"Sensei? Well, now that's flattering." Certainly not a title he ever expected to hear in regards to himself.

He gestures them to one of the tourist-photo-zone benches near the statue - sitting down will help the discrepancy in their heights if nothing else. "I don't know any sign, I'm afraid. I took English and Mandarin in school, and I know a few words from other spoken languages, but that's it."