The biggest mistake people make when speaking a foreign language is pretending to understand what the other person said
You're having a conversation in a foreign language, everything is going well, but then the other person says something you couldn't quite make out...
Instead of just saying "What?", you go "Oh yeah, right" and pretend you understood
You might get away with this once or twice, but eventually you will be found out
For example, if you're asked where you ate lunch and you answer with "Oh yeah, right", it will be obvious you didn't understand
And once the other person realizes you're pretending to understand, they're going to feel frustrated. They'll feel like they're talking to a badly programmed chat bot, and start to doubt whether you're really comprehending anything they're saying.
Yes, it's embarrassing to admit you didn't understand something
But, it's much more embarrassing to get caught in the act of trying to hide that you didn't understand something.
Just be honest when you don't understand something, it's always the better option.
Japanese TV programs:
-eating food
-insane garbage person life story
-prank, hit in face with fish
-boring drama
-sports
-music from 43 years ago
After midnight: bikinis
These are your choices.
"Read the raw voice (生声) of billionaires"...
But how "raw" is it after it's been translated into Japanese?
Especially considering that foreigners are usually dubbed into Japanese using a weird anime-esk style of language
I completely agree with this, but simultaneously have a hard time understanding the appeal
Personally, I find the very beginning of the language learning process to be the most boring part
It really gets fun once you get good enough to start comfortably understanding media
Just for fun I bought this one yen bill, which was printed in ~1940
The Bank of Japan printed one yen bills until 1958
Before WWII, it was common for Japanese to be written horizontally from right to left, as you can see on this bill