So I started learning Japanese properly in March 2024 after a few short attempts before that, so I have been going approx 1.5 years now. From the start I've been using Srs methods for both Grammar and Vocab, currently I'm using Bunpro for both grammar and vocab as I find it the best to use.
I've varied the amounts of new words/grammar points I've added over time but I'm currently doing 3 new grammar and 3 new words a day as it means my review amount is feasible given I work full time.
I'm currently sitting at 7k words/grammar points known at varying levels and I have been immersing in anime, music and various youtube videos (no subs) for about a year now. Despite this when I watch shows I still feel like I'm understanding way less than what one should at 1.5 years in. Most of the time I'll only understand words here or there, sometimes I'll fully grasp a sentence if I know all the words very well but usually they are quite simple sentences.
I'm absolutely not going to quit, but I just wanted to see if I was doing anything wrong, please lemme know if you have any tips for different/additional things I could be doing. Thanks:)
by Substantial-Put8283