I heard them they're saying something
the Japanese women standing next to her said wow that was cool but they won't
necessarily say it in front of you but if you catch them off-guard like in
America or somewhere I think maybe especially in a bar when they kind of
let their guard down then they might act a little differently but generally they
might think it would make me uncomfortable to make a big deal about
it in front of my face which actually in some situations I appreciate
I thought maybe she was Chinese till I heard the really good Japanese like some
of the other workers said a lot of the Chinese workers don't know how to speak
Japanese or they just know some simple stuff if they're working here but when I
hear Japanese like that I'm like that's probably not a Chinese person so it's
best to ask first rather than just breaking out with Chinese and getting
them confused that's a trick you can learn but you really have to know
Japanese and Chinese quite well to make the distinction that's the safest thing
to do in a situation like that but you really have to be very good with Chinese
and Japanese to hear the accent when they're speaking in a second language to
know that oh this is a Chinese person speaking Japanese oh this is a Japanese
person speaking Chinese and then you're really gonna have to know your stuff if
you want to make that distinction and on top of that another way to do it without
languages look at the mannerisms look at how they walk look at how they talk look
at how they're dressed cuz I mean they have their own unique style but then you
really have to know a lot about China and Japan and perhaps have lived there
or have a lot of Chinese or Japanese friends to make that distinction so it's
just really hard you might as well just ask that's the best way to do it just
ask in the language of the country you're in if you're in America
ask in English if you're in Japan ask in Japanese if you're in China
ask in Chinese and that will be your easiest way to figure it out if you
don't know and you have the smallest chance of feeling silly or offending someone