how is that possible
I use gesture typing on the phone and it’s still much slower than a real keyboard, plus it gives the tendons in my hand carpal tunnel if I do it too much 
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This is only for some words with long meanings. Say you have 気に入る, after one types “to be pleased with it” many times, the autocomplete “learns” and already gives you “to be pleased with” after you typed the first few letters. Also, probably helped that I was using my cell at that time, to only do WaniKani reviews.
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I only do wanikani in vertical mode on my phone, and I am TERRIBLE at typing in vertical mode. My typos are INTENSE
Luckily I use a wanikani app with the ignore feature.
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There are people who don’t turn autocomplete off?
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I’m in between Textfugu and Genki series. Ugggh. Maybe Christmas will change that.
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If you have reviews, don’t do any new lessons. Instead, just pick a fixed number of reviews that you want to do every day and do just that amount. Once you work through all the reviews, then do some new lessons.
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I’m curious as to how many lessons a day you’re doing (or did?)… I’m at the same level you are but I’ve been going really slow on lessons for the last 2 levels or so because I have less time to devote to WK… But before that I rarely did more than 5 lessons a day, as it would be difficult for me to retain more than that…
Um, you say you only have 50~60% accuracy, and that’s worrying. I rush through lessons and blast through reviews like a madwoman, and yet, at my worst, I’ve done 75% or so. I rarely dip below 80%. With 50%, you’re bound to have that size of review queue because of the sheer amount of things that will be in Apprentice.
Are you studying some japanese on the side? Like, not necessarily going deep into grammar, but exposing yourself to the language and its phonology? Do you have a firm understanding of kana? Because without those things, Wanikani is not going to make a lot of sense.
You could also have memory issues, but if you did, I figure you’d know it by now? I once knew a guy who did, and just about any test on any subject was hard for him.
I like to use my cellphone for on-the-go reviews (I take the bus, so I do it on the way to and from work, as well as on my breaks.)
However, I will usually do large amounts of reviews (50-100) on the computer, since I can type faster.
When I was a higher level, I stopped doing reviews for a couple months and ended up with ~400 reviews. I did the same thing a lot of people are saying here.
Stop doing lessons and focus on your reviews.
Set a limit for youself to prevent overworking, either number, time, or both (I used to set a 30 minute limit/50 review, whichever came first).
And if you notice yourself making easy mistakes, stop and try again later when you can focus. (Doesnt matter if you made it through 5 or 500 reviews, your brain has days when it is simply too tired to study)
Depending on your situation, sometimes a reset can help solidify the problem kanji. I found I was struggling with early level kanji in the wild, so I reset and it did help the first time, because I needed it. I recently reset a second time just to reduce reviews and regret it, because I know most the items and so the levels just drag on and on.
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I have 1028 reviews right now and it is a monstrous weight on my shoulders for continuing my studies. I don’t even want to think about doing more lessons until i get this down to 0. I am lacking motivation big time, and every time I start trying to cut it down I can’t get passed 20, and that’s how I got here to begin with. It started at 700 in August, back when I took a few weeks off.
Ugh.
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good reason to bite the bullet and do em all at once.
better pain at the end than endless pain.
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If you stop caring about accuracy, you can probably do over 150 in an hour. Set aside an hour everyday and just power through them as quickly as possible. You should be able to hit zero in about a week.
That’s my experience, anyway.
So, does critical items section slow me down? I have over 140 citrical items. Would leech training help this issue? How can I get that working?
Try this script:
Yes, critical items are pointing out poor accuracy. Believe me, this will slow you down massively until you learn to improve accuracy. A good chunk of WK is learning how to learn.
I’ve pointed a few people in the direction of this podcast… it may help you envision how to make the mnemonics work for you for better retention:
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Can I just say I love how supportive and helpful this community is. There have been so many great suggestions in this thread it’s awesome!
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I got the script and tampermonkey and the open frame work download. I closed out my browser (Microsoft Edge), the effects and the tampermonkey disappeared.
I use Chrome and I recommend you do the same. Too much weirdness from MSFT products.
Let your reviews whelm you. They are gracious lovers if you learn to share your feelings and make time in the day to communicate.
It’s a symbiosis we aim for, ohm! 
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The longer I wait and the more time I miss the more I have trouble remembering anything and have a hard time even doing 25 reviews. I’m trying to get back in the habit of coming on everyday at least.
I start to feel overwhelmed at bout’ 百ish reviews. But I don’t feel too overwhelmed if they’re simple ones like radicals and kanjis from the first few levels, I must be getting better at this! 