First burn (so far)

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Just got my first burn. It was just some level one radicals but its still a small accomplishment. Is it bad that i am nervous that i will forget the things that i have burned?

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I don’t think forgetting things should be an issue. Anything important will come up in your immersion. Probably a good idea to have an anki deck going though at some point so you can keep important vocab in the mix after you’re done with WK

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I wouldn’t worry too much about this.

You can think of it like this: you’ll learn thousands of items on WK. Not all of them are as common or frequent as counting from 1-10. As you start to read, watch and play media in Japanese you’ll encounter some of these items. But not all. The ones you don’t see for a long time you might forget, but then again, if you do see them later on, they should be easy to re-learn.

So, what I’m trying to say is that if you happen to forget some items, that’s perfectly normal. The items you see and use regularly, however, you should have no problem retaining. :slight_smile:

As for the names of radicals
they’re merely a means to an end - learning to recognize them is the goal to help you parse kanji. At the end of the day, what you call them, is less important.

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Congratulations!

You’ll probably forget or misremember things you’ve burned, especially on later levels. It’s unavoidable, and you’ll still remember a lot of what you’ve learned, so it’s not worth worrying about.

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Wanikani is more of a crutch in order to learn to read. The reading and immersion is the real learning process. Imagine WK as riding a bike with training wheels, “real” bike riding comes from actually reading. You will forget quite a bit if you don’t get into reading, but not nearly as much as you fear for. Don’t worry about it.

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i reset from level 40 to level 1 and i was surprised to find i have forgotten nothing so far. just got to level 4.

also, WK is made in such a way you keep reencountering the radicals and kanji in other vocab so you’d only risk forgetting burned, uncommon vocab from the beginning i think.

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After seeing everyone’s replies, i feel a little less anxious about forgetting things. Thanks for the support.

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