Checking Chris and Sharla’s Speaking Japanese
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Let’s learn Japanese from Chris and Sharla. They did pretty good job.
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Was fun to watch this!! Thanks for reacting to our video :D
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@@ShoJapan thank you for pinning her comment 🙏 it saved me a couple of taps on my way of subscribing to her channel ✨ cheers!
He LOVED your Japanese! Lol
You're right about the thing that Chris changes his voice to sound more dramatic sometimes but he also does that sometimes when speaking english so it's not really because of an anime weeb syndrome thing it's just because he's Chris
Im pretty sure chris doesn't even watch anime lmao
@@ahhhhyes he said that he did watch some in the past, but he's not an active watcher
He does tend to add texture and deepen his voice to add drama to whatever random thing he's saying. And that is showcased in both languages frequently. It's more of an artistic thing than a weeb thing.
He is bri ish, their humour is part of changing voice to be more dramatic and witty
@@JustMe-hg5bq I know, because he's Chris
My main experience on the difference between Japanese and Western humor is, at least for English speakers, tone of voice is crucial for conveying if something is said seriously or as a joke and because speaking Japanese need to be precise, like the difference between saying peach or thigh could be your inflection, so a lot of jokes in Japanese are puns or word play.
I agree! Japanese is a really fun language for word play! ❤
You said they sound cuter when they speak japanese but Chris himself said he sounds like a grumpy old uncle when speaking japanese lol.
Oh then forget about what I said haha
Tbh Chris speaking Japanese does sound cuter than English Chris. It is just that he does that old man yakuza thing when expected to speak a phrase or two of Japanese. See the episode of him cycling across Japan where he and Sharla get a challenge of speaking only Japanese for a day to see what I mean. He sounds mellower but also at times just... cute. I don't know how to explain it.
I think Chris kinda 'hams up' speaking Japanese to sound like overly dramatic speaking in movies (like samurai/etc. ones).
@@ljooni Uh, isn't that this video? lmao
@@xnonsuchx Exactly the way I see it too. Overemphasis and in a jokey way, in the same way with his English.
I watch them both regularly (I'm from the U.S.). My overall impression is that Sharla speaks more fluently than Chris does, but that he does very well, too. Nice video, very interesting to get your perspective.
That makes sense seeing as Sharla had spent about twice as long, 15-16 years,, in Japan as Chris.
Well Chris moved there and he was teacher, so I’m sure his Japanese is very fluent, you can’t get a job teaching a language you can’t speak lol but yes they’re both very good!
@@alejandrogerardo5725 uh, you know he wasn’t the actual teacher, right? He was the teacher’s assistant, and expected to mostly communicate to the students in English for them to practice. He wasn’t remotely fluent when he got there and learned most of his Japanese after he started at the school. He’s done videos and talked on his podcast about this.
@@tacticalgrace6456Gee, thanks for splitting that trivial hair.
''They are kinda used to speaking english.'' my dude, he's British 🤣
I believe he meant they are used to still mostly speaking English while living in Japan.
@@xnonsuchx would you ever forget your native language?
@@Vogalos maybe a little
@@Vogalos I've heard it can happen...if you get so immersed and fluent in another language and then don't use your native language for a while you start forgetting words...
@@Vogalosactually, it happens a lot with the exception of English because English is a global language, English speaking people can keep in touch with the language, or even more so, keep on using in that country despite not being fluent enough for that country's language. If a non English speaking (for instance, Italian, French, Russian etc) language speaker goes to Japan or any Asian country without being bilingual in English, they are forced to learn that countries language and after 5 years or so, their mother tongue deteriorates and that country's language they are living gets better. I'm trilingual (about 3.5 languages) and seen so many foreigners on TV who lived long enough to have their language order changed. This does not happen to the foreigners who insist on using English despite the natives not being good at those. Personally, from the non English speaking countries, they will never try to live in other countries just relying on their mother tongue language, but would try to learn and adapt to that country's language.
Of course Sharla speaks good Japanese. She has lived in Japan for about 15 years now
She was also previously married to a korean man where both of their shared language was Japanese so they had to use it to communicate with each other.
@@darcyperkins7041 if you follow her then you would know that she started learning Japanese in high school,.from there ,.she got a chance to go to Japan and she did. Then she returned to Japan and have lived in Japan for a long time.
@@darcyperkins7041 Good luck on your studies!!!!!! I really want to learn Japanese
@@darcyperkins7041 The one place i really want to go to is Japan. Plus I have a friend there who is Japanese. I think what is putting me off in leaning Japanese is the Kanji
Unrelated. I know people who have been living here for 20+ years and barely know any Japanese. Depends on whether you can assimilate or not
This video was very enjoyable and informative. You mentioned how some things would be said differently in fluent Japanese and that kouyounomigoro is pretty advanced, it would be nice to see how something would actually be said, for example what would usually be said instead of "hint" or what the advanced word is he used. Maybe a short description of particular things you mentioned as improvements or stood out, would be great to learn from :D
Quite interesting. This is the first time that your channel appears in my recommendations. I'll check out your other videos as well since I like pretty much anything related to Japanese culture.
Thank you!!
Me, too 🙂
The other day I was just talking about what they were talking about at the end of this video, in terms of losing your personality when you speak your target language, which is exactly what i DON'T do. Aside from following different customs and learning polite set phrases and changing my approach a little, i always make sure to never ever "lose my personality" when speaking Japanese. Humor and wit are a huge proponent of my personality so i still make funny and silly jokes when speaking Japanese. Of course, however, you have to attain a certain level in the language you're learning to arrive at the point where you can start playing with the language and truly express who you are with it. I was saying how westerners that learn japanese tend to ditch their personality and go into this pseudo fake japanese way thats not even who they are. It's really important in my eyes to be able to express your thoughts and such no matter the mode of communication.
I know this is 2 years old at this point but I'm pretty sure Chris won a competition for Japanese speaking when he was first in Japan.
@@LightningNavigator If you look up the pictures it doesn’t seem to suggest that this was the case, Chris has a weirdly massive amount of Japanese knowledge that he doesn’t use and likely is unconfident due to his lack of use.
He does seem to know very specific words which usually wouldn’t be used such as when he’s talking about autumn leaves he uses a specific phrase that is something that even some Japanese people sometimes would forget to use or forget exists.
There’s a few phrases like this such as tsuyu 梅雨 which means plum rain which is specifically referring to early summer rain, I guess it’s similar to complex vocabulary knowledge of English in a way.
Either way I think he knows more than he puts on.
I would say Chris has like a good N4 level of Japanese and definitely knows a few more difficult vocabulary that he has picked up from living in Japan for a long time but he is basic conversation at best. Sharla has fantastic Japanese (although she doesn't say much in this video).
@@thatsubarulife9817 Depends, he actually stopped studying so much in the past but N3 is probably where he finished at. You'd be surprised because you don't hear or see him talking Japanese much but he was very proficient so "basic at best" feels a bit demeaning.
He did fail the N2 test but most definitely not N4, not that it matters to him as he thinks JPTL can become pretty circle jerky.
This was a very fun idea for a video! Just a bit of a warning for the future so you never receive a strike: you played the entire video in a "reaction style", and that is not fair use. In a future video, it would be safer to only play the parts necessary to show the Japanese. Both of them are very nice people who would not strike you, but other youtubers may not be as nice. I would hate to see you get a strike! Best of luck to your channel!
It's probably called kitsune soba because the fried tofu on top of it looks like a pair of kitsune ears.
Kitsune are known to be very fond of fried tofu.
I really liked your video. I would love to see you go more into each sentence and explain why you feel like things could be said in a better way in Japanese, maybe with some text on the screen. I would definitely watch your channel to better my Japanese. Nice work sir.
Enjoyable video to see English speakers speaking Japanese and to hear your commentary. I'm glad to know that one word adjectives are commonly used to describe situations. As a new student of Japanese, that's very encouraging to know when I think about the challenges I'll face when I eventually get to Japan and try to communicate with the local people. As an avid biker, I was glad to see the biking clips and the scenic mountain views. I would love to bike around Japan someday.
Thanks! Never done cycling here, but It Would be great absolutely
Been waiting for video yay
Thank you so much 😊
Your English is very good... have you lived in an English country?
Yeah, in Canada for a year!
But you don’t sound Canadian, ehh!
@@ShoJapan how long have you studied?
@@wallacegrommet9343 Why would he sound Canadian after only a year of living there? Silly comment.
@@wallacegrommet9343 I live in Edmonton. I dont notice much of a difference in accents. Just stereotypes.
I never knew I needed this video in my liiiife!!!!!!! I love all three of you guys so seeing this was so great
Thank u very much!
Nice video ! You just got a new subscriber ! I'm learning japanese and I hope to be as fluent as they are someday 🙏
For what it is I don't think either of them has claimed fluency
Ya, but sharla is impressive in speaking Japanese. Here Japanese accent is pretty good.
I’d absolutely say they are both fluent. Fluency is not the same as native level.
The advanced way Chris described autumn, what was it? Kōyō no migoro? I can't find it on google
Kouyounomigoro
紅葉の見頃
@@ShoJapan does every season have an advanced way of saying it?
It's no so advanced, he is just saying something specific- the peak of the fall colors.
@@rsmith02 "advanced" doesn't mean secret word that you can only learn after climbing a mountain and finding an old man under a Sakura who will show you the Bushidou, it just means fluent or native speaker level, it's like that:
Beginner-Intermediate-Advanced
I would love to be able to move to Japan someday. Just find some small quiet village up in the mountains because tsunami's are crazy scary lol. But yeah I would have a ball learning the language and just casually traveling around the country.
it has been a year. his your japanese studies going?
you know what, despite what he said, I would still consider chris and/or Sharla to be my sensei if I had to learn Japanese formally in a classroom setting.👍🇯🇵🇨🇦🇬🇧
I thought they both have lived in Japan for a rather long time. You would think they might have learned after at least a decade.
dude, chris cycled all the way across japan
Considering that the two of them have been here for about 10 years, I don't guess his Japanese ability is very good.
You sound fluent I’m impressed
You speak really good English. Great video.
Thank you! Hope you enjoy other videos too
I wouldn't say that they're fully fluent (don't quote me on that) but its way more than enough for them to get by and stay in conversations.
*(looks at Chris)*
Their Japanese is so good but they still sound, foreigners who can speak Japanese so well. まだ日本人の発音じゃない。
sharla n him are a couple now a while now and sharla live in japan 15 years now and speaks it owns a biz there with friend too! n too houses they got fixed up to rent out!...
Our good boy Chris ♥️
'I'm going to act like Gordon Ramsey and point out mistakes and correct them'
the whole of the video: 'this thing they said means this, it is very difficult Japanese, good job. They speak really good Japanese, Sharla in particular'
is it just me, or was he being too mean to be like Gordon Ramsey? Seriously, in what world was that a Gordon Ramsey act?
Lol I realized that
Fr, he tried to be strict but was friendly as hell
Chris could be a voice actor
Can anyone link the original video? I can't find it
It would be better if you can explain why you have those reactions. You say that Chris sounds 'savage'. What part of his speech sounds savage? What phrases/suffixes his uses gives you this impression? What would a normal or polite way of expressing the same thought be? Another example: You say that the use of 'a hint of coffee' does not sound native. Well, what would be the native usage here? How is the word 'hint' used natively in Japanese?
I think it's because of his tone but I think he did it on purpose in a sarcastic way but idk
He speaks in a gruff accent like a working class person from the countryside, or a character in a samurai movie. When you have basic Japanese, and are self conscious about it, it is more comfortable to mimic ‘low’ Japanese than to speak more formally. Plus if you are a guy watching Japanese films well known in the west to learn Japanese, the cool characters speak like that.
I feel like Chris speaks Japanese in a silly accent because he is self-conscious about it, which is too bad since he's been there for 8 years and his pronunciation is beginner level.
He speaks in a gruff accent like a working class person from the countryside, or a character in a samurai movie. When you have basic Japanese, and are self conscious about it, it is more comfortable to mimic ‘low’ Japanese than to speak more formally. I am an older adult western guy and have pretty basic Japanese and pretty much the only people I talked with socially were older salarymen at bars. They sort of spoke down to me in super manly Japanese, so those are the sort of conversations I had. Chris started teaching English in the countryside too, so most people he would have conversed with outside of work were probably more straightforward talkers.
I CAN TELL YOU WHY IT IS "KITSUNE UDON!" I believe that in Japan (folk tales and things!) it is believed that the fox's favorite food is fried tofu! so you have to watch out for the foxes!! it's kind of like saying answering the phone ... you're trying to avoid the devious foxes!
my question for you - how long have you studied English (like ... SERIOUSLY studied ... if you know what I mean!)?
Kitsune are the messengers of the Shinto god Inari. Inari is also the god of rice. Kitsune protect you from evil spirits, and move with swiftness and cunning. That is why inari are a good food to eat when travelling, and kitsune udon will have similar associations. Inari is rice protected by the favourite food of Kitsune, no less.
They are both not fully immersed in Japanese culture and speak and interact mostly in english as their friends circle is mostly non japanese. Sharla's japanese is very good but not as good as one would expect after 15 years in Japan. Her accent is still very strong.
I really like your reaction! Nice video!
Out of curiosity, what would be the way to describe "a hint of" something?
I'm not a native speaker but I would probably say 少しコーヒーの風味があるよ sukoshi koohii no fuumi ga aru yo There is a small coffee flavor
@@MumeiGami Thank you! That makes sense with all that I (a beginner) know so far about japanese. It is devilishly hard to find phrases or figure of speeches for things like that.
@@ljooni I'm not native but I am n2 certified and can pass previous n1 tests so at the very least what I said does make sense and will get across the point of something tasting lightly of coffee. However if there is a way to directly say a "hint" of a taste I have yet to learn it. I wish you luck in your studies.
I have my phone on full volume and it was still really hard to hear you :(
Sorryyy
This was an awesome Japnese lesson. Thank you.
Jaaj a gordon of japan that joke really got me 🤣🤣
😂
Good video my man!
油揚げが狐の好物であると言われていること😂 それで皆んな、キツネウドンって言うらしい。
Hinto is more for helping someone guess, right?
Great video!! Keep it up!
The audio is too quiet!
clean your ears
I'll add a guess in as well. To go with the color of the Iron I'd say the shape gives the idea of a foxes ear as well. Just a guess though
gate keeping fluency. Excellent
Yeah. Both of their Japanese is amazing.
Bro chris can actually speak good japanese, i thought he struggles with it, and i know sharla is the fluent one, wtf im impressed
They are both very good 👍
Niiice.
But that drink on the right is beautifully distracting 牛乳みたいに見える
It’s カルピス
Sharla is my favorite youtuber
Can u plz do more of reaction videos for Sharlzs videos too ?
As much as his Japanese is great, constantly calling it kariaage instead of karaage bugs me
Maybe someone should make a video of your English ? 🤔
I think he is fluent.
Lol not at all. His pronunciation is shit and grammar is basic.
A E I O and U including Y
Well, "Y" at some points. For instance, in a word where it sounds like it could be replaced by a "vowel". However, if not then it is a consonant.
As a vowel: M(y)
Vowel similarity: M-i (similar to the word "eye/I", thus a vowel)
Consonant example: take "Y"oung
Consonant pronunciation: "Y-uh"ng
Actually, I have noticed something interesting about Japanese and English over the years. While in English our vowels are pronounced differently (A (ay), E (ee),
@@TheMechanicalGirl999 The sound of it depends on the beginning, middle and end of it, according to crow. J
I guess it might not be the best idea to ask a Japanese to judge someone's abilities like that. Japanese typically cannot criticize openly and directly even when they notice imperfections.
bro get a personality
Would you like to know some English lessoning?
One small thing "we are going to be watch 'now Chris speak Japanese"
Using "now" in this context would only be grammatically correct if we were going to see him "now" do it live.
But becuase we maybe are seeing now but as a previous recording the sentence used would be "we are now going to watch these times he spoke Japanse".
In the English language, we try to be as specific as possible.
Even "now" has to be used specifically.
love this video, it helps to learn Japanese
Native speaker here. I disagree. To say in this video "We are now going to watch Chris speak Japanese" is fine. Or "We're going to watch Chris speak Japanese now," "We're going to now watch Chris speak Japanese." All of these are fine, both in the placement of "now" and in the context. It's fine to specify "these times he spoke Japanese," but it isn't necessary. Anyone watching this video would know the video he is reacting to is pre-recorded-- Just as we know the video we're watching isn't live either. To make an argument that he should specify "these times," you might as well argue he shouldn't use "now" at all and instead address the viewer directly: "You are now going to watch the time when I reacted to this video of these times Chris spoke Japanese." It's redundant.
We also don’t say “lessoning”. That’s just not a word.
Nice review ,you are mocking the way Chris sometimes speaks funny in Japanese ,but you are actually wrong there ,he is speaking funny in English too . It's just the way he talks and expresses himself ,being a little goofy.
yeah I like his personality haha
Good thing being Japanese is all you need to leach of their hard work
Oof! Shots fired.
I dont believe he is as fluent as he claims he is maybe intermediate level at best. His Japanese is quite off
I feel like he doesn't claim to be fluent
Based on this video, he's fine for daily life. Language is about communication, not perfection. I don't think he ever bragged about his ability.
Chris Broad would be the first person to say his Japanese is not fluent. But its good enough to speak with friends and conduct work in Japan.
I would definitely consider him fluent
His accent is just too bad for someone that has lived that long in Japan (I'm not trying to be offensive, I think that's just how it is) I think his grammar and vocab is at quite high level but it all just gets overlooked due to the first thing you hear when someone speaks a foreign language is his accent, so that's why people may think he isn't good at Japanese