u/Leacy-Fortold-ME7 — reddlx

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Intermediate → Advanced: What Do You Wish Someone Had Told You About Making the Leap?

For me personally, it’s now just a blur of when the jump actually happened between an intermediate and advanced stage happened. I just remember something I wish I done earlier before I started (Output) was heavy, mental shadowing. This basically means starting the process of your brain putting together, Japanese grammar and speaking correctly. When you do this, you’re correcting subconsciously your pitch accent and correcting mistakes that are fully preventable for when you start speaking. This definitely sucks especially because you went through the effort of one to two years. Fully listening to native content then come to find out you have the speaking skills of a toddler.

Don’t get me wrong YOU WILL MAKE A LOT of grammar mistakes regardless. This is just something I wish I knew before I started speaking. Granted some people are just fine with not speaking. For some odd reason. I just hope this helps someone in someway.

Feel free to drop any advice for intermediate or just something you wish you knew beforehand.

u/Leacy-Fortold-ME7 — 10 days ago

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What was your first "WTF!?... I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD THAT" moment in Japanese immersion?

I'm not talking about recognizing a word or understanding a few pieces of a sentence.l mean the first time you sat through an entire scene of an anime or listened to a full conversation on a podcast and realized you understood what was happening without translating everything in your head

I've been doing immersion for over two years now, with easily 3k+ hours but I still remember my very first "What the fuck... I actually understood that" moment

For me it happened while watching Fullmetal

Alchemist brotherhood I think it was around episode 25 during the scene with King Bradley and Mustang discussing Hughes funeral

Mustang asks Bradley about why his hands were shaking if he wasn't angry about Hughes death.

Bradley then explains that he was actually furiously pissed at the little girl who was crying at the funeral.

(Hughes daughter)

And I remember sitting there thinking:

"Wait... I understood that entire exchange."

I actually just knew it in Japanese. It was the first time immersion actually felt like it was working.

u/Leacy-Fortold-ME7 — 1 month ago

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Need Advice: Strong Listening, Weak Grammar After 3,100 Hours of Japanese

I’ve been immersing in Japanese for about 2 years and have a little over 3,100 hours of listening.

My routine has mostly been:

Native podcasts from day one

Anime, TV shows, and movies (mostly with Japanese subtitles)

Lots of shadowing once I became comfortable understanding spoken Japanese

The problem is… I’ve been procrastinating on grammar and bookwork because, if I’m being honest, I’ve just been lazy. I never really did Anki or worked through a textbook consistently.

Right now I’d estimate my skills are something like:

Listening: around JLPT N1

Grammar: probably around N3

Reading: behind my listening

I can understand spoken Japanese really well, but I know there’s a gap between what I understand and what I can actively produce.

My goal now is to:

•	Start having regular conversations with native speakers.

•	Begin using Anki consistently.

•	Finally work through grammar and prepare for the JLPT.

I’d appreciate any advice from people who’ve made this jump.

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u/Leacy-Fortold-ME7 — 3 months ago