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I've been studying Japanese for about 6 months now and I've come across countless learning resources in that time. I can say, with certainty, Misa's videos have helped me improve than anything else I've come across.

Misa's ability to create effective lessons to teach grammar points is truly amazing. There is no resource I've found that goes as thoroughly into a topic to help a learner fully understand a grammar point as Misa's lessons. Teaching the grammar point, providing relevant cultural insights on its use cases, and giving an incredible number of examples makes for a lesson that you can leave feeling confident on whatever subject was discussed.

The amount of detail and effort evident in every lesson is incredible. The subtitles with color coding and kanji/kana visibly color matching their corresponding translation helps make sentence structure very easy to follow so the grammar point being discussed isn't obfuscated by other, potentially unknown, elements of the sentence being discussed which is really helpful in the event that a viewer hasn't watched every prior lesson.

In my opinion, the most valuable component of the lessons is the abundant example sentences with only slight variations from the prior example that linearly expand the topic being examined while also reinforcing/building vocabulary and giving listening exposure.

Sitting down and memorizing different verb forms/conjugations is helpful for writing but, for me at least, it doesn't help with listening comprehension at all. What has helped, more than anything, was the video series earlier on that explained how the forms are derived but then gave a tremendous number of examples/samples. This same format carries through in newer grammar focused lessons as well. Hearing pitch and variation while learning the new words/forms has done more for me than just about anything else I've encountered.

I wish I knew of a better way to share this as a review or something similar to bring more of those folks learning Japanese to this wonderful resource.

In all, truly invaluable work, Misa. Thank you for all you have done for the Japanese learning community as a whole, and for the impact you've had on my journey.

本当に、本当に、本当にありがとうございます。

7:36 I should have eaten = tabeta houga yokatta yo/desu yo
8:34 I should have done something = use "eba" yokatta (change last "u" to "eba" then add yokatta
9:09 I should have gone = ikeba yokatta
9:24 you can use it about someone else ((oh shame)You should have gone = ikeba yokatta noni )
9:47 noni is used to express frustration, and used with something that should've happened but didn't
10:09 kono pasokon wa takakatta noni sugu kowareta
10:40 ee, tokyou itta no? pokemon senta- ikeba yokatta noni
11:02 itta houga yokatta yo = HARSHER than ikeba yokatta noni because "ta houga" is treated as advice" it's like dissing on your decision
11:41 you should have apologized = ayamatta houga yokatta yo
12:35 you shouldn't = nai infront of houga ii = nai houga ii
15:28 (irregular negation) suru becomes shinai/ kuru becomes konai
16:26 you shouldn't go (there) alone = hitori de ikanai houga ii/yo/desu yo
17:09 you shouldn't look at the cellphone before sleeping/going to bed = neru mae ni keitai o minai houga ii yo
20:49 if you have a fever, you should rest = netsu ga aru nara yasunda houga ii desu yo
23:14 you should ask your teacher if you have a question = shitsumon ga aru nara sensei ni kiita houga ii yo/desu yo
25:30 you should hurry up = isoida houga ii yo/desu yo
26:35 you should take your medicine/tablet = kusuri o nonda houga ii yo/desu yo
27:22 if you have a headache, you should take medicine = atama ga itai nara, kusuri o nonda houga ii yo
28:25 you shouldn't eat too much = tabesuginai houga ii yo/desu yo
28:37 doing more = motto at the beginning
29:08 you should read more books = motto hon o yonda houga ii yo/desu yo
29:18 you should wake up earlier = motto hayaku okita houga ii yo/desu yo

It's so interesting to notice that she has two voice tones, depending on the language she's talking in :D
Great video, as always!

24:49 Misa sensei is proud of me 🥺

Really glad you explained why it was -なら and not -たら at 21:27, would have left me confused if you hadnt, thanks for the lesson!

I’m a Chinese in studying Japanese. My English is not very well. Your class is much more understandable and useful than many Japanese classes in Chinese teaching.

Yay! Misa-Sensei was proud of me today! :D

I love that you explain the higher order tone behind each expression, like how saying 行ったほうがよかったよ can make you sound critical about the other person's choice.

I want to be Misa sensei's disciple🙇✨いつも素晴らしい先生！

ok, as a french student that just passed the N5 test, that goes really beyond N5 level (N5 covers より~のほうが~ only). Still, this was a wonderful lesson excellent content, really loved it. Thanks Misa先生

Not skipping ads, this is the only way ia pay you misa sensei

What makes Misa's lessons the very best of all is that there is so much extra in each video. This one, for instance, although focused on the 'should have' form, also explains when and how this combines with the really difficult tara / eba / nara ways of saying 'if'. This is perfect revision for me. I love it! Thank you Misa!

Everybody should watch Misa's videos!

Misa + Miku (from real Japanese) = Ultimate Japanese Teacher🌈🌈💎💖



Learn Japanese in a month........
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...Also thank you very much Misa , your the best Japanese Teacher I've ever seen you explain things very clearly.😊🤗  Im going to take Jlpt exam at  July,  wish me Luck 🤗😁🌠

ミサーせんさいはすごいいとおもいます！ほんとうにありがとうございます

"You should buy new socks" sounds really funny wwww

Aaaaa! 本当に本当に本当にありがとう！！！ I've been needing this particular lesson for months now; I remember the night I searched through all of your videos because I was sure you had made a video on this already and the sadness I felt when I couldn't find it T_T For some reason, this bit of grammar is really hard for me to remember, and I get it mixed up with "to have to" very often ^-^

Edit: Also! お誕生日おめでとうございます！

¡Feliz Cumpleaños Misa!

For me is Misa for japanese grammar and Matt vs japan for methods and tools, I think with the knowledge of these two channels one can learn a lot. Thanks for the videos we are very grateful!

This is so far the most clear japanese language tutorial. Thank you sensei!!!