Hi everyone, I’m new to wanikani and I’ve just leveled up to level 2, but I am constantly above the learning zone. Should I be concerned? lol
I have experience with Japanese and I’m fairly conversational so I’m breezing through this, is there a way to up the difficulty or literally “tick” a radical/kanji/vocab to indicate that it’s actually burned into my brain even before starting wanikani?
Thank you and happy new year!
Based on the knowledge guide, this is not uncommon for new learners.
link to guide: Correct Percentage | WaniKani Knowledge
And even if you weren’t a beginner I wouldn’t be too concerned about being above 95% unless you had a pile of unfinished lessons.
Aah thanks for that link! That makes so much sense. I guess I just have to keep grinding until it gets to a good level of difficulty!
No & no.
WK’s way-of-working doesn’t change over its levels but its kanji, vocab and workload volume does - a lot. Best advice is: if it looks a valuable way for you to learn Kanji, then just stick with it. If you’re not reading or doing some other Japanese study already, explore those options. After you get used to WK’s SRS system and the volume you have Learned or Guru’ed grows, you can decide if you want to slow down, or if you will continue with a heavy daily workload to finish quicker.
Looks like you’re doing great already!
Happy New Year: 明けましておめでとうございます。
That’s fair enough. I guess it’s also good to start from the beginning to farm small successes and give my brain “data” that “yes I can absolutely do this”! Thank you 
明けましておめでとうございます!
You’ve already got good answers and even an official link to the reference guide, but I’ll just add that I wouldn’t put too much stock in it as something to micromanage, but maybe as an illustration that if you’re consistently at 99-100%, assuming you have the time and available mental bandwidth, you could probably increase your lesson count. But I think the important thing is to know why you’re learning the language and base your goals on that, work on a plan to reach the goals in the best way for you and then adjust as time goes on. In any case, “being too good” is only a problem if it becomes something you focus on and then get thrown if you start reaching lower percentages. I don’t see that being a problem for you, though, keep up the good work!
Just to add to what everyone else has said with my experience (since I’ve also taken up WK fairly recently).
I’m not a complete beginner in Japanese in the sense that I can recognize some vocabulary, and I was also above the “Learning Zone” (which I’m convinced doesn’t mean too much) for a large part of these first few levels. I’ve never really dropped below the “Learning Zone”, for levels past 3-4 either, but there’s a variable dip whenever I start a new level, depending on how much of the vocabulary or kanji I already recognize. Eventually this plateaus to 85-90% by the end of the level.
I’m not sure if levels past 10 get worse due to high SRS level cards coming back, but I imagine the “learning %” curve will be somewhat similar for you, its calculations probably work best when you have a more substantial amount of reviews.
I recently removed the accuracy widget from my dashboard. It was giving me anxiety. Now I just focus on my pacing: 80-100 reviews per day, apprentice items < guru < master.