単語 (vocab)

[hisraem]

こんにちはみんなさん。
お元気ですか。

hello everyone!

lately i've been a little lost in my japanese study. Mainly beacause althought i have a quite decent knowlede of the japanese grammar, my vocab is quite low, i mean i probably know more then 5000 words but still every time i try to read a book or an article i find myself looking at the dictionary every 2 words or so.

do you guys have any tips on how to grow vocab? so far all i've been doing is memorizing the vocab from my textbooks.

thx alot

[community.japanese]

Hisraem　さん、

今日は。
I can understand your struggling.
However, if you have to look up words in a dictionary so many times, the book is too difficult for you at the moment.
It’s said that books which you can understand 80% of the context without a dictionary are good for learners.
Although I am not sure what genre you are interested, you can try the website below.
http://www.bauddha.net/
It has both Japanese and English sentences.

Yuki 　由紀
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