Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! Chapters: 00:00:00 オープニング (Opening) 00:00:42 今回のテーマ：呪術廻戦 (Today's Topic: Jujutsu Kaisen) 00:01:30 セリフのおさらい（標準語 vs 関西弁）(Dialogue Review (Standard vs. Kansai Dialect)) 0...
Jul 25, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 18
Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! Chapters: 0:00 Opening &Overview of Episode Content・オープニング 1:38 Original Scripts Comparison・オリジナル吹き出しせりふ比較 3:33 Today's lesson part 1 "sōiya" vs "sonaiyūtara"・今日のレ...
Jun 18, 2025•57 min•Ep. 17
Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! Chapters: 0:00 Opening &Overview of Episode Content 1:21 Introducing the Basic Sound Changes: Transformation of "待てと言っている" (mate to itteiru) 2:38 Sound Change Proc...
May 15, 2025•49 min•Ep. 16
Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! Chapters: 0:00 Opening & Series Introduction ・ オープニング＆シリーズ紹介 0:10 Introducing the original manga title (Ranking of Kings) 原作の紹介（王様ランキング） 0:55 Conversation Comparis...
May 08, 2025•36 min•Ep. 15
Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! Chapters: 0:00 Opening & Series Introduction 0:55 Theme Introduction (Ranking of Kings) 1:41 Conversation Comparison (Standard Japanese vs Kansai-ben) 2:57 Lesson ...
May 01, 2025•51 min•Ep. 14
Manga Suki Osaka-ben: Episode 3 Part 3 Summary Kansai-ben Adjective-to-Adverb Conversion: I-Adjective Patterns Na-Adjective Rule: Same as Standard Japanese. Pattern 1 (A-dan Vowel Sound + i → O-dan Vowel Sound + u) Pattern 2 (I-dan Vowel Sound + i → Contracted Sound [Yōon] + u) Pattern 3 (Other Vowel Sounds + i → u) Exception: Adverb Conversion of "ii" (yoi - good) The Hack (Urawaza): Dropping the final "i" Unique Kansai-ben Expression #1: "Ketsu Waru" Unique Kansai-ben Expression #2: "Inu" Chap...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 13
This Podcast continues the series exploring Osaka-ben and Kansai-ben (Osaka and Kansai dialects) through manga dialogue. This episode focuses on the popular manga "Dragon Zakura," comparing standard Japanese lines with their Kansai-ben counterparts and explaining the following main grammar and expression points: - **Kansai-ben "Seyakara / Soyakara" corresponding to "Dakara":** - Also introduces the related expression "soyaka-te / seyaka-te" used for making excuses, corresponding to "datte" (but,...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 12
Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! 0:00 Opening 01:48 manga title bubble dialogue 04:20 contents 1 / Sentence-Ending Expressions vs Ending Particles 06:45 Ending Particles “ね", "よ", and "だ” in Osaka-Kan...
Apr 10, 2025•48 min•Ep. 11
Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! 0:00 Opening 2:07 Episode's Contents 1 - "te-form+n nen"・"〜てんねん/〜ten nen", "〜でんねん/〜den nen" 11:59 Episode's Contents 1 Exercise drills 18:21 Episode's Contents 2 - "〜か...
Apr 03, 2025•37 min•Ep. 10
Hey there! Wanna dive into the fun world of Osaka-ben? "Manga Suki Osaka-ben" takes your favorite manga and flips the speech bubbles into awesome Osaka dialect! Catch our bite-sized videos on various social media and YouTube Shorts. Plus, we've got full breakdowns on YouTube and our podcast. Let's make language learning super fun! 0:00 Opening 5:41 Osaka-ben vs. Kansai-ben 9:47 Episode's Bubble Dialogue 11:35 Episode's Contents 1 "〜やん・~yan" 23:34 Episode's Contents 2 "いてる - おる・iteru - oru (exist...
Mar 28, 2025•38 min•Ep. 9
What are the differences between a typhoon and a hurricane? Is it only the location? Here, Junji will discuss what he has learned about differences between the two similar natural phenomenons. Also, we will discuss our experiences with natural disasters in both America and Japan. For those living in, or planning to live in Japan, this is a must listen!
Sep 30, 2021•35 min•Ep. 8
Teppei was raised in America. Living in Japan was a totally new experience, even though he is Japanese-American. Here, Teppei will explain 7 different ways his life has changed living in Japan. **7 Ways Living in Japan Changed Me** 1. My American-ego went down. 2. I’m more minimalistic and efficient. 3. I now realize the American health system is too expensive. 4. I now know what “humidity” is 5. I’m now a trash expert. 6. I learned good posture. 7. I’m now used to earthquakes....
Sep 30, 2021•33 min•Ep. 7
An episode about English phrases that are difficult for Japanese students to grasp. "in" and "on" are two words which native English speakers never get confused when to use. However, it is difficult for Japanese students to use them at the appropriate times. Is it "stay in line" or "stay on line?" In time or on time? How about combinations of "on + to" and "in+to?" If you are an English speaker, how would you explain this to English learners?
Sep 30, 2021•30 min•Ep. 6
This is a continuation from the previous episode about explaining basic greetings. Today we'll be focusing on Japanese greetings "at the workplace," such as: お先に失礼します お疲れ様です ご苦労様です いつもお世話になっております。 先日はたいへんお世話になりました。 お邪魔します（sorry to disturb you） 失礼します。 お手数をおかけしますが、
Sep 30, 2021•38 min•Ep. 5
How would you translate Japanese Greetings into English? In this episode, we will discuss our take on how to say basic greetings in English. よろしくおねがいします。 お元気ですか おかげさまで ごきげんいかがですか。 おはようございます。 こんにちは、こんばんは
Aug 20, 2021•37 min•Ep. 4
music by: Tokyo Steps Trio (Hiro Okazaki (gt), Chihiro Watanabe (Ba), Teppei Yanagihara (Dr))
Jul 17, 2021•30 min•Ep. 3
Here is the audio script for episode 1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y05j5ZHF3UY6oIm-pCH8COqMsdQ1ES1lIV3VM80RNBc/edit?usp=sharing music by: Tokyo Steps Trio (Hiro Okazaki (gt), Chihiro Watanabe (Ba), Teppei Yanagihara (Dr))
Jun 24, 2021•31 min•Ep. 1
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y7MfXynr3T5EUB_S_0mEskt1drzk73WUPELbLStzOlI/edit?usp=sharing music by: Tokyo Steps Trio (Hiro Okazaki (gt), Chihiro Watanabe (Ba), Teppei Yanagihara (Dr))
Jun 24, 2021•32 min•Ep. 2
