So I am trying to practice my writing, with my own drawings and it helped a lot~
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It sure is the prettiest way, at least.
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You might want to check out the Ringotan app. It’s totally free. I stumbled on it a month ago and I’m really enjoying it. It uses an SRS system like WaniKani. In fact, there is an option to organize the kanji in the same order as WaniKani. You’ll still want to do some writing with pen and ink, but Ringotan makes it really easy to jump in whenever you have a free moment. I’m trying to catch up to my currently paused WK level (30) before I start up WK again. I think it’s a great supplement for WK.
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Wow this looks soo pretty!
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I copy every WaniKani level into a notebook for basic writing practice and reward myself with filling the blank spaces with すみっコぐらし stickers like a preteen girl.
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Wow! That is amazing! Your writing is very neat! I love the stickers!
So I am curious, what do the highlights mean?
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Thank you! The highlights are unusual, rendaku’d, or otherwise difficult to memorize readings.
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That makes sense - I am tempted now to do something like this for myself! Although I have another system of notebooks I am keeping that I plan to show off here when I can catch some free time.
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This is actually so pretty, i really thought at first that it was an actual official book by how neat it is!
Edit: While I’m at it, I’m showing also an usual page of mine!
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Here’s a postcard I wrote for an earlier assignment in genki. I’ve only now realized how I was switching from formal to informal tho lmbo
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Oh, it’s pretty, and the little loops in your French writing make it all look like a strange ancient Rosetta Stone.
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I did that exercise at few weeks ago, but you took it to a different level of cool by writing it on a real postcard.
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Incredible penmanship! In both Japanese and English. 教科書みたいですよ！
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Another cool resource that I ran across since writing my last post - Tokini Andy, who is an American living in Japan, has an incredible website he has put together with his wife, Yuki. This website has been developed as a companion to the Genki and Quartet textbooks. Worth checking out if you are using or thinking about using these resources.
In September, he launched another project specifically around teaching kanji - This is the first video, where he explains his methodology but he goes on from there to explain how kanji are built and has another video that discusses radicals. From there, he has a growing series (now up to lesson 8) where he teaches how to write the kanji - starting with the most basic building blocks and building upon them. The first project will tackle all Grade 1/N5 kanji with plans to keep going from there. The free videos are available on YouTube, but if you want to support his work (which of course, I encourage) - there is a paid website with all of the materials (click on his name above).
I have now incorporated these videos into my kanji study plan - and the nice thing is that since there are not too many right now, I definitely feel like it will not be too hard to catch up. He seems to be posting a new one about 1 per week.
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Have anyone tried writing with the left hand? As a quest to improve hand dexterity (sinisterness)?
Actually, I am mostly left handed, except for writing. Kanji may still kill my thumb, though.
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I am the opposite! Mostly right handed, but write with my left hand.
There was a Japanese advent calendar 2022 where we wrote kanji with ascending strokes from 1 - 25 and somebody started a trend to write with their non-writing hand in the middle of it. Here was my Day 19. First four rows are with my writing hand and the last row is with the other.
I’m sure this is way easier than a full sentence with many different kanji though! 
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I recently picked up 財団法人日本漢字能力検定協会公式ソフト 250万人の漢検プレミアム 全級 全漢字 完全制覇 (wow what a name for a game). It is a LARGE collection of Kanji and trains you on the onyomi, kunyomi, and stroke order. For the most part, the kanji have lined up with the order learned in WaniKani which is nice. Then there are additional modes where you have to read a passage and either turn kana into kanji or vice versa, guess the number of strokes, and I believe tests you on stroke order.
I hope to also write pen-on-paper as well, but right now, the 3DS option is good enough for me.
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I do all my note taking by hand too! Though mine definitely isn’t as pretty as some of you guys’.
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