It has taken ten months, but I’ve finally made it one-third of the way through Wanikani!
Currently, I live in Aso, Kumamoto, so my Japanese is pretty decent, and I try to make sure to study something every day, be it kanji, grammar, or conversation. However, working a full-time job (where I cannot access WK or any related sites) as well as doing kendo thrice weekly means I’ve gone at an exceedingly slow pace, which has been suuuuuuuuper frustrating.
Often it feels like I’m not making any progress at all, despite evidence to the contrary. It’s been rough, but I’ve finally made some headway! I’m hoping to take the N2 JLPT in July, so I’ve got some ways to go before then, but I just wanted to celebrate this small effort.
It’s nice to know someone else here does kendo. In fact, I’m learning it to talk to my sensei (he only speaks japanese). I know some kanji, but I would say level N5, N4 tops. But I am just starting here at Wanikani. You have all the tools though, living in Japan already. I wish. Congratulations!
Congrats on your progress and don’t worry too much about your pace! As long as you’re having a little bit of fun, it doesn’t really matter how long it takes you.
I only restarted two/three months ago and I constantly feel like I’m not progressing ‘fast enough’ because I also have a job where I can’t access the internet, and therefore can’t practice as frequently as I want. It’s impressive to keep up the motivation to work despite the slower pace!
Well, I’m currently reading 魔女の宅急便 with everyone here on WK, and aside from unusual words non-Japanese speakers wouldn’t normally know, I’m not having much trouble at all! It’s been pretty breezy, but each chapter gives me around 100 new vocabulary words to study.
I’ve been here for 4 years now, and I’m level 19. I just keep getting so caught up in life, that I’d let the reviews pile on and then just ignore them…