{"id":79,"date":"2006-01-01T22:34:41","date_gmt":"2006-01-01T13:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nihongo.3yen.com\/2006-01-01\/japanese-videos-on-google-video\/"},"modified":"2008-11-17T14:11:15","modified_gmt":"2008-11-17T19:11:15","slug":"japanese-videos-on-google-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2006\/01\/01\/japanese-videos-on-google-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese videos on Google Video"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been killing time this holiday enjoying some random videos on Google Video<\/a>. I thought I’d share some interesting videos in Japanese in case anybody was looking for a fun way to study this holiday. Somebody was diligent enough to put English subtitles on the videos so you can enjoy them even if you don’t feel like studying Japanese.<\/p>\n

Sushi Documentary<\/a><\/h2>\n

The first video is a “documentary” about sushi<\/a>. And the word “documentary” is in quotes for a very good reason. It starts out like this.<\/p>\n

\u5bff\u53f8\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u4ee3\u8868\u7684\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30af\u3002\u305d\u308c\u304c\u5bff\u53f8\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3053\u306e\u5bff\u53f8\u3092\u98df\u3079\u308b\u30b7\u30e7\u30c3\u30d7\u304c\u5bff\u53f8\u5c4b\u3067\u3059\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u4eba\u306e\u307b\u3068\u3093\u3069\u304c\u3053\u306e\u5e97\u3092\u6bce\u65e5\u5229\u7528\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u5973\u6027\u304c\u7537\u6027\u306b\u6ce8\u304e\u3001\u5973\u6027\u306f\u81ea\u5206\u3067\u6ce8\u304e\u307e\u3059\u3002\u306a\u308b\u307b\u3069\u3002\u4f8d\u306e\u56fd\u3067\u3059\u306d\u3002
\n<\/center><\/p>\n

It’s quite amusing and represents, in my opinion, the image that some foreigners have regarding Japan. I remember, before I knew anything about Japan, that I used to think that Japanese was a country with very strict rules such as the appropriate angle for bowing.<\/p>\n

The narrator speaks in a very clear, standard Japanese so people learning Japanese in a classroom should have no trouble with the style. Anyway, here are a few comments and corrections just in case.<\/p>\n

1. Most of the Japanese population cannot afford to eat sushi everyday.
\n2. That’s way too much soy-sauce on the sushi. \uff08Soy-sauce, by the way, is called \u300c\u91a4\u6cb9\u300d\uff08\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3086\uff09. Sometimes, it’s written as \u300c\u6b63\u6cb9\u300d.\uff09
\n3. The wet napkin given out in restaurants to wipe your hands is actually called \u300c\u304a\u3057\u307c\u308a\u300d and not<\/em> \u300c\u96d1\u5dfe\u300d\uff08\u305e\u3046\u304d\u3093\uff09, which is a cloth used to clean around the house. \u300c\u304a\u3057\u307c\u308a\u300d comes from the verb \u300c\u7d5e\u308b\u300d\uff08\u3057\u307c\u308b\uff09, which means to squeeze. I presume it’s because the excess water is squeezed from the cloth.<\/p>\n

\u5730\u7403\u6226\u968a \u30d5\u30ec\u30c3\u30b7\u30e5\u30e1\u30f3<\/a><\/h2>\n

Here’s another funny video<\/a> featuring Shingo Katori \uff08\u9999\u53d6\u614e\u543e\uff09 from Smap, a “talent” group you can’t avoid here in Japan (as much as I try). This video features quite a lot of slang so those of you who learned Japanese on the streets should have no trouble. Here’s how it starts.<\/p>\n

\u9ad8\u6821\u3093\u6642\u306e\u89aa\u53cb\u306f\u3001\u4ffa\u306b\u3053\u3046\u8a00\u3063\u305f\u3002\u300c\u3061\u3087\u3046\u3060\u3044\uff1f\u3053\u308c\u3002\u304a\u524d\u3063\u3066\u3044\u3044\u3084\u3064\u3060\u3088\u306a\u3002\u300d\u3000\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3063\u3066\u308f\u3051\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044\u3051\u3069\u3001\u4ffa\u3060\u3063\u3066\u3001\u81ea\u5206\u306e\u3053\u3068\u3092\u60aa\u3044\u3084\u3064\u306a\u3093\u3066\u601d\u3063\u3066\u306a\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3002\u5730\u7403\u3092\u6ec5\u307c\u3059\u307b\u3069\u306e\u60aa\u3044\u3084\u3064\u3060\u306a\u3093\u3066\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I intend to cover some of the expressions in the video such as \u300c\u3068\u3044\u3046\u304b\u300d and \u300c\u3058\u3083\u3093\u300d so make sure to subscribe to the feed.<\/p>\n

I hope you find the videos as amusing as I did!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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