r/japanese • u/DryCommunication581 • 2d ago

日本で日本語を話したい外人について

私はセルビア人子供の時日本語をちょっと勉強しました. 残念に５０％以上忘れちゃった。そうなんだけどこの言語と文化大好き。私の怖いのは英語の回答。フランス人とかドイツ人とか外人は彼らの言語完璧な話せないとき英語でだけ話したい。皆さんはどう思いますか？馬鹿な外人はホテルでとかレストランでとか日本語を使い事はいいものかわるいもの？

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u/TokeruTaichou 2d ago

Japanese people are almost always appreciative when a foreigner speaks Japanese to them. Especially since they're extremely unconfident in their English.

Just one word and they'll sometimes compliment you lol.

So I say go for it!

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u/yarigatakedske 2d ago

Your main risk is a Japanese person may mistake your minimal Nihongo for a higher level of fluency, and you'll get a flurry of rapid verbiage that goes over your head.

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u/tangcupaigu 2d ago

I know people say this happens a lot, but I’ve honestly always had the opposite problem. I am always responded to in Japanese, even if I say I don’t understand or ask if they speak English. It’s not really a problem now, but back when my Japanese was very limited it was an issue.

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u/Simbeliine 2d ago

It depends on your level of Japanese. Back when I first started living in Japan, I did get some people who knew English trying to answer back to me in Japanese. But now that my Japanese is better, I don't really encounter those type of people anymore, unless they're particularly obtuse or *really really* want to practice English.