[Nagoyankee]

As Harold said, you've got to use the words in context. You've got to "play" with your vocabulary like toddlers would. It's not really the sheer size of your vocabulary that matters the most. It's how many phrases and sentences you can form using the words that you know. So be imaginative and let the process be spontaneous. Do not try to learn too many new words until you are comfortable using the ones you already know in context.

Looking back, I actually "played" more than I "studied"　in my process of learning English (I'm Japanese, by the way). I talked to myself in English while walking down the street, describing what I was seeing or how I was feeling. Importantly, I did all that OUT LOUD. This will not be easy, I know. I could hardly say anything for the first few weeks. But it will become easier if you try. Who cares what people think of you? You're learning a language that isn't even remotely related to your own!

So go and have fun! Write '玉子（たまご）' with a marker on the outer shells of the eggs in your fridge while chanting たまごたまごたまご... Write 'パソコン' on a post-it and stick it up on your PC. Do the same with everything in your house. Sing songs in Japanese. Try to make puns (puns are far more common in Japan than in North America at least). Create your own ways to learn as well. Learning doesn't have to occur solely on your desk.

これからもがんばってください。おうえんしています。 なにかあればれんらくください。