chichichi my mind is broken too ちち ちち い (father laughing father laughing father laughing 
) but I just keep going there are times where a get 60something percent (and I get really frustrated) and most of the times when I do a lesson is like saying here we go!!! a new leech yaii!! I struggle the most with those who are awfully similar but just keep moving I’m doing better with time even though there are downs on the path.
just wait. in a few more days those first kanji on’yomi readings you thought you learned but forgot will turn up again, tats when you relay start to feel bad. ;p
hello 
the best way to learn in WK is to do it everyday a little bit
never miss a day cause your reviews will pile up fast
never have more than a 100 items in apprentice
Always remember that the more lessons or reviews you do ( like yeah I just did all my lessons all at once ) the more it will fire back at you , cause it will come back to be gurued than enlighten etc … all at once too !
it’s better to learn a little bit everyday in order to not be overwhelmed later
and you ll be overwhelmed soon enough
If you’re not doing a whole lot else, you can possibly devote a little more time to WaniKani. I’ve got a bunch of Anki decks, I practice writing, I read manga and light novels, and I’m at a university in Japan learning kanji through separate classes too. Plus I use Bunpro. So I add about 3 new lessons in WK every 2 to 5 days depending on the rest of my workload. If you’re not as completely insane as I am with other study avenues you can definitely try to move a little quicker, but burnout is real and dangerous, so going slow is TOTALLY okay. As evidenced by how low my level still is, haha. Being consistent is way more important.
Welcome to the WK community! I don’t post much, but there are great people here. I’m sure you’ll enjoy yourself!
I started WK, then had to do some travel so I didn’t take on any new lessons and only did a once per day review session. When I finally got back from my trip I had 60 new things on lessons! I just broke it down and aimed for 50% for my review sessions and ended up doing 2 lessons per day. It took a week but now I’m nearly back down to 0 new lessons. I ended up speeding it up to 4 lessons when I hit new radicals which are usually pretty simple for me to remember
I also think it is intimidating to look at a bunch of new reviews and lessons. I always do all the lessons, and then work towards mastering them in review. The first four days are usually a disaster train wreck or something, but in the end it always seems to work out. Somewhere in all of the reviews they begin to click together and it works. Do you think tomorrow I have to be a little less horrible than I was today. Just continue getting better at it until the level up, and then your horrible again until you can’t go to again. Just time to level up.
It seems counterproductive to get more lessons when you haven’t mastered the ones you just got a few days ago, but keep doing them.
I think the beginning levels are actually some of the hardest. For one thing, you don’t know a lick of Japanese to start. Later on, however, you’ll see completely new words and be able to guess meanings or readings because you’ll have a better understanding of how the language works and the kinds of patterns that start to emerge.
I highly recommend taking a few minutes to look up the terms jukugo and rendaku because these are important concepts that help you to understand why certain readings are used. Also, the vast majority of the words you learn in the first few levels aren’t super useful, so it’s kinda hard to feel like you’re making much progress early on. It gets much better.
That being said, if you think 32 reviews and 42 lessons is a lot, you’ll be in for a shock later. Sometimes reviews start piling up into the hundreds even if you’re staying on top of it. It’s just the nature of learning thousands of words.
Personally, I just do everything as soon as it pops up, even if I don’t really feel like it. If you end up getting stuff wrong in reviews, it’s not a big deal. It’s gonna come up again and again and again until you consistently get it right, so you’ll never truly fail as long as you keep going.
Indeed! Recovering from eye surgery and took a bit off. Came back and did 655 reviews in one day to get myself back on track. Lost a few guru items but was pleasantly surprised to find that all my master/enlightened items stayed where they were.
So I’m over the hump. It helped that I identified the problem (it was trying to remember the difference between げる and がる at the end up the ups and downs) and now I’m destroying level 2. See you all at level 3
Glad you got over the hump
I posted it in another thread, but if you’re having problems with がる・げる you can try this:
- Say 上がる
- Stand up.
- Say 上げる
- Raise your right hand.
- Say 下がる
- Sit down.
- Say 下げる
- Lower your right hand.
Repeat this a few times and it should stick. Feeling silly while doing it will also help it stick. As will saying it in a sing-song voice. 
If you click the big black bar, it will remove it from your average.
I’d also suggest removing levels 1 and 2 as well, for a more representative average.
I’m not gonna lie, my system is not great. Today I had 75 new words. And only a quarter of them are radicals. However I went through all the lessons. I read all the stories. I figure, I would rather see them over and over and over, rather than have them sit there. I guess I would rather the system keeps showing them to me until I learn them rather than hide them until I know them. I think how you go about it we’ll have to fit your learning style. I am an auditory learner, so I will just continue to read the stories and rules out loud until I master it. Figure out what works best for you. I suggest using the mnemonic to help you memorize them.