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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
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.
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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.