I can ' t stress this enough ! <| sep |> theDrizzle 34 399 Warlock , have tried but not finished challenge . finished HM multiple times <| sep |> Except Galileo was just google translating Arabic scholarly texts . That ' s why it sounded so stupid . <| sep |> Coz that ' s exactly what is written . <| sep |> Smoking in public places should be banned <| sep |> Yep , my friend would tell me I knew how to hold my drink . Well yes that ' s exactly what I ' m doing , holding it while taking the occasional sip . I ' m not an alcoholic I just don ' t want to be drunk . But now I just don ' t drink . <| sep |> Not to mention that we use college to refer to a dormitory . <| sep |> I would say intermediate level starts when finishing Genki II . But every learner is different , your vocab and grammar may be at an intermediate level meanwhile speaking and writing may need development . JLPTwise , you want the vocab , grammar and kanji from N 4 at least .