hi! o/ i am a 17-year-old who has just completed level 3. wanikani has absolutely been the best thing i’ve used to help me learn japanese since i started 3 months ago in september. unfortunately, since i reached level 4 now, i am forced to either pay for a subscription (which honestly i am unable t…

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I think renshuu.org is probably the closest free resource based on what I’ve heard. Good luck with your studies!

kanji.koohii.com is free and features lots of user-made kanji mnemonics. jpdb.io is free (with optional sub) and focuses on first learning kanji for vocab you actually want to learn (but you have to bring your own mnemonics).

I have a couple of friends who like to use Anki since it’s free. It’s an SRS flashcard deck program where you can make your own decks or download decks others have made, as well as a lot of options to customize them. There are tons of pre-made decks for Japanese learning that people have created and…

I wish they’d let us do a raffle for wk subscription codes in blocks of like 6 months. Id pitch in. Though some details would need to be worked out before then.

Just wanted to add that while you can’t use the SRS part of WK for levels above 3 without a paid subscription, you can use it to browse the items – you can read mnemonics and learn radicals, kanji and vocab for higher levels, you just won’t be able to SRS them. Also, don’t forget, that even without…

[image] Pancakes25: I wish they’d let us do a raffle for wk subscription codes in blocks of like 6 months. Id pitch in. Though some details would need to be worked out before then. nice idea, I’d totally be up for contributing to something like an annual community-sponsored WK scholarship …

[image] mitrac: I’d totally be up for contributing to something like an annual community-sponsored WK scholarship :slight_smile: I’d chip in too, something like Gift of Grammar | Bunpro with a community pool would be nice.

Just going to page WK’s @MichaelR maybe this could become reality

[image] mitrac: nice idea, I’d totally be up for contributing to something like an annual community-sponsored WK scholarship :slight_smile: I’m in too. Would be cool to help more students use this program.

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You can browse the list and see if something helps, there’s a lot to try . It usually says if the resource is free or not.

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