Hello, I'm Ben. I've been learning Japanese almost a year now and I haven't been speaking the language with native speakers as much as I'd like to. I have used it on native speakers, but not to a degree where I can build on it. I also haven't been hearing native speakers as well, so I can't build on the aural side of things either. I'm good with reading both hiragana and katakana, and can read a decent amount of Kanji (Both Kun and On readings), can't put down a number down of how many I know though, but I'm all for practicing and learning how to read compounds. They seem to have me second guessing, but I'm getting better daily. For educational stuff, books I have Japanese the Manga Way (because why not) and Japanese Kanji & Kana by Wolfgang Hadamitzky & Mark Spahn, and for apps, I have JA Sensei, JA Audiobook, TenguGo Kanji, and Human Japanese, both basic and intermediate versions. My hobbies are guitar, games, anime, (shocker I know), and watching pro wrestling (WWE and NJPW mostly) I just got on Line, also have Skype, so multiple ways to contact and get in touch with me.