# Latest **URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/latest.md [Latest](https://community.wanikani.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.wanikani.com/categories.md) --- ## [Welcome to the WaniKani Community \[Please read this first!\] ✨](https://community.wanikani.com/t/welcome-to-the-wanikani-community-please-read-this-first-%E2%9C%A8/8)
**Author:** [@crabigator](https://community.wanikani.com/u/crabigator)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2017, 11:23am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/welcome-to-the-wanikani-community-please-read-this-first-%E2%9C%A8/8 "2017-02-28T11:23:16Z")
Welcome to the WaniKani forum! We’re happy to have you here :durtle\_hello: If it’s your first time using WaniKani, be sure to check out the Knowledge Guide to get an overview of how the program works! Before you get … --- ## [📿 Final Fantasy 5 - Week 1](https://community.wanikani.com/t/final-fantasy-5-week-1/75787)
**Author:** [@simias](https://community.wanikani.com/u/simias)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/final-fantasy-5-week-1/75787 "2026-09-23T21:17:02Z")
Final Fantasy 5 Beginner Club W01 Week 01 2026-09-18T15:00:00Z (UTC) Next week Home Threads FFBC / FF5BC Vocabulary sheets, transcriptions etc.: Please be extra-mindful of spoilers, as these games bec… --- ## [🍁 2026 Autumn Equinox 24-hour Readathon - 秋分](https://community.wanikani.com/t/2026-autumn-equinox-24-hour-readathon-%E7%A7%8B%E5%88%86/75644)
**Author:** [@Midnightblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Midnightblue)\ **Replies:** 592\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/2026-autumn-equinox-24-hour-readathon-%E7%A7%8B%E5%88%86/75644 "2026-09-23T20:34:38Z")
The Autumn Equinox 24-hour Readathon :fallen\_leaf: :brown\_mushroom: :chestnut: :maple\_leaf: :kite: Saturday, 19th September 2026 :kite: Looking for an opportunity to start a new chapter into your readi… --- ## [Dathmach's Study Log](https://community.wanikani.com/t/dathmachs-study-log/72826)
**Author:** [@Dathmach](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Dathmach)\ **Replies:** 426\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/dathmachs-study-log/72826 "2026-09-23T20:23:16Z")
Here I am, trying to study. Mostly going to be keeping this so that I have an extra thing to remind me to do WaniKani everyday, as well as reminder of what I’ve done so far when I eventually start stressing about the pat… --- ## [Good idea gone bad](https://community.wanikani.com/t/good-idea-gone-bad/75840)
**Author:** [@emunalem09](https://community.wanikani.com/u/emunalem09)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/good-idea-gone-bad/75840 "2026-09-23T20:08:14Z")
I had noticed while doing level 7 that I was about to finish off the kanji of level 8 already, but still had almost all the level 6 vocabulary yet to do. So I decided to add the entire level of 6 vocabulary to the rotati… --- ## [📚📚 Read Japanese Every Day Challenge - Summer 2026 ⛰ 🌊](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711)
**Author:** [@DIO-Berry](https://community.wanikani.com/u/DIO-Berry)\ **Replies:** 1347\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/read-japanese-every-day-challenge-summer-2026/74711 "2026-09-23T20:03:42Z")
:books: :books: Welcome to the “Read Japanese Every Day” Challenge, Summer 2026 Edition! :mountain: :ocean: Happy summer to the Northern Hemisphere (and Winter to the Southern)! May all of us not have overly extreme temp… --- ## [\[iOS, Android, Web\] Wanilog, modern WaniKani stats](https://community.wanikani.com/t/ios-android-web-wanilog-modern-wanikani-stats/74139)
**Author:** [@ricardo1](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ricardo1)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/ios-android-web-wanilog-modern-wanikani-stats/74139 "2026-09-23T19:50:55Z")
:warning: This is a third-party app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. :crocodile: Wanilog, a WaniKani stats da… --- ## [\[Web\] YOKKI — A Ranked Multiplayer game w/ Matchmaking: Race, Steal, Sprint, Infinite](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-yokki-%E2%80%94-a-ranked-multiplayer-game-w-matchmaking-race-steal-sprint-infinite/75827)
**Author:** [@SergioEnrique](https://community.wanikani.com/u/SergioEnrique)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/web-yokki-%E2%80%94-a-ranked-multiplayer-game-w-matchmaking-race-steal-sprint-infinite/75827 "2026-09-23T19:28:54Z")
:warning: This is a third-party app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. :warning: Disclosure: Even though a goo… --- ## [Confession: I rarely learn readings through the given mnemonics. But](https://community.wanikani.com/t/confession-i-rarely-learn-readings-through-the-given-mnemonics-but/75839)
**Author:** [@lisamariefan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/lisamariefan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/confession-i-rarely-learn-readings-through-the-given-mnemonics-but/75839 "2026-09-23T18:00:06Z")
There’s typically three ways I remember readings, other than just brute force repitition. The first is that I connect it to another Kanji that typically takes that reading. For example: 共 reminds me of 今日 and 強. So I co… --- ## [Trunklayer's Study Log](https://community.wanikani.com/t/trunklayers-study-log/43403)
**Author:** [@trunklayer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/trunklayer)\ **Replies:** 2164\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/trunklayers-study-log/43403 "2026-09-23T17:49:23Z")
Well, everyone has been making study logs lately, so I guess I might as well do the same… This is a study log of a small cat trying to learn Japanese Currently, my main tasks are: WK reviews (and lessons when th… --- ## [I made a free site with Japanese folk tales you can read from day one (furigana, English, audio) — feedback welcome](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-made-a-free-site-with-japanese-folk-tales-you-can-read-from-day-one-furigana-english-audio-%E2%80%94-feedback-welcome/75412)
**Author:** [@sazanami](https://community.wanikani.com/u/sazanami)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-made-a-free-site-with-japanese-folk-tales-you-can-read-from-day-one-furigana-english-audio-%E2%80%94-feedback-welcome/75412 "2026-09-23T17:30:02Z")
Hi everyone, I’m a native Japanese speaker. People here often find that reading gets much more accessible around level 20. I wanted to make something a level-1 person could read today, in the meantime — not instead o… --- ## [Give me a kanji you struggle with — I’ll make a mnemonic for you!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/give-me-a-kanji-you-struggle-with-%E2%80%94-i%E2%80%99ll-make-a-mnemonic-for-you/75823)
**Author:** [@vouchou](https://community.wanikani.com/u/vouchou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/give-me-a-kanji-you-struggle-with-%E2%80%94-i%E2%80%99ll-make-a-mnemonic-for-you/75823 "2026-09-23T17:05:59Z")
Does anyone have a kanji that they really struggle with or just can’t seem to remember? I’d like to practice creating detailed mnemonics and kanji breakdowns, so feel free to give me a kanji that’s giving you trouble. I… --- ## [Is it failure?](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-failure/75815)
**Author:** [@Markahamer](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Markahamer)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/is-it-failure/75815 "2026-09-23T16:24:39Z")
Hi all. I think I’m pretty much done - maybe I’m beaten - it’s been a long and up and down journey but I don’t think I’m ever going to make level 60 as I don’t think I can actually progress fast enough on wanikani to sti… --- ## [Children's Novel Club // Now Reading: 帰命寺横丁の夏](https://community.wanikani.com/t/childrens-novel-club-now-reading-%E5%B8%B0%E5%91%BD%E5%AF%BA%E6%A8%AA%E4%B8%81%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%8F/71298)
**Author:** [@soggyboy](https://community.wanikani.com/u/soggyboy)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/childrens-novel-club-now-reading-%E5%B8%B0%E5%91%BD%E5%AF%BA%E6%A8%AA%E4%B8%81%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%8F/71298 "2026-09-23T14:14:19Z")
Welcome to the Children’s Novel Club! Now Reading: 帰命寺横丁の夏 / Temple Alley Summer What’s this? This is a book club for novels aimed at older children, known as ‘middle-grade’ novels in the English publishing world. We’… --- ## [かえるくん、東京を救う / Super Frog Saves Tokyo Week 6 (BBC)](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B%E3%81%8F%E3%82%93%E3%80%81%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E3%82%92%E6%95%91%E3%81%86-super-frog-saves-tokyo-week-6-bbc/75790)
**Author:** [@SarahSh](https://community.wanikani.com/u/SarahSh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E3%81%8B%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B%E3%81%8F%E3%82%93%E3%80%81%E6%9D%B1%E4%BA%AC%E3%82%92%E6%95%91%E3%81%86-super-frog-saves-tokyo-week-6-bbc/75790 "2026-09-23T13:08:47Z")
かえるくん、東京を救う / Super Frog Saves Tokyo :frog: Week 6 Happy Read-A-Thon-ing if you’re reading along with us or catching up from previous weeks! This week threw out a few curveballs, and it may have you questioning what ha… --- ## [NANA―ナナ― Volume 17 👩‍🎤](https://community.wanikani.com/t/nana%E2%80%95%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8A%E2%80%95-volume-17/75620)
**Author:** [@Akashelia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Akashelia)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/nana%E2%80%95%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8A%E2%80%95-volume-17/75620 "2026-09-23T13:01:01Z")
Volume 17 Discussion Thread Start Date: 2026-09-04T15:00:00Z (UTC) NANA―ナナ― Reading Club Home Thread Vocabulary Lists Reading Schedule Week Start Date Chapter Week 1 September 5 第62話 Week 2 September 12 第… --- ## [🥗🎧📺 Summer 2026 edition of the Listen Every Day Challenge🎧 📺 🥗](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%A5%97%F0%9F%8E%A7%F0%9F%93%BA-summer-2026-edition-of-the-listen-every-day-challenge%F0%9F%8E%A7-%F0%9F%93%BA-%F0%9F%A5%97/74798)
**Author:** [@Lisaveeta](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Lisaveeta)\ **Replies:** 472\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%F0%9F%A5%97%F0%9F%8E%A7%F0%9F%93%BA-summer-2026-edition-of-the-listen-every-day-challenge%F0%9F%8E%A7-%F0%9F%93%BA-%F0%9F%A5%97/74798 "2026-09-23T12:57:26Z")
Welcome to the Summer 2026 edition of the Listen Every Day Challenge. If you’re in the Northern hemisphere, you’re probably (not?) looking forward to hot, sweaty days and lots of watermelon. Here in the South, we’re wear… --- ## [The BookWalker Freebies Thread](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-bookwalker-freebies-thread/41389)
**Author:** [@rodan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rodan)\ **Replies:** 1636\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-bookwalker-freebies-thread/41389 "2026-09-23T12:20:20Z")
Original topic by @curiousjp : BookWalker is an ebook store that offers online reading through the web, has an iOS application (which also allows you to pay for purchases using Apple’s in-app-purchasing mechanism), and… --- ## [🔴 Pokemon Gen1 (Game Club) - Week 5](https://community.wanikani.com/t/pokemon-gen1-game-club-week-5/75786)
**Author:** [@WeepingWeeb](https://community.wanikani.com/u/WeepingWeeb)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/pokemon-gen1-game-club-week-5/75786 "2026-09-23T12:15:00Z")
Welcome to Week 5 of Pokémon Gen1 Club! :house: Home Thread | :video\_game: Game Club Week 5 18 Sep 2026 Start Point ハナダシティ End Point Enter クチバシティ Last Week Week 4 Next Week Week 6 Walkthrough: Englis… --- ## [天国大魔境 🏙 Book Club (Intermediate Manga Club)](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%A4%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%AD%94%E5%A2%83-book-club-intermediate-manga-club/75156)
**Author:** [@Akashelia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Akashelia)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E5%A4%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%AD%94%E5%A2%83-book-club-intermediate-manga-club/75156 "2026-09-23T12:11:34Z")
Welcome to the 天国大魔境(1) Book Club! This is the main thread for reading the manga 天国大魔境(1) together with the Intermediate Manga Club. We’ll be reading together according to a weekly schedule, ask and answer questions in… --- ## [The WaniKani Blog](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-wanikani-blog/75778)
**Author:** [@koichi](https://community.wanikani.com/u/koichi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 11:30am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-wanikani-blog/75778 "2026-09-23T11:30:29Z")
Oh Hi. You may have found it already (there’s a couple links on WaniKani now—e.g. in the footer, and in the avatar menu), but I want to share here that we started a blog for WaniKani. We probably should have built one i… --- ## [Intonation Userscripts](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intonation-userscripts/75721)
**Author:** [@Minimuffins](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Minimuffins)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intonation-userscripts/75721 "2026-09-23T11:17:39Z")
I’ve finally decided to start speaking Japanese more often. Not just a word here and there, but I’ve been trying to put together sentences with my limited grammar knowledge. It’s hard for me to hear the intonation in le… --- ## [BluezamX's road to N4](https://community.wanikani.com/t/bluezamxs-road-to-n4/73020)
**Author:** [@BluezamX](https://community.wanikani.com/u/BluezamX)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/bluezamxs-road-to-n4/73020 "2026-09-23T08:41:56Z")
Short introduction As the title says, I’m aiming to get to N4 level before 2030. I started learning Japanese through self-studying Genki waaay back in 2022, but because of my lack of discipline and ADHD it didn’t go very… --- ## [Let’s climb Tokyo Skytree - level 60 in autumn 2023](https://community.wanikani.com/t/let%E2%80%99s-climb-tokyo-skytree-level-60-in-autumn-2023/44711)
**Author:** [@Marifly](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Marifly)\ **Replies:** 4553\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 8:01am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/let%E2%80%99s-climb-tokyo-skytree-level-60-in-autumn-2023/44711 "2026-09-23T08:01:36Z")
The Tokyo Skytree was the world’s tallest tower when it was opened on May 22, 2012. It’s 634 meters tall. Level 60 has 1 radical and 32 kanji right now. Let’s try to get to level 60 and complete all radical and kanji les… --- ## [\[Voting now!\] The Intermediate Manga Club (IMC) // Now reading: 天国大魔境](https://community.wanikani.com/t/voting-now-the-intermediate-manga-club-imc-now-reading-%E5%A4%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%AD%94%E5%A2%83/65187)
**Author:** [@Akashelia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Akashelia)\ **Replies:** 1177\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/voting-now-the-intermediate-manga-club-imc-now-reading-%E5%A4%A9%E5%9B%BD%E5%A4%A7%E9%AD%94%E5%A2%83/65187 "2026-09-23T07:00:26Z")
Welcome to the Intermediate Manga Club! Vote for the next book now! Now reading: 天国大魔境 1 Aug 8th - Sept 19th In this club we choose a Japanese manga together and read it following a weekly schedule. We help each … --- ## [Bravefoot’s Study Journal](https://community.wanikani.com/t/bravefoot%E2%80%99s-study-journal/45948)
**Author:** [@Brave-foot](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Brave-foot)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/bravefoot%E2%80%99s-study-journal/45948 "2026-09-23T06:29:18Z")
I’ll try to keep this short and sweet (compared to my embarrassingly-long and emotional introduction). I’m very motivated to use this site to its end and learn Japanese, BUT, I’ve been very motivated at trying/learning … --- ## [Fcr's Study Log 🥑](https://community.wanikani.com/t/fcrs-study-log-%F0%9F%A5%91/75728)
**Author:** [@fcr](https://community.wanikani.com/u/fcr)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:14am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/fcrs-study-log-%F0%9F%A5%91/75728 "2026-09-23T03:14:20Z")
I’ve created this thread to have a bit more accountability about my Japanese studies. As I sometimes work until very late, it ends up being quite difficult to attain the speed I want for wanikani. Goals: Pass JLTP n… --- ## [✒️ giga’s study log 🖋️](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E2%9C%92%EF%B8%8F-giga%E2%80%99s-study-log-%F0%9F%96%8B%EF%B8%8F/73083)
**Author:** [@gigazol](https://community.wanikani.com/u/gigazol)\ **Replies:** 336\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 3:05am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E2%9C%92%EF%B8%8F-giga%E2%80%99s-study-log-%F0%9F%96%8B%EF%B8%8F/73083 "2026-09-23T03:05:34Z")
Hello and happy new year! I’ve decided I want to pass the N3 (or maybe even N2…?) this year, so I figured I could make a study log to keep me on track. As for my Japanese background — I took Japanese in college, thin… --- ## [🌌 Artemis III: Back to the moon! - level 60 in autumn 2027](https://community.wanikani.com/t/artemis-iii-back-to-the-moon-level-60-in-autumn-2027/72168)
**Author:** [@WeepingWeeb](https://community.wanikani.com/u/WeepingWeeb)\ **Replies:** 587\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/artemis-iii-back-to-the-moon-level-60-in-autumn-2027/72168 "2026-09-22T05:09:34Z")
Many years ago, in the good old year of 1969, man first took a step on our very own personally orbiting space rock. As part of the Apollo program, 12 people have stood on the surface of the moon, with the last one b… --- ## [A Certain Bidoof's Multi-Language Travel & Friends & I'm A German Citizen Arc 🇯🇵 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇱 🇨🇳](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-certain-bidoofs-multi-language-travel-friends-im-a-german-citizen-arc-%F0%9F%87%AF%F0%9F%87%B5-%F0%9F%87%A9%F0%9F%87%AA-%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%A6-%F0%9F%87%B5%F0%9F%87%B1-%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%B3/68929)
**Author:** [@GolyBidoof](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GolyBidoof)\ **Replies:** 2077\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/a-certain-bidoofs-multi-language-travel-friends-im-a-german-citizen-arc-%F0%9F%87%AF%F0%9F%87%B5-%F0%9F%87%A9%F0%9F%87%AA-%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%A6-%F0%9F%87%B5%F0%9F%87%B1-%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%B3/68929 "2026-09-23T02:18:12Z")
グテン・モーニンゲン・ツザッメン！！！ It’s your local correspondent reporting whatever linguistic adventures she’s been up to, 28, Berlin, Germany! :leaf\_fluttering\_in\_wind: ▶ Japanese advancements since the last thread! ▶ How's your life… [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/latest.md?page=1)