Learning the language of the country when going overseas...... Well that would be typical of the Japanese of the past.

I don't

I don't understand! In Chinese, it says 听不等, which is pretty much gibberish, I assume that she's trying to say 听不懂, which would mean the above.

And when she finally turns up in Japan......

And when she finally turns up in Japan......

It was very troublesome.

I couldn't shop....

I couldn't shop....

Wasn't your sister around?

I didn't stay at my sister's house, I was at the home of an acquaintance whom I met at the Japanese language school as an exchange student.

We were in the same grade, and I spent my days wrapped up in the futon at their house and being a hikikomori.