THE KAGAMINE SHOW
(corny theme music) It's the Kagamine woooorrrddd shoooowwwww~
「レン」
Welcome back! Today we're teaching you a lot of easies again, because if you're an anime junkie you probably know this – but, it's good to get through them anyway. Let's run through it fast, Rin, and then we'll get to something more challenging. Tell me all the ways you can think of to say "yes!"
「リン」
Hai! Un! Ee! Yoshi! Wakatta!
「レン」
Thanks Rin, now let's break it down:
(another slideshow from behind pops up)
はい hai – yes affirmative, common and formal
うん un – informal way of yes. I mostly hear this with cutesy girls all genki-like (UN!) or with guys who are saying it softly, for a casual affect (un..) (whatever..)
ええ ee (said ehhh) – a casual but still polite way of saying yes (you can use this while someone is speaking to show you're listening and it's still polite, in fact I recommend it)
よし！yoshi - No, it's not the dinosaur Mario rides, sorry. The "i" in yoshi in this case is silent, so it's really just (YOSHH!) I don't know how to put what this means into words all the way, but it's sort of like a motivator (All right! Is the closest – I can't translate that well). To give an idea though, if someone had just had a really bad experience, and then decided to do something about it, they might get up and say よし！before going to face the issue. It still loosely means yes, but isn't used like the others.
わかった wakatta – this is used so often I had to put it. It means "I understood" (wakarimasu is to understand, and this is past tense) but it's translated as "got it!" or "Understood!"
「レン」
And now, for no. It's good to know how to say yes, but no is of course important too. Rin?
「リン」
Iie! Iya!
「レン」
Thanks Rin – いいえ and いや, iya being very informal. Seems like there's only two ways to say no, right?
「リン」
Yup.
「レン」
WRONG! There's actually hundreds of ways. If you want to decline something, or say 'no, I didn't do that' use the negative ません(masen). For example, yomimasu = to read. So, yomimasen (I didn't read, I don't want to read, no read). If you add か (ka) to the end of it, then you're inviting someone to read with you, so be careful with that.
「レン」
And now – A STARING CONTEST.
(Len stares intently at Rin)
「リン」
Len, you're weirding me out..
「レン」
I'm trying to prove a point, here.
「リン」
Prove it fast before I punch you.
「レン」
OKAY – the point is that extended eye contact is usually awkward, uncomfortable – and even a threat to other. In America, you would just stare at the person who's talking to show your interested, right? Well, staring at a Japanese person like that is really weird. As in, they might even think you're a threat kind of weird. You can look at them of course, but it's polite to look away sometimes, to nod, or to say "uh-huh, yeah, I'm listening" (just say "ee").
ALL RIGHT – I'm getting bored, so let's do this.
(Len holds up a sign with two T's on it)
「リン」
Yay! It's time for our titties of the day.
「レン」
It stands for TIPS and TRICKS $%& damnit!
「リン」
(giggles) Whatever, otouto..
「レン」
Our T's for the day are using "hai" (formal yes) from above. The tip is: don't overuse it! Using hai over and over again will make you sound overly affirmative, overly energetic, ect – sometimes even like a soldier (hai can also mean 'yes sir'). So, if you don't want to sound like that all the time, use different ways of saying 'yes.' There are lots of ways to say yes in english too – all right, okay, yeah, sure, uh-huh, ect.
And speaking of okay, Japanese use OK a lot (in fact, that's a universal thing) or okke おっけ which is the same but in Hiragana.
「レン」
And, looks like we're done for the day. Sign us off, Rin.
「リン」
If our viewers can't say yes or no I'm going to have to #$ %$ their #$#% with a gardening hose.
「レン」
…Thanks, Rin.
(credits)
(GUYS, WE NOW HAVE SPECIAL EFFECTS – EVERYONE'S NAME F**'in SPARKLES. THIS S**T IS RAD. NO HOMO. OKAY MAYBE A LITTLE HOMO.)
Host – Len Kagamine
Co-Host – Rin Kagamine
Director – Lun Yokune
Camera, Effects, and Guy Who Stops Rin From Killing The Audience – KAITO
Groupies – Luka Megurine, Miku Hatsune, and MEIKO
Executive Producer – Gakupo
Tickets and Admission – Haku
Words – 7
Hai, un, ee, yoshi, wakatta – Yes (loosely)
Iie, iya – No (iya is more like 'quit it!' or 'GET THE F*** AWAY FROM ME!)