Have you successfully learned Japanese? I've been studying

I've been using the Memrise app. It has lots of different courses for each language so you can learn specific areas if you want to. The words and phrases you learn are spoken to you when you learn them by native speakers so you can improve your pronunciation. Hope this helps.

OP I never studied Japanese but I've studied other languages and I can tell you that the "on and off" approach very rarely works.

And try Anki. Language students I know love Anki, and asians use it all the time to learn english so it must work the other way around.

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おれ、大学で勉強したよ。できれば、日本語の先生を見つけて。自分で勉強するのはすごく難しい。

いまのところ、発音にはユーチューブを見たほうがいいよ。

けど、大学で勉強するのは確かに一番しやすい方法だと思うよ。

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OP, go to the /djt/ on /a/. Only read the sticky, the rest of the thread is just shitposting. There should be a beginners guide to learning Japanese. Start with learning hiragana, katakana, and watch some reality or talk show Japanese tv, not just scripted anime. You can use Japanese apps like HelloTalk or Tandem to speak to natives or practice shadowing.
You really have to devote some time daily to learning, that's the only way it sticks, and remember not to give up!

最初から自習練というのは無理だからそれは諦めようね。

I studied all through school, on exchange, here and there at uni., and a little bit on my own, too.

As the other lad has said, studying with a teacher or at uni. is the simplest and easiest way. For basic skills you can work through a textbook on your own, self-test, etc., but there's really no getting around the fact that you don't have the experience or expertise to spot and correct all your mistakes. You have to interact with native speakers. Immersion is unquestionably the best way to do this, so perhaps you should view your upcoming trip as an opportunity to improve your language skills.

>in a few months
I doubt you can make much progress in that time. Why not prepare a phrase-book for yourself, though? Will be both practically useful, and good study.

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Also, for practice purposes and advice from natives, you can try the thread on /int/.

My reading and writing is about n3 level and improving but my speaking and listening are fucking atrocious thanks to a lack of practice and chronic shyness. It's like I have a mind blank whenever I need to speak and forget everything I ever learned, it's a vicious cycle because the embarrassment makes me not want to practice speaking at all.

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>being embarrassed about anything
You're already a creepy autist, and everyone knows it just from looking at you. There's no use in being embarrassed.