Name: How Much Japanese Can You Learn in a Day?
Uploaded: 2020-05-02T18:26:02.000Z
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For a day I'll try to teach you as much Japanese vocabulary as you can.

- That's Pocari Sweat. - Is that not water?

Good morning guys and welcome back to Journey Across Japan.

We're leaving Honshu Island, mainland Japan.

Today we cross over into Kyushu, the last island of our journey,

I feel like this is a pretty big deal today.

Yamaguchi is at the southern tip of Honshu, and I'm right by

the Tenmangu Shrine, one of the most glamorous shrines in the entire prefecture.

The Tenmangu Shrine is dedicated to the God of study.

So you actually see students coming up here to pray

Given that in the UK, instead of praying for good fortune in exams,

we're basically just down a can of Redbull and hope for the best.

So for those who don't know, Ellen is my university friend.

She's travelling around Japan for a week or two,

and I'm her tour guide for the next four or five days.

And she's fromCambridge, which means she's really smart.

Oh, wait, you didn't go to Cambridge University.

I went to the same uni as you did. -Oh yeah.

- Woah, what is amazake? - I'm not entirely sure.

- Amazake is basically a sweetened sake drink.

It's like the leftover rice from making sake.

Which is good because you can't drink alcohol and cycle in Japan, unfortunately.

So, these are challenges you guys have sent in.

- Umm, about three words. - What are they?

Throughout the day, I'll teach you like 10, 20, 30 words.

I love it when it gradually up, and then 30. - Yeah.

And then at the end of the day, we'll test you and see what you can remember.

Since we're at a shrine right now, might as well teach the word for shrine.

- Yeah ok, go. - The word for shrine is 'jinja'.

- Jinja. - How are you gonna remember that?

Well it, I thought this tasted like ginger. - Right.

- Now, let's go on a bicycle. But what's bicycle in Japanese?

On our journey today, we'll come face to face with the most

flammable looking bridge you'll ever see, tunnel our way into Kyushu on foot,

and see if wasabi ice cream is actually edible.

We'll also be introducing Japanese words throughout the day.

So be sure to pay attention to see if you can pass the test

And who knows maybe you'll win the grand prize, which is nothing.

Take two - teaching Ellen how to say bike.

The word for bike in Japanese is 'jitensha'.

- 'Ikimashou'. - Em, you gotta do, with the excitement,

- You wanna know the words for left and right?

With that in mind, do you want to take the next hidari?

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