Hey, welcome back! :D Glad to hear you're still at it, AND seeing progress! I definitely get what you mean about these things being like a muscle. Listening is actually fine for me, I can do it all day if it's something that interests me. Like dramas or movies and such. Reading is where it can be tricky for me. I've done all day manga binges and they're doable. But novels are a different story. I definitely need more patience getting through them. I've started the Aoitori Bunko version of the Tale of Genji and...gurl it is a different beast LOL. It's meant for kids but I am STRUGGLING.

@reenbenkyou

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lol, As someone who can read for hours in English, I remember feeling so bad when I could only do a couple of pages before needing a lie down. Reading novels in Japanese one day is my dream!

@sambeawesome

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@@reenbenkyou Right?! The frustration is real LOL. Just gotta keep staying patient and read x'D

Welcome back! Thanks for sharing the YT channels for listening practice. What were the short 5-minute podcasts you were using? Like others, I struggle with listening and listening practice always seems to drop to the bottom of the list. Also, how do you use Tuttle's Kanji and Kana? I bought it because it was on the list of materials for class (and then not used). Haven't found a good way to practically use it/ integrate into my weekly practice.

@reenbenkyou

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For the podcast I use Nihongo Picnic. She also has a KZread channel that's pretty good called Ako From Nihongo Picnic. Even though I have Tuttle's Kanji and Kana I've not started to use it. I don't like it's layout and I'm tempted to find a different book. However, I'd probably use it as more of a reference book. I'd select a couple kanji from the book that I think I could use in my writing practice, and start putting them in sentences. Both sentences that I make up just so I can use the kanji, and also in my actual writing (homework or a simple diary). I'd also say to remember that when the book gives you a list of words that the kanji is used in you don't have to learn them all, just the ones that you think will genuinely come up in your writing/reading. Hope this is somehow useful, lol.