１．日本語はとても上手ですね。- Your Japanese sucks... really bad. I would tell you to stick with English but I don't need to because you don't speak any Japanese.
２．日本語は上手です。 - Your Japanese sucks but at least you've made an attempt at learning it instead of ignorantly blurting out "konnichiwa" like Michael Douglas.
３．日本語はうまいですね。- There are lots of things you don't understand but you can hold a regular conversation and get by.
４．日本語はうまい！ - You've exceeded the level that foreigners are normally not expected to achieve. Though your pronunciation is not perfect, you know Japanese well enough to take Japanese people by surprise. Oh my god, you mean foreigners can actually master this language???
５．日本語は普通です。 - Congratulations! You've finally reached the level where the double standard no longer applies. You are near-native level and it may take a while for Japanese people to realize that Japanese is not your native language. With all your hard work you have managed to go from "very good" to just "normal".
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Too true. Yes the list is just perfect [and does not only apply to spoken Japanese]. I remember reading 日本語は上手いですね。, or something similar a while back;). Nowadays I can actually hang around in chats without anybody noticing I'm a foreigner, so I guess the internet prevents good ratings like 4 and 5.
darn
hey, are you in tokyo?
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