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The original was posted on /r/learnjapanese by /u/Pharinx on 2025-07-04 03:00:14+00:00.

I’ve been learning Japanese for about 8 months, and I’m curious to hear from others who are further down the learning path. What is your current level in Japanese, and what is the biggest challenge you’re facing right now? How does it compare to previous challenges in your language learning journey?

For me, I’d say I’m N5, about halfway through N4. Instead of struggling with individual grammar pieces, I’m struggling to put them together into natural sounding sentences. When doing immersion content, I can often pick out a lot of words and grammar chunks within a sentence when hearing it. But I struggle to piece that together into a cohesive thought and keep up with the conversation.

On a more positive note, it is really nice to finally have a working vocabulary and list of memorized kanji. I can tell I’m not out of the woods yet but I feel way more confident about learning future grammar and vocabulary.