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Title: You learn to read Kanji but not Japanese
Review: Compounds! That's Japanese. Learning individual Kanji is effectively a waste of time because the most important stuff is the compounds of two Kanji. Think if you know 2000 words then you have the vocab of your average 2 year old. It's through combining Kanji that you become proficient and for that you need about 1000-1200 to cover 80-90% of Japanese.My recommendation is to get very good at the first 600 and their compounds. You'll either have given up by this point or you'll have found many other superior books :)
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