# Best way to review with Wanikani's SRS system

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-way-to-review-with-wanikanis-srs-system/26642>\
**Category:** WaniKani\
**Created:** [January 26, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-way-to-review-with-wanikanis-srs-system/26642 "2018-01-26T20:07:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![konekush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/konekush/32/5287_2.png) [@konekush](https://community.wanikani.com/u/konekush)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 9:42am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-way-to-review-with-wanikanis-srs-system/26642/21 "2018-01-28T09:42:24Z")

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> [@Compa](#):
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> 8-12 hours between review sessions is ideal.

Actually, WK-wise, it’s better to do reviews every 4 hours rather than 8, since the most important interval is the first one (which is 4 hours).

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**Author:** ![Gidneybeans](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@Gidneybeans](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Gidneybeans)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 10:00am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-way-to-review-with-wanikanis-srs-system/26642/22 "2018-01-28T10:00:03Z")

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Don’t worry dude, just let the SRS do its thing. If you forget a word again and again, you’ll probably end up learning that word better than most others as you’ll see it more frequently. Eventually, you’ll associate pain and suffering with that word or kanji and it’ll eventually sink in 🙂

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**Author:** ![Compa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/compa/32/34372_2.png) [@Compa](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Compa)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2018, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-way-to-review-with-wanikanis-srs-system/26642/23 "2018-01-28T12:54:27Z")

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> since the most important interval is the first one (which is 4 hours)

That’s true, but this is simply my personal preference in order to make myself work harder to memorize new items on my first try. It’s not much, but that little bit of extra time can make the connection that much stronger if you manage to get it right after more time has passed. Does it slow down my leveling? Absolutely. But it makes me focus more on learning, which I’m hoping will pay off as I get more and more vocabulary to maintain.

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**Author:** ![Joby05](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@Joby05](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Joby05)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 12:55am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-way-to-review-with-wanikanis-srs-system/26642/24 "2018-01-29T00:55:57Z")

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I was the same way, those specific items also tripped me up. Good idea using excel! 😃

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/best-way-to-review-with-wanikanis-srs-system/26642/25 "2019-01-29T03:25:50Z")

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