Hey all! I started WaniKani just a couple months ago, and the first three levels I’ve really enjoyed, learned a lot, and it’s sticking well so far! I’m studying Japanese at highschool and in my own time, and I love the format of WaniKani. So, today, I subscribed and I’m taking the leap to strive fo…

Read @jprspereira ’s Ultimate Guide My Journey of 368 days (+ The Ultimate Guide for WK :open_book: ) :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: Am also from Australia :australia: :partying_face: Join a bookclub :books: Master List of Book Clubs when you’re ready. And you’ll need to learn grammar alongside Wa…

Haha awesome! Thanks, I’ll definitely give that a read and join a bookclub when I’m at that stage. Appreciate it :slight_smile:

While many people will tell you to avoid going to fast to not get overwhelmed, I would advise to avoid going too slow as well. Depends on your other activites of course. My situation is that I’m only doing WK for japanese studies right now with no other activities and planning to switch to videogame…

Welcome to WaniKani! I’ve been studying Japanese for years, and this is the only Kanji learning method I’ve consistently stuck to and seen results from, I hope it’s a good fit for you too :blush: It all depends on your learning style, but four things I’ve found helpful: *Say everything out loud wh…

Thank you! I’ll keep all of this in mind! :blush:

As others have mentioned about speed, I’ll just stress that the part of jp’s guide that will help you the most here is Section 4 Building your own schedule, which goes over how to build a schedule around the spaced-repetition times that WaniKani uses.

I think the most important thing is the leech trainer. It’s what made me burn out at one point (well leeches and going too fast).

Taking a minute to remember something is the same as getting it wrong if you are taking an exam and have very limited time to give your answers. And while getting a lot of stuff wrong early on doesn’t seem like a problem, it might actually become one because it takes half a year of giving only corre…

welcome ^^ i’d say the most important things to know are: go at your own speed, and be regular the second is most important. you’ll be doing WK for at least a year (the fastest speedrunners are just under a year), possibly for much longer (there was a recent level 60 after 5 years post). you want …

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ekg February 23, 2021, 5:13am 17

Some very helpful user scripts that I use and which compliment the vanilla Dashboard:

And finally, once you’ve acquired leeches that might need addressing:

@rosshendry’s Shin WaniKani Leech Trainer Link to Greasy Fork Shin WaniKani Leech Trainer

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