Why do Japanese people think i’m japanese even i’m not at all as good as other japanese speakers?

When i start speaking, they say they think i’m japanese, and they start asking if im a japanese person. But i’m not even good as say 1st generation Japanese americans..or tons of others that go to japan. I have never gone to japan, never meet any japanese people, i just talk to myself in my room to practice. Why then are they surprised to hear a very bad japanese speaker( me), when there’s a bunch of foreigners who REALLY are good and fluent? Is it that some of Japanese people haven’t experience foreigners who are good at japanese? In fact sometimes they tell me that they meet Americans, but that all of them have an accent. But according to them i don’t. Let me tell you about my style: I know well the basics, know enough words and the things i know i speak fluently, but i’m missing so much vocab that i don’t know,, and if it’s starts getting into some kind of deep conversation about business, politics, literature, etc i’m like a total novice and i don’t know anything..

Keep in mind that Japanese folks are going to say nice things to you to give you face. Your Japanese may in fact be as bad as you say, but since saying that to you would make you feel bad, they won’t do it. It is more of a custom in japan than the US , but, really, would you tell someone learning English that they speak poorly?

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