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Originally Posted by Crazyotaku
I know too little grammar and my lexicon is too small (~400-450 words, may be).
Now I'm most learning kanji^^
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This is pretty much where I'm at, although my main problem is that I only study sporadically so I tend to forget what I've learned.
Grammar itself isn't that much of a problem - contrary to what most people say I actually find Japanese grammar pretty logical, at least once you learn to parse sentences "inside out". What I really struggle with, especially trying to read manga, are the little idioms: things written in kana that make no sense translated literally, so you're left wondering what's really being said. There are books that scratch the surface of idiomatic Japanese (Kodansha publish some nice cheap ones), but short of having access to a fluent speaker I don't know any good way to tackle this part of the language.