So here's the sitchy— in one of my current stories-in-utero, there is a character who is natively Japanese who studies abroad, and I'm trying to understand the nuances of the Japanese language struct— particularly when someone raised in Japan with some knowledge of English beforehand comes to a place where English is one of several languages commonly spoken.
Oh, and this takes place in Europe. Just for the notes.
So how would I do this, an average conversation per se?
What would I expect from this person? How would they approach English? Would they ask question about what word means what? Would they accidentally use Japanese in speech? (I'm not talking about totally ignorant to English. Imagine a high school freshman child in the US who's taken Mexican/Latino Spanish courses since 5th grade, but recently moved to Spain [where Latino Spanish isn't spoken].)
And if you need any examples from me of what I'm trying to ask for, just bring it up.