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>>204
I don't see what the problem with examples is. Reading examples for specific grammar patterns is of questionable usefulness, especially when those examples are created primarily for teaching ("textbook" sentences). However, real example sentences in a corpus like ALC (alc.co.jp) or the example sentences in EDICT can be very useful for understanding meaning. I probably refer to ALC more than any other resource simply because it provides better context for a given word, showing collocation and associations.

In response to >>203 and in addition to >>204, I think that volume is really important. I took two years of Japanese (which looking back, probably taught me about as much as is on Tae Kim's site) in college, then just started reading light novels. The first one took me weeks, with the first pages being the worst, and my understanding was tentative at best. But after a while and after stressing about various grammar patterns, you begin to make a peace with the way things are formed and the way things flow, and it speeds up. I didn't take notes, I just asked questions to Japanese friends/google/lang-8 and kept reading as much as possible.