Hi All!
I have been studying Japanese for around 2.5 years. I would consider myself solid N4, and maybe N3 on a good day. I have used wanikani and am level 14, so I have a decent baseline with Kanji, but I have gotten burnt out of it.
My current favorite and sole study method is simply reading short stories and news articles on Japanese.io
I also try to watch Youtube videos in Japanase for listening, but I am not a huge fan of Anime.
I do no vocab review or Kanji study. I read without furigana and try to "guess" readings of words before i reveal the reading, I star / highlight words I have seen and want to remember in the future.
I feel like this is the least taxing on my brain, and the most fun way to continue learning this language. This feels less like "studying" and more like trying to simply acquire the language from all angles.
My worries are that this is an inefficient method, and I am not really learning anything because I am not seeing things often enough through natural reading to have them solidify. I worry that I wont be able to actually acquire Kanji reading ability outside of the words that appear very often. Do you agree? If so, is there anything I can do to change up the process? Have you had similar success with this approach? I would really prefer to avoid dedicated and isolated Kanji study again and just keep reading.
Thank you!
by RoughWinter6801