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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/SNRNXS on 2024-04-04 19:20:14.

I’m really only learning it because I want to, not that I have any need. To my knowledge there aren’t any Japanese communities nearby, or if there are I hardly ever interact with them. I see more Koreans than I do Chinese or Japanese here, and even then there’s not that many.

I’m not really anywhere beyond having the ability to do a very simple conversation, even if that with my current knowledge of Japanese. Pretty much I know everything in Genki 1 and a little extra, that’s it.

I’m very good with vocab. When speaking I need a few seconds to think sometimes. With kanji I can read it better than I can write it. I may know the vocab, and if I see the kanji I’ll recognize it, but sometimes I just blank on actually knowing how to write it.

I wish I had more in-person interactions with Japanese (at least with those patient enough to bear with me) because I feel like it would help a ton. Online isn’t as good imo because typing on a keyboard isn’t the same as writing or actually speaking.