The only thing I can do at this level is feel proud of myself when I see kanji or words that I can recognise. 
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Currently I’m finishing Genki 1 and following Jpod101 newbie and now begginer series as my grammar base. Something like 1200-1400 words in my Anki deck (could be a bit more if I add the WK vocab that don’t overlap). WK it’s now my reference for Kanji.
With that in mind, I can understand single words and small phrases while there’s a show on the background.
As for reading, I picked up よつばと! almost 2 months ago… It was a no go by then … currently I can read Graded Readers, finish all Level 0 stories, and now I’m reading Level 1 stories.
As for writing, I can write small posts in HelloTalk… but they take me a fair amount of time, as I constantly found I’m missing a word. If it’s a noun or verb it’s OK, I look for it and continue… If it’s something else, probably I will find another way to write the phrase, so this post work as a practice for my current grammar level.
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I can mutter simple phrases and readings to annoy and confuse my family and friends (like giving everyone on FB a katakana nickname, attaching kun, san and if I’m feeling extra annoying chan 
) , call my parents お母さん and お父さん and occasionally hear a random word in a show I’m watching, understand it then feel very happy for about 5 minutes after. I can also sometimes stare blankly at a sentence, usually very frustrated at my not being able to read it yet.
That’s with pretty much zero grammar as well, save for maybe the first 5-10 lessons of 文プロ that I somehow remember.
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I’m level 7 and can read yotsuba somewhat reliably if I use a dictionary for kanji I don’t know.
It can get confusing sometime though. Especially when yotsuba says something completely weird and off topic XD
これはペンだよ。 That’s about it.
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What people can “do” at their current WaniKani level will vary vastly based on what each individual user is using to supplement their Japanese learning. That is, some people will be using other materials to learn additional kanji, vocab, and most importantly, grammar, whereas others may be solely utilizing WaniKani as their source of Japanese learning. With this being the case, there could be 10 level 60’s where one of them can read a Japanese novel with 90-100% comprehension and another one where they can barely get through short children’s stories (because they didn’t supplement with outside material).
I say this from experience, because, it has previously been suggested to wait until level 10 to begin learning grammar, and that at level 20 you would know 95% of the JLPT N5 kanji. I took the JLPT N5 when I was between WK level 4-6, and passed. This is impart because I used a handful of additional resources to improve grammar, reading, listening, etc., and partially because I’m a genius. But that’s neither here nor there. My point is that it will be different for everyone, and if you’re using people’s responses to this thread as a gauge for what you’ll be able to do at their level, don’t, because it will be very different for you than it was for them. Also, I’d advise to start learning grammar now! You don’t have to go into these crazy conjugations and advanced grammar studies; but building a basic understanding of grammar is super important and will go a long way if you learn it earlier rather than later.
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