I'm Japanese, but people often mistake me for a South East Asian person.
I'm 100% Japanese, but sometimes people think I"m from one of the South East Asian countries.
この場合、次のような言い方ができますよ。
ーI'm Japanese, but people often mistake me for a South East Asian person.
「私は日本人だけど、よく東南アジア人と間違われる」
people often mistake me for ... で「人に…と間違われる」と言えます。
ーI'm 100% Japanese, but sometimes people think I’m from one of the South East Asian countries.
「私は100%日本人だけど、時々東南アジア出身だと思われる」
people think I’m from ...「私は…出身だと思われる」を使っても表現できますよ。
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