This is my favourite video you guys have made so far.
Kazunori-san wa suteki desu ne
Kazunori-san, your the best

I have a small question about body language. I could be totally off on this, but in the first bow Kazunori-san had a bit of ‘lift’ to his bow: the body gestured, but the eyes remained somewhat level. This is not so for the following rei.

I have heard that it is very difficult for foreigners to master the intrinsic mannerisms of proper bowing: I know that depth, length, and degree of the rei is dependent upon social hierarchies and other factors. When I was learning Thai (タイランド語) I was basically told that I could never get the ‘wai’ right. It was best to opt for a fairly neutral wai for all occasions.

I know considerable allowances will be made to me, as a foreigner. But what’s the best rule for meeting someone who is relatively equal in status: eye contact with bow, or eyes lowered with bow?

i could not open this file up to view..and i have quicktime..any suggestions?

oh, and by the way. . .HAJIMEMASHITE, MINA-SAN. lulu-chan desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

I am happy to be here.

Eran-san

Thank you so much for your quick response,. I do have the most up to date version. Yet, when i play the video there is only audio. no visual.

Is there another way to view it? sorry for the inconvenience.

Hi Mina-san I’m here checking all the videos and they are cool like them I thought that ilove were their first videos but I see you have more but didn’t make that impact like ilove right well then keep it up ok! S_R_C

Ha Ji Me Ma Si Te Yoon desu!
Kazunori sang is KAWAII! It’s amusing to see the beer (?) advertisment with Yon-Sama in the room where Kazunori san was since I am Kan ko Ku Jin.
Thanks for the great video!
Kyonga Yoon

Osko,
Let me see if I can answer this one: In Japanese there are no spacing, but spacing is often used in text books for beginner language students to make the text easier to read. Imagine if they wrote “watashiwakazunoridesu”! It would be very difficult to read. There are furthermore no hyphen in お願い/おねがい, but is sometimes used in romaji for beginner language students to empahsize that the “o” is a prefix.

The main point is: romaji is not official Japanese, thus there are no hard rules on how to use spacing etc. Therefore, don’t worry too much about the romaji spelling. Force yourself to learn and use hiragana instead, and forget about romaji. It’s a bit hard in the beginning, but you will be greatly rewarded.

AHHHHHH!!!! Kazunori!!!!! your too Kawaii lol!! i thought you were an old man too lol your voice sounds alot older than you are like how old are you 17?? lol *gets down on one knee* will you marry me Kazunori-san hehe jk xD