# How long does it take to reach certain levels?

**URL:** <https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-reach-certain-levels/56137>\
**Category:** WaniKani\
**Created:** [March 7, 2022, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-reach-certain-levels/56137 "2022-03-07T15:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rrwrex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rrwrex/32/520069_2.png) [@Rrwrex](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Rrwrex)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-to-reach-certain-levels/56137/24 "2022-03-07T23:59:29Z")

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> [@Megiryuu](#):
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> Wow, that is a very long, detailed post

That’s my middle name. The abbreviated version, anyway.

> [@Megiryuu](#):
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> how did you get the charts?

- [wkstats](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wkstats-projections-page/55260)
- [heatmap](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wanikani-heatmap/34947)
- [workload graph](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-wanikani-workload-graph/49731) (plugin to the heatmap script)

You may also be interested in one or two of the scripts I wrote if you continue:

- the [Ganbarometer](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-the-ganbarometer/53579)
- [burn progress](https://community.wanikani.com/t/userscript-burn-progress/53412)

> [@Megiryuu](#):
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> do all reviews as soon as available

As you noted later:

You should do your _reviews_ every day (multiple times per day if possible). You should try to get the number of available reviews down to zero at least once per day.

You do not need to do _lessons_ every day. Lessons determine how many reviews you’ll have in coming days. If you do 20 lessons, you’ll have 20 _more_ reviews in 4 hours. Answer those correctly and you’ll have the same 20 added again in 8 hours, then 1 day, etc. It’s wise once you get to later levels to space out your lessons and not do too many at once.

> [@Megiryuu](#):
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> what do you use now for learning Japanese?

I’ve immediate family in Japan so I tend to get plenty of conversation practice. I’ve recently subscribed to Satori reader for more reading practice (it’s excellent, but a paid service I’m afraid). Bunpro is great for practicing grammar (also paid, and I’ve not been using it as much as I should) but the Cure Dolly series on Youtube is also excellent (once you get used to the creepy uncanny valley thing — subtitles and speed settings help).

> [@Megiryuu](#):
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> Thanks for the post once again

You’re welcome!

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