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Originally Posted by MMM
Every day that goes by it is going to get harder. Is 48 too late? You know yourself better than I do, but I would look into any community centers around where you live. Some have Japanese classes or tutoring. It is practically impossible to teach yourself Japanese, no matter how many books you try. Ultimately, one-on-one with a teacher or tutor is the best, but even a classroom situation is better than a book or computer program, in my opinion.
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What I don't get is OP has been living in Japan for 7 years. He has to be doing something seriously wrong (like avoiding Japanese) not to be able to speak it well by now. Either that or his left temporal lobe is damaged.