{"id":281,"date":"2025-09-05T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/05\/japanese-teacher-shares-literal-translations-to-english-ex1\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T21:23:00","slug":"japanese-teacher-shares-literal-translations-to-english-ex1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/05\/japanese-teacher-shares-literal-translations-to-english-ex1\/","title":{"rendered":"How Japanese introductions literally translate to English is a wild linguistics lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Studying a language other than your own native tongue is always a trip. Wrapping your head around completely different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/german-is-an-oddly-charming-language-here-s-what-english-sounds-like-with-german-grammar\" target=\"_self\">grammar and syntax rules<\/a>, trying to create sounds your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/parisians-try-to-pronounce-tricky-english-words\" target=\"_blank\">mouth isn&#8217;t used to<\/a>, sometimes learning entirely new alphabets (or characters when there is no alphabet), all just to be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/watch-chinese-staffs-unbridled-delight-when-pentatonix-singer-orders-in-perfect-mandarin\" target=\"_self\">communicate with more of your fellow human beings.<\/a> (Seriously, when are we going to decide on an actual universal language?)<\/p><p>Linguistics is wild, as evidenced by certified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/japan-zero-waste-town\">Japanese<\/a> teacher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/japanesewithhikari\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hikari&#8217;s<\/a> video demonstrating what Japanese introductions would sound like if they were translated literally into English.<\/p><p>One of the first greetings you learn in Japanese is &#8220;hajimemashite,&#8221; which is generally interpreted as &#8220;Nice to meet you,&#8221; or &#8220;How do you do&#8221;\u2014something you say when you meet someone. But the literal meaning of the phrase is &#8220;at the beginning&#8221; or &#8220;first time,&#8221; which of course sounds odd in English. (Similarly to if you were to literally translate &#8220;How&#8217;s it going?&#8221; from English to another language, the understood meaning of &#8220;How are you feeling right now?&#8221; wouldn&#8217;t come through, since the words &#8220;it&#8217; and &#8220;going&#8221; have nothing to do with how you&#8217;re feeling.)<\/p><p>Then there are name introductions, which seem like they should just be straight up names, but aren&#8217;t because of what they mean. &#8220;I&#8217;m Under the Forest.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m Inside the Field.&#8221; Huh? And wait til you see how they share their ages. Watch:<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">        \t\t<div class=\"embed-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-has-aspect-ratio \"> \n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/duf1fDMCfG0\/hqdefault.jpg)\" class=\"rkv-video-placeholder \" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-video-id=\"duf1fDMCfG0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"17\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M16.5 9.75047C16.5006 10.0051 16.4353 10.2556 16.3105 10.4775C16.1856 10.6995 16.0055 10.8853 15.7875 11.017L2.28 19.2802C2.05227 19.4196 1.79144 19.4957 1.52445 19.5007C1.25746 19.5056 0.993989 19.4392 0.76125 19.3083C0.530728 19.1794 0.338696 18.9914 0.204904 18.7637C0.0711107 18.536 0.000385179 18.2768 0 18.0127V1.48828C0.000385179 1.22417 0.0711107 0.964934 0.204904 0.737222C0.338696 0.509511 0.530728 0.321545 0.76125 0.192655C0.993989 0.0617322 1.25746 -0.00468706 1.52445 0.0002572C1.79144 0.00520146 2.05227 0.0813301 2.28 0.220781L15.7875 8.4839C16.0055 8.6156 16.1856 8.80145 16.3105 9.0234C16.4353 9.24534 16.5006 9.49582 16.5 9.75047Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                        <\/p><p>To make things a little clearer, the name &#8220;Under the Forest&#8221; is almost certainly Morishita, a common last name in Japan (Japanese people generally <a href=\"https:\/\/culturalatlas.sbs.com.au\/japanese-culture\/japanese-culture-naming\" target=\"_blank\">introduce themselves by last name<\/a>). The translation &#8220;under the forest&#8221; comes from Chinese characters used in Japanese, Kanji, that most Japanese last names are written in. Morishita is \u68ee\u4e0b in Kanji, with \u68ee (mori) meaning &#8220;forest&#8221; and \u4e0b (shita) meaning &#8220;below&#8221; or &#8220;under.&#8221; &#8220;Inside the Field&#8221; would be the name Tanaka, with a similar explanation, but with different characters.<\/p><p>As far as ages go, that&#8217;s a whole other cultural quirk. In Japan, <a href=\"https:\/\/wattention.com\/understanding-japanese-eras\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">time is separated into imperial eras<\/a> based on whoever the emperor is, and each era has a name. &#8220;Shining harmony 63&#8221; means she was born in 1989, or the 63rd year of the Sh\u014dwa (&#8220;shining harmony&#8221;) era. Moons are months, and days are, well, days.<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-34845.png\" alt=\"Japan, eras, calendar, moons, days, time\" \/><figcaption>Imperial eras of time. Canva Photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p><p>Japan is the only country where Japanese is an official language, but thanks to the tech boom there in the 80s and 90s\u2014and the rise of the popularity of anime worldwide\u2014the Japanese language has seen continually growing interest outside the archipelago nation. According to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Japanese-language\" target=\"_blank\">Brittanica<\/a><\/em>, there are around 127 million Japanese speakers worldwide, with some 1.5 million Japanese immigrants (and their descendants) living in parts of North and South America with &#8220;varying degrees of proficiency in Japanese.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-166.gif\" alt=\"anime, popular anime, sailor moon, watching anime, japanese\" \/><figcaption>sailor moon walking GIF  <a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/gifs\/sailor-moon-walking-xKSxicha7Ppfy\" rel=\"nofollow\">Giphy<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p><p>(Side note: Having studied Japanese myself, I can attest that it&#8217;s a very fun language to learn. The alphabets and Kanji are the hardest parts\u2014the phonetics are consistent and the grammar is quite logical, with far fewer exceptions to the rules than English.)<\/p><p>In addition to videos like this one, Hikari offers Japanese lessons on her YouTube channel, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9DmO30ni5QmWt1U4-jnQrQ\" target=\"_blank\">Japanese with Hikari<\/a><\/em>. You can also sign up for her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.japanesewithhikari.com\/newsletter-1\" target=\"_blank\">newsletter<\/a>, chock full of motivational posts, encouragement, and resources to keep subscribers motivated to learn Japanese.<\/p><p><em>This article originally appeared last year. It has been updated. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;First time! 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