How did you learn Japanese to be fluent? Share your experience please

3 comments

1. Maybe define fluent first? It’s pretty subjective depending on your goals. If anything there is no “end point” in language learning, rather it’s continuous.

2. See my guide here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LH82FjsCqCgp6-TFqUcS_EB15V7sx7O1VCjREp6Lexw/edit

   TL:DR. 5000+ hours of listening/reading/anki and some speaking and pronunciation practice

3. None of those are mine yet, but I have in my favorites for motivation:

   [https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/101jpm3/three_year_study_update/](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/101jpm3/three_year_study_update/)

   [https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/pfine7/two_years_of_learning_japanese_from_yotsuba_to/](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/pfine7/two_years_of_learning_japanese_from_yotsuba_to/)

   [https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/zzhrjq/my_japanese_immersion_report_of_2022_2022_in/](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/zzhrjq/my_japanese_immersion_report_of_2022_2022_in/)

   [https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/l51r3d/my_500_day_journey_to_a_160180_n1_score_w_tips/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/l51r3d/my_500_day_journey_to_a_160180_n1_score_w_tips/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

   [https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/sedr0m/how_i_got_180180_on_n1_in_85_months/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/sedr0m/how_i_got_180180_on_n1_in_85_months/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)