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I'm sure you've got this question many times before, but afaik there's no way to search the threads, so here we go again.

I'm about to be done with Genki II, now what? People seem to be less than loving of "an integrated course to intermediate japanese". It's also my understanding that there's no answer key to the workbook, which is a big no-no since I'm teaching myself here.

Oh and, The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary for kanji? I'll be done with "kanji look and learn" which teaches 512 kanji when I'm done with Genki II. I've also heard good things about "A Dictionary of Japanese Particles", would it be premature to get that one now?