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Originally Posted by delacroix01
To tell the truth, my first goal is to be able to read or watch any media in Japanese without relying much on dictionaries, so I will do only self-studying for a couple of years like you suggest. This is also the method I had used for studying English, and I think it applies well to me.  |
Just so you know, self-study for two years will almost assuredly not be enough to meet your goal. I still have problems watching the news, and I lived in Japan for a year, majored in Japanese at university, and studied pretty diligently for four years (although I could have done more).
If you can learn 20 kanji per week without missing a week, you will get enough kanji to read the newspaper in about two years. But 20 kanji/week for two years will really wear you down. You'll likely end up doing, on average, 10 at best. This means four years.
I'm not trying to discourage you. Instead, I'm just warning you ahead of time so you can be prepared. If you know what you're getting into, it's easier to persevere.
がんばれ！