@@Peopleeat97 There is a video which 2 Taiwanese RUclipsr tried to speak only Mandarin in US ruclips.net/video/mmtsOqIeYCE/видео.html&ab_channel=TheDoDoMen-%E5%98%9F%E5%98%9F%E4%BA%BA
For some parents you could fail everything possible and they would still treat you like their child. (My classmates) And for some parents you could get straight A's and not get a single thing in return. (Me) I became a bilingual at the age of 12 (Thai and English) all from my own efforts, and it sucks that my mom thinks I'm average when I'm as fluent as a non English speaking person can get, she knows nothing about English so everything I do is just the same level for her.
@@lost4030 Sorry to read this. You're well aware, but your English is super solid! I can't do much as a RUclips comment, but I hope your mental health is okay despite a lack of recognition. I can definitely relate to that. I'm half Filipino and I wish I had learned Tagalog from childhood.
@@m4r1o148 Thank you! and I'm doing fine, I'm actually trying to intentionally get bad grades so my mom won't have a high expectation, I hope it works.
@@lost4030 No reason to sabotage yourself. If you are going to be treated the same either way you might as well be successful for your own sake. Eventually you'll meet someone who appreciates your talents.
@@reecedeyoung6595 You're right, but I feel kind of better when there is no high expectation put on me, it's also less stressful because it's really hard for me to start working on something. (I have ADHD symptoms but I have never been diagnosed.)
I always get secondhand embarrassment when it comes to social experiments like these. But that embarrassment soon went away as soon as you laid down your Japanese on a phone call in front of those girls! It was fun to watch! Japanese people are so kind too! 😆
@my tho I don't think that's too accurate. I agree 100%, they don't have to learn a second language, specially if they plan on staying in Japana but, I would say that in most other countries, there does tend to be a much higher rate of multilingual people in higher education
@@kingboji958For one English is a globally spoken language & for 2nd japanese school's have English class starting from elementary, it's just that there's no proper system in play which forces them to speak English verbally and by the end of it all they never get to experience speaking and be good at it.
@@cocadoodledoo6346 idc if its globally or not globally. If you gonna make fun of someone's accent or because they can't speak English. Your ass better be learning there language too. Don't think you're all high and mighty just because you're born with the English language while they have to learn one of the hardest language in the world. I bet if you're in there shoes or born in the east you would be the same or even worse.
I'm not a Japanese student but I used to be taught by Japanese professors. It's actually so hard to understand the whole lecture but the guts of these classes. In another hand, they are so kind, nice, and enthusiastic. Every time we wanna ask them, they always try to explain every detail. My friend told me that she sent the professor the email at night because she thinks he will answer tomorrow. But no, god. He answered immediately at 1a.m that night. I really really appreciate that.
Rn ar Uni i have a professor who has the same sleep program as i do. Sleep from 4-5 am to 8-10 am so at max 6h of sleep. I usually send him the homework or ask him at night around 1-3 am and he replies within 30 mins. Next day we see each other with dark circles below our eyes
AYE that one girl who spoke English really well was willing to WALK WITH YOU to the station and PAY and she SMART AND SHE FINE. Lordddd she is wifey material
@@succmywood This is completely true, since everyone has been wearing the masks, the number of bijins has skyrocketed. The ladies here tend to have amazing eyes, but the mouth/jaw can be much different than you expect.
Graduated from this university as an international student a year ago. Japanese students are so shy especially for undergraduate students, but for graduate students, I’m actually surprised they don’t mind to speak in English and they are actually good. You’ll realize Japanese people with decent English, usually have visited or experienced living abroad.
I mean it's kinda a must to know English if you're pursuing graduate studies since most the literature and the academic world is in English, so it kinda makes sense lol
@@maegalroammis6020 You are making negative comments about Japan everywhere If you don't like it, why do you care so much about Japan? do you have an inferiority complex? If you don't like it, don't watch videos about Japan. You also make negative comments about Japan on other sites. you are sick you need a doctor's help You have been writing bad words about Japan for months on youtube and on some other sites. WoW
@@maegalroammis6020 Your obsession with anti-Japan is creepy. stop stalking japan It's creepy to write negative comments about japan on various sites for months.
The fact that everyone understood English even if they couldn't speak it is already pretty good. If someone came up to me in the US and started asking me for directions in French, for example, I'd have to say, "Sorry, I don't know what you're asking me". On top of that, everyone tried so hard to help TwT
They all learn English for nearly the entirety of their primary education, whereas we don’t. Adding to that, what language should we learn? If everyone learns English, then the language we learn would be more for personal choices than anything else.
@@cartlaidiania Spanish is a pretty good 2nd language to learn, almost every nation from Latin America speak it and USA even do a frontier with a Spanish speaker country and you'll understand some latin languages too (like portuguese, french) because it's kinda similar... Anyway, it's a pretty good "all around" language to learn if you already know English
As a Japanese citizen, I can say with one hundred confidence that honesty and kindness helped students in the video prove that they are the smartest in a way. They should be proud of themselves as they worked hard to help a stranger and I do hope they will play a vital role in this world where one should catch up with radical changes. From the bottom of my heart I think that I am proud to be a citizen of this greatest country by encountering their brilliant gentleness.
日本人や日本の学生はとても親切なと思います。I was a foreign exchange student in Japan decades ago and this video doesn't surprise me. I am worried how this video would play out at an elite American university and whether those students would be as helpful and kind to a foreigner seemingly without any English ability.
Honestly, i don't really understand what you wrote here....and what points you are indicating at.....i am really surprised how bad a top 1 university student's english can be.....
I was an English teacher for more than 6 years. We can always communicate even the basic way. As long as I can speak a little Japanese, I can guide them. The hesitation comes from the expectation in Japanese culture to be correct in any way possible. I always tell some students that accent does not matter as long as you enounciate it but... this will take too long to explain. and I love my Japanese students specially the elderly, the professionals and some housewives. I am mostly chosen by the older people because of my age. I just gave up teaching because of the internet connection. I visited Japan twice and if I visit every prefecture, I have a Japanese student/friend I can visit.
That medical science girl who walked together with you to the station is really nice, she almost give you some money and she speaks English really well too! Her English skill is easily the second best in this video after that big guy in white uniform. Anyway did you tell her in the end that this was just a prank? I really want to see her reaction
As a native English speaker, I have to disagree. The medical student girl had better English skills than the big guy in the white uniform. Her American accent sounded pretty native.
Been to japan many times Even if many don't know English..they are the sweetest people ever. If i ever had to ask directions to random people litrally all of them of all ages had helped me with some English words, some with hand action, many showed me gps on their phone and sometimes typed location my phone too. To tell me what time the shop will open or close they would show numbers by finger or on their phone keypad . They way they try their best to help was alwas so wonderful to see and experience
I travelled to Japan a few years back and I was so impressed by the people and culture. Everyone that I spoke to (in English) tried to help and apologized for not being able to help more. Also, moving around in various cities at night (and I mean really late) was so relaxing. I always felt safe. I started having thoughts about relocating there someday. It's still on my list, but I must first learn the language to some degree.
Good luck with learning Japanese. It's much easier now as there are tons of free videos & websites you can use to learn it. I'm learning it too and recently passed the JLPT N5 in July last year. Planning to take the N4 this year.
I just came back from Japan, young generations speak English pretty well, and everyone is so friendly, never being rejected by a single soul when I asked for help. Full of good memories there.
Japanese people are perhaps the nicest people on earth. Btw, knowing English doesn’t make a person smart or cool. It's just another language. Yes, knowing another language is handy but it's not a must.
I think they did so well. I am trying to learn some French and even though we have the same alphabet it is not easy! Kudos to anyone learning another language!
It was so refreshing to see people happily engaging someone in need. I hope that when I go to study abroad next year in the fall in Tokyo they will be as kind and helpful should I absolutely need help. I can speak relatively intermediate Japanese, but I struggle at times when speaking on the fly, so I hope that people can be forgiving as I continue my studies. Thank you for the amazing video!!
If you are looking for Japanese university students who are good at English conversation, in Tokyo, go to International Christian University (ICU), Sophia University, or Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). Also, International University of Japan in Akita Prefecture. Courses at these universities are taught in English. The University of Tokyo is a university specializing in Japanese language classes.
is Todai and TUFS are same University but in different department and location or they are totally unrelated? Are Japanese can go to TUFS because what i know is many students of TUFS are foreigners?
@@deearn8748 Both UT and TUFS are national universities, but they are different universities. The location and curriculum are different. 85% of TUFS students are Japanese and 15% are international students. Among the national universities in Tokyo, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) merged in 2023. The new name is Institute of Science Tokyo. In the future, there is a plan to integrate TUFS and Hitotsubashi University, centering on the Institute of Science Tokyo, to become a large-scale comprehensive university with international competitiveness.
My main takeaway is that everybody was super friendly and went out of their way to help him. I find it striking that in a few instances, complete strangers laughed with him about their inability to communicate.
I just discovered your channel and what a good surprise, im French and I try to learn Japanese . Yours videos will be a great help in my adventure as you still put the subtitles English/Japanese 😭
Even in such a smartest university, which may have many international students, Japanese people do not usually use English. But I think their basic level of reading and writing English is quite high because the English entrance exam of the University of Tokyo is really difficult.
@@gordonbgraham Gordon thinks that all Japanese are kind and loving and sweet - like that guy who threw gasoline on everybody in Kyoto and burned to death over 30, and Asahara Shoko who did the sarin attacks, and Yamagami who assassinated Shinzo Abe, and the guy who lambasts all foreigners he sees with Japanese girls, and the elderly woman who tut tuts whenever her neighbors don't tie up their trash bags exactly the same way she does, and the "ore ore" scammers who prey on old ladies, and the school owners who think they own you because they sponsored your visa, and the company managers who shunt you aside because you put family over company, and.... . If you don't repent, Gordon, God might give you what you currently support.
@@earlysda "All Japan"...Nice strawman there Earl. Yeah...I "imagine that there is absolutely no crime and no bad people in Japan at all"...That's a characterization only a small child could come up with. Well, a small child or a small minded adult, the kind of adult who scours Japan content then hunts the comment section for any mention of "the Japanese are nice" to crap on it with his bitterness and contempt. "Burned to death over 30"...beats burned forever over billions...What a "benevolent" God!
I'm an ESL teacher teaching Japanese students, so I feel happy and proud that the people in the video still tried to help even though it's difficult for them to communicate. Most of my students can understand daily English conversations, they are just shy and afraid of making mistakes, so they don't know how to express themselves in English.
This kind of videos make me work hard in studies so I can have a good earning and go to Japan someday with my friends. Such kind and helping people ❤. Truly majestic place.
It’s interesting noticing how I didn’t think negatively of the Japanese students when they were trying to speak English, it makes me feel more confident when trying to learn Spanish bc it makes me realize people aren’t judging my intelligence off of my ability to speak a language that isn’t native to my own.
I was in Kagoshima last may and the people around the city were extremely polite even though they didn't speak English, in stores grills were using ipad with Google translate in order to help me . That was so nice and sweet my heart was melting😢
About 150 years ago, intellectuals translated a large number of difficult English words into Japanese, so that even textbooks for higher education in Japan can be read in Japanese. They (and I, too) are not unwilling to learn English; they just don't have to.
@@Udontknowmi The main reason English has been an important foreign language in Japan for 150 years is that it was the first U.S. Navy ship to visit Japan, which had no contact with Western countries, and the first to conclude an international treaty with Japan.
@@jamesedwards1284 lol how does one rank that for everyone, japanese will be hard for English speaker but not as much for chinese speaker. English will be super easy for Europeans but will be difficult fpr chinese
@@jamesedwards1284 they are for a native English speaker. Somebody who has French for example as native language will learn English much easier compared to say someone with russian as native language, as English and french have lots of simmilar vocabulary , grammar and what not. So it really depends on which language you speak
Some Japanese struggling to speak English but they're really polite to help you and that's why rhey don't need to force theirselves to learn English language, their kindness and politeness is enough to communicate with foreigners.
It is not that their english education is bad, but rather the nature of their language is very apart from english which makes it hard for them to learn. Not only japanese and english are from two different language families (which means the way sentences structure are different), the alphabet and different pronounciations add to its complexity. You can see their effort and passion in learning english, it is just so hard for them. Edit: According to all the replies I have gotten over these five months, it appears that their education is actually bad. I blindly compared their education with my country only, and not with the entire world (and my country is very underwhelming in english education). Excuse my partial incorrect information.
It's my understanding that spoken japanese is fairly easy for English speakers to learn. English is an absolute dumpster fire of a language so I wouldn't be surprised if the reverse isn't true
100 % of the western languages are totally different from Japanese so I don’t know what you mean. Even chinese shares some common kanji vocabularies and korean whose grammer is similar to japanese learning the language is still excruciatingly hard.
@@hollyxytphh Maybe because of the fact that it pronounced as how it is written makes japanese easier to learn for english speakers than japanese speakers learning english. What makes japanese hard in my opinion is its kanji and kanji alone. I've been studying japanese for two years now and it took me less time to learn the grammar than that of english's (I am turkish). And I think that english pronounciations are kind of similar to japanese kanjis. In japanese, you need to learn a new character to write and read it, and in english you need to know the pronounciation in order to write and read it. (Of course it is similar for a lot of other languages but everyone speaks english so might as well approach from this way)
I agree with you. There are so many linguistic differences that I am afraid of saying something rude...I don't understand the nuances of many words and use peculiar phrases.
If they see learning English as hard as it is for us to learn Japanese or other asian languages, props to them for even being able to partially communicate in English. I could be starving and wouldn't even know how to ask for bread and water if I was stranded in Japan.....then again, I've tried to learn Japanese for a whole 5 minutes so....German it is as a secondary.
Japan is truly a unique place, I’ve been to mainland Japan countless times. I’ve always been so fascinated on how polite the Japanese are, the second they find out I’m from Hawaii they go gaga. Lol. They ask me questions in they’re best English about Hawaii, and they express how they would love to someday visit my home state. I guess the grass is always greener.
This was fun. It was nice that everyone was so helpful. Clearly the medical student young lady now has a fanbase here. Ha. I can see why. I'm planning to go to Japan, and this video reinforces for me why I should keep studying Japanese. I learned some Spanish for my trip to Chile and Perú, and it was so useful to be able to ask for a ticket to a place in Spanish. I didn't speak well, and I couldn't understand most people, but it was better than nothing.
you should do this again but your "friend" actually shows up and u speak perfect japanese to him to confuse the one you approached, just a fun video idea!
you need to do more of this and keep the after reveals later, thats usually the best part, way more fun to see their reaction after they realise it was a prank.
Oh my God, some of them had such impressive accents and vocab! You wouldn't be able to tell them apart from an American just by listening. I wish I was that good at Japanese! x.x
I really love Japanese people! I'm learning Japanese at the moment, and I would really like to try to communicate with the locals when I travel to Japan for the first time! :D
3:17 So cute! Reminds me when I lived in Japan and near the beginning my Japanese friends were saying something I agreed with as well so I said わたしも and got a lot of happy laughter in response.
@@sophia-tj1ck Well, I was studying abroad at the time for my entire Junior year in college, so the other foreign/international students and I interacted with the Japanese students at our university (in English and in our practicing Japanese). I'm still friends with some of them to this day and this was almost 15 years ago. One of the best experiences of my life.
I learned English in elementary, middle and high school, but I can't speak it. Because I don't need English in my daily life. Probably most Japanese do.
I am Japanese. In Japan, there are few opportunities to speak English. Although English is learned in the education system for university entrance exams, 99% of people are not required to speak English at Japanese companies. Most of the information in the world is translated into Japanese, and I have never felt inconvenient. For many of the students at the University of Tokyo, I think it was the first time they had the chance to practice real conversation in English. It shows that they can live in Japan with only Japanese.
I have attended a national school in the US for one year in the past. However, since I came back to Japan, I haven't had a chance to use English, and after more than 10 years, I completely forgot about it. I'm glad that the accuracy of Google Translate has improved somewhat.
@@1024pb if you are ever looking for someone to practice talking with, let me know ! I might not be very helpful with American English, but I can help you with my native British English ✨
Awesome video. But it’s also a chance for a good PSA: for anyone from monolingual anglophone countries, please don’t travel and speak to the locals and expect them to speak your language. Even if they do know English, you should at least try and make an attempt to learn and speak their language
English and japanese is very big difference...the structure and pronounce is extremely different...it was kinda hard to learn english since studying japanese alone is hard enough...
I remember I talked to random tourists that were lost at the station in Japan to improve my English before leaving Japan for foreign countries 5 years ago. Actually it was nice experience for me as well. Because we don't really get the chance to talk with people from foreign countries in our daily life. Now I went back to Japan with my German husband after living in foreign countries for 5 years. When I asked random Japanese people which way we should go in Japanese, some people were trying to explain in Japanese but with body language because they thought I was also a foreigner as well 😅 But they were always helpful and kind and I was impressed even as Japanese how much they were trying to be helpful. Because here in Berlin, some people are super rude and I get offended super often.(Others are super nice)
Disclaimer: this is completely my opinion based on my experience So in Japan, when I lived there, it was about over a decade ago, English is taught at middle school (7th grade); but it depends on what kind of English program the school has, some schools can be at 4th grade. For reference, I went to a public school in Chiba prefecture in a small town and I moved there from the Philippines when I was 7, left Japan when I was 15. The main idea is, why teach a new language/foreign language when you are not yet proficient with your own language. In elementary school I recall learning so much Japanese, the class is called 国語 (kokugo)、which translates to language or Japanese language, but what it really means is literature, not sure until when they teach it but I stayed there until i was 8th grade and was still part of the curriculum. Anyways, up to now, thanks to that class and fortunately, I can say I can still write an essay in Japanese, or read a Japanese newspaper (for the Kanji, the Japanese characters in newspapers, there's no furigana, furigana means it translates the kanji in hiragana on the side of the character), read a book. I rarely use Japanese now because I don't have a lot of Japanese friends to talk to. (I live in the Bay Area, California and there are shit ton of Asians, I'm mostly surrounded by Philippinos) I actually completely forgot Tagalog when I was in Japan except my mom's dialect because she only spoke to me in her dialect, my mom only spoke broken Japanese. I would speak to her in either English or Japanese and she responds to me in her dialect. I was very fortunate that the public school I attended in the country side of Chiba prefecture has a few English speaking teachers who taught me Japanese in the beginning, they were very kind and patient. I remember being always afraid, or I was super shy to be in the same classroom with the other kids, because I knew zero Japanese in the beginning. Some kids were mean some kids were nice. Eventually of course when you live in the country you learn the language quicker, plus I was young, it took me about 3 months to be able to understand Japanese and comprehend the classroom material. Anyways my point is, the disadvantage of learning English in Japan is because the country itself is a Japanese speaking country, there are not many opportunities to practice English besides school or they have to make additional efforts to learn, like using outside resources to learn. Japan is changing nowadays, I believe they are changing the education system to encourage kids to learn English at an early stage so they can learn easily.
What's great is not about their language proficiency, but their willingness and effort to understand and make sure another person is helped.
for real
This is the kind of thing I wish I could see more often in America , unfortunately that’ll never be the case, difference in culture.
@@maegalroammis6020 yeah things that u guys will never see is creepy nice 🤌
@@Peopleeat97 There is a video which 2 Taiwanese RUclipsr tried to speak only Mandarin in US
ruclips.net/video/mmtsOqIeYCE/видео.html&ab_channel=TheDoDoMen-%E5%98%9F%E5%98%9F%E4%BA%BA
if a japanese person walked around in like nyc asking for directions it would be so different lol
5:08 A bilingual med school student in the best university of Japan, she is every Asian parents dream.
For some parents you could fail everything possible and they would still treat you like their child. (My classmates)
And for some parents you could get straight A's and not get a single thing in return. (Me)
I became a bilingual at the age of 12 (Thai and English) all from my own efforts, and it sucks that my mom thinks I'm average when I'm as fluent as a non English speaking person can get, she knows nothing about English so everything I do is just the same level for her.
@@lost4030 Sorry to read this. You're well aware, but your English is super solid! I can't do much as a RUclips comment, but I hope your mental health is okay despite a lack of recognition. I can definitely relate to that. I'm half Filipino and I wish I had learned Tagalog from childhood.
@@m4r1o148 Thank you! and I'm doing fine, I'm actually trying to intentionally get bad grades so my mom won't have a high expectation, I hope it works.
@@lost4030 No reason to sabotage yourself. If you are going to be treated the same either way you might as well be successful for your own sake. Eventually you'll meet someone who appreciates your talents.
@@reecedeyoung6595 You're right, but I feel kind of better when there is no high expectation put on me, it's also less stressful because it's really hard for me to start working on something. (I have ADHD symptoms but I have never been diagnosed.)
I always get secondhand embarrassment when it comes to social experiments like these. But that embarrassment soon went away as soon as you laid down your Japanese on a phone call in front of those girls! It was fun to watch! Japanese people are so kind too! 😆
"Can the Smartest Japanese Students Speak English?" No, Not at all. even in 2022.
@my tho I don't think that's too accurate. I agree 100%, they don't have to learn a second language, specially if they plan on staying in Japana but, I would say that in most other countries, there does tend to be a much higher rate of multilingual people in higher education
@@maegalroammis6020 can you speak Japanese?
@@kingboji958For one English is a globally spoken language & for 2nd japanese school's have English class starting from elementary, it's just that there's no proper system in play which forces them to speak English verbally and by the end of it all they never get to experience speaking and be good at it.
@@cocadoodledoo6346 idc if its globally or not globally. If you gonna make fun of someone's accent or because they can't speak English. Your ass better be learning there language too. Don't think you're all high and mighty just because you're born with the English language while they have to learn one of the hardest language in the world. I bet if you're in there shoes or born in the east you would be the same or even worse.
I'm not a Japanese student but I used to be taught by Japanese professors. It's actually so hard to understand the whole lecture but the guts of these classes. In another hand, they are so kind, nice, and enthusiastic. Every time we wanna ask them, they always try to explain every detail. My friend told me that she sent the professor the email at night because she thinks he will answer tomorrow. But no, god. He answered immediately at 1a.m that night. I really really appreciate that.
They are really kind. Totally different from 1940s
@@vanitasplaysyt you're mixing up military cruelty vs majority civilian behaviour. that mentality is brain damaged.
@@lushbIood he had a point
@my tho did they say that they would speak anything else? like where was that even remotely implied lol
Rn ar Uni i have a professor who has the same sleep program as i do. Sleep from 4-5 am to 8-10 am so at max 6h of sleep. I usually send him the homework or ask him at night around 1-3 am and he replies within 30 mins. Next day we see each other with dark circles below our eyes
They trying their best to help you.That is really kind of them
The Japanese, at least on average, tend to be incredibly sweet and pure, bordering on complete naïvety. Incredibly kind in general though.
Yess they try their best to help and convey what they want to say !!very helpful people
it's more creepy than anything.
@@maegalroammis6020 most normal american citizen:
don't say like if you can read their mibds
I would have loved to see everyone’s reaction after you showed them you could speak Japanese.
me tooooo !
I think he's still pretty shy lol
@@maegalroammis6020 you're being harsh, they do speak English at least a little bit, enough to help a foreigner out
@@maegalroammis6020 can the smartest english students speak Japanese? at least to be able to help someone out?
@Chicken Nugget you have to appreciate the dedication these incels have to continually pump out troll comments
Damn this is so wholesome! I love how polite and willing they are to help.
Lived in Japan for 5 years and experienced this myself, its in their nature to be helpful and kind! .... more of this videos, really love this Jesse!
reaklly creepy.
@@maegalroammis6020 I see you literally everywhere in this channel. Why do you hate the Japanese so much?
@@maegalroammis6020 How is it creepy what…😭
@@BlueV205 i can explain.
@@maegalroammis6020 go ahead
The way all of them took the time to really try to help him out the best they could was really heartening. Had fun watching this video.
AYE that one girl who spoke English really well was willing to WALK WITH YOU to the station and PAY and she SMART AND SHE FINE. Lordddd she is wifey material
“And she fine” bruh she had her mask on the whole time😂
I aint saying nothing til that mask gets off xD It holds back too many secrets haha
Six Pathz You're reading my mind, my friend 😂
@@succmywood idc about the mask my gut tells me she's fine😂
@@succmywood This is completely true, since everyone has been wearing the masks, the number of bijins has skyrocketed. The ladies here tend to have amazing eyes, but the mouth/jaw can be much different than you expect.
i love the captions underneath its helping me put together the japanese vocab ive been learning. thank u!
That was wholesome and lovely. More like this please.
Graduated from this university as an international student a year ago. Japanese students are so shy especially for undergraduate students, but for graduate students, I’m actually surprised they don’t mind to speak in English and they are actually good. You’ll realize Japanese people with decent English, usually have visited or experienced living abroad.
yeah going abroad helps tons
I mean it's kinda a must to know English if you're pursuing graduate studies since most the literature and the academic world is in English, so it kinda makes sense lol
good reason to not respecrt the japanese who stay in japan.
@@maegalroammis6020
You are making negative comments about Japan everywhere If you don't like it, why do you care so much about Japan? do you have an inferiority complex? If you don't like it, don't watch videos about Japan.
You also make negative comments about Japan on other sites. you are sick you need a doctor's help
You have been writing bad words about Japan for months on youtube and on some other sites. WoW
@@maegalroammis6020
Your obsession with anti-Japan is creepy. stop stalking japan
It's creepy to write negative comments about japan on various sites for months.
Bro dead went on a date with the one going to the station!! 😂😂😂
they prolly got disappointed when they realized it was a prank 😭
I always love these videos, your channel deserves the success it gets.
The fact that everyone understood English even if they couldn't speak it is already pretty good. If someone came up to me in the US and started asking me for directions in French, for example, I'd have to say, "Sorry, I don't know what you're asking me".
On top of that, everyone tried so hard to help TwT
They all learn English for nearly the entirety of their primary education, whereas we don’t. Adding to that, what language should we learn? If everyone learns English, then the language we learn would be more for personal choices than anything else.
@@cartlaidiania Spanish is a pretty good 2nd language to learn, almost every nation from Latin America speak it and USA even do a frontier with a Spanish speaker country and you'll understand some latin languages too (like portuguese, french) because it's kinda similar... Anyway, it's a pretty good "all around" language to learn if you already know English
Great thing apps should already fix the language barrier
As a Japanese citizen, I can say with one hundred confidence that honesty and kindness helped students in the video prove that they are the smartest in a way. They should be proud of themselves as they worked hard to help a stranger and I do hope they will play a vital role in this world where one should catch up with radical changes.
From the bottom of my heart I think that I am proud to be a citizen of this greatest country by encountering their brilliant gentleness.
日本人や日本の学生はとても親切なと思います。I was a foreign exchange student in Japan decades ago and this video doesn't surprise me. I am worried how this video would play out at an elite American university and whether those students would be as helpful and kind to a foreigner seemingly without any English ability.
No only that, but they're kind and genuine. Some people wouldn't bother to interact with a foreigner when approached on the street.
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Honestly, i don't really understand what you wrote here....and what points you are indicating at.....i am really surprised how bad a top 1 university student's english can be.....
@@治强 What part didn’t you understand? He didn’t say he was a student of the university of Tokyo
I was an English teacher for more than 6 years. We can always communicate even the basic way. As long as I can speak a little Japanese, I can guide them. The hesitation comes from the expectation in Japanese culture to be correct in any way possible. I always tell some students that accent does not matter as long as you enounciate it but... this will take too long to explain. and I love my Japanese students specially the elderly, the professionals and some housewives. I am mostly chosen by the older people because of my age. I just gave up teaching because of the internet connection. I visited Japan twice and if I visit every prefecture, I have a Japanese student/friend I can visit.
That medical science girl who walked together with you to the station is really nice, she almost give you some money and she speaks English really well too! Her English skill is easily the second best in this video after that big guy in white uniform. Anyway did you tell her in the end that this was just a prank? I really want to see her reaction
I think they might have went on a date at the end instead 🥰 just kidding 😂😂
As a native English speaker, I have to disagree. The medical student girl had better English skills than the big guy in the white uniform. Her American accent sounded pretty native.
and she is pretty 😍
@@maegalroammis6020 "Can the smartest American students speak Japanese?"
@@Anderson-ly9no most of them can’t even speak Spanish and that’s the 2nd most used language in the US
Been to japan many times
Even if many don't know English..they are the sweetest people ever.
If i ever had to ask directions to random people litrally all of them of all ages had helped me with some English words, some with hand action, many showed me gps on their phone and sometimes typed location my phone too.
To tell me what time the shop will open or close they would show numbers by finger or on their phone keypad .
They way they try their best to help was alwas so wonderful to see and experience
I travelled to Japan a few years back and I was so impressed by the people and culture. Everyone that I spoke to (in English) tried to help and apologized for not being able to help more. Also, moving around in various cities at night (and I mean really late) was so relaxing. I always felt safe. I started having thoughts about relocating there someday. It's still on my list, but I must first learn the language to some degree.
Good luck with learning Japanese. It's much easier now as there are tons of free videos & websites you can use to learn it. I'm learning it too and recently passed the JLPT N5 in July last year. Planning to take the N4 this year.
Tbh the moment I hear someone studying some cool majors like "forest biology" im getting so excited! Like man, she must really love what she is doing!
It’s so cute that even though they know they lack the skills to speak English but they still try their hardest to help
I just came back from Japan, young generations speak English pretty well, and everyone is so friendly, never being rejected by a single soul when I asked for help. Full of good memories there.
Japanese people are perhaps the nicest people on earth.
Btw, knowing English doesn’t make a person smart or cool. It's just another language. Yes, knowing another language is handy but it's not a must.
Knowing english does make you smarter. It's the main language
that kind of statement gets old. people who only swaer by gentle lies aren't that kind.
@@rjbunker5412 😂😂
@@rjbunker5412 Sounds like something a stupid person would say
Currently studying Japanese, I love that you put a translation in both language, it really helps.
I think they did so well. I am trying to learn some French and even though we have the same alphabet it is not easy! Kudos to anyone learning another language!
Bonne chance pour apprendre le français c’est pas facile lol 😂
@@nicocos_a mais c'est plus facile que d 'appendre L' Anglais
@@triplebs3520 Peu difficile de dire
@@nicocos_a C'était assez facile mais le grammaire
@@KM41867 yeah we can say that french will still be harder to master
It was so refreshing to see people happily engaging someone in need. I hope that when I go to study abroad next year in the fall in Tokyo they will be as kind and helpful should I absolutely need help. I can speak relatively intermediate Japanese, but I struggle at times when speaking on the fly, so I hope that people can be forgiving as I continue my studies. Thank you for the amazing video!!
what i loved about this video is although someone can't really speaks Japanese they did their best to help you that was heart warming
If you are looking for Japanese university students who are good at English conversation, in Tokyo, go to International Christian University (ICU), Sophia University, or Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). Also, International University of Japan in Akita Prefecture. Courses at these universities are taught in English. The University of Tokyo is a university specializing in Japanese language classes.
is Todai and TUFS are same University but in different department and location or they are totally unrelated? Are Japanese can go to TUFS because what i know is many students of TUFS are foreigners?
@@deearn8748 Both UT and TUFS are national universities, but they are different universities. The location and curriculum are different. 85% of TUFS students are Japanese and 15% are international students.
Among the national universities in Tokyo, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) merged in 2023. The new name is Institute of Science Tokyo.
In the future, there is a plan to integrate TUFS and Hitotsubashi University, centering on the Institute of Science Tokyo, to become a large-scale comprehensive university with international competitiveness.
@@maplefreak64 oh i see, thanks for your explanation 😁😊
Japanese people are so kind to foreigners, during my visit everyone helped me out.
after watching this.. i wanna hug everyone on the video. they all so kind and that makes me wanna cry
My main takeaway is that everybody was super friendly and went out of their way to help him. I find it striking that in a few instances, complete strangers laughed with him about their inability to communicate.
I just discovered your channel and what a good surprise, im French and I try to learn Japanese . Yours videos will be a great help in my adventure as you still put the subtitles English/Japanese 😭
2:36 the girl in black tshirt knew English really well and was such an angel
That is so cool. And the Japanese students are so helpful. My deepest respect to the wonderful people of Japan.
Even in such a smartest university, which may have many international students, Japanese people do not usually use English. But I think their basic level of reading and writing English is quite high because the English entrance exam of the University of Tokyo is really difficult.
this was brilliant!!! keep up the great work brudda
I hope Japanese never ever be lost. This language is so beautiful. This is so sincere 🥰🥰🥰 and funny.
The fact that some of them wanted to walk you there when they couldnt communicated it was amazing
Geez they are all so kind here.
Live a decade or two in Japan and your impression might change.
@@earlysda Here you are again...crapping on the Japanese. Your favorite pastime... How Christian of you
@@gordonbgraham Gordon thinks that all Japanese are kind and loving and sweet - like that guy who threw gasoline on everybody in Kyoto and burned to death over 30, and Asahara Shoko who did the sarin attacks, and Yamagami who assassinated Shinzo Abe, and the guy who lambasts all foreigners he sees with Japanese girls, and the elderly woman who tut tuts whenever her neighbors don't tie up their trash bags exactly the same way she does, and the "ore ore" scammers who prey on old ladies, and the school owners who think they own you because they sponsored your visa, and the company managers who shunt you aside because you put family over company, and....
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If you don't repent, Gordon, God might give you what you currently support.
@@earlysda "All Japan"...Nice strawman there Earl. Yeah...I "imagine that there is absolutely no crime and no bad people in Japan at all"...That's a characterization only a small child could come up with. Well, a small child or a small minded adult, the kind of adult who scours Japan content then hunts the comment section for any mention of "the Japanese are nice" to crap on it with his bitterness and contempt. "Burned to death over 30"...beats burned forever over billions...What a "benevolent" God!
Geez they are all so kind *koko*
Laughter is the bridge that goes over every language barrier! 😂
I'm an ESL teacher teaching Japanese students, so I feel happy and proud that the people in the video still tried to help even though it's difficult for them to communicate. Most of my students can understand daily English conversations, they are just shy and afraid of making mistakes, so they don't know how to express themselves in English.
This kind of videos make me work hard in studies so I can have a good earning and go to Japan someday with my friends. Such kind and helping people ❤. Truly majestic place.
It's not the first time anyone's done this but always a good watch! Loved seeing their kind reactions ☮️🕊️
It’s interesting noticing how I didn’t think negatively of the Japanese students when they were trying to speak English, it makes me feel more confident when trying to learn Spanish bc it makes me realize people aren’t judging my intelligence off of my ability to speak a language that isn’t native to my own.
外国人の友達が言ってたけど、
日本人は「英語できなーい」って言うけど、ちゃんと自己紹介とか簡単な道案内ができるから、できていないとは言わない。
逆に外国人の「日本語できる」は、「こんにちは」「お兄ちゃん」の単語で、ちゃんと意味を理解していない、日本語の単語を発するだけでできると思っている。って言ってたよ。
This was amazing, more of this please !😂
I was in Kagoshima last may and the people around the city were extremely polite even though they didn't speak English, in stores grills were using ipad with Google translate in order to help me . That was so nice and sweet my heart was melting😢
your videos are just amazing! I am self-studying japanese for a year now and I can understand most of your conversation.
The amount of stress you’re putting into these people Jessie. 笑
That was awesome! The Japanese are so eager to help, even if they are not confident or don't know much English! Please, more of their reactions!
About 150 years ago, intellectuals translated a large number of difficult English words into Japanese, so that even textbooks for higher education in Japan can be read in Japanese.
They (and I, too) are not unwilling to learn English; they just don't have to.
English wasn't even the global language 150 years ago. What are gou smoking?
@@Udontknowmi The main reason English has been an important foreign language in Japan for 150 years is that it was the first U.S. Navy ship to visit Japan, which had no contact with Western countries, and the first to conclude an international treaty with Japan.
Bro really said “I’m waiting for my friend can you just give directions” when they were willing to walk him 😂😂
It is as difficult for a Japanese person to speak English as it is for a native English speaker to speak Japanese.
Japanese is ranked as the hardest language to learn. English is one of the easiest.
@@jamesedwards1284 lol how does one rank that for everyone, japanese will be hard for English speaker but not as much for chinese speaker. English will be super easy for Europeans but will be difficult fpr chinese
@@vijaykumarjha7822 there are rankings you can look up.
@@jamesedwards1284 they are for a native English speaker. Somebody who has French for example as native language will learn English much easier compared to say someone with russian as native language, as English and french have lots of simmilar vocabulary , grammar and what not. So it really depends on which language you speak
@@jamesedwards1284 This depends on what they grew up learning though
4:11 The fact that this made me realise that anyone could be filming you at any time and you wouldn't know..
Some Japanese struggling to speak English but they're really polite to help you and that's why rhey don't need to force theirselves to learn English language, their kindness and politeness is enough to communicate with foreigners.
This video made my day ❤️ Japanese people are beautiful kind and amazing in Every sense❤️
4:05 "he should have asked me" the officer probably
I really appreciate the fact that Japanese respect their language and culture....
It is not that their english education is bad, but rather the nature of their language is very apart from english which makes it hard for them to learn. Not only japanese and english are from two different language families (which means the way sentences structure are different), the alphabet and different pronounciations add to its complexity. You can see their effort and passion in learning english, it is just so hard for them.
Edit: According to all the replies I have gotten over these five months, it appears that their education is actually bad. I blindly compared their education with my country only, and not with the entire world (and my country is very underwhelming in english education). Excuse my partial incorrect information.
It's my understanding that spoken japanese is fairly easy for English speakers to learn. English is an absolute dumpster fire of a language so I wouldn't be surprised if the reverse isn't true
100 % of the western languages are totally different from Japanese so I don’t know what you mean. Even chinese shares some common kanji vocabularies and korean whose grammer is similar to japanese learning the language is still excruciatingly hard.
@@hollyxytphh Maybe because of the fact that it pronounced as how it is written makes japanese easier to learn for english speakers than japanese speakers learning english. What makes japanese hard in my opinion is its kanji and kanji alone. I've been studying japanese for two years now and it took me less time to learn the grammar than that of english's (I am turkish). And I think that english pronounciations are kind of similar to japanese kanjis. In japanese, you need to learn a new character to write and read it, and in english you need to know the pronounciation in order to write and read it. (Of course it is similar for a lot of other languages but everyone speaks english so might as well approach from this way)
I agree with you. There are so many linguistic differences that I am afraid of saying something rude...I don't understand the nuances of many words and use peculiar phrases.
If they see learning English as hard as it is for us to learn Japanese or other asian languages, props to them for even being able to partially communicate in English. I could be starving and wouldn't even know how to ask for bread and water if I was stranded in Japan.....then again, I've tried to learn Japanese for a whole 5 minutes so....German it is as a secondary.
東大医学部で英語喋れる女の人カッコよすぎる
Love your videos! Hope the next time I visit Japan/Tokyo I can sneak in :P
They are so nice they try hard to explain thats impressive
Japan is truly a unique place, I’ve been to mainland Japan countless times. I’ve always been so fascinated on how polite the Japanese are, the second they find out I’m from Hawaii they go gaga. Lol. They ask me questions in they’re best English about Hawaii, and they express how they would love to someday visit my home state. I guess the grass is always greener.
This was fun. It was nice that everyone was so helpful. Clearly the medical student young lady now has a fanbase here. Ha. I can see why. I'm planning to go to Japan, and this video reinforces for me why I should keep studying Japanese. I learned some Spanish for my trip to Chile and Perú, and it was so useful to be able to ask for a ticket to a place in Spanish. I didn't speak well, and I couldn't understand most people, but it was better than nothing.
8:52 he's the sweetest aawww
These guys and girls are well educated, polite and really helpful
3:04 That "koko" thing cracks me up hehehhe!
Japanese word of the day "koko" meaning here, Example: I am koko! meaning I am here! lol.🤣
英語を話せる人は沢山いますが、彼らのように賢い人は極わずかという事実は面白いです😂
you should do this again but your "friend" actually shows up and u speak perfect japanese to him to confuse the one you approached, just a fun video idea!
"do you wanna go with me" THAT RIZZ SECURED THE BAG
5:12 - Medical science masters student from Tokyo University. Wow. No wonder her English is good.
Man...i just love japan, the people the vibe the scenery...everything is just *cheff kiss* 👌
2:11 She takes her time to calculate.
1 Minute. Cute tho ❤️
you need to do more of this and keep the after reveals later, thats usually the best part, way more fun to see their reaction after they realise it was a prank.
Oh my God, some of them had such impressive accents and vocab! You wouldn't be able to tell them apart from an American just by listening. I wish I was that good at Japanese! x.x
東大生みんな優しいし落ち着いてるなぁ。
I really love Japanese people! I'm learning Japanese at the moment, and I would really like to try to communicate with the locals when I travel to Japan for the first time! :D
わからないことがあったら、なんでも聞いてね！😊
東京の人は愛想がないから、コミュニケーションは東京以外の地域で試した方がいいと思います。
東京の人も親切だし手助けはしてくれますが、知らない人との雑談をしたがりません。
@@akinasukizakura 分かりました、ありがとうございます。
@Emme-ro7hw Thank you for your thorough reply! ☺ I'm looking forward to get to Japan eventually!
3:17 So cute! Reminds me when I lived in Japan and near the beginning my Japanese friends were saying something I agreed with as well so I said わたしも and got a lot of happy laughter in response.
How did you make japanese friends? I heard they can be pretty shy especially towards foreigners
@@sophia-tj1ck Well, I was studying abroad at the time for my entire Junior year in college, so the other foreign/international students and I interacted with the Japanese students at our university (in English and in our practicing Japanese). I'm still friends with some of them to this day and this was almost 15 years ago. One of the best experiences of my life.
That video made me smile :) thanks man had a rough day! Dropped a sub and a like, keep it up! Really appreciate your hard work!
I learned English in elementary, middle and high school, but I can't speak it. Because I don't need English in my daily life.
Probably most Japanese do.
For foreign movies they have it in Japanese dubbed & subs
リスニング、ライティング、リーディングは勉強しても、スピーキングは受験では使わないからねー
変えないと
5:31 her English is very good! 👍🏾
Most wholesome one so far
I am Japanese. In Japan, there are few opportunities to speak English.
Although English is learned in the education system for university entrance exams, 99% of people are not required to speak English at Japanese companies. Most of the information in the world is translated into Japanese, and I have never felt inconvenient. For many of the students at the University of Tokyo, I think it was the first time they had the chance to practice real conversation in English.
It shows that they can live in Japan with only Japanese.
I have attended a national school in the US for one year in the past. However, since I came back to Japan, I haven't had a chance to use English, and after more than 10 years, I completely forgot about it. I'm glad that the accuracy of Google Translate has improved somewhat.
@@1024pb if you are ever looking for someone to practice talking with, let me know ! I might not be very helpful with American English, but I can help you with my native British English ✨
would be nice if you could show all the reveals in the end, I think that's the most entertaining part!
Awesome video. But it’s also a chance for a good PSA: for anyone from monolingual anglophone countries, please don’t travel and speak to the locals and expect them to speak your language. Even if they do know English, you should at least try and make an attempt to learn and speak their language
These Japanese folks were so kind and sweet. They're just lovely. 👍
English and japanese is very big difference...the structure and pronounce is extremely different...it was kinda hard to learn english since studying japanese alone is hard enough...
Mann this channel is soo underrated
I love your vids keep it up man
I remember I talked to random tourists that were lost at the station in Japan to improve my English before leaving Japan for foreign countries 5 years ago. Actually it was nice experience for me as well. Because we don't really get the chance to talk with people from foreign countries in our daily life. Now I went back to Japan with my German husband after living in foreign countries for 5 years. When I asked random Japanese people which way we should go in Japanese, some people were trying to explain in Japanese but with body language because they thought I was also a foreigner as well 😅 But they were always helpful and kind and I was impressed even as Japanese how much they were trying to be helpful. Because here in Berlin, some people are super rude and I get offended super often.(Others are super nice)
This is soo wholesome :D
Japanese peoples are so helpful and very gentleman human being in today's world 🌎😘😘
This is such a wholesome vid ❤️
Disclaimer: this is completely my opinion based on my experience
So in Japan, when I lived there, it was about over a decade ago, English is taught at middle school (7th grade); but it depends on what kind of English program the school has, some schools can be at 4th grade. For reference, I went to a public school in Chiba prefecture in a small town and I moved there from the Philippines when I was 7, left Japan when I was 15.
The main idea is, why teach a new language/foreign language when you are not yet proficient with your own language. In elementary school I recall learning so much Japanese, the class is called 国語 (kokugo)、which translates to language or Japanese language, but what it really means is literature, not sure until when they teach it but I stayed there until i was 8th grade and was still part of the curriculum. Anyways, up to now, thanks to that class and fortunately, I can say I can still write an essay in Japanese, or read a Japanese newspaper (for the Kanji, the Japanese characters in newspapers, there's no furigana, furigana means it translates the kanji in hiragana on the side of the character), read a book. I rarely use Japanese now because I don't have a lot of Japanese friends to talk to. (I live in the Bay Area, California and there are shit ton of Asians, I'm mostly surrounded by Philippinos)
I actually completely forgot Tagalog when I was in Japan except my mom's dialect because she only spoke to me in her dialect, my mom only spoke broken Japanese. I would speak to her in either English or Japanese and she responds to me in her dialect.
I was very fortunate that the public school I attended in the country side of Chiba prefecture has a few English speaking teachers who taught me Japanese in the beginning, they were very kind and patient. I remember being always afraid, or I was super shy to be in the same classroom with the other kids, because I knew zero Japanese in the beginning. Some kids were mean some kids were nice. Eventually of course when you live in the country you learn the language quicker, plus I was young, it took me about 3 months to be able to understand Japanese and comprehend the classroom material.
Anyways my point is, the disadvantage of learning English in Japan is because the country itself is a Japanese speaking country, there are not many opportunities to practice English besides school or they have to make additional efforts to learn, like using outside resources to learn. Japan is changing nowadays, I believe they are changing the education system to encourage kids to learn English at an early stage so they can learn easily.
This is so wholesome to watch!
4:59 god she speaks so fluently it’s like she’s a native
She Might be Asian American because she has the American Accent
i think she might be a native 😭
5:57 "okok" Jesse 😊
5:49 that awkward airy "aH" I'm deeead
Great video! English isn't so easy how many think sometimes is difficult.