{"id":672,"date":"2022-11-14T01:44:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T01:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/?p=672"},"modified":"2022-11-14T22:46:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T22:46:02","slug":"learning-japanese-what-does-dogen-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/learning-japanese-what-does-dogen-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Japanese &#8211; what does D\u014dgen say?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/istockphoto-539233854-612x612-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/istockphoto-539233854-612x612-1.jpg 612w, https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/istockphoto-539233854-612x612-1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hmmm&#8230; before we get started I have a confession &#8211; I don&#8217;t know where the pitch accent is for D\u014dgen&#8230; Oh well &#8211; anyway, let&#8217;s plough ahead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, who is D\u014dgen (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/D%C5%8Dgen\">\u9053\u5143<\/a>)? Well it turns out that he is a 13th century monk who makes humorous Youtube videos in Japanese, mostly making fun of foreigners in Japan, including himself. It is very Zen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are D\u014dgen&#8217;s top tips for learning Japanese<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only ever watch the Japanese dubbed versions of Western films and TV shows.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100% immersion is the only way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Switch your computer and phone OS to Japanese. You&#8217;ll see &#8211; there is no going back. And once you do know how to go back you won&#8217;t have to.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100% immersion is the only way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk to everyone in Japanese &#8211; including other foreigners who are learning Japanese. Including your mother even if she is not learning Japanese.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100% confusion is the only way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mutter to yourself in Japanese.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>100% institutionalisation is the only way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus only on phonetics &#8211; especially pitch accent. Everything else is of secondary importance. You won&#8217;t be able to say anything but at least you will be spared the humiliation of putting the pitch on the wrong syllable of that nothing.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>101% precision is the only way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4aooW1HdV4k\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4aooW1HdV4k<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The MOST effective way to learn Japanese \/ \u6700\u3082\u52b9\u679c\u7684\u306a\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u306e\u52c9\u5f37\u65b9\u6cd5\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4aooW1HdV4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hmmm&#8230; before we get started I have a confession &#8211; I don&#8217;t know where the pitch accent is for D\u014dgen&#8230; Oh well &#8211; anyway, let&#8217;s plough ahead. Firstly, who is D\u014dgen (\u9053\u5143)? Well it turns out that he is a 13th century monk who makes humorous Youtube videos in Japanese, mostly making fun of foreigners<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/learning-japanese-what-does-dogen-say\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Learning Japanese &#8211; what does D\u014dgen say?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,4],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japanese","category-language-learner-profiles","tag-japanese","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.declansoftware.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}