Common Japanese Words from Real Videos

to changeverb

キャラの表情がゴロゴロ変わったりねデフォルメされた可愛らしい姿になったりとかリアクションを大げさに描いてね面白さをギャグとして面白く引きcharacters' expressions change constantly, they turn into deformed cute forms, reactions are exaggerated to draw out the humor as gags

goodi-adjective

どうでしたうちの食。いやめちゃ調子良かったです。ありがとうございました。絶対ですあれ。普段から食べれるとね。いやそうなんですよHow was our food? No, it was really good. Thank you very much. That one is definitely it. If I could eat it regularly. Yeah, that's right

recentlynoun, adverb

共同生活癖。はじめ社長共同生活癖があるんですけれどもで最近ほら一人後輩が旅立ったじゃん。はいa cohabitation habit. Hajime Shacho has a cohabitation habit, and recently, you know, one kohai left, right. Yes

to be able (to)verb, expression

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flavornoun, na-adjective

です。無理無理無理もう本当に無理で。食感はいいんですけど、味がちょっとなんか香るんですか？風味がなんかちょっと僕苦手で。はいはいはい。キノコ類、キノコ類の中でシイタケ一番I can't, can't, can't, I really can't. The texture is fine, but the taste, somehow the aroma? The flavor, I'm just not good with it. Yeah yeah yeah. Of mushrooms, among mushrooms shiitake is the most

certainlynoun, adverb

ぜひチェックしてくださいねじゃあまず着物の漢字を見てみましょうPlease check it out. Now, first, let's look at the kanji for kimono.

bigi-adjective

全然もらえないです。どうどうどう。何でもこだわる。ベッドですね。ベッド大きいですね。ミッチは普通のベッドですか？普通のベッドです。マットですYou can't have it at all. How how how. Particular about everything. It's a bed. The bed is big. Mitch, is it a normal bed? It's a normal bed. It's a mat

dangerousi-adjective

仲良くなれるといいかなと思います。やばくないですか。やばいですね。すごい楽しみです。さっそく下へ降りたいと思います。行ってみましょう。というわけで間もなく到着すると思いますLike Mitchy

continuouslyadverb

ずっとね準備してないですけど、はい。またね、また早いお願いします。来週にでも、来週早いI haven't prepared at all, but yes. Again, please come again soon. Sometime next week, early next week

studynoun, suru verb

勉強なるわ。こんなで取れるか。あんな絶対I'm learning. Can you catch one with this? There's no way

strongi-adjective

気象庁はおよそ二分後に緊急地震速報を発表しましたが、強い揺れは観測されませんでしたThe agency issued an Earthquake Early Warning about two minutes later, but no strong shaking was observed.

to persevereverb

この家にいたらもう僕は幸せなんだと思います。で、多分ミッチーも乗ってくると思うので、なんとか頑張って楽しくさせよう。今日俺たちの仕事はIf I'm in this house, I think I'm happy. And I think Mitchy will get into it too, so I'll try my best to make it fun. Our job today is

water (esp. cool or cold)noun

これでなんか水に浸かりながら寝るみたいな。なるほど。ではじめさんが横になっちゃったりしていいか。どうぞLike sleeping while soaking in water. I see. So is it okay if Hajime-san lies down. Go ahead

difficulti-adjective

でも今日は難しい言葉を説明しません。着物にはthree levels of formality. 'Kaku' (rank) here

of courseadverb

もちろん日本人みんなが同じ意見じゃありませんOf course, not all Japanese people have the same opinion.

beginningnoun, adverb

マップやYelpよりも一番最初にBefore maps or Yelp, the first thing they look at is

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)verb

よしそれじゃそりに乗ってレストランに行こう。一のペンギンはAlright, let's ride the sleds to the restaurant. Penguin number one is

variouspre-noun adjectival

嫌いな食べ物もめっちゃ似てるんですよ。え、そうなんですか。いろんなの言ってます。嫌いな食べ物。言ってます言ってます。シイタケ。マジで嫌いOur disliked foods are really similar. Oh, really? I say it in various places. Foods I dislike. I say it, I say it. Shiitake. I really hate it

scaryi-adjective

まあテロ後の飛行機がちょっと怖かったもんですからまあ車で名古屋の滝とか行ったりですねなるほどですWell, after the terror attacks, I was a bit scared of flying, so we drove to places like Niagara Falls.

carnoun

なのでいつ入校できるかをちょっと今探っています。最近ですか？車の免許は取ったんですけど、はいはいはい。バイクの免許も取って、バイク好きなんです。バイクSo I'm looking into when I can enroll. Recently? I got my car license, yes yes yes. I want to get my bike license too, I like bikes. Bikes

surelyadverb

自分を輝かせるみたいな。確かに。これね、これはダンスのためにもなりますけどmaking yourself shine. Indeed. This will help with dance too

storenoun

を作っているお店もすごくThere are also many shops that

meaningnoun, suru verb

洋服ですここで洋は外国という意味ですIt's Western clothing. Here, 'yo' means foreign country.

seriousnoun, na-adjective

今日来ていただけるので仲良くなってなんとかこの家に泊まってくんないかなと思ってちょっと僕の後輩にしたいと思います今日。いいですね。いや俺やるよマジで今日はis coming today, so I want to get close and somehow get him to stay over at this house, I want to make him my kohai today. That's great. I'll really do it today

moneynoun

居酒屋とかレストランに行ってあおいしかったおいしかったねごちそうさまでお金を払ってGo to an izakaya or restaurant and say 'Ah, it was delicious, it was delicious, thank you for the meal' and pay the money

absolutelynoun, adverb

絶対出ましたよ。ツッコんで、こうツッコミながら、完全ボケになる相性かなんだろうIt definitely came out. While tsukkomi-ing, like this, maybe it's compatibility where I become the full boke

newi-adjective

一つがい。一つがい。いやわかんない。あの新幹線の帰りやっぱり個室になったあれじゃないですか。あの新しい。新しいですねOne is. One is. No, I don't know. That return Shinkansen private room thing, isn't it. That new one. It's new.

necessarynoun, na-adjective

あのライフラインとして携帯は必要だけども使用には制限があったということで携帯を持ってる子はみんなあの一箇所に携帯を集めてMobile phones were necessary as a lifeline, but there were restrictions on their use, so all the kids who had phones gathered them in one place,

daynoun

月日が経ちましたね。あの日世界が変わった日ともね呼ばれましたけれどもTime has really flown. It was also called the day the world changed, wasn't it?

to readverb

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somethingadverb

何かサービスがあることが多いです。例えば居酒屋だとドリンク一杯無料とかthere are often some services available. For example, at an izakaya, you might get a free drink

to install (a king, emperor, etc.)verb

画面立ち上がるのがかっこいいなと思ってつけただけで基本二画面でやるっていう。なんかかっこいいのかなI just added it because I thought the screens starting up looked cool, basically I do it with two screens. Like, is it cool or something

importantnoun, na-adjective

この水分一番点滴です。お肉魚ね臭みがねほらこれねこれ嫌な部分。ほとんど焼かれましたよ。これ嫌なの。これ全然変わるからこれだけ大事This moisture is the biggest enemy. Fish and meat, you know, the fishy smell. Look, this part here. This is the unpleasant part. Most of it has been seared off. This is what I don't want. This makes a huge difference, so this part is important.

absurdnoun, na-adjective, adverb

もたくさんいるんですけど、こう仕事をしていたりとかさ、その人にその人の人生が始まってるからなかなかできないわけよ。次の後輩が。でもこのままだと寂しいですもんね。めちゃくちゃ寂しいです。家ももったいないし、めっちゃスペース空いてるしThere are lots of guys too, but they're working and stuff, and each person has their own life started, so it's hard to get one. A next kohai. But it'd be lonely like this, right. It's super lonely. The house is a waste too, there's so much empty space

childnoun

時間だと過ごすです会話とか子供の遊び場に行ったりとかI spend time like that, conversations or going to kids' playgrounds

to drinkverb

ちょっと真似したくなっちゃいました。ちょっと将来一通りなってほしいですね。あべギリギリと飲みます。だから道枝くんいつでも飲み放題ですもんねI kind of want to copy that. I want you to become like that someday. I'll barely drink Abe. So Michieda-kun can drink all he wants anytime

feelingnoun, adverb

か知りたいなということで、今は行きたいという気持ちがSo, the desire to go has been born.

happyi-adjective

でも多くの日本人は嬉しいBut I think many Japanese people are happy.

as a matter of factadverb, expression

実はActually

prettyna-adjective

綺麗綺麗だから上手いイメージが。ある程度はこれをするんですか。うんうんうん。球、スポーツとかで。え、そうなんだ。はいbeautifully so I imagined you're good. You do this to some extent, right? Yeah yeah yeah. Balls, sports and stuff. Oh, really? Yes

fasti-adjective

ずっとね準備してないですけど、はい。またね、また早いお願いします。来週にでも、来週早いI haven't prepared at all, but yes. Again, please come again soon. Sometime next week, early next week

badexpression

これる炊飯器今応援します。よく炊飯器ってね中の内側でねご飯といてちゃいけないとかねこう綺麗やってくれてるじゃないですか。これね手ふの加工じゃないからねおかしいThis rice cooker, I'll support it now. You know how they say you shouldn't wash rice inside the rice cooker, or that it cleans it nicely? This isn't a Teflon coating, so it's strange.

tightly (holding on)suru verb, adverb

やっぱりもうそろそろしっかりと教えるべきじゃないかということで学校で何が起きたのかというのですねthey felt it was about time to teach them properly about what happened at the school,

thank youexpression

本当にありがとうございますこのエピソードのトランスクリプトはThank you so much. The transcript for this episode

cooked ricenoun

あのいつもご飯食べると本当に美味しいものを食べるとすごくおかしくなっちゃう癖があってThat, whenever I eat, when I eat something really delicious I have this habit of getting really weird

Japanese personnoun

今の日本人はほとんど毎日Most Japanese people today

considerablyna-adjective, adverb

三百個ぐらいのものを売ってかなりのI sold about three hundred items and made quite a

question (e.g. on a test)noun

今日もリアルな日本語を使ってたくさんお話ししていきましょう。突然ですがここで問題ですToday too, let's talk a lot using real Japanese. Suddenly, here's a question.

long (distance, length)i-adjective

フリソデは袖が長い着物ですFurisode is a kimono with long sleeves.

morningnoun, adverb

その朝から昼過ぎくらいまで毎日from morning until just past noon every day,

alwaysnoun, adverb

私たちがいつも着ているシャツやズボンはThe shirts and pants we usually wear

not less than ...noun, adverb, expression

11日の配信です。はい。9月11日といえば、まあ一定以上のねあの年代の方にとっては11th broadcast. Yes. Speaking of September 11th, for those of us above a certain age,

companynoun

フリーランスになる前は会社で働いたりアルバイトをしたりしていましたBefore becoming a freelancer, I worked at a company and did part-time jobs

remainderna-adjective, adverb

アイドルの事あんまり詳しい方じゃないんです。はい。もう三上君のことはさすがに知っていると言いますかdon't really know much about idols. Yes. But of course I know about Mikami-kun.

verynoun, na-adjective, adverb

皆様方には大変なご迷惑をおかけしましたこと深くお詫びをいたします。この度は大変申し訳ありませんでしたWe deeply apologize for the great inconvenience caused to everyone. We are very sorry for this.

a short while agonoun, adverb

いいから静かにしてろ。ねお母さん。お父さんきっとさっきのお母さんが面白かったんだよJust be quiet. Right, Mom? Dad must have found what Mom did earlier funny.

to teachverb

ぜひコメントで教えてください。いいねとチャンネル登録もよろしくお願いしますPlease let me know in the comments. Also, please like and subscribe to the channel.

the old daysnoun, adverb

昔服は全部着物でした着物は和服In the past, all clothes were kimonos. Kimono is also called 'wafuku' (Japanese clothing).

bigpre-noun adjectival

大きな町例えば東京とかIn big cities, for example, Tokyo,

introductionnoun, suru verb

ちょっと面白い話を紹介しますI will introduce a slightly interesting story.

minute (unit of time)noun

サツマイモ切りますよねだいたい5分ぐらいかな漬け込むことができる塩味が入って美味しくなりますはいCut the sweet potato, right? You can marinate it for about 5 minutes. The saltiness gets in and it becomes delicious. Yes.

for the first timenoun, adverb

緊急地震速報の警報を取り消すのは初めてですThis is the first time an Earthquake Early Warning alert has been cancelled.

ramennoun

毎日ラーメン健康生活ということで相変わらずやってるんですけれども、何度かね来ているこの施設、店内、防潮庫のbuilding, and I film here every time, but today we have this guest. Sorry, thank you. Thank you. From the Homemade Ramen Research Group

to returnverb

で死局まで歩いて帰るとカシモさんあそっかあと一時間半ぐらいから二時間ぐらいかかりますかねそうですねあいふに逃げる方の中であのSo we walked back to the bureau. Kashimo-san, that would take about an hour and a half to two hours, right? That's right. Among the people running away,

to meetverb

じゃあまた次のエピソードで会いましょうねWell then, let's meet in the next episode.

simplenoun, na-adjective

でもそんな簡単に候補上がんないんじゃないですか。そう、全然いないですけどBut candidates won't come up that easily, right. Yeah, there's totally no one though

countrynoun

すごく役立つ内容になっています。あなたの国で使っているアプリと何が違うかCompare with the apps used in your country and what's different.

to performverb

長距離砲とミサイル部隊による合同の火力攻撃訓練を行いましたconducted a joint live-fire exercise involving long-range artillery and missile units.

cookingnoun, suru verb

今日作って持って来ました。何ですか。料理苦手ですよ。料理I made this and brought it today. What is it? I'm bad at cooking. Cooking,

(for something) to have occurredverb, expression

こちらもいつでも持ってもらって静岡とかもうちょっとしたらお仕事で来ることがあるのもありますから、いつでも来てください。マジですか？まずもうplease feel free to use this anytime, and I'll be coming to Shizuoka for work soon, so come anytime. Really? Then already

to enjoyverb

外国人も着物を楽しんでて嬉しいI am happy that foreigners are also enjoying kimonos.

to receiveverb

ウクライナ西部で列車がロシア軍のドローン攻撃を受けたことについてRegarding the train in western Ukraine being hit by a Russian drone attack,

autumnnoun, adverb

秋といえばね栗とかねこれサツマイモですよねサツマイモを使ったいろんな料理あると思いますけどあるものを合わせてSpeaking of autumn, there are chestnuts and sweet potatoes, right? There are many dishes using sweet potatoes, but I want to teach you a mixed rice dish that combines certain things.

(physical) formnoun

形ですね。あと最後はあちらの確認です。ねそういうのをまとめた本もありますからね。だからレシピも大切なんですけどこう五感で覚えないダメshape. And finally, checking the taste. There is a book that summarizes those things. So, recipes are important, but you have to learn with your five senses.

to continueverb

続きまして4階行きましょうか。はい。エレベーター乗れるんだ。エレベーターで行きましょう。あ、4階が一番Next, let's go to the 4th floor. Yes. You can take the elevator. Let's go by elevator. Ah, the 4th floor is the most

had better ...i-adjective, expression

お家入れるんですけど。最後閉めてってください。いいです。いやあんま言わない方がいいです。じゃあミッチならねもういいよね。はい。いつでも入ってください。わかりました。はい。こちらがYes

to walkverb

きなんですね普通の人の歩くスピードではなくてもうその2倍ぐらいのスピードでとことことこI'm not at a normal person's walking speed; I'm going at about twice that speed, step by step.

colournoun

いい感じに色がね。収まりますか。収まります。やっちゃってください。いいんですか、本当ね。ウェルカムパーティーですもんThe colors will settle nicely. Will they settle? They will. Go ahead and do it. Is it really okay? It's a welcome party,

particularlyadverb

運動そんなに得意じゃないんですよ。え、マジですか。はい。球技が特に苦手で。ええ。めちゃくちゃダンスとかI'm actually not that good at exercise. Really? Yes. I'm especially bad at ball games. Yeah. You dance so

casenoun, adverb

時間が短縮できたりする場合もありますand sometimes shorten the travel time.

seanoun

氷から海にザブンSplash from the ice into the sea

to burnverb

はい、じゃあムニエルの方からね作って行きたいと思いますけど、まあそもそもムニエルって小麦粉つけてしっかり一回焼きたいんで最初は油で焼いてます。途中でバターYes, then I'd like to start making the meunière, but since meunière needs to be coated in flour and seared well, I'll start by searing it in oil. In the middle, butter

every daynoun, adverb

今の日本人はほとんど毎日Most Japanese people today

fleshnoun

美味しそう。肉だ。そういや橋部さん今日割れてないですねLooks delicious. Meat. Come to think of it, Hashibe-san isn't cracking today

sureexpression

梅田くんとかも。そうだね。ショッピー。ショッピーね。ショッピーも。ショッピーってショッピー言っただけじゃないですかLike Umeda-kun. Yeah. Shoppi. Shoppi. Shoppi too. You just said Shoppi, didn't you?

belownoun

仲良くなれるといいかなと思います。やばくないですか。やばいですね。すごい楽しみです。さっそく下へ降りたいと思います。行ってみましょう。というわけで間もなく到着すると思いますLike Mitchy

oilnoun

じゃないと美味しいものできないですよ。油で炒めると見た目は綺麗なんですけど体に油のOtherwise, you won't be able to make something delicious. Stir-frying in oil makes it look nice, but the oil in your body...

verynoun, na-adjective, adverb

けどなかなかさほらもう俺の年になるとさやっぱり出会いも少ないわけじゃん男自体がねBut at my age, you know, there aren't many encounters, with guys themselves

to live (of humans)verb

はじめ社長の豪邸の湯本当に広くて寂しいから後輩と一緒にちょっと住みたい癖があるんですよHajime Shacho's mansion's bath is really spacious and lonely, so I have a habit of wanting to live together with a kohai

ifadverb

はい、さつまいものご飯炊き上がりました。完璧だね。もしねどなべで炊くときでしたら強火で大体八分Yes, the sweet potato rice is cooked. It's perfect. If you are cooking with a clay pot, use high heat for about eight minutes,

namenoun

このメルカリ洋服のブランドと名前を検索すると大抵when you search for the brand and name of clothes on Mercari, usually

another placenoun, adverb

そうだな、他のやつを50にしたいよね。せっかくだからね。そうだね。エッグボムBもThat's right, I want to get the other ones to 50 too. Since we're here. Yeah. Egg Bomb B too

antnoun, na-adjective

美味しくなこういうさのサツマイモのご飯ありだなっていう今まででありそれなかった炊き込みご飯をねお教えしたいと思いますIt becomes delicious. I want to teach you a mixed rice dish that you might think, 'Is this kind of sweet potato rice actually a thing?' that you haven't had before.

no goodnoun, na-adjective

ボケじゃないので突っ込みますね。ダメよ、草がダメだよ、人I'm not boke so I'll do tsukkomi. No, the grass is no good, man

to stop (an activity)verb

やめろよ。どんどん共通点がね見えてきます。ミッチェルさん身長高いですよね。身長高い。身長Stop it. More and more commonalities are coming out. Mitchell-san, you're tall, right? Tall. Height

human beingnoun

一人一人の人間がLINEを持っているだけでなくnot only individual people have LINE, but also

two personsnoun

すごくこう恋愛手練れな男の子がダブル王子と呼ばれてるんです。なるほどなるほど。二人のThe two are called the double princes. I see, I see. The two's

cheapi-adjective

えなんで買ったかですね僕はこれが一番おすすめ安くて美味しい切り落としなんでこう見るとほら赤身もあるし脂っこくWhy did I buy this? Because it's the most recommended, cheap, and delicious offcut. If you look at it, see, there's lean meat and fatty parts.

to chooseverb

もかなりお店を厳選して選んでいるのでとても使いやすいですit's very easy to use because it also selects restaurants quite strictly

yesterdaynoun, adverb

昨日投票が行われ、自民党など6党の推薦を受けた小林が当選しました。小林はVoting took place yesterday, and Kobayashi, who was supported by six parties including the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected. Kobayashi