When i visited Japan I went to the Mishima skywalk and on the other side was a restaurant with the title in English around each other exactly how you typed it! I cracked up
14:36: Joey talking about the importance of writing kanji accurately Me (Chinese) *sweating profusely* : the lines in the middle of the 月 should be slanted, and the box thing (凵) should have a little bit pointing out on the right side
That's one of the problems that come up when you adopt the words of another language only at the surface level. There are many errors in Japanese kanji that have become "proper" because they were likely copied over from single sources that had the error. For example the Japanese version of sky/heaven has a longer first stroke and a shorter second stroke. This was a style choice in Chinese but not the correct way of writing the word normally. Now it's just the "Japanese" way of writing the word or worse it's why "Japanese script is different than Chinese script."
A thousand years maybe but don't forget even "traditional" Chinese was the simplified form of its day. The traditional chinese we know today is called Song Ti or Song Dynasty script. It's also called Ming Script. This form replaced Kai Shu from the Tang Dynasty which replaced Li Shu before it.
@@maxverner2341 haha actually yea you're right but tbh anything other than cavemen writing could have been more 'traditional'. It just so happens that traditional Chinese is probably the most 'traditional' form of Chinese that is used proficiently nowadays, and still manages to retain the history and meaning of kanji. Whereas many of the simplified Chinese kanjis have already become 'meaningless symbols' in a sense
Kanji is actually my favorite part so far about learning Japanese. I love how they fit together to make words and they either make perfect, clear sense, or are just hilarious. ie. If you give an insect a bow they become strong: 虫(insect) + 弓 (bow) = 強 (strong)
@створец сгущёнковоза or at least used to, definitely not all, ex. thse kanji for close is literally a tick with a line while in Chinese (nowadays) (Traditional) it's 關
same. I just feel like every single Chinese character I see is a character i have probably learned somewhere in my Chinese textbook but I have forgotten everything I learned
It's actually one meaning but the reason why there's a problem is because Japan adopted this term at the surface level without really knowing why it means what it does. So daijoubu means "everything is fine." This is what it means in Chinese as well but within context. da zhang fu literally means a big husband like a big man. And as the big man the man of the household he's responsible for the protection and well being of the family. So he needs for everything to be fine. So the term is used to mean that as a man you need to make sure everything is fine. And then Japan took it as literally everything is fine so now you can be a girl and still say it. A girl in Japan can be a "big husband." 🤦🏽
@@Kiekerz XD It's pretty obvious tbh, I have never studied Kanji but the Forest one just before kinda spoils it. More than one = grouped. Group of cows = herd.
@@nunusrandom7534 True. We do it all the time in my language (Tagalog), and I'm pretty sure any country whose been "colonized" by either Britain or America also does it.
@@marcoleung5078 do chinese people seriously write that kanji to refer to a type of noodle dish? i thought that they used the roman alphabet to write things they dont know the kanji of
@@lisa585 I understand completely. Let's do our best to improve our native tongue and achieve greater heights 😀 oh and learn some kanji for Japanese too.
There are two types of Chinese mediums. The traditional Chinese and the simplified one. The simplified version is the newest one. China mostly uses the simplified version and other countries like Taiwan and Hong Kong uses the traditional Chinese.
I've always thought that learning Japanese could be fun but Kanji has really pushed me away from even trying. If I'm being perfectly honest this video showed me how fun kanji can be. I literally went and looked at random kanji for random words not even with the intent to learn them. Uneven surface and forest single handedly made me interested in Kanji.
16:55 thanks Joey.... I was studying while playing this in the background, so I couldn’t see what was happening. And *THIS* was the sound I was hearing. 😥
Kanji/Chinese life hack: Words with the "open box with a smaller word inside" will always be 匚 and almost never 그. Also, 〆 doesn't exist in Kanji. there's literally no strokes that can make this up in kanji.
I've been practicing Mandarin for 4 years, and when he showed her the character for "ride", the double "ride" on top of each other, I was like "that one is so Chinese", and I got so happy when she said the same thing.
I don't have a Japanese keyboard, so I will be keeping this in romaji, but I can still explain. "Janai" is the negative form of "desu", which means "it is" or "to be". It is the Japanese linking verb basically. "Janai" therefore translates to "isn't".
That Fakku shirt is like “if you’re not a dirty weeb then you don’t know what I mean” and I love that I am a woman of culture and that shirt is something I need
Its getting better over time. Its the same with the alphabet aswell d b q p I l n u ß B i can imagine if youre new to it, that this can be confusing as well
*Joey:* check this out... *Me:* Oooh~ *Reina:* When are three cows on top of each other? *Me:* It's a herd.... a herd of cows. like how three trees would be like a forest. right? right? Is that the right logic?
犇 (stacking cows) actually means galloping, not cow herd. but 众 (stacking men) means people crowd, just ... very logical. by the way, 姦 (stacking women) doesn't mean yuri orgy, it refers to all kinds of sex, even yaoi.
@@firefly618 From what I've heard, three women characters (two side by side with one on top) is gossiping, at least in Chinese. Not 100% sure tho considering my memory...
Yeah, I've been learning Kana and have done pretty decent, but I actually have dyslexia and then running into some serious issues with some of the kanji that are basically mirrors of each other. Like so, n, shi, and tsu. 😅 can't wait to get into kanji again. LOL I must be out of my mind to start learning Japanese. I'm enjoying the s*** out of it though!
@@Kamakiri86 I'm not too sure on what it means in Japanese, but quite alot of Chinese words have the same meanings as Kanji. The meaning of 犇 is "to leap" in Chinese. Hope that helps! :D
The Hànzì on this video's thumbnail is read as, "Biáng" for the Onomatopoeia for bang- the sound made while pounding and stretching noodles for the famous Xi'an noodle dish- BiángBiángMiàn.
made the mistake of immediately shutting my eyes when the "listen with eyes closed" suggestion appeared and i got more than i bargained for. now i have trust issues.
*Me, a Chinese who's starting Japanese lessons tomorrow watching this* : Well this is gonna be fun... time to confuse actual Chinese characters with kanji yay...
@@marccuypers2439 I had to drop out of Japanese this year because I couldn't cope with my schoolwork (Japanese was offered as an optional elective so I can drop out anytime) but I try to self study the language. The more kanji I know, the more often I start to confuse Chinese and Japanese lmao so yes, the confusion is pretty big.
I just started learning japanese writing and was a little anxious about kanji but thanks to you I am really looking forward to learning at least some of it.
I think I got 15 out of 17... I've definitely looked at plenty of Kanji characters in my spare time, even writing lots of them down in my Japanese textbook with their pronunciations and meanings. This video is also very, very informative! I very much appreciate you even teaching your fans a bit about Japanesey stuff, like the hinjiyou kanji characters! Your videos are truly fun to watch too. Stay awesome, broski!
I thought anything on the 常用漢字 list would be kinda easy for them, was surprised to see Reina doubt herself on 胸 for example. But I guess that happens when you learn the language as a native. Pretty sure if someone tested me on the fine details of Spanish I would make a few mistakes as well.
super interesting! I've went through weekend school (Hoshuuko) in the US and now that I've not taken those cursed kanji tests (or forced to read passages with hard kanji in front of an entire class) for nearly a decade, I find myself illiterate but still totally able understand most of the kanji even if i can't read it out to you. totally relate!
As someone who started learning japanese a few months ago I actually love Kanji. I find it very fascinating and sometimes easier to read quickly than english but writing, eh, I don't like to talk about it :'(
Joey:”if you lose you have to eat this very sour thing” Reina:*wins* Also Reina:”can I try that thing though?” Joey:”yeah sure” Inner Joey:*evil ha ha* this was my plan all along
I'm so proud of myself
We're proud of you too!! :D
Reina Scully
Suggestion: try Greek characters :)
同高報復
@@fumikotsukumi017 The alfabet? It's not that difficult😅(or maybe I think that because I am Greek😅😂)
Μαίρη Κ
It’s a little difficult. (A little; I’m self-studying Greek rn)
Imagine if English worked like Kanji.
Tree
Tree Tree = Forest
One 人 is person
Two 人 is follow (one person follows the other.)
Three 人 is heavy (three person’s weight)
キ = tree
キギ = trees
とき=time
ときどき=sometimes
When i visited Japan I went to the Mishima skywalk and on the other side was a restaurant with the title in English around each other exactly how you typed it! I cracked up
@@randallwong4382 从 means follow in simplified Chinese ;)
In traditional Chinese, it's 從; 従 is the kanji
Every time Joey flipped the board after saying: "these two kanji look weird or don't make any sense..."
me: *laughs in Chinese*
Elyx can relate. I’m from Taiwan though, same same but different
Lmao yeah learning Chinese at school helps-
Same bro.
I'm Chinese as well, but like, I've failed the subject several times. The characters in this video are pretty easy though
Can I just say the biang as the thumbnail caught my attention?
note
2:41 言う(iu)→say
3:06 皆(minnna)→everyone
3:37 鬼(oni)→japanese ogre
3:58 霙(mizore)→sleet
4:31 匿(toku/kakumau)→hiding
5:04 盥(tarai)→washtub
5:58 噛む(kamu)→bite
6:46 礮(hou)→Sling (weapon)
7:20 剰(jou/amaru)→surplus
7:51 姨(i/oba)→aunt
9:28 册[different form of冊](saku/satsu)→book
10:13 步[different form of歩](aruku/ho)→walk
11:07 艸(sou/kusa)→grass
13:15 犇めく(hon/hishimeku)→crowded
14:01 胸(mune)→chest
I can't find two kanji.8:29 王＋界 and 11:59 門 kind of stuff.
Found them.
琾 8:29
閦 11:59
14:36: Joey talking about the importance of writing kanji accurately
Me (Chinese) *sweating profusely* : the lines in the middle of the 月 should be slanted, and the box thing (凵) should have a little bit pointing out on the right side
its okay as long as its understandable XD
And to further complicate matters, there are a few characters (like 必) where the Chinese stroke order is different from the Japanese one
I would get so many red marks on my character packets if I did that 😂😂😂
That's one of the problems that come up when you adopt the words of another language only at the surface level. There are many errors in Japanese kanji that have become "proper" because they were likely copied over from single sources that had the error. For example the Japanese version of sky/heaven has a longer first stroke and a shorter second stroke. This was a style choice in Chinese but not the correct way of writing the word normally. Now it's just the "Japanese" way of writing the word or worse it's why "Japanese script is different than Chinese script."
I study Chinese and I am so proud of my self for understanding
"It's just a F***king swing"
-Reina 2019
Screams in yotsuba
@@alvinlee9971 Ah I see you are a man of culture as well.
@@alvinlee9971 this guy gets it.
冏冏冏冏冏
@@jts1702a このばぁやろ
凸凹 looks like Tetris pieces.
I remember these because they are one of the first kanjis introduced in the heisig series and I was like DOOD I don’t need these . I was WRONG
In chinese its read as "ao tu" , which basically has the same meaning as the one shown in the vid
it's a convex and a concave surface, together it means uneven surface.
It looks like f*** u lmao
It looks like f*** u lmao
When both Reina and Joey upload together
Me: Today is a good day
yo I know you
Just Some Guy without a Mustache **everyone liked that**
Anime king no youtube no life
You are everywhere
You are like sonic the hedgehog
You are faster enough to appear everywhere
I swear do you watch strongman lol
As someone from Taiwan
-Laughs in Traditional Chinese
笑屁啦咁.
Really tested my comprehension of Traditonal characters with this video, as a learner of Chinese in the US
*cries in Simplified Chinese*
@@robertberkowitz2234 hahaa really recommend learning traditional Chinese tbh, it carries much more meaning and has been used for thousands of years
A thousand years maybe but don't forget even "traditional" Chinese was the simplified form of its day. The traditional chinese we know today is called Song Ti or Song Dynasty script. It's also called Ming Script. This form replaced Kai Shu from the Tang Dynasty which replaced Li Shu before it.
@@maxverner2341 haha actually yea you're right but tbh anything other than cavemen writing could have been more 'traditional'. It just so happens that traditional Chinese is probably the most 'traditional' form of Chinese that is used proficiently nowadays, and still manages to retain the history and meaning of kanji. Whereas many of the simplified Chinese kanjis have already become 'meaningless symbols' in a sense
Kanji is actually my favorite part so far about learning Japanese. I love how they fit together to make words and they either make perfect, clear sense, or are just hilarious.
ie. If you give an insect a bow they become strong: 虫(insect) + 弓
(bow) = 強 (strong)
I dont think the second character looks like 虫 but i cant find an independent entry in the dictionary for it
讲个笑话，汉字日本文化，请问中国文化是什么
@@dj_koen1265 it is 虫 but with 厶 on top of it
I love when she gets so rattle up that she starts speaking japanese
Joey is so upset and Reina loves how she discovered she’s a genius😂
She is a genius because she learned 1 freaking language?
@@tobyticci7494 Japanese is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn, and for many reasons.
@@alydiaforten5011 Still not a genius... Anyone could learn that much or even more if they lived in japan as much as her.
Alydia Forten It’s not really... that bad...
@@alydiaforten5011 Lol you are so wrong
Joey x Reina Scully
*_Top 10 Anime Crossovers_*
Normies: omg they used *x* he must ship 'em
Intellectuals: they used *x* because it is used as "and" in japanese
Night sky how dare you call me a normie!
@@nightsky2165 thats collaboration mate, not and which is to
6:36
凸凹 Is trigger to my perfectionist ass sometimes. Like i want to put them together because they literally look like puzzle pieces.
Plot twist. That's the point. ;)
in chinese
凸 is the word for 'poking/sticking out'
and 凹 is the word for 'bent in'
凹凸 used together means 'uneven (surface)'
i see every kanji and i go:
"I've seen that in my chinese textbook.'
@створец сгущёнковоза or at least used to, definitely not all, ex. thse kanji for close is literally a tick with a line while in Chinese (nowadays) (Traditional) it's 關
створец сгущёнковоза more like kanji is all chinese
Me too! I'm taking the challenge and using Chinese Logic............ its working, I don't know how, but I'm winning and loving it.
Lmao, yeah same
same. I just feel like every single Chinese character I see is a character i have probably learned somewhere in my Chinese textbook but I have forgotten everything I learned
Is no one gonna talk about Joey's FAKKU shirt?
I feel like that's a shirt you could wear in public and only men of culture could understand
But we still shouldn't forget what they did to papa hh
@@OhZmAnnLP you mean Papa HH jumping the gun, when Jacob was Busy with a convention? and it turns out it was just a misunderstanding? MOVE ON
@@Kaimax61 what happened in the end anyways? i went on no fap so i haven't been around any hentai sites in awhile.
@@damlurker they made amends, it was a classic, one jumped the gun, while the other have bad a habit of ghosting when busy.
Not if he turns around
0:00
Me, an intellectual: Ok I know Chinese here's my chance
3:57 霙
Me: *confused noise*
Ikr lmao
Funny things is I can't seem to find that word on the Chinese dictionary. How did you manage to type it?
@@shadowwing6989 I typed it with Japanese input based on their pronunciation in the video lol
Don't think 霙 is a word in chinese? Or at least I've never seen it before
@@Kagamo Me neither. I looked it up and seems like it means "snowflake" in ancient Chinese.
"this is the kanji for three stands"
Was this kanji used exclusively in Jojo manga?
Z A W A R U D O S T A N D O
NIGERUNDAYO
RERORERORERORERORERORERORERO
I wish she would’ve made a 「stand」 joke with a JoJo related edit over it in the video
@@pinkbunny4388 Can any of you normies say anything other than a catchphrase? BAZINGA! BAZINGA! BAZINGA! PICKLE RIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!
“大丈夫“
3 words, 2 languages, 2 meanings… the languages are Japanese and Chinese
It's actually one meaning but the reason why there's a problem is because Japan adopted this term at the surface level without really knowing why it means what it does. So daijoubu means "everything is fine." This is what it means in Chinese as well but within context. da zhang fu literally means a big husband like a big man. And as the big man the man of the household he's responsible for the protection and well being of the family. So he needs for everything to be fine. So the term is used to mean that as a man you need to make sure everything is fine. And then Japan took it as literally everything is fine so now you can be a girl and still say it. A girl in Japan can be a "big husband." 🤦🏽
Big husband😂😂😂😂
Chinese = tough guy
Japanese = it's ok/ fine
@@nepheo5243 that's how I read in my head lol
@@maxverner2341 It could easily be simplification. We don't really know if the Japanese knew the original meaning or not.
"Learning Kanji is not as hard as it seems" - guy who read kanji dictionaries for fun growing up. It is interesting though, and worth learning.
you either learn to love them or you give up reading
@@雀-t6c that was nice quote,I'm glad I love to read them
"It DoeSNt smell like UmeBOshi it smELls like DEMONS" -Reina 2019
I STILL NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHY THERE'S A KANJI THAT'S 3 COWS STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER
Herd
@@gothamstevens9253 🤯 It makes so much sense now.
Das another version of “奔” means “to rush”
@@Kiekerz XD It's pretty obvious tbh, I have never studied Kanji but the Forest one just before kinda spoils it. More than one = grouped. Group of cows = herd.
Ok chiense doesnt help at all in tjos challenge
14:19 can we appreciate the fact that there is a pair of boobs on screen and RUclips won't even know.
That's gold, I didn't even think of it that way
Where?
@@aokiji5888 the kanji dude
... no lol
胸 doesn't always mean "boobs". It means chest and is also used for men.
Anime man: "this is the kanji for stand, and there's three stands"
Jotaro: yare yare...
XD
inserting random japanese words into an english sentence
something that all bilinguals do
To be fair, the Japanese do the same thing but vice versa.
@@moondust2365 Not just the Japanese : )
@@nunusrandom7534 True. We do it all the time in my language (Tagalog), and I'm pretty sure any country whose been "colonized" by either Britain or America also does it.
that title card is pronounced “biáng” in Chinese for anyone who wants to know
and it is the name for a type of noodle
@@marcoleung5078 do chinese people seriously write that kanji to refer to a type of noodle dish? i thought that they used the roman alphabet to write things they dont know the kanji of
Nice-u
Plain noodles? I'm just spit balling here so don't be surprise if I'm wrong 😅(Biang would be plain?)
Biang Biang mian. It's not just the kanji for a type of noodle, it's used twice in succession for that type of noodle.
"This looks like Chinese" -Reina 2019
FISH FISH bro everything looks Chinese to me
Looks like alien language to me 😅 was that Korean?
Lalisa It IS chinese . Kanji litterally means “chinese characters” The pronunciation is just different in Japanese so it fits in the language.
@@roomijsjeeee ah I never realised, I'm chinese but I'm terrible at reading or writing so I wasn't sure if the characters were actually chinese or not
@@lisa585 I understand completely. Let's do our best to improve our native tongue and achieve greater heights 😀 oh and learn some kanji for Japanese too.
When you know Chinese, basically everything is kanji
Nah, Chinese has way less stripes.
@Ryan Peng All Chinese ....? With much stripes? Kanji isnt better tho. Chinese made a few decades ago an easier version i thought.
There are two types of Chinese mediums. The traditional Chinese and the simplified one. The simplified version is the newest one. China mostly uses the simplified version and other countries like Taiwan and Hong Kong uses the traditional Chinese.
Ryan Peng 他妈的，你吃错药吗？
@@ctrlzme.6448 Ah ok. Thx🤙🏻
16:58 "Just suck on it for a while" ~The Anime Man, 2019
Krzysztof Malec that sounds bad out of context lol
6:35 - dekoboko literally looks like a warped version of tetris
when you're Chinese and is watching this vid
Isnt youtube banned in china or am I wrong? Or maybe ur a chinese outside of china?
@@aklimi7651 thats North-Korea
@@aklimi7651 Only specific videos are banned in China. RUclips itself is fine
when you're Chinese but can't read chinese. ._.ll
@@aklimi7651 lmaooo i sti cant believe ppl dont know there are chinese outside of china
When you only got three wrong and don't even speak Japanese but are in a Chinese class...
Ikr I was so happy when reina guessed '步' correct cuz that supposedly '年' kanji looked so fake
7:51 *STARTS SWEATING IN GERMAN*
Pfff- I died
well it's mirrored
@@TheFel0x actually the Nazi swastika is the mirrored one
HAHAHHAA OMG
I've always thought that learning Japanese could be fun but Kanji has really pushed me away from even trying. If I'm being perfectly honest this video showed me how fun kanji can be. I literally went and looked at random kanji for random words not even with the intent to learn them. Uneven surface and forest single handedly made me interested in Kanji.
16:55 thanks Joey.... I was studying while playing this in the background, so I couldn’t see what was happening. And *THIS* was the sound I was hearing. 😥
Kanji/Chinese life hack: Words with the "open box with a smaller word inside" will always be 匚 and almost never 그.
Also, 〆 doesn't exist in Kanji. there's literally no strokes that can make this up in kanji.
What about the case with these sets?〔 厂 广 亠 宀 〕
All of them exist
I meant as in kanji usage, not if they exist or not; they show up in the written kanji keyboard, and that's how I found those particular sets
@@failedsocialexperiment2382 Yeah they all exist, what about them?
@@zzlai6235 There usages in other kanji, I thought I pointed that out
Everyone watching this: Oh my god, how is she doing this, these look impossible.
Me: *laughs in Chinese*
哈哈
草草草
哈哈哈哈哈
哈哈！我们真厉害！ XDD
@@fuseki23 Thats the joke. Its for laughing in Japanese.
When Joey wrote the kanji for swing I literally thought that it was just a f***ing swing
I thought it was Surprised Pikachu...
I thought of a swing too XD
I've been practicing Mandarin for 4 years, and when he showed her the character for "ride", the double "ride" on top of each other, I was like "that one is so Chinese", and I got so happy when she said the same thing.
16:26
“Does that mean you have to lick the thing?”
“I’ve already licked it before”
“Can I lick it for fun?”
“Yeah, you can”
*yeah ok buddy*
"This is totally normal-jianai?"
Jianai じゃない means like this isn’t
@@iijima. As a question it means's 'isn't it?'
I don't have a Japanese keyboard, so I will be keeping this in romaji, but I can still explain. "Janai" is the negative form of "desu", which means "it is" or "to be". It is the Japanese linking verb basically. "Janai" therefore translates to "isn't".
@@kannonball5789 Except when used in a questioning way like here. Here it means 'right?' or 'isn't that so?'
@@MichaelBerthelsen I felt that was implied by the fact it was in a question.
That Fakku shirt is like “if you’re not a dirty weeb then you don’t know what I mean” and I love that I am a woman of culture and that shirt is something I need
Saki Reverse bruh. Fakku is literally katakana for fuck.. pretty easy to understand.
Creator of the shirt is @/ iiiiclothing on Instagram, and has an absolutely dope design on the back.
Ana Kay thanks ill check them out
@@em11yanimation not katakana, but romaji
Martiddy - Sama as in it is just the katakana form: of the word FUCK
"There's a kanji for a swastika"
"yes there is!"
and demonetized!
Meaning is "Hitler"
Its not a swastika. Its the other way round
It actually means Hope btw
Its " Manji"
@@KomaedasOneTrueHope Kibou?
"The aftertaste is pretty good".
After listening to that with my eyes closed... that's not what I was expecting to hear LOL
Every time when she picks the right answer “YOKATTA!!!”
It's "YU..."*
@@nunusrandom7534 nope, its 良かった(yokatta), it's actually past tense of 良い= good
I love Reina's voice in both languages. ❤
Imagine the world that every single word is basically a 'Kanji'.
Welcome to Hong Kong.
@створец сгущёнковоза it means run. It is basically an alternative way of writing the character to run
@@alanzhang884 I would have thought it means herd or something.
welcome to china everyone
@@Jono997 Same XD
Kanji is fun to learn and every character has is own meaning and way to draw it.
But also Kanji: 賃, 貸, 貨
And I only know the middle one
the last 2 kanji I'm pretty sure real kanji, middle one I'm not so sure, the one on the left I am skeptical of
they consist of two different parts where the top part is different. and they are all real... first is fee, second is loan, third is freight
Trust me. It’s easier than it looks. Expect if you want to write them…
The thing is: most kanji rarely mean anything on their own. Kanji is easier than it look, because you are reading words not seeing pictures
夫未末本木大… It’s still hard for me to grasp that these are all different 🤦🏽♀️ (especially the second and third)
I don't read a lick of kanji but when you see the differences I can't unsee it.
wtf it's just a slight difference in the line length between 未 and 末
The last 3 are easy, the other ones though...
Its getting better over time. Its the same with the alphabet aswell
d b
q p
I l
n u
ß B
i can imagine if youre new to it, that this can be confusing as well
@@b4ttlemast0r I can't see any difference at all.
"Is it real Kanji" = "does it look like Chinese?"
16:54 Who edited this? Whoever did them both dirty. Love it.
Same and I found it so funny 😂
*Joey:* check this out...
*Me:* Oooh~
*Reina:* When are three cows on top of each other?
*Me:* It's a herd.... a herd of cows. like how three trees would be like a forest. right? right? Is that the right logic?
That’s what I thought too!
You don't want to go there. (hint: 女)
犇 (stacking cows) actually means galloping, not cow herd. but 众 (stacking men) means people crowd, just ... very logical.
by the way, 姦 (stacking women) doesn't mean yuri orgy, it refers to all kinds of sex, even yaoi.
@@hirokokueh3541 I will use this knowledge wisely
@@firefly618 From what I've heard, three women characters (two side by side with one on top) is gossiping, at least in Chinese. Not 100% sure tho considering my memory...
When she speaks Japanese, she sounds exactly like young Naruto
SorrirBoy that’s what I thought
as someone studying japanese in college right now, hearing joey say he liked kanji tests really lit a fire in me lmao
More Reina! She has such a good personality, I love watching these!
As soon as I heard three stands my first thought went to is that a JoJo reference
I was just thinking about that OMG
Yare Yare daze
NANI!? Stando Powa?
*aztec trap music plays in background"
Joey: I like kanji tests
Me : I thought I was the only one
7:30 "This looks like chinese" Meanwhile the other word 剩 (sheng) is literally one of the most common chinese characters
Yes. More collabs with Reina please. You two are hilarious on stage together.
Me: still stuck on katakana😂
Katakana? I'm still stuck on Hiragana
Yeah, I've been learning Kana and have done pretty decent, but I actually have dyslexia and then running into some serious issues with some of the kanji that are basically mirrors of each other. Like so, n, shi, and tsu. 😅 can't wait to get into kanji again. LOL I must be out of my mind to start learning Japanese. I'm enjoying the s*** out of it though!
@@SpaceVoice1 same lol
Joey: shows the kanji for stand three times
me: iS tHaT a jOjO rEFeRenCE?!?!?!
Considering that it's the fake kanji, it actually might be.
^_^
ORE NO STANDO DA!!
jojo is shit
@Silent Knight I love irony
Am I the only one that with the "cow" kanji, my mind was just like "it's gotta mean smth like a group..."
I'm a little angry he didn't explain some of them but if I had to guess? "Cattle"?
@@Kamakiri86 I'm not too sure on what it means in Japanese, but quite alot of Chinese words have the same meanings as Kanji. The meaning of 犇 is "to leap" in Chinese. Hope that helps! :D
Or is it the kanji equivalent of "Herd"?
@@fonsineknshr usually characters with three stacking follow that logic, bit this one is an exception, it means leaping, galloping.
might be wrong, but i believe 犇 (ひし) means something like clamor
Yes! Another one with Reina! :D
Honestly, as a Chinese student, this made me laugh so hard
Please do more of these- I'm learning Kanji and this is SUPER helpful
The Hànzì on this video's thumbnail is read as, "Biáng" for the Onomatopoeia for bang- the sound made while pounding and stretching noodles for the famous Xi'an noodle dish- BiángBiángMiàn.
made the mistake of immediately shutting my eyes when the "listen with eyes closed" suggestion appeared and i got more than i bargained for. now i have trust issues.
The last four minutes is just a goldmine for people making reaction gifs.
6:33 I can imagine Dekoboko being a stand cry...
DEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKODEKOBOKO!!!
Mid-February 2021, I feel way less lost in this video than when I first watched it. Feels good to know that you are progressing .w.
How to learn chinese using kanji?
Answer: Don't do it, you will die
When you have learned traditional Chinese, you can recognize and write Kanji.
6:49 that “chotto mate” killed me
Sleet totally makes sense! Rain + British (the kanji in eigo), so basically Sleet is a British rain hahaha
Y'all have the best Chemistry dude! Would definitely love to see more vids please!
Editor: Listen to this with your eyes closed
Me: Holy shit that was hilarious, THANK YOU EDITOR
Edit: timestamp at 16:55
@@Weightedneckhangenjoyer 16:55
The fake Kanji for 'swing' looks like a cubed Diglett.
*Me, a Chinese who's starting Japanese lessons tomorrow watching this* : Well this is gonna be fun... time to confuse actual Chinese characters with kanji yay...
Now, a year later, I would like to hear how big the confusion for you actually was?
@@marccuypers2439 I had to drop out of Japanese this year because I couldn't cope with my schoolwork (Japanese was offered as an optional elective so I can drop out anytime) but I try to self study the language. The more kanji I know, the more often I start to confuse Chinese and Japanese lmao so yes, the confusion is pretty big.
@@Nijidesu Interesting, thanks for giving an update and good luck with your studies!
I just started learning japanese writing and was a little anxious about kanji but thanks to you I am really looking forward to learning at least some of it.
I think I got 15 out of 17... I've definitely looked at plenty of Kanji characters in my spare time, even writing lots of them down in my Japanese textbook with their pronunciations and meanings. This video is also very, very informative! I very much appreciate you even teaching your fans a bit about Japanesey stuff, like the hinjiyou kanji characters! Your videos are truly fun to watch too.
Stay awesome, broski!
Joey and reina: talks about radicals
Me: all i know is 何😢
何で？漢字はそんなにむずかしいじゃない。
Omae wa mou shindeiru-oh wait
nani?!
@@pixelcynic 難しくない =)
Nanimo sharimasen...
I cant even english y i gotta kanji now
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Why did I close my eyes and just listen😂😂
Hehehe
Alex Chapters lmaooo he’s so dirty minded
That was soooooo much fun. Really informative too. Reina is such a good sport. Cheers, Muffy from Oz.
Love the Reina/Joey vids!
When you get almost all correct because you know chinese xD
Nobody:
Joey's shirt: FAKKU!
Me, shouting from distance: Finish Nekopara!
I would've used →臣 in the challenge just to throw her up
I thought anything on the 常用漢字 list would be kinda easy for them, was surprised to see Reina doubt herself on 胸 for example. But I guess that happens when you learn the language as a native. Pretty sure if someone tested me on the fine details of Spanish I would make a few mistakes as well.
𦣝叵 are both real
@@Kawdek I am very novice and inexperienced with Japanese so that I didn't know until now.
私は日本語が素人ます。
キネツさんはでれっとの日本語。
I LOVED this vid!! This has me actually interested in learning kanji again :D
super interesting! I've went through weekend school (Hoshuuko) in the US and now that I've not taken those cursed kanji tests (or forced to read passages with hard kanji in front of an entire class) for nearly a decade, I find myself illiterate but still totally able understand most of the kanji even if i can't read it out to you. totally relate!
16:54 I followed what it says and I was like....YO WTF?!!!
“This is the kanji for the metal container that holds water.”
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You mean, a bowl?
At this point Joey was just flexing his kanji writing skills on us
8:10 I'm kinda mad that Joey didn't explain what 女卍 was supposed to mean
Me, but for all of those 🙃
I love these videos with Joey and Reina.
It would be great if Joey did more videos about kanji, too!
As someone who started learning japanese a few months ago I actually love Kanji. I find it very fascinating and sometimes easier to read quickly than english but writing, eh, I don't like to talk about it :'(
No worries. Writing is a different optional art.
*every times joey shows a kanji word*
me,a chinese boy : *reads in chinese and understands*
Joey:”if you lose you have to eat this very sour thing”
Reina:*wins*
Also Reina:”can I try that thing though?”
Joey:”yeah sure”
Inner Joey:*evil ha ha* this was my plan all along
Yay I love when you guys make videos together!!!
I love how energetic she is! It's fun to see her reactions!