Been studying for 5 years with very little output simply due to not having Japanese people to talk to, but I was able to express what I wanted/needed without issue most of the time, as well as understanding what people were saying to me in response.
Not once was I jouzu'd which made me feel really good. My wife was jouzu'd once in my presence by the same person I'd been talking to in Japanese which was another nice little confidence booster lol.
The system works! Now to start consuming all the Japanese media I purchased while I was there 🙂
by DCMann2