Aye to the people of WaniKani! I’m sure a lot of people on here can relate with getting readings unnecessarily wrong. It’s so frustrating! This morning I was doing my reviews (on my phone) and, instead of typing やまのぼり for 山登り, my fingers, which aren’t completely tuned into what my brain wants at a…

When I keep getting similar kanji wrong (which is often, I guess I have eye dysfunction :eyeglasses: :wink: ) I write them out on paper side by side. It really helps me notice their differences (and it gives me a tiny bit of writing practice). I use Jisho.org for looking up the stroke order :+1:

Adding to the advice of installing ignore script, you should also install “confusion guesser” script. It helps to see what did you mix your answer with.

I have [Userscript]: Double-Check (Version 2.x) on desktop and the “ignore typos” setting on the Tsurukame iOS app for times when my fingers type something different to what my brain says. I usually “say” the readings in my head, so it’s easy to see if it was just a stupid typo because of my clumsy…

Thank you! I got tsurukame for my iPhone. I saw it on the app store before but thought it was some rip-off version of wanikani.

I’m always harsh on myself :joy: I’ll never be good enough in my eyes :woman_shrugging:

You laugh but that certainly doesn’t sound funny…it doesn’t have to be like that

Aww you’re actually so sweet! I’m fine, genuinely. I’ve been like this my whole life and will be forever more! I’m used to it and, honestly, it’s an aspect about myself that I like because it motivates me to be a better version of myself. But thank you for the concern!

A bit off topic, but how does your dyslexia affect kanji/kana? I’m curious if/how it changes things when you’re not using an (incredibly messed up) alphabet.

I have a type of dyslexia that affects writing more than reading, and it certainly affects Japanese much less! It helps that they actually write it how they say it (Looking at you English! :rofl: ) Somehow my native language, Norwegian, is affected 10 times worse than English, cause we spell close …

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There is a (unsupported) script that won’t allow you submit answer with okurigana mismatch:

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