English loan words are ruining Japanese (and not for the reason you think) |
Description: The original footage for this video came from this month's Patreon exclusive Q&A video. Watch the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-q-2nd-45734604 MY LINKS Website: https://refold.la Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/refold/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattvsjapan Statistics referenced: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AA%9E%E7%A8%AE TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Ok so here's the situation 1:14 - Japanese lost its "purity" a loooong time ago 3:03 - The REAL problem with English loan words 6:15 - The battle between katakana and kanji 7:28 - How to do it right: comparison with Chinese 8:41 - Conclusion and the future of Japanese Music: https://youtu.be/ux6icj_qRMc 
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