Japan became the great country it is today precisely because people don't speak English. This Japanese is incredibly polite. Things like polite language. On the other hand, English is so incredibly filthy in Japan that you probably can't even imagine it. There are a lot of bad words, aren't there? Yeah, that happens . Especially in the UK. There are quite a few . And crime and other problems are generally worse than in Japan, right? Seriously? No, if anything, I think I'm better at English than most people. No matter where I go or what shop I go to, even the grandmothers are all fluent in English, so I think the Randa culture will probably disappear from now on. Now everyone is speaking English, and I'm wondering if Japanese naturally incorporates a lot of expressions of gratitude and apology into everyday conversations, like how people start conversations with phrases like, "I'm sorry, but..." It's like everyone's in Shibuya is on English mode. Huh? Shibuya is English-only now? Oh, I did n't know that. I'm the one who kept speaking Japanese. Oh, I'd like to see it. That's it. Yes, it's Matt. Yes, I'm just an amateur foreigner. congratulations. please. Wow, it's an all-star cast today! Oh, that's true. Thank you so much. It's pretty nerve-wracking, isn't it? It's great to have members like these. So, who's the most nervous about this? Who's the most nervous? Ah, it's Matt. Oh, I'm happy. Well, Matt knows a lot of words, after all. yes. Sometimes Matt says something and I think, "What's that?", but he doesn't actually say it. Oh really? People say, "You're Japanese, so why are you so well-known?" Well, I do know a lot of Japanese, but it's related to today's topic. It's often said that Japan is the only country where people can't speak English, or that the Japanese are a race that can't speak English, but I have a hypothesis on the contrary. Well, I think Japan became the best country it is today precisely because it doesn't speak English. Ah, it's definitely GPT for the chat. It's not GPT. Is this really just your hypothesis? This is my life. Do you know what they said about me in America? What did they say? Should we go home? That's typical of you. But I'm starting to wonder if maybe Japan didn't experience those negative effects because people don't speak English. ah. Yes, yes, yes. It's like the chicken or the egg dilemma, isn't it? In Europe, for example, people speak English very well. So, if you ask Germans or French people who are really fluent in English, well, the French are a bit different, but the Dutch, for example, they're all really good at English, but there isn't much content in their own country on YouTube or in English, so they have no choice but to watch things in English. And as I watched things in English, I gradually learned English. But Japan has an abundance of content, like anime, manga, and YouTube, so you can pretty much do everything in Japanese, and there's no real need for English anymore. So I think there might be that aspect to it as well. But if you can actually speak English, your personality will probably change. This person is totally Japanese. Values. My wife is the same way, but I think the market for people returning to Japan is completely different. They're completely different. They're really different . On the other hand, it might sound a bit harsh to say that the repatriation market is the most pitiable, but their faces are Japanese, after all. Yeah. Yeah. I think Japan is a country where people often judge others based on their looks, but even if someone has a Japanese face, for example, if they were born and raised in America and then came back to Japan, or rather, if they have a Japanese face, people will ask, "Why can't you do that?" If someone has a foreign face, there are a few things that are somewhat excused, like, "Well, they're a foreigner, so it can't be helped," and people will agree with that. But there are people who have a Japanese face but are completely immersed in foreign culture, and inside they're totally foreign, and I think there are quite a few people like that. Well, you know, I've blended into Japanese society, and my Japanese isn't perfect. Yes. Looks perfect. I think there are also cases where people can't speak Japanese very fluently, for example, they might be able to speak a little but not be able to read what they're reading. Yeah. For example, if you go to the city hall and talk normally, but then they give you a form you can't read, it might look a bit strange. So, their personalities are different too? That kind of difference. For example, this is about the language, but that Japanese is incredibly polite, isn't it? Things like polite language. On the other hand, English is just awful. There are a lot of bad words in Japan that you probably can't even imagine . There are quite a few in the UK in particular. And crime and other problems are generally worse than in Japan, right? So I wonder if those languages ​​are connected. Yeah. ah. Because it's about your way of thinking. Those kinds of thoughts and ideas are contagious, so if you understand English, you'll naturally start watching English YouTube videos. And those foreigners are talking about all sorts of trendy ideologies and such, so I think we're bound to be influenced by them. So, the language barrier means that if you only understand Japanese, you'll only be exposed to Japanese ways of thinking, Japanese ways of thinking, and while there may be some negative aspects to that, I think there are definitely positive aspects as well. That happens all the time. Yeah, well, like, Shield, so, you know, Mexico and Britain have much dirtier language than in the American movies. Mexico is crazy, right? This is bad. What he usually says is so far beyond the realm of comedy that it would probably shock people in Japan. Crime in Mexico is worse than in America or England, so there are definitely some pretty bad words like Hindigo. There isn't much Japanese there, is there? Well, there's no such thing as insults in Japan anyway. I guess that's all there is to it, but what was that thing again? Like, your mom's fat and ugly. hey. Oh, well, even if I say it's about that much, it sounds like something an elementary school student would say, doesn't it? But that's just the case overseas, well, I think it's the same with British English and American English, but generally, insults have a meaning related to either women or men, but the Japanese word "die" has a meaning that I've never really heard before. When I was studying Japanese, I heard angry Japanese people say "die" quite a lot. That's like saying "Die, India" in English, because they don't say "Arifi" or anything like that. Yes, yes, yes, yes. When someone says "die," it's kind of normal, like if someone says "you're a dick," you're like, "oh," but when someone says "die," it's like, " kill," or sometimes, well, you know, even with Yu, you don't really notice it, and I don't know if it's true, but Japan is thought to be a country that's close to C and has a lot of suicides, so I can kind of imagine that such words exist, but in America and England, they really badmouth people's mothers and families, so I think that lowers the values ​​of the country. Well, certainly, they do say things like "your mother" or "mom," but in India, well, they also say "die," and they say things to mothers and women, no, actually, I think it's probably more than in England, they say things to women , and there are a lot of crimes against women. It's really delicious. If anything, calling a prostitute a woman is an insult , well, you know . English is also used, and I think there are a lot of crimes like that, but now we're talking about extreme cases and a lot of insults, but I think Japanese is actually a language where words of gratitude and apology are naturally incorporated into everyday life, like starting a conversation with "I'm sorry, but," or "Excuse me, but," or when entering, "Excuse me for intruding," or "It's nothing special," and it's like there's a sense of gratitude and politeness even during the ceremony, but there's also a feeling of apologizing, a humble attitude. That's why the Japanese approach things from the bottom up, not from the top down. So, I've always wondered how Japanese people interact with Napa, because in Japan, you generally use polite language with strangers, right? Yeah. Well, I wonder which one would be more effective. Nick says it in English, right? You know, like, it's better to go from really high up. Yes, yes, yes. I just can't understand it at all. Even though I'm a senior, I'm 100% sure that even though I'm a really good senior, I don't look very good. He's short too, but he's 100% accurate, and he goes from really low down, sometimes even bowing down , so even 100 hits is 100% impossible from a meat perspective, and I don't think that would work overseas. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So, I guess that year in Japanese had a really strong impact on society. Yeah. That's why, for example, when someone from overseas tries to communicate using the same values ​​and foreign values, it can be difficult to get along with them. Also, why is it that when foreigners come to Japan, they end up looking more like Japanese people? Do you understand why they study Japanese so much? I think there's a difference between those who study and those who don't . No, no, no. Oh, sorry. Those who studied and those who didn't. No, no, it really made me want to cry It really made me want to cry . Well , well, this is what it comes down to. Therefore, the understanding of Japanese culture is completely different between someone who studies Japanese and someone who hasn't studied Japanese at all. They're completely different. I think there's a difference. When I was a university student, I studied Japanese studies (not Japanese language), and there were a lot of elderly white professors who couldn't speak Japanese and taught about Japanese culture. Now, I often wonder if they really understood it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I agree . Yeah. I think that studying Japanese can significantly change a person's character and personality. Ever since I was in India, I've always felt like I'm being overly polite when I talk on the phone, just saying "yes, yes, yes." Oh, I understand. I've never been to Japan, but I think if you mix with the seeds you'll turn red, that's probably true, actually, if you're aiming for the position now I'm probably saying something that's not really good, but it's okay, it's okay, I'm sorry, but could you just die? I'm sorry, but if you hang out with bad people, you'll be influenced by them too, I think the same effect is on your face, I've heard that before. Well, in Japan, it's like calling it "rui" or "shikyu." But I feel like it's a little different. It's like people similar to yourself naturally gravitate towards you. But if you get involved in it, you gradually become that kind of person yourself. But if you don't understand the language, even if you're physically in that environment, you won't really get it, and you won't know what's going on. Ultimately, language and culture are deeply intertwined. For example, even with the same English language, and I often say this, if an American watches Japanese comedy, they won't understand what's funny about it. It's the same English, though. Is that a general statement, not about you or anything like that? Ameri tends to think that way too easily. I'm just an ordinary person. He's not an ordinary person. yes. Um, so, it's from England, sorry, listen to me . You can't laugh at it unless you understand British culture and the jokes. So, Britain has a lot of really amazing, witty communities, but that means even if you understand English, you can't really laugh. Yeah. So, language and culture are really intertwined, or rather, they're very deeply connected, so if you don't understand the language, you can't deeply understand the culture . It's not possible. It's not possible. Yeah. I think that's true . Huh? What's that, "witty"? Whoosh. Yeah. Uh, ah, in Japanese, ah, so England flew away. Isn't America Outney Hues? Well, the problem in the Netherlands right now is that, of course, the Netherlands isn't an English-speaking country. There are more English speakers. What is the Dutch language? Yeah. Then they said, "Sorry, could you please speak in English?" and that really annoyed me. Yeah. Yeah. A Dutch person said to me, " Oh, speak in English." I was working at a hotel reception and I had a Dutch friend with me. My Dutch friend spoke to me in Dutch, and they were like, "Oh, speak in English." No, no, this is a problem in the Netherlands. I heard from my friend that people working in various shops don't understand Dutch. But I also went shopping alone in the Netherlands, and I can't speak Dutch, but it's okay. I can speak English, so I said, " Thank you, Dutch." I think I'll just remember that and go out. They said I could do it in English. No, seriously, I've been to Amsterdam about 10 times, and it's just so Amsterdam-like. Amsterdam, you do n't know such a cool way to say it? Because it's 2. yes. This is AMS2. I've said this many times, but seriously, I think they're even better at English than the locals. No matter where you go, no matter what shop you go to, even the grandmas are all fluent in English, so I do n't feel any resistance at all, and it's pretty much different depending on the country, like they're like "Fly France" or something. But it's good, it's good, it's good, but seriously everyone is good at it in the Netherlands match, yeah, the Netherlands itself is a bit similar, isn't it? It's like a mix of German and English. Yeah. I often hear Germans say "Dutch baby German" in German. The culture of San Da will probably disappear from now on. So everyone's speaking English, what are we going to do? What if Shibuya becomes English only? What if Shibuya becomes English only? I do n't know. I'll keep speaking Japanese so I'll be the only one who really learns and they'll call me Ra. Ah, but as a Japanese person, I mean, my Japan has always been a place where only Japanese was spoken since I was little, and places like Milkau were only Japanese, but now it's an environment where there are only foreigners and everyone only speaks English, how would that feel as a Japanese person? Hmm. Ah, I'm not getting close to them at all. Yeah. Ah, that's nice. It's not that I'm not going to be supportive, but rather that I don't feel sad about it. Ah , I see. Ah, I see. Ah, when a foreigner speaks it, it's fine because they're a foreigner, but when a Japanese person starts speaking it, you think, "No, no, no, no, you should stop speaking English," right? In that sense, if we're talking seriously, what grade do you start in when it comes to education? I started learning English when I entered junior high school. Oh, that's right, you start in elementary school? I mean, it starts in the lower grades, right? I think it used to start in junior high school, but now it starts in the 5th grade of elementary school, and you start in the 5th or 6th grade, and then it starts in the 34th grade, I think it starts even earlier. I don't really like that, you know. Yeah. I was forced to study English when I was little, even though I was only six years old and couldn't even read or write Japanese yet. I hated French because I was forced to study it for so many years as part of compulsory education, and I still can't speak it at all. But I learned Japanese in a really short time and I love it. So I think it's a bit wrong to force young people to study it like that. No, that method is the biggest waste because it's for everyone who hasn't mastered it despite studying since elementary school. oh yeah . And the reason for that is that studying is ineffective, especially for children, so at first they probably agree, well, I think they would probably prefer to watch their favorite programs for an hour or two a day, for example, those elementary school students. I agree . So, the question of what age to start learning and how to teach it are separate issues. My Japanese friend who can talk about art fluently mostly watches movies like Flower Montana and Harry Potter. Many people learned that way, and I've never seen a single person who became fluent in English just by reading textbooks all the time . yes. Yeah, recently we've been appearing together on Sunao's YouTube channel, and it's turned into a pretty nice love story, and the English meaning is something like " like to cook". What's the difference between "I like cooking" and "I like cooking" ? I'm not denying what Sura says at all, and I'm always with him, and George says, no, actually, this, this, this, but the reason I say we're the same is that you don't have to think about it in such detail, just think of us as the same for now, so just listen to lots of pictures, you know . It's like trying to understand everything even though you can't really speak. That's not good. Yes. Also, oh, but, but if that's the case, you know. I think that might not have been what you intended. Huh? What do you mean? I think that's what you want to know. So , yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. No, no, that's why you're not wrong. Ah, so you should just give the answer. Oh, no, that's wrong. But this isn't for people who can't speak, but for people who can speak. Oh, but this is for people who are still learning, and this is what I feel is most sorry for Japanese people, because right now there are so many English YouTubers and stuff like that . Yeah. Oh, actually, you don't say "than". Well , there are so many incredibly stupid phone calls where it would be rude to even ask "How are you?" Japanese people do that too. Um, Japanese people don't say "Excuse me" (shitsurei shimasu). Hello, Donsei. Donse said something completely different, like "Thank you for your hard work." It's fine if you say "Thank you for your hard work" instead of "Hello." No, that's not right. Sometimes I say or think things like, "It's a different situation." And because of that, people get nervous, and they think, "Oh, it would be rude if I said I was from Hawaii." Oh, so I was wondering what I should make, but nothing came to mind. yes. Well, that's probably just a common negative consequence of social media in Banko. Yeah, you know, if you watch a lot of Netflix or YouTube during the season, you'll know what's coming out each season . Oh, that Hawa is appearing a lot . Because foreigners say that . It's really fun for us to have these discussions, and I want to say that you Japanese people don't have to think about it too. The show is probably that one, right? For advanced players? No, no, this one has a lot of beginners but it's fun, oh, I get it. Something like, you know, those fine details of language . I agree . But that's probably not just about language or language learning anymore, it's about linguistics. yes. So, you know, there are a lot of Japanese people who get perfect scores on English tests and probably have far more English knowledge than me and Mat, but their English is so bad, so what's the point? To put it another way , for example, there's a guy who loves baseball, and he studies physics really hard, and he understands the equations for how a ball rotates and how the wind affects it . If that's possible, then I think Sho Ohtani probably doesn't understand that kind of thing. So the difference lies in whether you approach it as an academic subject or actually do it yourself. Yes, that's right . Well, for now, when it comes to banks, just have fun with them. That's all there is to it, so instead of forcing them to study, just let them play and have fun. Also, if the person themselves enjoys it, they will start doing it on their own. Yes, yes. Actually, we've strayed way too far from the main topic. It's like, maybe it's better not to learn that English. Oh, but, but this story was about how the Japanese language is protected in that way. Ah, but I think a lot of Koreans come here because they can't speak Japanese in Japan. Because it feels like being abroad. yes. So maybe it's better to continue with the current, completely ineffective study methods. Yes, yes, yes. I will protect Japan even more. But if you ask what protects Japan, well, first of all, being an island nation certainly eliminates the language barrier. Moreover, Japanese is definitely one of the top three most difficult languages ​​to learn, and it has words for almost anything. For example, the other day, I wondered what "summer fatigue" is in English. Those words. That's right . Yeah. Yeah. It ends up sounding kind of like a sensation, though. We have to force ourselves to make it. yes. So I think the language barrier is quite thick and high. I think there are very few foreigners who can completely overcome the language barrier of Japanese. I think I've mentioned this before in another video, but strangely enough, it seems like the foreigners who live in Japan the longest and happiest are often the ones who can't speak Japanese. Ah, you know those guys who have been here for 30 or 40 years, their wives are Japanese, they have several kids, but they can't speak Japanese, and they've been living in their own bubble all this time, and their wives probably do everything for them, and at home I think they're really clever, but I wonder if people like that can really say they like Japan. I think they're like Buddhas, just pretending they don't know anything and continuing on. For example, even if they break the rules without realizing it, even if they've lived here for 30 years, they're still playing the foreigner card and can get away with it by saying, "Oh, I don't know anything about that," and if their wives are Japanese, then it's like they've gotten permanent residency without having to work hard at all. Also, I feel like those kinds of people have a surprisingly high divorce rate. Ah, and there are definitely some older kids, so they hand them out, so it's kind of a relaxed feeling, I guess . It's true that there are very few foreigners who are fluent in Japanese. So, among all those foreigners, most of them can't speak Japanese, and I hate to say it, but statistically speaking, the number of people who become happy is probably small, right? Therefore, statistically speaking, foreigners who are happy are more likely to not be able to speak Japanese. But I don't necessarily think that being unable to speak Japanese is what makes me happy. Ah, I guess you could say I'm happy, or rather, I feel like I can do things easily. Yeah. Yeah. But anyway, there are so many people who come to Japan and never learn Japanese, and after a few years they give up and go back home. So I think it's actually a bit unusual. Those kinds of people. That's probably true for most people. Okay , so that's it. But if you don't learn Japanese, you can't properly build bonds with the people around you, you can't understand them, and you'll always have a hard time, so I think everyone gets discouraged and goes home. So , you see, for me, it's the opposite; it's nothing but stress. If I were to go to a different new country and couldn't understand the language at all, it would be incredibly stressful, and I would want to study hard and learn it as quickly as possible. But in Japan, if you can speak the language, it actually means you have to be more careful about protecting certain things. Because you can speak that language, you now have to be able to read the atmosphere, use honorifics and polite language, and even if you could ignore other rules before, now you have to follow all of them. People start looking at you like, "You can speak Japanese, so you must be able to do this too." Yeah. yes. That's why, in the recent clarification of residency status, language proficiency has become quite a requirement, or rather, essential. Yeah. Yeah. If you can't speak Japanese, you can't renew your visa, or you can't even get one in the first place. But it's still really low. Well, that's true to some extent, but it's better to be able to do it to some extent than to be completely unable to do it, because you can't make excuses, and foreigners understand Japanese so they should understand this, so you can't have them saying things like "I don't understand, I don't understand." I agree with that idea, so I'll live in Japan. I haven't studied Japanese to a certain extent. Well, so I think that just because someone can speak the language doesn't necessarily mean they can respect Japan. But as a first step, it's a difficult language, so you have to study it really hard, and there's a certain kind of hesitation about it. You can learn to filter things out a bit more, but in Japan, you can generally do things like praying on the street. The book is quite thin . Oh, well, well, yeah, yeah. Well, there are people who can speak Japanese but still do things like that. of course. Oh, and I agree, it's definitely a pain to memorize all the nuances of Japanese. There are so many kids. I wonder if simply mastering that is enough to make someone a Skul. skill. skill. That's a skill that American kids probably don't have. Yeah. Memorizing so many things is like memorization , or maybe a different kind of memorization, like university-level math or something, I don't really know, but I think it's amazing that they've acquired those skills through that process. It might be nonsense, but I saw a post that said multilingual people can communicate longer than people who only speak one language. Yeah. Well, what I heard was that it can be done in the long term, or rather, I haven't seen any research that says it's difficult to get certified on that day . There's a lot of research going on about that. But yes, there has been some research on this for quite some time, and it seems that if you continue to use bilingual or multiple languages, it becomes more difficult to authenticate as you get older. But even after that, the original research turned out to be correct and it was actually certified, but they were just good at hiding it so that no one would find out. Oh, that's interesting. Yeah. So those languages ​​end up getting mixed up, right? In my mind. The ability to carefully separate those things also comes in handy when it comes to the ability to hide the sun. That's incredibly interesting. Well, we talked about a lot of things today, and, well, I don't know if Japanese has saved Japan, but, well, being able to speak English opens up a lot of opportunities, so of course, of course, so it's fine to learn English, and it's also fine not to learn it. oh yeah . So, if anyone wants to learn, I'm teaching how to do margins, and I've created a course on how to do margins, and I'm also going to start English coaching, so I'll post the official LINE in the description box, so please check it out if you're interested. Also, be sure to check out George's channel, Matt's channel, and Nikhil's channel. Let's meet again. bye bye. bye bye . bye bye . Bye bye. this