# All my leeches are transitivity pairs and 人 (にん or じん)

**URL:** https://community.wanikani.com/t/all-my-leeches-are-transitivity-pairs-and-%E4%BA%BA-%E3%81%AB%E3%82%93-or-%E3%81%98%E3%82%93/54763
**Category:** WaniKani
**Created:** [December 15, 2021, 3:20am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/all-my-leeches-are-transitivity-pairs-and-%E4%BA%BA-%E3%81%AB%E3%82%93-or-%E3%81%98%E3%82%93/54763 "2021-12-15T03:20:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 49

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![meagstudies](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/meagstudies/32/632481_2.png) [@meagstudies](https://community.wanikani.com/u/meagstudies)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/all-my-leeches-are-transitivity-pairs-and-%E4%BA%BA-%E3%81%AB%E3%82%93-or-%E3%81%98%E3%82%93/54763/49 "2021-12-16T19:14:45Z")

</div>

tbh I don’t really know what exactly the number means, but I do know that the higher the number the worse of a leech it is, so when I study leeches I focus on the vocab with the highest numbers

Ok I found the explanation

> [@\[Userscript\] Wanikani Item Inspector](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wanikani-item-inspector/44564/1):
>
> The leech table relies on a formula that calculates a leech value. This formula captures how much trouble an item is giving you. If the leech value is an integer then most often you just have failed a review. In this case the leech value is the number of incorrect answers since the item has been unlocked. When the leech value is a real number you are ongoing a streak of correct answers. The leech value will gradually decrease

There’s more info in that original post about how exactly the leech value is calculated, how to set the leech filter, etc.

---

_[View the full topic](https://community.wanikani.com/t/all-my-leeches-are-transitivity-pairs-and-%E4%BA%BA-%E3%81%AB%E3%82%93-or-%E3%81%98%E3%82%93/54763)._