# Advanced n high-level users: do you still remember some of yalls early stuff or **URL:** \ **Category:** WaniKani\ **Created:** [February 5, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118 "2021-02-05T10:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![claudioragnedda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/claudioragnedda/32/381929_2.png) [@claudioragnedda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/claudioragnedda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 10:37am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/1 "2021-02-05T10:37:36Z")
wassup so I got a question so as of now i’m currently working on level 2, i subbed i believe two weeks ago and i’ve been doing my lessons and review responsibly when the system reminds me to but since Japanese is very complex and kanji and vocabulary are more complex than other languages and shi i was wondering if people from higher levels who have been on this site for a long time w that grind still remember radicals and kanji and vocabulary from like lessons 1-5 or 1-10 cause as of now it’s pretty easy for me to remember stuff from level 1 since i’ve passed it a few days ago but maybe people at level 30 or 40 or 50 forget their early stuff while studying the new things ion kno i’m here to listen to yall ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyPanda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/grumpypanda/32/250797_2.png) [@GrumpyPanda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/GrumpyPanda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/2 "2021-02-05T10:42:11Z")
> **Burned:** This item is “fluent” in your brain. The answer comes with little-to-no effort. You will remember this item for a long, long time. Even if you don’t use it and “forget” it sometime in the future, it should come back to you quickly after recalling it. Items that are “burned” no longer show up in reviews. You can unburn an item on an item’s individual page, which returns the item to Apprentice. From [WaniKani’s SRS Stages | WaniKani Knowledge](https://knowledge.wanikani.com/wanikani/srs-stages/) Also, no need to scream at us 😭 ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 10:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/3 "2021-02-05T10:42:34Z")
I think the important thing to take into consideration is that WK is a great way to learn and help keep things in your long-term memory. However, you should also reinforce what you learn through exposure to the language (reading, listening, speaking, writing). Languages (like anything else) are a matter of use it or lose it. On the other hand, forgetting something is fine. You might have great accuracies now, but there will be times where they’ll be not so great. That’s okay too. You’ll just have to review what you got wrong so that you have a better experience next time 🙂 To answer your question: yes, we do forget stuff. However, it’s again a matter of use it or lose it. Don’t expect WK by itself to have you remember things for years without any extra work outside 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![claudioragnedda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/claudioragnedda/32/381929_2.png) [@claudioragnedda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/claudioragnedda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/4 "2021-02-05T10:47:15Z")
sorry bruh also thanks for tuning in that stuff you got going on there probably will take me ages but thx ily ---
**Author:** ![claudioragnedda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/claudioragnedda/32/381929_2.png) [@claudioragnedda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/claudioragnedda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 10:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/5 "2021-02-05T10:49:46Z")
😤 🥶 🥶 foooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo thank you for your contribution ily coming from a level 60 yknow das wassup 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 🙌🏻 ---
**Author:** ![westinah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/westinah/32/200603_2.png) [@westinah](https://community.wanikani.com/u/westinah)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/6 "2021-02-05T11:45:42Z")
not gonna lie, recently i’ve been reading japanese books and while i can recognise the meaning of essentially all the kanji/vocab i’ve ever learned on here i’ve completely forgotten some of the earlier kanji readings so i just mumble an incoherent sound and skip over them loool ---
**Author:** ![claudioragnedda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/claudioragnedda/32/381929_2.png) [@claudioragnedda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/claudioragnedda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/7 "2021-02-05T11:57:35Z")
my man pulling out the “imma pretend i didn’t see dat” card and scootin off 😂 😂 😂 💀 💀 ---
**Author:** ![VektorJack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/vektorjack/32/318683_2.png) [@VektorJack](https://community.wanikani.com/u/VektorJack)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/8 "2021-02-05T12:00:58Z")
You practice the kanjis long after you see them for the first time due to the vocabulary. For example Enter (入) is found in 32 vocabulary words spread among the 60 levels, such as **(19) 入団 - Join** or **(46) 入れ墨 - Tatoo** ---
**Author:** ![bakugames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/bakugames/32/702997_2.png) [@bakugames](https://community.wanikani.com/u/bakugames)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/9 "2021-02-05T12:07:49Z")
Not only you practice vocab, wanikani recommends you to pick up books to reinforce kanji you burned. I highly recommend you to try to do grammar as soon as you can. Theres a lot of good resources lists in your community, and if you keep it up, your reading skills will be as good as your kanji skills, meaning you can read books and watch media earlier, than if you picked it up later ---
**Author:** ![rever4217](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rever4217/32/284602_2.png) [@rever4217](https://community.wanikani.com/u/rever4217)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/10 "2021-02-05T12:11:40Z")
> [@claudioragnedda](#): > > i was wondering if people from higher levels who have been on this site for a long time w that grind still remember radicals and kanji and vocabulary from like lessons 1-5 or 1-10 Still on the grind. It’s simple, the more common it is/the more you use it, the more likely you’ll remember it. ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/11 "2021-02-05T12:12:11Z")
I finished WaniKani nearly two years ago and have forgotten a lot. But I don’t think I’ve forgotten much from the first 10 levels because those kanji are so common. Since I read Japanese every day, I see those kanji all the time. P.S. Please stop posting threads in all caps. ---
**Author:** ![damlurker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/damlurker/32/283618_2.png) [@damlurker](https://community.wanikani.com/u/damlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/12 "2021-02-05T12:13:18Z")
I spend about 1 to 3 hours a day reading Japanese so I expect I do… 😅 Do I remember the exact name of radicals or the meanings of the kanji as stated in WK? Probably not for most at this point… But does that even matter? WK already did it’s job. As for vocab pretty sure I’ll fail most because I made the monolingual transition even before I finished WK and never was interested in the English translation of vocab past the beginner stage. ---
**Author:** ![claudioragnedda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/claudioragnedda/32/381929_2.png) [@claudioragnedda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/claudioragnedda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/13 "2021-02-05T12:21:00Z")
shiiiii lucky you reading stuff everyday ps I aint been aware of that no all caps stuff i been doing it for clarity tbh not even know y it’s just smn I been doing but if yall saying to not do that then that’s wassup ✌🏻 ✌🏻 🤝 ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/14 "2021-02-05T12:25:16Z")
Usage of caps lock on the Internet is generally viewed as rude, because it’s as if you were shouting to us in real life. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/1/9/d/19da31f17d297cee8c275b380d9238250061919f.png) ---
**Author:** ![aaronvelasquez](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@aaronvelasquez](https://community.wanikani.com/u/aaronvelasquez)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/15 "2021-02-05T12:31:20Z")
A lot of the early ones are very common, so since I see them all the time in writing they are hard to forget. There are definitely ones I do forget from time to time simply because they do not appear all that often, but that is normal I think. If you read on your own the concepts and readings will naturally reinforce themselves with the benefit of learning correct context and nuance. I found it easier to forget words when I learned them in isolation on Wanikani. ---
**Author:** ![claudioragnedda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/claudioragnedda/32/381929_2.png) [@claudioragnedda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/claudioragnedda)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/16 "2021-02-05T12:31:28Z")
frfrfrfrfr I knew that but yknow seen it so many times w no problem but hey no probs im here to have a good time not to be a problem 🤝 🤝 😌 ---
**Author:** ![Saida](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saida/32/348936_2.png) [@Saida](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saida)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/17 "2021-02-07T09:01:55Z")
Your writing style stands out enough on its own wwww ---
**Author:** ![claudioragnedda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/claudioragnedda/32/381929_2.png) [@claudioragnedda](https://community.wanikani.com/u/claudioragnedda)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/18 "2021-02-07T09:35:05Z")
😂😂😂 hope that ain’t a problem ---
**Author:** ![Saida](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saida/32/348936_2.png) [@Saida](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saida)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/19 "2021-02-07T09:37:54Z")
No problem to me! Is that your face in your avatar? ---
**Author:** ![alo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/alo/32/239506_2.png) [@alo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/alo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 9:38am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118/20 "2021-02-07T09:38:23Z")
Nah you’re good. But ion kno if y’all trawlin neither. Some that tuned in stuff is cross generational. But anyways, just stick around. You’ll like it here. 😉 [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/advanced-n-high-level-users-do-you-still-remember-some-of-yalls-early-stuff-or/49118.md?page=2)