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"んです is Not Neutral? Don't Be Silly!" #learnjapanese

That Japanese Man Yuta

Jan 2, 2025 • Subscribe

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Difference between です desu and ます masu #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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Are です・ます Always Polite and Formal? #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Dec 2, 2024 • Subscribe

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Dodes’ka-den (どですかでん, Akira Kurosawa, 1970)

The denizens of a small slum on the outskirts of the modern city live largely on wilful self-delusion in Kurosawa’s first experimentation with colour.

Windows on Worlds

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"やすい Is Not an Individual Word" #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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"私歌得意です sounds awkward." #learnjapanese

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のです

Mixing direct and distal styles - How to Japanese - December 2024

How to Japanese

Dec 16, 2024 • Subscribe

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What's The Difference Between 行かないです and 行きません? #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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Is 入りませんか? "Don't You Want to Go"? #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Mar 13, 2025 • Subscribe

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Your Japanese Is Amazing If You Master This No.1 んです ndesu

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Dec 15, 2024 • Subscribe

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Is どこにありますか? more polite than どこですか? #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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Is ばんごはん (Dinner) Outdated? #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Feb 22, 2025 • Subscribe

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What んです ndesu Means And Why Everybody Gets It Wrong

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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"Should You Say あなたの物ですか?" #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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入りませんか? vs 入ります? #learnjapanese

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"Would it Be これがいりますか?" #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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「僕もその神のお仕事ができるんです」- 亀田祥倫ロングインタビュー

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Full Frontal

Jul 15, 2023 • Subscribe

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Quick Weebviews: Komi Can’t Communicate, Vol. 1(古見さんは、コミュ症です。)

Hey I’m not dead! At least not physically. This format is going to just be quick reviews or thoughts about random things I get around to reading. Trust…

Two Boring Hapas

Jun 10, 2021 • Subscribe

Komi Can’t Communicate

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"I Don't Think Being Direct in Japanese is a Problem" #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Feb 21, 2025 • Subscribe

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"させられる Must Not Be Important" #learnjapanese

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"Duolingo Says ませんか is Would You Like__?" #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Dec 18, 2024 • Subscribe

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Don't Be Like E-kon.

Time to kick things into high gear. Link to video I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eCRLuIpg1w Discord Server: https://discord.gg/w7kQBdV Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uzcPESjbfw Otogizoushi OP2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI4QXh2eIYo Ghost Slayers Ayashi OP1

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Ghost Slayers Ayashi, Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama

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Do Japanese Names Typically Have ちゃん、さん etc? #learnjapanese

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Hitogoto Desukara, Volume 1 (ヒトゴトですから!)

Hitogoto Desukara, Volume 1 (ヒトゴトですから!) , by Yuni is a very funny, outrageous and ever-so-slightly enraging workplace comedy manga. Komori Mio is a self-proclaimed sales ace. She’s got…

Okazu

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Hitogoto Desukara!, Volume 2 (ヒトゴトですから!)

In Volume 1 of Yuni’s office life drama, we met Komori Mio a woman who has been transferred into Human Resources instead of getting promoted in sales, at…

Okazu

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Hitogoto Desukara, Volume 3 (ヒトゴトですから!)

The life of an employee in Human Resources is a never-ending push for making things better, at least according to Yuni’s Hitogoto Desukara, Volume 3 (ヒトゴトですか)ら! This whole…

Okazu

May 6, 2021 • Subscribe

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What’s です desu ます masu in Japanese? (polite/formal/respectful/keigo/honorifics)

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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Is It Rude To Say 名前はなんのか? #learnjapanese

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Real-life Japanese vs Textbook Japanese #1 ですから・ますから

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Ikemen Sugidesu Shiki-senpai!, Volume 2 (イケメンすぎです紫葵先パイ! )

File today’s review under “Wow Erica, took you long enough!” But wait, I had an excuse! Remember when I ordered some stuff from Japan and it took 2…

Okazu

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Shiki

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I Don't Recommend Learning Japanese Particles Like This #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Oct 18, 2024 • Subscribe

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I Am Kirishima (桐島です, Banmei Takahashi, 2025)

A former revolutionary’s life on the run ends in victorious tragedy in Banmei Takahashi’s dramatisation of the life of Banmei Takahashi.

Windows on Worlds

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のです and Economic Conditions for Writers in Japan

The podcast is online! This month I wrote about のです (no desu) through an examination of some of Kakuta Mitsuyo’s writing that nicely captures two ideas that I…

How to Japanese

Dec 16, 2024 • Subscribe

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Seiyuu Highlights: Konomi Kohara 小原 好美です

For someone who is as versatile as Konomi Kohara, her professional career spanned across all different fields, genres, and universes. She's truly a gift to the Seiyuu Industry,…

Space OdJobs

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Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun -, Kokuhaku

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We don't typically use "anata" to say "Is this your bag?" in Japanese. #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Oct 15, 2024 • Subscribe

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__ませんか vs Wouldn't You Like ___ #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Dec 19, 2024 • Subscribe

Villains Drive #09 — Silly Faces, Silly Voices

  Not how you do horror, Japan. Impressions: Another tremendously weird and yet mostly really boring episode spent almost entirely listening to talking heads. Pinky made one random…

Tenka Seiha

Dec 3, 2020 • Subscribe

Pinky

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Seiyuu Highlights: Juinichi Suwabe 諏訪部 順一です

Like a typical cool uncle as your next door's neighbor, Juinichi Suwabe not only pleased our ears with his multitude of vocal performances, but he's also has a…

Space OdJobs

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don't let the past be your future

There’s learning from your mistakes, and then there’s being obsessed with the past. Cowboy Bebop is *the* classic 90s anime, following the misadventures of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye…

ProfessorViral

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Cowboy Bebop

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"Do I Use 入ります When Someone is Standing in Front of Me?" #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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Tsuki to Suppin Volume 1 (月とすっぴん)

Akegawa Yuu’s Tsuki to Suppin, Volume 1 (月とすっぴん)  is an absolutely delightful odd couple romance story. Shiho is a quiet, reserved photographer for bands, with a fondness for…

Okazu

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VTuber Canan (ばかなんす): From Hikikomori to Influencer

Canan revealed her face in an incident back in August 2020. Learn more about your favorite VTuber and see what she looks like IRL!

Dere★Project

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Tsuki to Suppin, Volume 2 (月とすっぴん)

This past March I became enamored of Akegata Yuu’s Tsuki to Suppin, a Jousei Yuri manga from Feel Comics, about Akari and Shiho, an odd-couple who are nonetheless…

Okazu

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Basic Japanese Sentence Structure No. 19 勉強する #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Mar 25, 2025 • Subscribe

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Basic Japanese Sentence Structure No. 19 結婚する #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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The Gender-Neutral Pronoun: Ichi

As a writer, I pay attention to words. The use of the word they as a gender-neutral singular pronoun has been a debate among my editing and writing…

Japan Powered

Sep 11, 2020 • Subscribe

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"Japanese is Too Sensitive!!!" #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

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"The Reason Japanese is Hard Is..." #learnjapanese

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Suton すとん Director: Rikako Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Suton すとん, by director Rikako Watanabe. is a quietly affecting character study where a young woman’s life is marked by the poignancy of aging and separation and also…

Genkinahito

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

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In Japanese, we don't say, "Oh my god, she's so pretty".... #learnjapanese

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That Japanese Man Yuta

Oct 5, 2024 • Subscribe