I studied Japanese in college for 1 year. After living in Tokyo, I realized I knew basically nothing before moving here. I've found that I can read and write e

I studied Japanese in college for 1 year. After living in Tokyo, I realized I knew basically nothing before moving here. I've found that I can read and write easier than I can speak, mostly because I have more time to build context in the former. With speaking, synthesizing a thought in a different language (for me) requires use of the language to be a reaction rather than something I think about.