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09-30-2009, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
It depends on your goals I guess. I'm back in an area without much interaction with Japanese people, so for me the biggest barrier to full enjoyment of the language is my middling kanji expertise. I want to read more Murakami and others in the original Japanese, but kanji hold me back way more than grammar.
Of course, if reading is your goal (as mine is too) then kanji is key...but grammar is also vital there. The written and spoken word is completely different in Japan.
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