omega0jm wrote:
He wanted to say ...he came to Tokyo. / ... he had studied Japanese at Kojo high school in Odawara, but he can't speak Japanese well today. I guess.

Some Japanese he actually spoke didn't make sense, but his Japanese is pretty good. The crowd understood them as you can see.

So cool! And from that I learned that "skosh" is not Yiddish, but is of Japanese derivation. Thank you, Omega0jm!