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Originally Posted by Miyavifan
Ah, ok. Well, it makes why Miyavi uses that term then.
So, omae and kisama are like insulting then or something?
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It just depends on the situation, but anime is fantasy, so a student will say it to his pricipal in anime and that's a good laugh, but a foreigner watching wouldn't know that's totally innappropriate.
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Originally Posted by ChibiOokami86
This is a very interesting topic because I have gone through another medium to learn Japanese, quite frankly, 4 years of college and I still find it difficult to comprehend what they say in anime. I know my listening skills are slow but it could also be me trying to read the subs as well as listen. I'm still trying to find a way to improve my Japanese with a lack of native speakers over here.
I'm surprised to hear that people try to learn Japanese from a show or music because when you start off learning a language you have to learn sentence structure, tense, forms, all the works which usually won't be found in anime or music. I would have to agree though... 'You cannot learn Japanese from scratch from an anime' but you can use it to help you in certain ways...
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That's very normal. You, at least, have a foundation of knowing what is polite and what isn't, so anime is nothing but helpful for listening.