「Minato Blues」- Yashiro Aki et al. · Japanese to English Cross Captions

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Also by 島津悅子，五代夏子，松原のぶえ，and 石原詢子. Original by 森内 一寛.

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Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0Zdar4SPhA

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You can use the AxTongue website/app for:

- Advanced player controls. You can easily loop lines or individual words. You can click on words to jump to their timestamp. This is particularly useful for new learners.

- Viewing the original video alongside its cross captions.

- Editing or creating cross captions. You can convert the result into a closed caption file that you can use for your own YouTube videos.

- Generating cross captions with AI. You can get a result that is good enough to use to study in seconds. If you want to present it as a final product, though, it usually needs to be touched up.

- An integrated flashcard-like system. If you want to practice "speaking" a language instead of just listening to it, you can choose one of the "concealment" options. This hides words in the subtitles. The goal is to try to figure out what word goes in the blank before it appears, allowing you to practice coming up with words on your own. If you're sure you know a word, you can check it off, so it won't be concealed in any video in the future, allowing you to target other words.

You can then "prune" the words you have checked on a page inspired by the Leitner system. If you can come up with a checked word again, you move it up in rank. If you can't, you move it down. If it turns out you didn't remember a word after all, you can move it to rank 0, and it will start being concealed for you in future videos again.

This is an especially effective method for learning a language, but it is more labor-intensive. If it comes down to it, it's much better to just watch cross captions and relax than to avoid watching cross captions because you don't feel like pruning words.

- Miscellaneous.

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This information is accurate as of the time of writing. If I have to make any corrections, it will be clearly marked in the closed captions.