Hello! I'm looking for advice on my very weird Japanese level situation.
My problem is that my listening and comprehension level is way, way, WAY higher than my reading level (I passed the N3 years ago). This is because my Japanese studies have been all over the place, and I learned a lot through osmosis by listening to music, shows, etc, and never really studied kanji for extended periods of time.
So now I could probably read a Japanese novel, but I can't because I know very little kanji. I used to be able to read around 500, but I'm not so sure about that anymore. And even less writing lmao. Sometimes I even know the vocabulary, but just can't read it or write it. It's very frustrating, because I think reading novels would skyrocket my Japanese level.
Has anybody else found themselves in this situation, and do you have any recommendations? I'm currently using the yomu yomu app, which looks promising.
by skyemap