Japanese words Americans use (and don't understand) Part 1

Hello everybody! Okay for you Americans and English speakers around the world, I know you use some of these Japanese words ALL THE TIME! As a Japanese, I'm truly surprised how often these Japanese words are used in English and how common they are! Maybe some of you don't even know that some of these words are Japanese!

Let's see which Japanese words you've been using that you didn't even know were Japanese in the first place!!

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Hello everybody! Today, we're going to be looking at things that are normal for us here in Japan, but maybe not your part of the world! Many things that I thought wasn't special was actually not done in other parts of the world, so I was very surprised to learn about these things! I'm sure there are also some things that are normal in your culture that are not normal in Japan as well! Let's learn some of these differences together!

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Songs Used:

[DJapan]

1:04 Kind of funny how America borrowed a word from Japanese, then Japan stopped using that word and borrowed our word for it instead.

[Anntoenne]

"you guys don't sleep on the sofa, right?"
That husband that made his wife angry : yeah

[hopeless]

"Hentai.. Is an anime.."
Me: *Please not with my full volume-*

[bicyclelife]

The American Futon came from a furniture store in the early 80's to sell traditional Japanese futon, but finding out Americans don't want to sleep on the floor so they added a folding frame. This evolved into the futon sofa thing we have today as the frame became more and more heavy and decorative. They are generally popular with college age kids as they are cheaper than a proper couch, and can be used as a bed if folded flat.

[Synetik]

When America initially adopted the use of futon we put them on bed frames. Probably because sleeping the floor was an odd idea to us. Eventually the bed frames were made to be able shift into couches/sofas to save space. But the futon was still the mattress/pillow thing. Eventually the futon was fully integrated into the couch/bed hybrid and rather than making up a new word we just kept using futon.

[goonbelly]

Meaning of "Bukkake".

In Japan: Person pours sauce on noodles.
In America: Noodles pour sauce on person.

[VaivaPaula]

It never even crossed my mind that karaoke, emoji and cosplay are japanese words.

[calvinhuber]

INTERESTING!!! When I was growing up a HIBACHI was a small barbeque. The grill was made of two plates you heated over charcoal
Their small size (12inches by 8 or 10 inches ) made them convenient for a couple of burgers but the charcoal took forever to heat up!! - great video!!😃
👍

[Faye]

Hentai is actually translated as a pervert, technically is not a weird thing to say, because most of the people or anime watcher thinks that hentai is actually same as p*rn, but is not...

[PianoMeetsMetal]

"Guruupu Leedaa"
"Honcho"
Wait, so they basically swapped words...?

[brandi]

I’m so surprised honcho is Japanese, I always thought it was Spanish. Hahaha Oops!

[rgnyc]

Thank you for this! Regarding "skosh" -- yes, I've heard it my entire life. For example, on many video shoots I've asked a crew person to move a light (or microphone, whatever) over "just a skosh to the left." But it was always pronounced with a long "oh" sound rather than an "ah" sound.

[mskinetik]

Futons in US all fold down flat into a bed so you can sleep on them. So they look like sofas at first, but then you fold them down flat and they turn into a flat bed. Good for space saving. (Like dorm room or small apartments)

[JonahNelson]

That is actually super cool that Japanese and English traded words for 'leader' like that

[twiki]

5:57 - This interpretation of “Hibachi” must truly be American. In Canada, I’ve only ever heard of this described as “Teppanyaki”.

Unusual, considering there are probably far more similarities, than differences–between what Canadians vs Americans might name something.

[TheLovelyAviZone]

Mrs. Eats: "If you hear Koi, you think of-''
Me: "Love?"
Mrs. Eats: "Carp"
Me: "Carp, knew that. I'm so smart"

[soulatte]

Her: Shows Rengoku for a split second
Me: **immediately starts crying**

[jordinkimiora]

mrs eats: *says boke*
my brain: *instantly says "HINATA BOKE"

[onehowl]

Skosh or a little bit is rare now, but when I was younger (I'm 56 now) it was common. It started with the American soldiers who were stationed in Japan and brought the language home. It was common to here, "Would you like some of this?" answered with, " just a skosk". But it was pronounced skosh. Like sk-oh-sh

[ultraflightamerica]

Futon still means the same thing in the US as in Japan; the reason why the Amazon pictures appeared to be sofas is because Americans rarely like sleeping on the floor; so companies produce frames that convert from sofas into beds using futons for the cushions, as a way to not have to find storage solutions for a sleeping arrangement meant mostly for guests.