Finally managed to tackle Kansai-Ben! I've been looking forward to making a video on this for over a YEAR! Hope you guys enjoyed the video and found it helpful with your studies! Or at the very least...help you play Ni No Kuni / Yakuza games hahaha
You're probably my #1 favorite Japanese learning resource channel on RUclips. Osaka has become an unexpected 2nd home of mine. I love that I came across this video! The first kansaiben I remember really charming me was seeing a magazine in Yakuza 0 called BIPPIN (in romaji. I was playing it with my then-girlfriend and we were bawling laughing when we found out what it meant. Totally makes sense, it sounds *enough* like "bishoujo", but it's such a fun word. My *favorite* kansaiben I was taught is definitely いい夢見ろよ. Took me days to get the pronunciation down (especially because we were always out drinking), but there's nothing that makes me happier and want to be back there more than running into someone from Osaka and leaving off with a big「あばよ！いいぃぃぃぃ夢見ろよ‼︎」
This is super useful and your explanation is so accurate. Even I as a Japanese cannot explain Kansai dialect so clearly because I use it unconsciously...
Just started getting into the Yakuza series and stared with Yakuza 0. Absolutely fell in love with Majima's accent, as one tends to, and found that 関西弁 is easier for me to speak. Great video, 100% will be watching more of your content.
I love Kansaiben! The おる really confused me at first since I thought the Japanese guy I talked to was speaking very politely, same with the わ everywhere😂
このビデオがめっちゃええやん！ 大好きや。立派や。ほんまにすーごい I love that scene from k-on where they get off the train to Osaka (I think) and ristu starts saying や and やん a bunch of times but gets bored after like 30seconds and code switches back
Bruh I literally don’t care about japanese language but was curious what exactly is majimas dialect and see whole ass language video using yakuza as examples this is perfect for me
Thank you so much for this! The way Kansai-ben differs from standard Japanese is quite similar to how my Norwegian Bergen-dialect differs from the more common Oslo-dialect, so I've always felt a certain connection with it. Hopefully I will get the chance to study somewhere in Kansai later in life so I can learn it ^^
Wow, watching this I noticed how much the yakuza games have influenced my "default" vocabulary in japanese. Out of these words, by default, I use: Akan, Chau, ee, honma, meccha, ya, de, na. Interesting.
Have been trying to tackle Ni No Kuni recently and シズク has been really hard for me to understand because of the Kansai-Ben, so this video is extremely useful! Thank you so much! 😄
Another youtube channel I love watching, partly for immersion and partly because I love watching people cook, is 料理研究家リュウジのバズレシピ . I didn't realize ”めっちゃ” was 関西弁！ That channel by the way is Cooking Expert Ryuji - Buzz Recipe. I found him because I wanted to try making croquettes and hamburg.
The "oru" and "toru" was very helpful for me, thank you so much I have seen that a lot, my mind always overthinking it and at the end I just give up and ignore it bcs I just didn't ever get a clue of what it could mean.
Okay, so you got something wrong here. It's not kansai-ben to change ii or oi from a word to ee. It's just slightly more masculine speech. kakoi -> kakee urusai -> urusee etc. --- Another note: meccha has, like you said, seen usage all across Japan. It's no longer exclusively kansai-ben. You forgot another standard word that is used: sugoku. Not just totemo.
This all came from Japanese written Kansai-ben learning resources, made together with a native Kansai-ben speaker. I never said that it was exclusive or particularly of any origin historically, just that it is used in the Kansai dialect, this is all literally from Kansai-ben Japanese written resources. That being said though, feel free to add any extra info you like, but I don't see anything to say is 'wrong'.
Edit: Oh, he says at the end. The Kyoto old times one has only a name in japanese then? Hey, can someone give me the names of the games featured in this video? I know Ni no Kuni, but what was that historical samurai one that probably takes place in Kyoto. I suppose the modern one is a type of Yakuza game? They seem excellent to study Kansai-ben.
If i learned ONE thing from this video then it's that the Yakuza game has terrible facial animations xD Jk, thank you for this video! I was actually watching a video from JapaneseAmmo on this dialect just yesterday, so the timing was just perfect, haha :D I got to be honest tho, this goes way over my head; way to advanced of a topic - but were interesting nonetheless and your explanations were great!
Finally managed to tackle Kansai-Ben! I've been looking forward to making a video on this for over a YEAR!
Hope you guys enjoyed the video and found it helpful with your studies! Or at the very least...help you play Ni No Kuni / Yakuza games hahaha
It blows my mind that I am learning Japanese from Beavis and Butthead.
You're probably my #1 favorite Japanese learning resource channel on RUclips. Osaka has become an unexpected 2nd home of mine. I love that I came across this video!
The first kansaiben I remember really charming me was seeing a magazine in Yakuza 0 called BIPPIN (in romaji. I was playing it with my then-girlfriend and we were bawling laughing when we found out what it meant. Totally makes sense, it sounds *enough* like "bishoujo", but it's such a fun word.
My *favorite* kansaiben I was taught is definitely いい夢見ろよ. Took me days to get the pronunciation down (especially because we were always out drinking), but there's nothing that makes me happier and want to be back there more than running into someone from Osaka and leaving off with a big「あばよ！いいぃぃぃぃ夢見ろよ‼︎」
Easily the most underrated channel on here for me like the quality of the vids is too good
This is super useful and your explanation is so accurate. Even I as a Japanese cannot explain Kansai dialect so clearly because I use it unconsciously...
Just started getting into the Yakuza series and stared with Yakuza 0. Absolutely fell in love with Majima's accent, as one tends to, and found that 関西弁 is easier for me to speak. Great video, 100% will be watching more of your content.
I love that Yakuza way of speaking 😄😄
I love this approach of using media to demonstrate usage of these words. Makes learning so practical.
Insanely well made video!
Good examples from media, nice color coding and display, nice choice of words.
Learned a lot, thank you!
This is the most useful video about Kansai Ben on youtube, thank you 👍
Woooooow! That's HUGE thanks so much Bond, James Bond!!
One of the most underrated channels on this site all ur vids are so quality
I've actually just started learning 関西弁 grammar! Thanks for the well timed vid on this
Thanks for this video ! I never realized I was using some 関西弁 thinking it was just normal Japanese 😅😂
Thanks as always Matt, this helped me a lot going through some basics of the 関西弁!
i just love to learning japanese with you brother😍 thanks a lot.
Thanks so much for enjoying the video man! hehe Hope you are enjoying learning Japanese!
Go ahead ❤❤
I love Kansaiben! The おる really confused me at first since I thought the Japanese guy I talked to was speaking very politely, same with the わ everywhere😂
このビデオがめっちゃええやん！ 大好きや。立派や。ほんまにすーごい
I love that scene from k-on where they get off the train to Osaka (I think) and ristu starts saying や and やん a bunch of times but gets bored after like 30seconds and code switches back
Props for using Yakuza games, you're my hero.
Bruh I literally don’t care about japanese language but was curious what exactly is majimas dialect and see whole ass language video using yakuza as examples this is perfect for me
Thank you so much for this!
The way Kansai-ben differs from standard Japanese is quite similar to how my Norwegian Bergen-dialect differs from the more common Oslo-dialect, so I've always felt a certain connection with it. Hopefully I will get the chance to study somewhere in Kansai later in life so I can learn it ^^
Wow, watching this I noticed how much the yakuza games have influenced my "default" vocabulary in japanese. Out of these words, by default, I use: Akan, Chau, ee, honma, meccha, ya, de, na. Interesting.
Have been trying to tackle Ni No Kuni recently and シズク has been really hard for me to understand because of the Kansai-Ben, so this video is extremely useful! Thank you so much! 😄
Same here! I started adding tableflip emoji to every kansai ben explanation in my notes :D After a bit it starts to sound cute in shizuku's mouth :D
thank you so much! this was very useful!
Thanks so much Cranks Lolo!! Both for the comment and all your support of the channel! Seriously
Another youtube channel I love watching, partly for immersion and partly because I love watching people cook, is 料理研究家リュウジのバズレシピ . I didn't realize ”めっちゃ” was 関西弁！
That channel by the way is Cooking Expert Ryuji - Buzz Recipe. I found him because I wanted to try making croquettes and hamburg.
KANSAS: - Ayo, what's good?
KANSAI: - Ayo (ee o)
Great video for a complimentary studying session!
I am from Osaka and I’m happy. Thank you.
wow! this video was so useful! thank you!
The "oru" and "toru" was very helpful for me, thank you so much I have seen that a lot, my mind always overthinking it and at the end I just give up and ignore it bcs I just didn't ever get a clue of what it could mean.
Ahaha I knew Ryuji was going to be an example eventually, never heard a guy that embodies the Kansai-ben so much
Thank you this is super helpful. I'm definitely gonna just ignore that little fairy in ni no kuni though
This was super helpful. Thanks dude!
Living in Yokohama and dating a girl from Kyoto (now married) meant my first experience learning Japanese was a strange mix of kansai and kanto
I love how this is obviously a majima vidéo
Kansai ben is what I would imagine japanese would sound like if a pirate spoke it.
😂
omg god tier video
I’d like to see a Tohoku-Ben video some time.
kobe is belong to in hyogo prefecture
Yes! Streets of Rage 2 sound track in the BG.
You should list the game titles in the description so we don't get kinda sorta spoiled lol, excellent vid otherwise :D
Hi! Whats the name of that Beavis and Butthead game? Amazing content as always!
so quality
Ni no kuni makes so much more sense now
Okay, so you got something wrong here.
It's not kansai-ben to change ii or oi from a word to ee.
It's just slightly more masculine speech.
kakoi -> kakee
urusai -> urusee
etc.
---
Another note: meccha has, like you said, seen usage all across Japan. It's no longer exclusively kansai-ben.
You forgot another standard word that is used: sugoku. Not just totemo.
This all came from Japanese written Kansai-ben learning resources, made together with a native Kansai-ben speaker. I never said that it was exclusive or particularly of any origin historically, just that it is used in the Kansai dialect, this is all literally from Kansai-ben Japanese written resources.
That being said though, feel free to add any extra info you like, but I don't see anything to say is 'wrong'.
what are the games???? Thats for the great video! The road to become a Osaka jin has started
ええ動画で､ ありがてえ マットさん｡ 😁
Omg the persona 3 ost 😂
~へん from 〜(ま)せん
Edit: Oh, he says at the end. The Kyoto old times one has only a name in japanese then?
Hey, can someone give me the names of the games featured in this video? I know Ni no Kuni, but what was that historical samurai one that probably takes place in Kyoto. I suppose the modern one is a type of Yakuza game? They seem excellent to study Kansai-ben.
The yakuza historical game is Ishin!
@@molodoy.. Thanks!
👍👍
ええやん！
If i learned ONE thing from this video then it's that the Yakuza game has terrible facial animations xD
Jk, thank you for this video! I was actually watching a video from JapaneseAmmo on this dialect just yesterday, so the timing was just perfect, haha :D
I got to be honest tho, this goes way over my head; way to advanced of a topic - but were interesting nonetheless and your explanations were great!
That may be my fault in parts, it seems i screwed up the frame rate somehow. Sorry about that! Haha but thanks for enjoying the video!
I'm not at all biased by Shuten-douji from Fate for loving this dialect so much. Not at all... 🙄
you have beautiful eyes
どないやねん!
和歌山も入れろ
Some of the actors are not native speakers.