# New People Questions! ~~~\<3 \[Lost?! Confused?! We're here to help!\] **URL:** \ **Category:** WaniKani\ **Created:** [March 8, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421 "2017-03-08T19:38:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 74
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1485 "2019-10-29T22:22:00Z")
> [@Steveb](#): > > some extra vocab Check this SRS platform built by the WK level 60 user @neicul: > [@MaruMori.io & Kitsun.io - \[UPDATE: JLPT MOCK EXAM LISTENING SECTIONS & ADVENTURE DASHBOARD\] - Grammar SRS, Grammar Lessons, Reading Exercises, Vocabulary, Kanji and more!](https://community.wanikani.com/t/kitsunio-release-1-dec-full-redesign-coming-wednesday-open-beta-web-based-srs-learning-platform/30954): > > warning This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. UPDATE: Introducing MaruMori! [https://marumori.io](https://marumori.io?cmp=wk) This is our take on creating a fun and fully structured approach to learning Japanese. It’s something I’ve personally been wanting ever since I started learning Japanese and I’m super happy to finally be able to show it to everyone! First off, some screenshots … Its way of working is very similar to Wanikani, but more user-friendly than the mainstream options. Since it’s user-base is pretty much Japanese learners, the platform itself is very much focused on Japanese learning, so it will suit well with your needs 🙂 You can search for decks published by the community there on the community centre and see what they have to offer you 🙂 Since you’re starting, it might be interesting to start with the [Katakana vocab deck](https://kitsun.io/store/detail/5b5e60180137074cbb3ec928) (4500 words). They’re loan words, mainly from English. A lot of people avoid learning these words because they’re mostly easy to read/listen, but when it comes to having them in your active vocab and actually being able to recall words, people try to guess a kanji word for so many situations where natives would clearly go for katakana vocab instead. This simply because katakan words are just in their passive vocabulary. Learning them will help you gain some active vocab really quick and it can reinforce your katakana reading which is something a lot of people struggle with 🙂 In terms of grammar, I always recommend for starters to start with [Japanese Ammo with Misa](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBSyd8tXJoEJKIXfrwkPdbA). Not only does she make things simply enough for those learning, but she is aware of a learner’s struggles and makes sure to cover any question that you might have. Mind you that it’s a beginner’s resource 🙂 I recommend you to follow [this playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd5-Wp_4tLqYZxS5j3g6kbeOfVXlTkr3N) and casually watch her other videos that catch your interest ✌ ---
**Author:** ![Steveb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/steveb/32/282864_2.png) [@Steveb](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Steveb)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1486 "2019-10-30T15:10:13Z")
Thats fantastic, i will have a look over those and see how i can work it in to a regular system. Thanks again! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![\_josh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/_josh/32/673261_2.png) [@\_josh](https://community.wanikani.com/u/_josh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 8:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1487 "2019-11-04T08:18:09Z")
How do I add different variations in how something is written? I’d like to be able to have different ways something is written show up on my reviews that way I’m not memorizing how the exact shape of the kanji/radical because it shows up different in other people’s writing. I was able to do it on the IOS app, but I can’t figure out how to do it on PC. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Omun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/omun/32/457654_2.png) [@Omun](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Omun)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1488 "2019-11-04T08:29:41Z")
Are you talking about font randomization? Since that’s not part of vanilla WK (as you may already know, there are no official WK apps, only third-party stuff), the only way to do it on PC is via scripts. Like this one > [@Jitai (字体): The font randomizer that fits](https://community.wanikani.com/t/jitai-%E5%AD%97%E4%BD%93-the-font-randomizer-that-fits/12617): > > warning This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. [Jitai logo] What is Jitai?warning This is a third-party script/app and is not created by the WaniKani team. By using this, you understand that it can stop working at any time or be discontinued indefinitely. One thing that can become a bit of a problem when using WaniKani is that you are only ever exposed… ---
**Author:** ![\_josh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/_josh/32/673261_2.png) [@\_josh](https://community.wanikani.com/u/_josh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1489 "2019-11-04T23:50:50Z")
Question about the kanji mountain. In level 1 it teaches that the pronunciation is さん, but when I click on it to review it says down at the bottom that (on what it is used in) that it is pronounced やま. Didn’t know if there are two pronunciations or not because it doesn’t say that there are. Thank you / ありがとう ---
**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 12:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1490 "2019-11-05T00:49:56Z")
> [@sploshajosh](#): > > Question about the kanji mountain. In level 1 it teaches that the pronunciation is さん, but when I click on it to review it says down at the bottom that (on what it is used in) that it is pronounced やま. Didn’t know if there are two pronunciations or not because it doesn’t say that there are. > > Thank you / ありがとう In the kanji lesson (the pink item) you are taught just one reading. For 山, you learn the onyomi, which is さん. In the vocab lesson (the purple item) you are taught the reading for when the item appears as a word. For 山, it is read やま, the kunyomi, when it is a word in a sentence. For instance, これは山です is これはやまです. But the onyomi will appear in compounds. For instance, ふじ山 (Mount Fuji) So, これはふじ山です would be これはふじさんです. You’ll get the hang of it as you go. ---
**Author:** ![damlurker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/damlurker/32/283618_2.png) [@damlurker](https://community.wanikani.com/u/damlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 6:56am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1491 "2019-11-05T06:56:52Z")
So I’ve been trying to figure out for a few weeks on how to get an avatar… 😅 When I try to do it in my profile page it sends me to another site, which then tells me to get an account on wordpress. I swear I remember there was an option to just upload an avatar to just WaniKani when I first created my account? Or is the only way to get one is to go through the whole deal of making a wordpress account etc.? ---
**Author:** ![Ornantius](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ornantius/32/284966_2.png) [@Ornantius](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Ornantius)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1492 "2019-11-05T07:03:24Z")
![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/0/e/5/0e5b54b5507fb6c8b2c64861c798a3d8295d0fad.png) Go to your profile preferences, click the little editing icon next to your avatar, choose the third option in this box. ---
**Author:** ![damlurker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/damlurker/32/283618_2.png) [@damlurker](https://community.wanikani.com/u/damlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 7:09am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1493 "2019-11-05T07:09:28Z")
Thanks! Figured it out thanks to you. 🙂 I was looking in the WK dashboard account settings and not the preferences over here… 😑 ---
**Author:** ![\_josh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/_josh/32/673261_2.png) [@\_josh](https://community.wanikani.com/u/_josh)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 8:50am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1494 "2019-11-05T08:50:58Z")
Doesn’t work. I’ve tried it, followed all of the instructions, and no font changes. I’ve put in the code into tampermonkey and it verifies that it is jitai’s code, but nothing works. I installed the code, installed all of the fonts, but I’ve had no success getting changes in font. Not sure what the deal is. ---
**Author:** ![Omun](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/omun/32/457654_2.png) [@Omun](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Omun)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1495 "2019-11-05T09:03:19Z")
I’m no script expert by any means, I’m afraid. If Jitai uses WK Open Framework, make sure that WKOF is in the number 1 spot on your TamperMonkey dashboard. ~~The only other problem I can readily think of if you followed all the install instructions is this mention in the Jitai thread:~~ Whoops, wasn’t paying attention for a moment. > [@Jitai (字体): The font randomizer that fits](https://community.wanikani.com/t/jitai-%E5%AD%97%E4%BD%93-the-font-randomizer-that-fits/12617/1): > > Jitai will only use fonts that you have installed. ~~Did you download fonts for the script to use in randomization?~~ If it’s none of that, I would have no idea, and I think you’d be best off commenting in the Jitai thread and getting help from the script developer. ^^ Good luck getting to going! ---
**Author:** ![\_josh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/_josh/32/673261_2.png) [@\_josh](https://community.wanikani.com/u/_josh)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1496 "2019-11-05T09:48:02Z")
All good, I’ll figure it out eventually. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Calg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/calg/32/292195_2.png) [@Calg](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Calg)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1497 "2019-11-11T16:14:17Z")
Do I have to go through the checklist in order to get kanji unlocks? Where do I pay to get an account that gets me more than 3 lessons? ---
**Author:** ![Saruko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saruko/32/218818_2.png) [@Saruko](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saruko)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1498 "2019-11-11T16:30:13Z")
Looking at your profile I can see that you’ve guru’ed all 26 radicals from level one, which means that you should have more than 3 kanji lessons. All the content in levels 1-3 is free, and the checklist isn’t connected to anything, so that’s not what’s holding you back. Do you guys think there’s a bug with Calg’s account? Check again to see if you have more lessons; if not, then you maybe should email [hello@wanikani.com](mailto:hello@wanikani.com) to have them take a look. ---
**Author:** ![Calg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/calg/32/292195_2.png) [@Calg](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Calg)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1499 "2019-11-11T17:09:12Z")
Thank you for replying, I took the time to look through the FAQ, and figured things out. I was just kinda frustrated that I was learning the same radicals for the last few days and thinking that I was missing something. That’s what I get for not reading. No bugs! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![okappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/okappa/32/308310_2.png) [@okappa](https://community.wanikani.com/u/okappa)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1500 "2019-11-19T19:09:25Z")
![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/9/8/98109e3626927d31739b4858dfb717ee0967bd2c.png) Heyo! How do you get a graph like this? This is an example that I’ve shamelessly stolen from some thread btw :^) ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1501 "2019-11-19T19:23:11Z")
@okappa Check this thread 🙂 > [@\[STATS\] Statistics site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/STATS-Statistics-site/12746): > > Wanikani statistics site Track your personal progress on Wanikani. (formerly idigtech.com) Table of Contents: [Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)](#heading--stats_faq)[Personal Statistics](#heading--personal_stats)[Item Tracking](#heading--item_tracking)[Chart Links (no API key required)](#heading--chart_links)[URL Parameters](#heading--url_params) FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Q) Where do I find my API key? A) On your Wanikani account settings menu [[here](https://www.wanikani.com/settings/account)]. Q) I have one (or more) really long level, and it’s messing up my estimated level-up. Can I ‘fix’ that? A) Yes. On the Level Duration graph, click on t… There’s a more recent version of this website being tested (it uses API version 2). You can check it out here 🙂 [https://www.wkstats.com:10001/login](https://www.wkstats.com:10001/login) ---
**Author:** ![okappa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/okappa/32/308310_2.png) [@okappa](https://community.wanikani.com/u/okappa)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1502 "2019-11-19T19:27:11Z")
so it’s from the first version of wkstats? got it, thank you ---
**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1503 "2019-11-19T19:30:15Z")
> [@okappa](#): > > so it’s from the first version of wkstats? got it, thank you The first version (that you can find on the first link) works well. The 2nd version has more updated data and can deal with certain situations better (for example, resetting the level would be a mess on version 1). Both work very well in normal circumstances and you can find that graphic in both 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sanddanz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/sanddanz/32/277808_2.png) [@Sanddanz](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Sanddanz)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421/1504 "2019-11-21T14:16:55Z")
So I’m new-ish to WaniKani. I just started around 11/6 or so to actually get into this, though it appears I signed up back in 2017 as my stats are now showing it has taken me 1041 days to get through level one. My question is, now that I’m at level 3 is there a point in me resetting to level one so that my levels aren’t off or just keep going as if I reset it won’t be accurate on how long I spent on levels 2 & 3 now since I will likely go through them faster a second time through. Opinions, thoughts, recommendations? [Previous page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421.md?page=73) [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/new-people-questions-3-lost-confused-were-here-to-help/16421.md?page=75)