I was actually curious. Because this seems like a great resource and there are some japanese people that do want to improve their kanji and also there is elementary and middle school students that learn kanji.

My roommate made fun of me for learning 艦隊. I pulled up osu about 10 minutes later and saw it in the header for a song. I almost feel stupid for not realizing it was the kantai in kantai collection, but oh well.

[image] Leebo: 航空母艦 Hm, I guess I have something to look forward to! I got super excited when I got to the level with the kanji for boat. I was like why am I learning how to say “hull” at such an early level. Then I quickly realized that I’m a marine engineer working at a naval shipyard so it…

If you goal is to speak Japanese at an adult level, then basically all the words you know in English are words you need in Japanese. If you see a Japanese translation of a word on WaniKani and don’t know the English (implying your native language is English), then you might argue it is not that impo…

Which kanji was that? :slight_smile:

[image] xyzbuster: 核分裂 On the other hand I hear 核問題 about once a day on the news.

I don’t remember haha. I think it might have been in this topic? [image] Wanikani is just not useful enough, but could be Feedback I’ve been living in Japan for four years now and I’ve been using wanikani for almost a year. The app is fantastic, I love the method and it’s …

[image] Syphus: On the other hand I hear 核問題 about once a day on the news. Huh. I was just basing it on the idea that I’ve pretty much never heard of karyokinesis outside of more advanced science courses. It’s a pretty specific science term all things considering. Welp, the news is the news …

Well karyokinesis, yes that’s not an every day term, but Nuclear Fission, that’s an every day term when you hear about North Korea every other minute.

Off topic: Your username… :smile::baka::laughing:

@Syphus , That or the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. @BlueberryPear , I thought it was fitting lol

Have Japanese people tried Wanikani?

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WolfHasFleas March 19, 2018, 8:20pm 18

I don’t remember haha. I think it might have been in this topic?

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Have Japanese people tried Wanikani?

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