This is my question: What do Japanese people think if I only use formal forms
when speaking Japanese?
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What do Japanese people think if I only use formal forms when speaking Japanese?
If you are an adult businessperson and speak Japanese only with non-family
members, you should have no problem in most cases. People around you may not
even notice you don't (or can't) use casual forms. Actually, I'm a native
Japanese speaker, and most of my colleagues have only seen me using polite
forms (aside from short interjectory-like expressions such as すごい "Great!" and
やった "I did it!").

If you have a Japanese friend/partner who you hang out with on weekends, or if
the atmosphere of your workplace is especially casual/homey, or if you are a
high school student, then you'll eventually need to be able to speak casually
using plain forms. They won't care much while your Japanese is not fluent yet,
but if you stick to polite forms even after you become fluent, people will
start to feel you're too remote.

Related: [How do Japanese speakers transition from polite to plain form
amongst friends?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/25109/5010)
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