Sun Oct 03 2021:
Time spent: 21m
Reviews completed: 77
Reviews remaining: 4811
Reviews in next week: 5029 (+218)
Accuracy: 80.52% (62/77)
Accuracy on resurrected items: 94.59% (35/37)
Accuracy on non-resurrected items: 67.50% (27/40)
I thought I had encountered a new kanji in Satori Reader again (the ๅฅฎ in ๅญค่ปๅฅฎ้), but it turns out that it is on Wanikani (lvl50). I guess that shows how little I remember of the high level kanji from when I raced through it last winter!
Itโs time for my biggest and longest leech re-review ever!
Previously, I defined a leech as any item that I missed at least twice in the last 62 days and which I missed the most recent time it was reviewed.
However, today, I decided to change the definition to any item missed at least twice in the last 90 days and which I missed on either of the two most recent times it was reviewed.
This means that previously, I only needed to get a leech right once to remove it from the pile, while now I need to get it right in two consecutive weeks of BBO leech reviews before it is gone for good (unless it randomly comes up for review on WK in the mean time). The reason for the change is that I was concerned that I wasnโt actually remembering the leeches and that getting it right once could just be due to short term memory and/or luck.
The consequence of this is that nearly every leech Iโve ever reviewed and vanquished is now back up for review, since I only got them right once before they were taken out of rotation before. And that means that I had the largest ever BBO review burden this morning - 286 reviews!
It took me 71 minutes split across four review sessions just to get through all the BBO leech reviews today.
I also decided to start calculating accuracy stats for the manual BBO leech reviews - here are the six most recent (including today):
And here is the pile of leeches remaining after the reviews this morning. Note that for the first time, some of these are actually items I got right in the manual BBO reviews. Iโll have to get them right a second time next week before they are actually removed from the pile.
vocab ๅพไฝ Character ใใใ
vocab ้ ๆป Delay ใกใใ
vocab ้ ๆ ฎใใ To Decline ใใใใใใ
vocab ๆปใ To Be Overdue ใจใฉใใใ
vocab ๅถๅบฆ System ใใใฉ
vocab ๆข่ปธ Axle ใใใใ
vocab ๅใพใ To Fit Inside ใใใพใ
vocab ็ธ Edge ใตใก
vocab ๅ ฌ็จ Government Business ใใใใ
kanji ๅ Sigh ใใ
vocab ๆฒใใ To Learn By Experience ใใใ
vocab ๆธใพใ To Finish Something ใใพใ
vocab ๅข Boundary ใใใ
vocab ๅฅๆฉ Chance ใใใ
vocab ๆช็ฝฎ Measures ใใก
kanji ่ซธ Various ใใ
kanji ็คบ Indicate ใ
vocab ่ซใใ To Take ใใใ
vocab ๅ ๅฎ Fullness ใใ ใใใค
vocab ็คบใ To Indicate ใใใ
vocab ้ใใ To Be Transparent ใใใ
kanji ๆฟ Thick ใฎใ
vocab ็ฆใใ To Be Burned ใใใ
vocab ๆธ ใ Pure ใใใ
vocab ่ผใ To Be Published ใฎใ
vocab ็็ถ Symptom ใใใใใใ
vocab ๅงๅฉ Fight ใใใ
vocab ่ฟใ Before Long ใกใใขใ
vocab ็ฎ่ก Blood Donation ใใใใค
vocab ๆดพ้ฃ Dispatch ใฏใใ
vocab ๆบใใถใ To Shake ใใใถใ
vocab ๅพๆฅ Up To Now ใใ ใใใ
kanji ๅฎ Outer Space ใ
vocab ๅ่กใใ To Publish ใใใใใใ
vocab ๆญฉ้ Sidewalk ใปใฉใ
vocab ๅพนๅบ Thoroughness ใฆใฃใฆใ
vocab ้บฆ็ Wheat Field ใใใฐใใ
vocab ๆฟใ Thick ใใ
vocab ๆฒข Mountain Stream ใใ
vocab ๅๅฏฟ Seventy Seventh Birthday ใใใ
vocab ๆ ๅธ Passport ใใใใ
vocab ๅซๆช Disgust ใใใ
kanji ่ฉฆ Try ใ
vocab ๅบใใ To Be Pierced ใใใ
vocab ้ฆๅท็ Kagawa Prefecture ใใใใใ
vocab ็ ดใ To Tear ใใถใ
vocab ๅท็ Attachment To ใใ ใใกใใ
vocab ๅฐ้ฃ Hardship ใใใชใ
vocab ๆ็ถใ Procedure ใฆใคใฅใ
vocab ็ฃ่ฆ Observation ใใใ
vocab ๅผตใ To Stretch ใฏใ
vocab ่ฒ ๆ Burden ใตใใ
vocab ่ฌ็ฉ Medicines ใใใถใค
vocab ้ซ็ญๅญฆๆ ก Senior High School ใใใจใใใฃใใ
vocab ๅๅพฉใใ To Recover ใใใตใใใ
vocab ่ถฃ Charm ใใใใ
vocab ๆๅ Gentleness ใซใ ใใ
vocab ๆธใ To Become Thirsty ใใใ
vocab ไธป Master ใฌใ
kanji ้ฐ Shade ใใ
vocab ๅฑ ็ ใ Nap ใใญใใ
vocab ๅพฎใ Delicate ใใใ
vocab ็ณๆฒน Oil ใใใ
vocab ใ็ณป Tribe ใใ
vocab ๅชๅ Victory ใใใใใ
kanji ่งฆ Touch ใใใ
vocab ็ถฑๅผใ Tug Of War ใคใชใฒใ
vocab ไปๆด Too Late ใใพใใ
vocab ไธ็บ Downtown ใใใพใก
vocab ้้ซช Blonde ใใใฑใค
vocab ๅ่ฟซ Urgency ใใฃใฑใ
vocab ๅ็ First Edition ใใใฏใ
vocab ๅนใ่พผใ To Blow In ใตใใใ
vocab ๅคฑๆ Disappointment ใใคใผใ
vocab ไธๅนด็ญ Fountain Pen ใพใใญใใฒใค
vocab ่ฒข็ฎ Contribution ใใใใ
vocab ไฝ็ฝฎ Position ใใก
kanji ่ก Art ใใ ใค
vocab ไธๆฌ Last Ten Days Of The Month ใใใ ใ
vocab ่งฃๆฃ Breakup ใใใใ
vocab ๆฝใ Pure ใใใใใ
vocab ๅถๆฅญ Business ใใใใใ
vocab ๅ็ Sediment ใฉใใ
vocab ้ฃๆฅ Every Day ใใใใค
vocab ็ฒๆๆง Resourcefulness ใใใใใ
vocab ็จฒ็ฐ Rice Field ใใชใ
vocab ่ก้ Highway ใใใฉใ
vocab ไธ็ญ First Class ใใฃใจใ
vocab ้ ๅ Domain ใใใใใ
kanji ๅพก Honorable ใ
vocab ็งฐใใ To Praise ใใใใ
vocab ๆใใ Bright ใปใใใ
vocab ๆใใ To Exchange ใใใ
vocab ้กๆ Desire ใใใผใ
vocab ้ปๅน Wirepuller ใใใพใ
vocab ไฟฎ็ Repair ใใ ใใ
vocab ่ฉฑ Story ใฏใชใ
vocab ๆๆป Criminal Investigation ใใใ
vocab ๆๅถ Control ใใใใ
vocab ้ Road ใฟใก
vocab ๆฎบไบบ Murder ใใคใใ
vocab ไฟๅญ Preservation ใปใใ
vocab ไบค้็ถฒ Traffic Network ใใใคใใใ
vocab ่ฆชๅฑ Confidential ใใใฆใ
vocab ๆดใใ To Arrange ใจใจใฎใใ
vocab ๅซใ To Marry ใจใคใ
vocab ็ ไธ Sand Dune ใใใ ใ
kanji ๅฎ Address ใใฆ
vocab ๆฐไปใ To Realize ใใฅใ
vocab ๅผพใ To Play A Stringed Instrument ใฒใ
kanji ๅ Morally Good ใใ
vocab ไพๅค Exception ใใใใ
vocab ๅๅ Edge Of Blade ใฏใใ
vocab ๆใฟ Stain ใใฟ
vocab ็ธๅผตใ Rope Off ใชใใฐใ
vocab ๆ็ Fireplace ใ ใใ
vocab ๆ ๅบฆ Attitude ใใใฉ
vocab ๅฑฅใ็ฉ Footwear ใฏใใใฎ
vocab ๅ่ฃธ Half Naked ใฏใใ
vocab ๆๅค Unexpected ใใใ
vocab ็ธ่ทณใณ Jump Rope ใชใใจใณ
vocab ๆชๆฐ Evil Intent ใใใ
kanji ๆข Hinge ใใ
vocab ็ Flame ใปใฎใ
vocab ็ตๆงใงใ No Thank You ใใฃใใใงใ
vocab ๆฆใ Battle ใใใใ
kanji ๆ Loss ใใ
vocab ๅใ้ใใ To Fail To Catch ใจใใซใใ
vocab ๅ่งฃ Breakdown ใถใใใ
vocab ็ด็ณพ Complication ใตใใใ ใ
vocab ็ปๅ Image ใใใ
vocab ๅทใ To Be Damaged ใใใ
vocab ๅฑๆญ Singing ใใใใ
kanji ่ฒฟ Trade ใผใ
vocab ็ฅ็ถๆฏ Grandparents ใใตใผ
kanji ๅฑฅ Boots ใ
vocab ็ฐๅข Environment ใใใใใ
vocab ่ณผ่ชญใใ To Subscribe ใใใฉใใใ
vocab ็ง้ Second Hand ใณใใใใ
vocab ่ฆชใใ Intimate ใใใใ
kanji ่จ Measure ใใ
vocab ็็ฌ Explosive Laughter ใฐใใใใ
vocab ้ ผใ To Rely On ใใใ
vocab ่พๆฑ Patience ใใใผใ
vocab ๆ I ใใ
vocab ๆใใ To Be Fried Up ใใใ
vocab ๅผๅ Reimbursement ในใใใใ
kanji ไธ Height ใใใ
vocab ้ขใใ To Separate ใฏใชใใ
kanji ๅ Bite ใ
Since I spent half the day doing leech reviews on BBO, I didnโt get around to doing actual WK reviews until much later, and when I finally did, it was a disaster.
Sat Oct 09 2021:
Time spent: 4m
Reviews completed: 11
Reviews remaining: 4852
Reviews in next week: 5011 (+159)
Accuracy: 45.45% (5/11)
Accuracy on resurrected items: 66.67% (4/6)
Accuracy on non-resurrected items: 20.00% (1/5)
I tried to do Wanikani reviews repeatedly today, but I always did terribly and was forced to stop after just a few minutes every time.
Sun Oct 10 2021:
Time spent: 34m
Reviews completed: 116
Reviews remaining: 4798
Reviews in next week: 4995 (+197)
Accuracy: 62.93% (73/116)
Accuracy on resurrected items: 70.15% (47/67)
Accuracy on non-resurrected items: 53.06% (26/49)
Btw, wanted to ask something.
Review progress is stored locally, and afaik it doesnโt live forever.
Can it be, that you do a bunch of half-reviews, then because of your enormous review count they donโt come up and get deleted losing you progress?
Iโve been doing terribly at WK for the last three days, so I was worried that it was going to stay like that forever. However, this morning, I got very lucky on my WK reviews.
Ironically, ๆ็ฝช, one of the only two items I missed, was a word that I reviewed and missed yesterday evening. I was pretty embarrassed that I still couldnโt remember it (or rather misremembered it, I keep thinking ็ฝช has the reading โhanโ due to mixing it up with ็ฏ for some reason.)
As another example of mixing up words just because they sound similar, on Wanikani this morning, I put โexpressionโ for the meaning of ๆน่จ (hougen) due to mixing it up with ่กจ็พ (hyougen). The funny part is that they arenโt actually the same sound, and theyโre written completely differently. To a Japanese person, โhouโ and โhyouโ are probably completely different sounds and they would be confused at how anyone could ever mix them up, much like English speakers would find the confusion of beach/bitch, sit/shit, etc. strange.
I also put โkiyoiโ for ้ใ due to mistaking it for ๆธ ใ. I was embarrassed afterwards to mix up such a common and simple word.
Then there are the mistakes that I just keep making over and over. For example, I once again put โungaโ for the reading of ๆฐทๆฒณ (hyouga) this morning. I donโt know how many times Iโve made that mistake in Wanikani by now, but it must be considerable.
On the bright side, I finally guruโd the wheat radical today. This is the first radical, and only the second radical or kanj (after ่บ) to be guruโd that was added as a lesson after I started my current WK challenge back in May. Under normal circumstances, it would only take 3.5 days, but with 5k+ reviews in the pile, it takes a really long time for any given item to randomly come up for review the four times required to go from Apprentice to Guru, even if you get it right every time it does come up.
My Apprentice count has been over 3000 since literally the day after I reset. It peaked at 3107 in late August, but over the last month, Iโve been slowly whittling it down again.
Today, I finally got it down to 3000!
P.S. I was surprised that my +7 day review count shot up today, since I did a much larger number of reviews than usual and had high accuracy. I suspected that this might be one of the โwavesโ from that one Sunday a few weeks ago when I did over three hours of reviews in one day as a challenge.
I checked, and sure enough, that Sunday was three weeks and two days ago now, which means that a week from now is exactly 30 days from that Sunday. This means that every Master review I did back then will be coming due in a week, which means they showed up in my +7 day review count starting today, hence the sudden jump. Itโs pretty astonishing that even a month later, the ripples of that one day are still noticable!
Tue Oct 12 2021:
Time spent: 36m
Reviews completed: 124
Reviews remaining: 4737
Reviews in next week: 5013 (+276)
Accuracy: 78.23% (97/124)
Accuracy on resurrected items: 90.48% (57/63)
Accuracy on non-resurrected items: 65.57% (40/61)
24 days ago, I spent the entire day just doing as many WK reviews as I could in one day as a personal challenge. You can see how that went and do the math. Even if you assume 100% accuracy (which is of course wildly unrealistic), it would take a really long time to โjust grind throughโ all the reviews, even if I did nothing else all day (which obviously isnโt sustainable either!)
I just had an amazingly good session this morning.
Normally, I miss a bunch of items and get frustrated or mentally overwhelmed and have to stop relatively quickly, so my review sessions are rarely much more than 10 minutes even on a good day. However, today, I got an endless stream of easy questions and just kept going and going, ultimately doing reviews for 26 minutes straight and answering 95 reviews. Thatโs more than Iโve done on many entire days!