"Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb."

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Can the team please reconsider having this sentence included in the explanation of every verb? This is something important to learn, but you learn it by level 2.

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You think level 2 is too late?

Level 1 you’re learning what kanji is.

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頗る looking at this this thread like

insert am I I joke to you meme

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Maybe I didn’t phrase my post correctly? I mean that today this sentence is included in the explanation of every verb, and it’s annoying to have to read it every time. I don’t think users should have to keep reading this introductory sentence for every new verb they learn.

Of course there are some non-verbs that end with う, but I’m not asking to change anything about them.

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Oh I see. Yeah that seems kinda ridiculous

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Hi there, I don’t have an opinion either way for your suggestion.

However, I think it’s worth noting that all of the Kanji and Vocabulary lesson pages can be accessed without an account. This makes it a good reference for people who might find Wanikani by doing a Google search for a word. Having the う reference may be useful to these people who aren’t already aware of that rule.

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I have not felt any need to have to read it and I just skip it. I have not noticed any ill effects.

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When you move content between levels, it makes sense to have fixed intros for different kind of items. It can still be there but not visible to the user. That’s something they can easily do - convert it to a developers note from a certain level, and reactivate it if they move the item to a lower level for some reason.
You could probably ask for a script that would do it, if skipping it on your own makes you wonder whether you miss some important information, since there’s no visual cue that indicates it’s the same exact intro except for the text itself and UX wise it can actually create fomo when you’re still dealing with lower levels.

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people read those pages?! :exploding_head:

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I’d say its outside the scope of WaniKani anyway. It’s a point about grammar and WaniKani makes a point about it not teaching you grammar.

But that said, you should just be able to glaze over it without it offending you.

There are many things they could improve that would be more impactful than this.

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