Hey everyone, I’m totally new to WaniKani. Nice to meet you! Is there any advice you can give me that might help me starting out? Like a “if I knew then what I know now” sort of thing. Thanks! Kaziru

[image] What WaniKani tips would you give to yourself if you could travel back in time? WaniKani Just making conversation for fun. If I could travel back and talk to myself, I’d probably tell me that it’s ok to go slowly. That I’ll learn what I have to at the rate I have …

I definitely recommend reading the FAQ and Guide first, if you haven’t already, so that you can understand how WaniKani works Once you get the hang of the site, I also recommend starting KaniWani to help reinforce your English → Japanese skills (since WK is only Japanese → English) And once you ge…

Or do, whatever, I’m sure it’s 100% fine.

Welcome! There’s a lot of vocabulary – don’t stress out about it. Work the vocab, but keep in mind the main objective, to learn to read kanji. The vocab is important to help you learn readings, but not so much as an end in itself. Opinions differ on whether it’s a good idea to study the kanj…

Don’t do new lessons unless your reviews queue is empty (or very near empty), and log in every day at least once to do at least 10 reviews, even when you don’t feel like it. Hi and welcome!

You can also check out the Advice to Pleasants thread for some tips on getting oriented in Wanikani specifically as well as some direction towards things like grammar resources and such. Welcome and good luck!

REVIEWS: Keep on top of reviews. I just came back a few days ago from 1500+ that I let pile up. VACATION MODE: On that topic, if you’re not going to do reviews for a few days (e.g. traveling, friends/family are visiting, really busy at work/school), use the vacation mode. There are a number of time…

Any tips for someone just starting out?

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Any tips for someone just starting out?

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