancient Japan Tokyo was called edo
Vincent Pace says
So how did ゴジラ break the normal rules of Romanization to become Godzilla instead of Gojira? I through for sure from the title card that would be explained.
이든 says
name explain – ネイムエグスぷレイン
kay kay says
Actually Aisukurimu isn't pronounced like That it's pronounced Icekurimu
Shadownotfound says
I love my name in Katakana Jasmine, ジャスミン YO IT HAS A SMILEY FACE
jel ly says
wow
℟ḁḠḝ⍭ẊℕℲḀツ says
Thanks this helped so much
Nimrod the Wise says
Japanese isn't "difficult", it's "complicated"..
John Petticrew says
Night night Mrs. Anna Petticrew and Mr. John Petticrew, I love you you two are the best parents in the world 😘
John Simon says
Japanese as a language is dumb
Grant Imahara says
How is there a difference between words and names. My name is just the word for me… and car is just a name I can call the thing in my driveway… ??
Jhudiel Jesse Perpetua says
Arigatou, nameexplain-kun!
★p¡rate★ says
4:14 woah so this is probably how Kanji and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 were formed.
FIRE STORM 3692 says
Bring forward the anime people!
YanfeiMain says
by the way kanji literally means chinese letter
lp2317 says
I know someone with the family name "Miyamoto"…never asked her what it looks like in Japanese. So now I know…doesn't help with her first name, though
Dominic plush says
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江俊杰 says
Almost every language in the world has a Latin version because for easy pronunciation
MMO RPG says
Only Chinese people can understand the meaning of Japanese names.
BY TEJASVI SHORTS says
You from Tokyo Japan
Jaidyn Cobb says
I first started learning Japanese a week ago.. when I first started I thought there was just one language for that until I started using Duolingo. It didn’t really help but I still use it sometimes. Now I just practice writing the hiragana alphabet in my notebook.
blue moro says
his japanese proununciation hurts me
probably not you says
It's pronounced like karnsiee (si as in explosion)
Callie Masters says
Aren't there enough lazy Japanese people to switch to the English alphabet?! Keep the language, but spell out everything using 26 letters and you're done. No more studying thousands of characters.
i don't have a username says
0:19
thats a weird looking 'go' (ゴ), it looks like 'yu' (ユ) but with those tiny lines on the corner
BingBongJoel says
So, how come you can’t pronounce R’s?
kaeya admirer (may he guide you) says
Wow!((((；ﾟДﾟ)))))))
sheytrum says
What's the difference between hiragana and Katakana? And when its the good to use each of it?
lp2317 says
Some languages just can't be easily transliterated or translated
petar grifić says
my youtube channel name is in hiragana its japanese for deku
huge gander says
their kanji keyboards must filling up their phone's space…
PF LH says
Explains こんにちは (konnichiwa),
Proceed to say こにちは (konichiwa) instead.
PF LH says
ユ" and ゴ isn't interchangeable.
It's the same with ソ&ン and ツ&シ.
That's why stroke order is important.
Gurjinder Singh says
Me after hearing how same Kanji characters can have multiple pronounciations,
"NAAANIIII??"
환상향구민 says
Kanji -> Kana -> Romaji . Easy. EXCEPT how to read that Kanji.
Muhammad al Fatih says
yujira.
Aryntos says
Arigato arigatou arigatō…romaji…rōmaji?
PongoXBongo says
Katakana doesn't look too dissimilar from Hangul (Korean). Thankfully, Korean is far less complicated, as all good languages should be. 😉
That Indian kid JP says
no y in the end of 郵便局
That Indian kid JP says
nope! you're wrong we actually know all the standard kanji. we are taught all kanji that are not from the antiquated style in school! so unless it's an ancient kanji we know them all
Elweewut Roone says
Kanji is from Chinese
wedontknowwhat says
The Chinese could relate with traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese
Igli Delilaj says
ツ
Cypher791 says
5:13 AHHH FUCK IT!! >_<
Aki Plisetsky says
"Can-ji" CRinge [k-on-gee] is how you pronouce it
Emily Fernanda Sena Souza says
Goon? Korea?!
Tachibana Riine says
Yeah, like ichi (一) , can be hitori (一人)
CrownedLime747 says
I'm pretty sure it's romanji, not romaji.
Premier shit says
Emojis might be logographs, funny how they came from japan too.