🇯🇵Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!🏐ハイキューで学ぶ日本語

Episodes

1. 49

   What are 💖"Crush Acne" & 💔"Heartbreak Acne"...? Tendou vs Tsukki's Concept Battle -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

   Sorry, I'm going to take a few weeks of a break! 🙏 Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu *On Twitter you can find all the written explanations for the topics covered on the podcast! Discord: https://discord.gg/Xqf6FKVPca

   Apr 9, 2021

   17 min
2. 48

   What's in 🌿"Aoba Jōsai" and "Seijoh"? How Hinata "Moved" Atsumu (and me) -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Apr 6, 2021

   16 min
3. 47

   😏Sarcasm in Japanese, "Zion" as a Japanese Name? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Apr 1, 2021

   17 min
4. 46

   Kita's 👑Legendary Speech on "Geniuses", Ukai, the "Crow Breeder"? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Mar 30, 2021

   16 min
5. 45

   Kenma's Quote on the "💪'Doable' Ceiling", Metric System in Japan🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Mar 26, 2021

   17 min
6. 44

   🤔Using "Ga" or "Wa" Can Cause You Trouble?? Miya Twins Arguing on "Happy Death" -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Mar 23, 2021

   15 min
7. 43

   Sachirō's 👼"God-Tier" Name, Writing Verbs with Katakana is "Unsafe"?? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Mar 19, 2021

   17 min
8. 42

   ✨Beauty of the Particle "Wa", What's in the Name of En'noshita? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Mar 17, 2021

   15 min
9. 41

   What's 🤔"Skillful Poor"? The Uses of "Tsui" -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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   Mar 15, 2021

   16 min
10. 40

    How Kenma is 🙅NOT "Toxic", "Read-the-Air" Culture in Japan -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Mar 12, 2021

    16 min
11. 39

    ❗❓ ← Can You "Read" This in Japanese? Kita's "Muscles" Quote -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Mar 10, 2021

    16 min
12. 38

    "You're 💪Invincible as Long as...", Sugawara's "Normie" Sentence-Ender -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Mar 8, 2021

    15 min
13. 37

    Japanese People's Favorite Verb 💃🏻"Mau", Ukai's Quote on "Serves to Score"-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Mar 5, 2021

    14 min
14. 36

    Tanaka's 🔥Inspiring Motto, Phrases for Making Offers and Requests-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Mar 3, 2021

    15 min
15. 35

    Is 🤷"Shōganai" a Positive Word? Where Did "Mad Dog" Come from?-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Mar 1, 2021

    14 min
16. 34

    How We Keep Saying 😂"Yabai" ALL the Time, Suga's Quote on Hinata -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Feb 26, 2021

    15 min
17. 33

    😎Oikawa's Quote on Over-Consciousness, How Japanese Keep Using "Kami" -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Feb 24, 2021

    15 min
18. 32

    Kuroo's "Time for a Feast!"😆, Proverbs Using 👹"Oni"-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Feb 22, 2021

    15 min
19. 31

    Breaking Down Hoshiumi's 💫Shiny Name, "Synchronized" in Japanese? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

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    Feb 19, 2021

    15 min
20. 30

    Kenma is a Secret 🦊Fox Rep??, Subtle Nuances in Japanese Particles -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu Discord: https://discord.gg/Xqf6FKVPca 【What's in the Name】 孤爪研磨（こづめけんま Kozume Kenma） -孤（こ）：loneliness Pleading face *could be tweaked from 狐 (fox) bc Nekoma players rep various animal…

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    Feb 17, 2021

    18 min
21. 29

    😾Mad Kenma Using "Nakama" Makes You 😭Cry, "Bob Cut" and "Man Bun" in Japanese -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu Discord: https://discord.gg/Xqf6FKVPca 【That Funny Moment】 Exhausted banana-eating Kenma getting mad Kenma uses the word 仲間（なかま）here, which is used to call "a group of people who share the...

    Feb 15, 2021

    15 min
22. 28

    Origin of "🍖Oniku-niku-niku~"♪, Useful(?) Idioms Using "Noru" -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu Discord: https://discord.gg/Xqf6FKVPca 【Today's Quote】 選択肢が増えるってわかってて やんないなんてつまんねえよ It's not an exciting idea to not even try, knowing it'll give me more options. --Nishinoya 【Quiz】Level…

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    Feb 12, 2021

    16 min
23. 27

    Daichi with the 🌏"Earth" Symbolism, Fukunaga's "Dad Jokes" -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu Discord: https://discord.gg/Xqf6FKVPca 【Today's Quote】 "100点（てん）の1点（てん）"だな!!! That was the "one point worth a hundred points"!!! --Hinata 【What's in the Name】 澤村大地（さわむらだいち Sawamura Daichi）...

    Feb 10, 2021

    14 min
24. 26

    Changing School Uniforms👨‍🎓👩‍🎓in Japan, Is "Gaikokujin" NOT Okay to Use? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu Discord: https://discord.gg/Xqf6FKVPca 【Today's Quote】 今（いま）この瞬間（しゅんかん）も「バレーボール」だ Right now, this very moment is your "volleyball". How is this line so simple and yet giving me chills and…

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    Feb 8, 2021

    17 min
25. 25

    How to Say 😨"Nervous/Worried", Being Left-handed in Japan -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu Discord: https://discord.gg/Xqf6FKVPca 【Today's Vocabs】 緊張（きんちょう）：nervousness 不安（ふあん）：anxiety 心配（しんぱい）：worry プレッシャー：pressure 小心者（しょうしんもの）：coward, someone who easily gets nervous...

    Feb 5, 2021

    17 min
26. 24

    How to Say "I'm 😖Hungry/Full😋" in Japanese, Tanaka Siblings' Name Breakdown-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【What's in the Name】 田中龍之介（たなかりゅうのすけ Tanaka Ryūnosuke） -田中：4th most common surname in Japan *means "in the ricefield" -龍（りゅう）：dragon *known as the tiger's rival in legends -之介（のすけ）：used for...

    Feb 3, 2021

    15 min
27. 23

    Bokuto Reps... 🐰"Rabbit"? "Haikyuu" and Similar Words -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【What's in the Name】 木兎光太郎（ぼくとこうたろう Bokuto Kōtarō） -木兎 is originally written as 木菟, which reads ミミズク and means "horned owl" *兎 is a simplified ver of 菟 *木兎 literally means "wooden rabbit"...

    Feb 1, 2021

    18 min
28. 22

    😺🐯Kenma-Tora's Dynamics, Learn How Teens Greet in Japanese! -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Today's Quote】 一番（いちばん）沢山（たくさん）点（てん）をもぎ獲（と）った奴（やつ）がエースだろ 単純（たんじゅん） Whoever got the most scores in any way is gonna be the ace. It's just so simple. --Lev 【That Funny Moment】 🐯You can call...

    Jan 29, 2021

    16 min
29. 21

    Atsumu 😣Embarrassed with HIs Failed Joke, What Does MSBY Mean?-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Today's Quote】 チームワークが“ハマる”瞬間（しゅんかん）てのは多分（たぶん）お前（まえ）が思（おも）ってるよりずっときもちいいぞ The moment the teamwork "clicks", I bet you'll find it way more satisfying than you might be thinking. --Kuroo…

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    Jan 27, 2021

    16 min
30. 20

    Different Ways to Say 🥰"Friends", What is Nikuman?-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Quote】 まだ負けてないよ (We haven't lost yet, you know) -まだ：still, yet -負けていない→負ける(to lose) + ている(have) + ない(not)→have not lost (yet) -よ：adds the sense of "reminding of the fact" 【Today's Vocabs】...

    Jan 25, 2021

    16 min
31. 19

    Sarcasm in 👑"King on the Court", Symbolisms in " ⛩️Miya Atsumu"-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Today's Quote】 何（なに）かを始（はじ）めるのに”揺（ゆ）るぎない意志（いし）”とか”崇高（すうこう）な動機（どうき）”なんて無（な）くていい You don't need "an unrelenting will" or "noble motives" to start something. --Shimizu 【Quiz】 Which of the...

    Jan 22, 2021

    21 min
32. 18

    Kageyama's "Threatening"😨 Trust, "Dying of Coolness Overdose"? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Summary】 -In the original manga, the "threat of trust" was expressed as 「脅迫（しんらい）」*しんらい as furigana -脅迫 is supposed to read きょうはく and means "threat", but instead furigana says しんらい, or...

    Jan 20, 2021

    16 min
33. 17

    HQ Being Free✨ of "Feminine/Masculine" Speech, How to Count Volleyball Serves-🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Summary】 -"Feminine speech": ending sentences with 〜わ/わよ/のよ etc. (NOT used in real life) -"Young masculine speech": ending sentences with 〜ぜ/だろ/よな etc. (NOT used in real life) -How to…

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    Jan 18, 2021

    24 min
34. 16

    Suna Has "Fake" Kansai Accent?😲So Much Symbolism in 🐈‍⬛Kuroo's Name -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Summary】 -負けたくないこと→負け("to lose")+たく("to want to")+ない("don't")+こと(nominalizer): to not want to lose/that you don't want to lose -Symbolism in 黒尾鉄朗's 鉄(iron): included a lot in "blood",...

    Jan 15, 2021

    19 min
35. 15

    👁👄👁 How Strict is the "Polite Speech Rule"? What is Kenma's "Makezu-Girai"? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Summary】 -あざーす is regarded as "polite" whereas ありがとう is "too casual" lol *just at school -❎ "You need to use polite speech to be respectful" ✅"You need to use polite speech NOT to be...

    Jan 13, 2021

    20 min
36. 14

    "Nice Kill" in Kansai Dialect😆, What is "Jockish Polite Speech"? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Summary】 -持っていく：持つ ＋ 行く→to carry (something to another place) -もしも〜たら：if (something happens) ever -Kansai Dialect has very different intonations compared to Standard Japanese -Using っす...

    Jan 9, 2021

    21 min
37. 13

    What is "Orikousan"?, 👮How do Japanese people view the police? -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Summary】 -京（きょう、けい、きん）means "capital" -皆（みんな）：everyone (usually doesn't include the speaker) -だから at the end of a sentence can have different implications according to the context…

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    Jan 8, 2021

    21 min
38. 12

    Tendou's "Baki-Baki Song" 💔 , Ukai Coach's Legendary "Heads-up" -🏐Learn Japanese with Haikyuu!!

    Hello Haikyuu!! homies😎 Join me learning Japanese with the sports manga/anime masterpiece! Twitter: https://twitter.com/WithHaikyuu 【Summary】 -武田一鉄（たけだいってつ）is a reference to the legendary actor, 武田鉄矢（たけだてつや） -武田 is a very common family name -一鉄 literally means "first iron", sounds very masculine...

    Jan 7, 2021

    20 min
39. 11

    ⚠Another State of Emergency?, What is Hatsuuri and Fukubukuro? 🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese

    【Today's Vocabs】 初（はつ/しょ）〜：first ~ (prefix) Eg. 初日（しょにち, first day）, 初登場（はつとうじょう, first appearance） 福（ふく）：good luck, fortune 福引き（ふくびき）：lottery

    Jan 2, 2021

    17 min
40. 10

    ☠Mochi: the DEADLY Traditional Food, Arashi Are Now in Hiatus 🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese

    Various Mochi Foods *Please directly image-search them to see what they are like! ・餅（もち） ・お雑煮（おぞうに） ・焼き餅（やきもち） ・ぜんざい ・おしるこ ・鏡餅（かがみもち） Follow me! https://twitter.com/japan_talking

    Jan 2, 2021

    12 min
41. 9

    🎍Religions Practices in Oshogatsu? , New Decarbonization Technologies 🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese

    *The discussion about religions is completely my opinion. Please feel free to correct me my understanding is clearly wrong! 【Today's Vocabs】 寺（てら）：temple 神社（じんじゃ）：shrines 仏教（ぶっきょう）：Buddhism 神道（しんとう）：Shintoism 参拝（さんぱい）：visit to a temple/shrine Follow me! https://twitter.com/japan_talking

    Jan 1, 2021

    15 min
42. 8

    LiSA Receives Grand Prix🏆Award, Excited for Cells at Work! 🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese

    【Today's Vocabs】 賞（しょう）：award 受賞（じゅしょう）する：be awarded, receive an award 授賞（じゅしょう）する：award, give an award *same pronunciation but watch the kanji! 大賞（たいしょう）: grand prix 受賞者（じゅしょうしゃ）：awardee, recipient Follow me! https://twitter.com/japan_talking

    Dec 31, 2020

    12 min
43. 7

    📈Nikkei Hits 30yrs' Highest, Seven Eleven's Innovative Onigiri? 🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese

    【Today's Vocabs】 産業（さんぎょう）：industry Eg. 自動車産業（じどうしゃさんぎょう）：automotive industry 雇用（こよう）：employment 転換（てんかん）：conversion, switching up Follow me! https://twitter.com/japan_talking

    Dec 30, 2020

    10 min
44. 6

    👹🗡️Demon Slayer Hits Record High Sales, Not-So-Lively Oshogatsu is Coming 🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese Dec 29

    【Today's Vocabs】 記録（きろく）：record (noun) →記録する：to record 歴代（れきだい）：ever in history (usually used as an adjective) 達成（たっせい）：achievement →達成する：to achieve

    Dec 29, 2020

    9 min
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    🏪Let's Pronounce and Abbreviate The Combini Names in Japanese! -🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese #24

    Today's Vocabulary: セブンイレブン (sebun'irebun): Seven Eleven →セブン (sebun)、セブイレ (sebuire) ファミリーマート (famirīmāto): Family Mart →ファミマ (famima) ローソン (rōson) スターバックス (sutābakkusu): Starbucks →スタバ (sutaba) マクドナルド (makudonarudo): McDonald's →マック (makku) (East Japan)、マクド (makudo) (West Japan)

    Sep 3, 2020

    10 min
46. 4

    PM Abe to resign😷 Three words to refer to "Prime Minister"? -🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese #23

    Today's Vocabulary: 首相 (shu-shō): prime minister (in general) 大統領 (dai-tō-ryō): president 内閣総理大臣 (nai-kaku-sō-ri-dai-jin): the Japanese prime minister (official title) 総理 (sō-ri): the Japanese prime minister (in short) 総裁 (sō-sai): party's leader 自民党 (ji-min-tō): the Liberal Democratic Party 辞任...

    Aug 29, 2020

    7 min
47. 3

    Today's Word: 縦割り (tate-wa-ri, sectionalism) -🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese #21

    Today's sentence: 私たちは縦割り組織の問題に対処する必要がある。 We need to deal with the problem of the organization sectionalism. 組織 (so-shiki): organization, team 問題 (mon-dai): problem, issue 〜に対処する (tai-sho-suru): to deal with ~, to handle ~ 必要がある (hitshu-you-gaaru): need to do If you're interested in Japanese news...

    Aug 24, 2020

    7 min
48. 2

    Startup boom in Japan: is it worth the hype?🤔 -🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese #19

    Today’s sentence: 私たちは投資家から1億円の資本金調達に成功した。 We succeeded in raising the capital of 100 million yen from investors. Vocabulary: 投資 (tou-shi): investment 投資家 (tou-shi-ka): investor 資本 (shi-hon): capital 資本金 (shi-hon-kin): monetary capital 調達 (chou-tatsu): fundraising, procuring something 成功…

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    Aug 17, 2020

    16 min
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    💵Hanzawa Naoki and salarymen in distress, Breakdown of "bai-gaeshi da!" -🇯🇵Japanese English Teacher Talking Japan and Japanese #18

    やられたらやり返す、倍返しだ (yarare-tara yari-kaesu, bai-gaeshi da) If I’m attacked, I’ll counter-attack. I’ll return it in double (It's double-returning). やる: to do (casual), to attack たら: if (conjunction, attached to the verb) 返す: to return →やり返す: to counter-attack 倍: double (noun) 返し: returning (the noun...

    Aug 13, 2020

    22 min