Home post // Jan 2 
Kusuriya no hitorigoto ep 5
Listening is hard 
What’s hard about having low level listening skills?
1 - The amount of unknown vocab. Even if I know the word when I see it written with kanji, it doesn’t help if I can’t identify it when spoken.
2 - Forgetting what was said at the beginning by the end of a long sentence.
3 - When it’s too fast paced and I’m not done processing.
Hmm, how do I say this. It’s a long story, but in short: Last year, I realized I have a hearing problem. So I went to my doctor, got a referral to an audiologist and eventually got hearing aid. Even my friend who has been watching anime for years but haven’t studied Japanese catches words better than me 
Ah, I remember that moment. Devastating, but also hilarious. I never knew my hearing was lower than average compared to others at my age (still in my twenties).
4 - Often not catching what is being said (especially consonants) which makes lookups a pain.
Makes me wonder how did I pass N2 lmao. Just gotta keep at it and get more exposure. やるしかないわね！