How can I make the audio play automatically during a review? I heard this was a thing.
There’s a setting in settings->app->autoplay audio in reviews. I think that might be the one you’re looking for 
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Ah there we go.
A hearty ありがとう
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Hey there! I’m new and just read through a lot of beginner posts, followed links, read the FAQ and welcome mails etc. So I just found www.wkstats.com and I’m a bit confused by the stats under Charts > JLPT. Since I’m not used to navigating forums I’d appreaciate if you guys could direct me somwhere with further explanations 
Can you clarify what exactly confuses you?
Essentially it’s a table showing what percentage of JLPT kanji you know at each level.
The thread for WKstats is here:
Some of that may be a bit out of date with the APIv2 changes.
The Charts->JLPT shows you how much of the JLPT kanji you’ll have covered at each level.
For more info on what exactly the JLPT is, go here:
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What confuses me is that the JLPT kanji level percentage does not change for each WNKN level reached after the one I’m at now.
Surely this can’t be right so I’m confused how to read it. 
Also for level 2 which I’m at does it show which percentage I’ve already reached or the one I’ll reach once I complete the level?
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Thank you! Somehow the link to the FAQ isn’t clickable for me though? The others work just fine.
This is a known issue concerning users of free accounts. Should look like this if you are subscribed or a lifetimer:
(first half of the table)
Table shows that by completing level 16 on WaniKani, you’ll have learned all the kanji necessary for passing the N5 JLPT exam.
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I see thanks a lot! That’s super interesting.
(the table not the error that is )
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That table confused the hell out of me too…, here I thought I was just missing something or didn’t understand some fundamental thing. Nope!
It’s just broken. They should really fix that!
Just to be clear, “they” are a regular user who made that site in their spare time. So, if they get around to adding something that explains that the chart is only showing free level content while you’re a free user, that would be cool, but it’s also not something that’s super high priority I imagine.
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Enlighten me, is “sincerity” not the same as “sincere”?
誠実 is listed as noun and na-adjective. From my understanding if the English language, sincere is the adjective and sincerity is the noun.
I’m always hesitant to add English synonyms, because I’m not as confident in English.
I have tons of these Noun/Adjective pairs where I’m unsure.
I assume the site works by querying the kanji per level from WK’s API, then seeing what kanji appears at what level. That way the table auto-updates the moment new kanji are added to the site. But since WK only allows you to go up to level 3 as a free user, information is simply not returned above level 3, hence why the table stops increasing the percentages from there. I don’t really think there’s any way to fix that, the site is made by a user and they simply can’t get the information unless you’re logged in with an account that has a subscription. And for the vast majority of the users it doesn’t really pose a real problem.
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Just a quick question so posting here. Do items that are for example “enlightened” deteriorate and drop into a lower level over time? I was just wondering because the system recently dropped a couple of level 1 kanji into my review and I could barely remember 1 and had to really think about the other, but since I technically got it correct I was worried that the system thinks I know it better than I actually do.
You’re right, and that would be a totally fine synonym to add.
No, not unless you get them wrong. So maybe the answer is really yes, when you get them wrong, since it’s totally natural for memories to fade by the time they pop up again!
I wouldn’t worry too terribly much about tricking the system by getting things right ‘unfairly’ – you still got it right, after all! And it will be back again some day…
Sometimes I unburned items where I didn’t feel good about getting specifically the burn review right, but otherwise I think it’s fine to just let the SRS do it’s thing, and study the item separately if you’re really worried.
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I’ve got a “new people” question.
Can anybody tell me what exactly this mnemonic is about? I don’t know it already, am I supposed to know what an いか is?
From 烏賊.
Unless there’s been some references to it before that someone can tell you about, I imagine you’d get a more definitive response from emailing them.
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Hi everyone! I’m very new on here, so I hope I’m posting in the right place. 
I just recently learned all the hiragana with dakuten and combinations, and now I’m wondering if I need to know katakana for the early stages of WaniKani as well, and if so, how soon/around what level will I need it? I’m currently almost finished with Level 1, but I would like to get more comfortable with hiragana first before starting to learn katakana cause I don’t wanna confuse my brain. Buut, if you guys tell me I should get on to learning it asap, then I will.
The first vocabulary items written in katakana will show up in level 3, so knowing how to read it by then will be helpful.
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