Korean “Arigatou Gozaimasu” Song
A couple of Korean guys sing the the Japanese phrases for for “thank you” and “excuse me” over and over again, dancing around in wacky manner:
The video link was sent to us by Quill in Miyazaki prefecture, who had this to say about it:
I just wanted to point you to a video of a song I heard the other day in a gift shop here in southern Kyushu. I couldn’t believe my ears. Not really sure if there is some sort of hidden political message here or if it’s just a crazy song, but the stereotypical “gojaimasu” got me wondering if there was something going on here related to the Japan-Korea love/hate relationship. It’s a Korean duo singing basically two phrases from what sounds like a beginning Japanese course’s lesson one.
One of the top-rated comments on the video’s YouTube page notes that the “za” sound doesn’t exist in the Korean language, so when written out in hangul it becomes the “gojaimasu” you hear in the song. The commenter doesn’t believe there is any intent to mock the Japanese language or portray Koreans as dumb.
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