How the chill cat became even more chill : with her accent

@LaplusVi2

3 жыл бұрын

Okayu used Natural Accent It was super effective Viewer fainted

@heath9526

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaplusVi2 Viewer died. Litteraly.

@Melowee

3 жыл бұрын

@Selephim Long time no see

@biji_honi

3 жыл бұрын

@@heath9526 no they don't, but sure they're chilling

@Selephim

3 жыл бұрын

@@Melowee Holy...! Long time no see indeed !

Me who doesn't know the difference between regular Japanese and this: "Ah yes, this Japanese is made of Japanese"

@camthetrashman2386

3 жыл бұрын

SAME

@Misieq145

3 жыл бұрын

"Identifying Japanese" Yep, it's japanese

@rusherdasher8826

3 жыл бұрын

Try to listen to the fluctuating tone. It either raises up or down. Usually u wouldn't here it, if your language has no tones but if urs does, you can definitely hear a diff.

@Mister_Tac0

3 жыл бұрын

Same 🦈

@Fiufsciak

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like she extends the syllables more but that's my subjective feeling, maybe it's cause it's a phone talk.

“I’m die, thank you forever” -Korone, probably

@AtomickPhoenix

3 жыл бұрын

~And everyone else probably

@AshThumbsUp

3 жыл бұрын

@Siruganai Shenigami shit. RUN

@jive7391

Жыл бұрын

Ko'one *

Okayu: "Hope ya wicked excited" So she's from the Boston of Japan, huh?

@bewaryofbug

3 жыл бұрын

up to that point i read it as a southern accent

@dariogutierrez6716

3 жыл бұрын

more like Maine

@HasekuraIsuna

3 жыл бұрын

I think the English translation basically did anything to sound different from normal English lol

@UltramanMebiusBrave

3 жыл бұрын

More like the Austin of Japan if you ask me.

@jamsdiscourse9512

3 жыл бұрын

As someone out in the sticks I can very much assure you we do not say wicked. At least not in any of the rural areas that I know of. Also I know that this is stupid but I could not read the whole thing in a southern accent at all. No one I know says gram when referring to their grandma. We just say gramma, you only say gram if you are referring to the grams in the metric scale. (which rarely happens) Or someone has a particularly thicc accent and they are talking about there good friend grant.

Just when you think she can't get any cuter, she gets even cuter! Oh my God, I love Okayu's voice so much!

@floo0o0

3 жыл бұрын

I second that, Okayu best voice

@EnDianNeo

3 жыл бұрын

Word, her tohoku dialect is impossible to understand for me, but so addictive to listen to.

_The longer Okayu uses her dialect, the cuter she will become_ Aww Okayu's dialect is cute! Is this Tsugaru dialect? Reminds me of anime called Flying Witch xD

@tsuyu2200

3 жыл бұрын

Flying Witch looks like it was definitely set in or near the Aomori area.

@imnotprisma

3 жыл бұрын

It's Tohoku

@randomblackcat6463

3 жыл бұрын

@@tsuyu2200 yes i think the sets is in aomori

@ben01pearson

3 жыл бұрын

They say somewhere near the start that they're near aomori

@pinyodono

3 жыл бұрын

yes the aomori accent is called tsugaru ben, in reference to the Tsugaru bay that most of aomori developed around.

Her natural accent is very similar in terms of lazy pronunciation as a Londoner accent, dropping vowels and syllables for a much more relaxed form of speech. Very interesting.

@nathan24-_-2

3 жыл бұрын

thats what i was thinkin too, it sounds a lot more informal than what im used to hearing her say

@MysteriumArcanum

Жыл бұрын

So basically the Japanese equivalent of a cockney accent?

For anyone who's wondering how Okayu's accent is different from "normal" Japanese: The Northern Tohoku accent's defining characteristic is that the sounds "i" and "u" have mixed together. shi and su, chi and tsu、ji and zu have no difference between them. Su-shi (Sushi), su-su (Soot), and shi-shi (Lion) all sound like "shishi". and the one anyone can notice in the above clip is the use of the "sa" particle. In standard Japanese "ni" and "e" let you describe the time, destination, and direction an event is happening. The Tohoku accent replaces both "ni" and "e" with "sa" and you can hear it a lot in the clip because Okayu is describing going somewhere with her Grandma.

@Yuki-bi2jr

3 жыл бұрын

Isnt the "sa" she's using more as a replacement for something like "nee"? Like saying "sou nandakedo sa-" instead of "sou nandakedo ne-". Grew up with a bit of akita-ben so im not really sure though.

@Yuki-bi2jr

3 жыл бұрын

Nvm dont really get at all lol. Not hard to understand though

@kurapan779

3 жыл бұрын

@@Yuki-bi2jr It isn't. It really is a Tsugaru-ben equivalent of に and へ. Do you know the song 俺ら東京さ行ぐだ by IKZO? It'd be 東京に行く in standard Japanese.

@SnowPiecer

3 жыл бұрын

So she can make hellish tongtwister with her accent?

@kaze0fox

3 жыл бұрын

So in short it's a kansai accent.

Why do accents make peoples voice even better, legit I have a voice fetish

@SubjectiveObserver

3 жыл бұрын

Part of it is because rural dialects form as a way to speak more casually and comfortably. So it feels more relaxing and friendly.

@Hwyadylaw

3 жыл бұрын

@@SubjectiveObserver That doesn't make any sense. It might feel that way due to association, but people don't "speak more casually and comfortably" because they're from a rural area.

@Hwyadylaw

3 жыл бұрын

Because exoticism

@aggaviriyo790

3 жыл бұрын

More like accent fetish. But I feel you fam

@deadfr0g

3 жыл бұрын

Can somebody post the voice fetish copypasta about how the vibrations are coming out of the girl’s warm wet mouth and entering his ear canal?

Me: “Can I get the drink a little sweeter?” Okayu: *Repeatedly shovels sugar into my mouth.*

So... I don't know if anyone else thought this... but her dialect and laugh always felt like two different things to me. But listening to her speak with her accent, the laugh suddenly feels right. Did anybody else notice this?

@riluna3695

3 жыл бұрын

Come to think of it, I think I have noticed the disconnect with the laugh. That's a very interesting thing to notice. It makes sense that there could be a disconnect between a (somewhat) affected accent and a perfectly natural laugh.

@kishinslayer2228

3 жыл бұрын

@@riluna3695 laughs are the best way to hear someone's true voice. Honestly, one of the things that got me into vtubers is hearing when they're caught off guard and laugh, because it instantly tells you "this person isn't just acting all the time." Great way to predict their off camera voice too.

@ryanvenjoyer

3 жыл бұрын

Korone: *Explodes laughing* Us: "Ah yes, the chimpanzee dialect."

@mmefett5122

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanvenjoyer lmao

@Dreadnote-pf7of

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanvenjoyer *peko*

not what i expected but exactly what i needed. thats a pretty heavy accent tho compared to the standard japanese but her voice somehow suit the accent so much

@sanny8716

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, that's pretty tame compared to, say, Korone

@Wazzen563

3 жыл бұрын

Heavy? That's moderate at most.

@201bio

3 жыл бұрын

Eh it isn't so strong compared to like Korone or Noel. Aomori's still in Eastern Japan, so the accent has a fair bit in common with Tokyo's. Noel's from Kyushu, so it's pretty out there, and Korone is a weird hybrid of Kansai and Touhoku iirc, so it's *very* unusual, although I think she tones it down a lot.

wow… all the words squished together, I couldn't understand much. but so cute!!

@milkfounder4685

3 жыл бұрын

Hi john

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS. What a treat. I thought for sure her saying she grew up in an area where the accent wasn't so thick was just letting us down easy so she wouldn't have to do this, lol. (Edit: People are saying Aomori falls under the Tohoku dialect, so... Ox King and Chi-Chi, and, to a lesser degree, Son Goku himself? )

@grandbean9031

3 жыл бұрын

Akihiko, go back to tartarus!

@p.3932

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandbean9031 lmao

@makotoyuki9760

3 жыл бұрын

@@grandbean9031 lol

@cattopotatopotasio9215

3 жыл бұрын

P3 reference *A surprise sure, but a welcome one*

@BranJohn98

3 жыл бұрын

@@cattopotatopotasio9215 baby baby baby baby

Her voice become even more adorable and I feel comfortable and sleepy ngl

That accent just made her sound more playboyish and flirty like she’s one of those escort type anime character that like to flirt around with every girl they see.

@djdaniel4205

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds about right.

@user-db2qu8eg1l

3 жыл бұрын

personally it feels really homely. like a sweet and comfy girl who grew up in the countryside. really cute 🥰

@ferociousfeind8538

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-db2qu8eg1l to us city folk, there's hardly a difference! And by that, I mean the whole Texan accent, with a flourish of "honey" and "sugar", sounds like flirting, but actually really isn't!

@yam79

3 жыл бұрын

I mean, as someone who was a fan of K-POP before this year, I can agree that accents can make you more attractive.

@dustymax56

2 жыл бұрын

Now, put that accent with her gyaru look. *Chef's Kiss*

That "Neee" was so satisfying

It hits harder than tamago miso.

As someone who learned Japanese in an academic sense and who wanted to make a trip through the whole country as soon as it is possible again: I am really scared I won't understand the people of the north. I am not even sure whether she used different words or just pronounced them in a way I can no longer recognize them. But I do look forward to trying tamago miso.

@noneday310

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry, as someone who has grown up speaking japanese, even I don't understand northern accents lol. Some Kansai dialects are even harder to understand to the point where native speakers really can't understand what's being said at all. In other words, you aren't the only one who only understands "traditional" Japanese lmao

@ProfesserLuigi

3 жыл бұрын

The trick to understanding unusual accents is to learn the rules to an accent. Learn what sorts of syllables are skipped, what's slurred together, what sounds are pronounced differently, what area specific words are used, stuff like that. Then you can keep that in mind when listening and you'll begin to get more of it.

@Idiomatick

3 жыл бұрын

I finished JLPT1 ... like 5yrs ago? and lived in Japan. Most people in Japan can speak standard-ish. You'll have no problems at all aside from speaking to a few elderly people. But this isn't just something from the north .... most rural areas will have accents. The south is by far the thickest though.

@SkelechickenLives

3 жыл бұрын

Like Idiomatick suggests, you really only run into problems with the older generations. Japanese is growing a little more standardized all around. I've been living in a pretty rural area and sometimes my students drop some weird regional stuff on me that I don't immediately understand, but for the most part it is all still clear. Old Man Japanese will always be a challenge, especially in regions with different accents, but never something insurmountable, and overall you will have more experience with standard Japanese with maybe a strange word here or there.

@goku_dunker_420

3 жыл бұрын

@@noneday310 I guess it's like listening to Irish/Scottish people?

The accent sounds super smooth. Like it has a flow to it that normally isn't there in the more formal I guess way of speaking. That's interesting lol. Sounds nice!

Studying Japanese in school and hearing an accent/dialect is so different 😂😂 this is my first explicit exposure to an accent/dialect in Japanese, and it’s very very interesting 😄

@DembaiVT

3 жыл бұрын

Both Korone and Watame have regional accents as well.

@BabyPikachuWithLollipop

3 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome, it never clicked in my head 😂 thank you for the info

How does her accent make her even cuter? We're reaching critical levels.

I actually expected her to say "I'm walkin' here!" since I also noticed the same thing a commenter also noticed, that's the boston of japan XD

I want her to do a full stream speaking with her accent only

Just when I thought she couldn't be any cuter. Oo, that for sure, was a critical hit.

*korone in the bg* : behold this lovely creature ヽ(*＾ω＾*)ﾉ Thank you for the translations as always o7

I would love for them to do a stream where they talk with the accent they grow up with, like Okayu here or Botan with Osakan accent

@SenseofNoneYT

3 жыл бұрын

Now there's an idea. Watch them confuse one another with the accents. Osakan accent is prolly the easiest to distinguish for me. But hearing this made me wonder how many different accents in Japanese are there. At least the popular ones.

@dragoonssrbguilty4719

3 жыл бұрын

@@SenseofNoneYT There's probably one per prefecture like USA or Mexico has one depending of the states, some are probably more similar to one another that others but they're still different (Like Tokyo and Osaka ones, similar but still with some differences)

@sanny8716

3 жыл бұрын

@@dragoonssrbguilty4719 I think you mean Kyoto and Osaka, because Tokyo is pretty much just standard Japanese with few quirks But yeah, there's at least 1 dialect per prefecture. Some have more tham 1 variation and some are actually separate local languages (like in Okinawa)

@kanzi8466

3 жыл бұрын

botan is from kansai?

@dragoonssrbguilty4719

3 жыл бұрын

@@sanny8716 Oh yeah, my bad it was Kyoto wwww, thx I guess that happens everywhere, usually at least 1 dialect per place(? with some having more local ones depending of the localization

I never knew I needed okayu speaking with an accent till now

I can imagine off stream she just goes into Yakuza mode xD

@cheaprobloxuncledanesrando2256

3 жыл бұрын

Korone-chan!

Lmao. Her actually accent is a country bumpkin

Okayu having what is essentially a countryside accent, even cuter

Absolutely adorable. I wanna hear more of her accent, possibly while she's talking with Korone. Ahhh, accent galore.

If I knew Japanese, it’d probably be more noticeable. Still cute anyways lol.

if you guys want to hear more of the aomori accent you should watch "Mashiro no Oto" lol

As she clearly states,she still has a slight accent. But she is obviously recognize Tohoku person.(The term "batcha" is not even known to people who speak standard Japanese.) Batcha is the way my grandmother is mainly called in Tohoku. There are many dialects scattered throughout Japan. I’m from Yamagata(the same as Tohoku region with Okayu). Even within the same Yamagata Prefecture, each place has its own dialect. In many cases, even Japanese people cannot communicate with each other.(If you live in Tokyo or the Kanto region, this will never happen to you.) Local people come to Tokyo to learn and adapt to the standard language. Even in Japanese anime, dialects are frequently used in anime set in regional areas, and even Japanese people sometimes need to use subtitles. Even if you are Japanese, you may find this refreshing. Okinawa, Kyushu, and Tohoku are said to have particularly severe accents. The Ryukyuan and Tsugaru dialects in particular are like different languages. By the way, I don't understand accents outside of Tohoku.

@Shiromochimochi

Жыл бұрын

The language that is called standard Japanese in modern Japan is the Tokyo dialect. The Japanese language has changed and evolved over time.

I'm in love with that accent.

Oh man, Okayu get even more cute... Damn

I bet Gura loves this. She once said she likes to watch Korone’s strange accent compilations with the “cornbeefu” and all that and just general accent differences i think. Her oshi showing her natural accent i bet is such a treat for her

We really need a collab stream where everyone speaks in their own dialect. I miss Watame's...

So both in Okakoro have accents to double their cuteness... Awww yisssss

@minera7595

3 жыл бұрын

Yisss Indeed

As a kid there used to be a variety show with Sanma where it’s gag was basically “try to decipher what the hell these people are saying”. They’d send a crew out to the most rural parts of Japan and have 2 housewives have a discussion. The entire thing would be subtitled because the dialect was usually unintelligible, and the guests had to guess what some particular word was from the context (hint they never gave enough context)

she was suppressing 99% of her powers

As someone considered to be from the Boston area, and possibly moving to Maine in a couple years, that translation seems about accurate to the Boston and Maine ones.

Her voice just has this way of melting your mind, accent or not, it’s all natural.

“Ayuh,” someone’s been hanging out in northern new england or reading a lot of stephen king books, yeah?

Thank you for sharing this. That voice tweet was just *chef kiss*

"This is Okayu and you're watching Toonami! Next up, Cowboy Bebop!"

This is the most southern american japanese I've ever heard

Now Okakoro is the accent couple

@minera7595

3 жыл бұрын

No I wish they do a collab together, using their own accent

This really hits different huh

New level of chill unlocked 😂

Always love to hear their real accent

She suddenly soothed every nerve in my body, that I jolted out of response cuz I wasnt used to it

Omg Okayu is wicked cute. Korone and Okayu both being GramGram kids is hella cute.

lmao wicked as an adjective I havent heard that in years

Omg if she spoke like that all the time 0_0 that would be a miracle

I’m die. Thank you forever

I love Okayu’s voice. Both with and without accent. Amazing!!

Same voice.. different accent. 💜💜

the natural environment of the cat

I see that no matter where are you from, grandmas are the same everywhere.

Me: How to reincarnate as an anime cats grandma

I love her natural accent. I wanna hug her.

How interesting, thank you for the translation and note!

She really seems to be best friends with her grandma, this makes me happy.

Native voice: Tohoku English subtitles: Boston You know, "Tohoku Redsox" has a decent ring to it.

Holy crap what a coincidence. I was watching an anime where a huge portion of the characters were from Aomori and Okayu's accent and their accent seemed really similar. Pretty cool.

It sounds fairly similar, just a lot more chill and vibe

"Yeah, I know some of these words" intensifies~

Everyone talking about her accent and I'm just thinking how adorable and loving she is to her grandma

Aight, on loop this video goes.

So cute ! Thanks for the translations !

really love how you translated her accent in english! thanks for the wonderful translations as always~

She's a barn Cat, lol

She's been hiding that this whole time? Dang, Okayu, you really should embrace your natural voice more, I love it!

Those subtitles at the end make her sound like a New Englander, here in the states. Somehow, this makes her even more attractive to me. Current HoloWaifus, as of this video (in order of encounter): Korone Marine Okayu Subaru Gura Ayame Mio Okayu (New Accent)

I really appreciate you adding subs as if she's speaking in the equivalent of a southern US accent lmao

Inugami okayu doesnt exist she cant bless you Inugami okayu:

Top tier content right here.

It feels like I just started learning the language again. I missed at least a third of the words because of the way they transition :D

Okayu's voice is so cool and smooth, it's like I'm listening to ASMR

Omg okayuuu voice is more more more cuter and chiller

I wanna see an entire stream of this...

I'm only know Okinawa accent so this clip actually increases my knowledge about other local accents

ending her sentence with "ja" immediately makes me think of Senko and now I can't get that idea out of my idea aaaaaaa.... Okayu so precious ♥

dang that accent chill af

Thanks, I love it.

As a Northerner from the UK I can relate, thank you for putting my native speak into English in brackets :p

This is the kind of vibes I’m getting from a late night chill radio/podcast that just sooth your heart

I never thought Okayu could be 200% cooler. Of course! She just needed a cooler accent!

Those subtitles are making me imagine okayu speaking in a Boston accent and it’s so fucking funny

Man that’s really cool! It’s feels like a mixture between the southern accent I’ve heard in my area with a little bit of a boston accent from my grandmother

Everyone’s talking about word choices in accents but does anyone notice the pitch? I’m trying to learn to pick up pitch-accent but I really can’t tell if its any different.

@JShayTranslations

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the intonation is pretty different from standard Japanese. For example, at 0:55, she says "Boku no hou mo ne, zenzen aikawarazu genki dayo". Listen closely for the "zenzen". She stresses the second zen, so it sounds like zen→zen↑. Also in that same sentence, most Japanese speakers would put emphasis on the "yo" in "genki daYO", but she pronounces it more like "genki DAyo"

@xxEzraBxxx

3 жыл бұрын

@@JShayTranslations the だよ sounds like d’ayo to me

Feels like i hear my friend that has similar accent (not japanese). It could be because Okayu is the one doing it but my friend also has sweet and soft intonation that unique to certain area.

Never knew I needed something like this

Wish I could give this more than just one thumbs up!

Oh, so Aomori is the Japanese equivalent to New England

@gkanai

3 жыл бұрын

Well, Hokkaido is North of Aomori so it doesn't work quite perfectly. Parts of Hokkaido also have accents as well, not as strong as Northern Honshu because Hokkaido's history is younger than Honshu.

Always finds Okayu's voice sound so comfortable.

That was amazing, very cute🙏

Okayu sounds even more chill and cute with that accent, she should use it more often.