I am a non-native Japanese speaker. I have been in Japan quite a while and I speak Japanese (I have passed N2) and have worked in Japanese environments (but not in a role where communication skill was absolutely essential) but I am definitely not fluent.
For the past several years I feel like I have been stuck at a plateau in my Japanese where daily life is not a problem and I can have full conversations in Japanese but I have never felt fluent and still frequently get lost in complex conversations. My speaking has gotten significantly worse since I work in a mainly english speaking environment now. Now I am wondering how much effort it would be to actually become fluent but I don't know realistically know how much effort it would take.
I am just wondering what other people did to basically get over the plateau (or if you even hit a plateau) to feel like you actually became fluent in the language. Please share your stories! 🙇