You know what I don’t understand? People who go and live in another country and don’t learn the language/culture. I first experienced this phenomenon while serving in Korea as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would occasionally meet English teachers from the US or UK (very occasionally, they tended to avoid us) and it was extremely rare to meet one that spoke Korean. I worked for an Estonian company and the only reason I didn’t learn Estonian was because my boss said to please not to it’s a waste of time. I lived in a Texas border town and the entire time felt extremely uncomfortable that I just didn’t have the time or mental capacity to learn any Spanish (and still learned a bit anyway).
There are so many positives to learning other languages and cultures. They give you new ways to see the world, new perspectives, and a greater capacity to understand and appreciate new things. Korean and Japanese teach relationship dynamics in a completely new way, and understanding their cultures will help you understand humility in a way that western cultures can’t. Becoming fluent in a language requires you to separate your brain from the words you use to define everything and understand them as concepts, which I think helps you to understand others’ points of view.
Does it take work? Yes. Will it put you out of your comfort zone? It better! But it’s also such an amazing experience. So go learn something about someone else. Maybe you’ll even enjoy it.