I’ve gotten over seeing a big lessons number, and am trying to come up with ways to catch up. One method I’ve tried is to do 5 lessons a day until I’m caught up, but I’m learning that this is too difficult for me. Once I get to “day 3” of this practice, everything else slips, and my session scores d…

I personally feel like, at the earlier levels, your comprehension of the Japanese language is not really strong enough to reliably formulate an understanding of what it is you’re trying to understand ergo your memory for new vocab is going to be awful because your brain has no new context for the th…

Yeah I’m there for sure: I know I need to review it more, and with the amount of retention I have, maybe doing 5/day is too much…the last few days I’ve only been doing reviews as they come up to give myself a chance to retain the last few I’ve “learned”

In the first few levels my vocab scores tanked. It got better around level 5/6. Partly I think because you get used to the format - but I also approached the reviews differently. When I get a review item (kanji or vocab), regardless of whether it asks for the meaning or the reading, I recite both of…

As much as I’d love to jump on reviews as I’m notified, I simply can’t do it every time. I like my sleep, and I’m not dead set on finishing as soon as possible. So usually I’ll review 1-3 times a day, and learn 1/day. I don’t necessarily agree with mathematically comparing my learning rate as 5/day…

This is great, and I think it helps clarify my intent behind my op: Looking for other ways to figure out what works for me. I only know my experience, and by asking others I can be exposed to other ideas. Thanks! :v: I did look up the difference because I was getting frustrated with that example in…

Here’s what worked for me. Figure out the maximum number of reviews you can do in a day (each person will have a different number, I think that’s part of the magic). At days when your number of reviews reaches or goes above this number, don’t do lessons. At days when the number of reviews is lower t…

My review and lessons approach is very simple. When I was on the first 5 levels, I would immeadiately do all my lessons and simply learn everything reviewing. That proved to be very inneficient, and on level 6 I almost gave up WaniKani. What I learned is, vocab is the most numerous section of any g…

Thanks! I know WK has explained different types of words, like Jukugo, but aside from Onyomi, Kunyomi and most verbs ending in る, I’ve forgotten what that stuff means. I think this is what @Joshikii is referring to about my understanding of Japanese not being strong yet. It seems like the context is…

making simple mistakes like confusing 牛 and 午 Knowing the difference exists is half the battle, just take a good long look at them and try to find your own way of remembering the difference in meaning/reading. That’s what usually works for me.

It really depends on multiple factors. It’s a fact that you can’t limitless learn new stuff so you need to dose it out. When doing lesdons, refuce the reviews and vice versa. Don’t spend more than an hour per day. Also, it helps if you’re rested and fresh. If you combine this with work or school tr…

[image] thetypebeast: Haven’t blasted through lessons because I want to feel confident that what I’ve recently learned is sticking before adding more. I’m not sure how much your retention rate is affected by your speed. As long as you’re not going at a ridiculous pace and burning yourself out…

Feeling a little discouraged, but still trying

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Rowena March 17, 2020, 2:10am 32

P.S. As for similar kanji, this userscript has helped me: [Userscript] WaniKani Similar Kanji

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