Tue Nov 14 2023:
Time spent: 22m L2
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 616
Reviews in next week: 878 (+262)
Reviews in next month: 1306 (+428)
Level: 59
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 279
Guru: 379
Master: 287
Enlightened: 1072
Burned: 7065
25/32
Wed Nov 15 2023:
Time spent: 18m
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 573
Reviews in next week: 870 (+297)
Reviews in next month: 1297 (+427)
Level: 59
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 271
Guru: 387
Master: 278
Enlightened: 1079
Burned: 7070
I nearly skipped WK this morning, but itās a good thing I didnāt, because for some reason, a ton of new lvl59 kanji came up for review today. I guruād no less than three lvl59 kanji, and I also had two Apprentice 3 kanji come up (meaning I need to get them one more time to guru them).
Iām now up to 28/32, and for the first time, theyāre almost all A4s (there are now six A4s and one A3 left).
Thu Nov 16 2023:
Time spent: 18m L1
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 536
Reviews in next week: 859 (+323)
Reviews in next month: 1282 (+423)
Level: 59
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 273
Guru: 393
Master: 262
Enlightened: 1084
Burned: 7077
After the deluge, the drought. Also an unusually slow day for me, though not quite as bad as late last week.
Fri Nov 17 2023:
Time spent: 21m
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 519
Reviews in next week: 829 (+310)
Reviews in next month: 1262 (+433)
Level: 59
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 269
Guru: 408
Master: 250
Enlightened: 1073
Burned: 7089
A bunch of different people mentioned how difficult it is taking a break (like OPs 2 week trip to Japan).
So Iām hoping to make it more common knowledge that Wanikani has a Vacation Mode!
If you remember to turn it on in settings before going on your vacation, reviews will not pile up while youāre gone.
Itās under Settings ā Account:
I already know about vacation mode, Iām just not interested in using it.
How come?
I also took a 3 year break from WaniKani (but remembered to turn on vacation mode beforehand).
I resumed a litle over a month ago and have been chugging along fine, since I didnāt have a mountain of reviews. I take each one as they come, and let the ones Iāve forgotten drop down the SRS. Iāve advanced 4 levels since!
I hope that doesnāt come off as condescending because I think vacation mode is an awesome feature and am genuinely curious what reasons you have for not using it.
When it rains it pours. Three more lvl59 kanji came up this morning, though one was A3 and hence I āonlyā guruād two of them. 30/32, only two kanji left to level up and theyāre all A4 now.
Sat Nov 18 2023:
Time spent: 17m
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 480
Reviews in next week: 805 (+325)
Reviews in next month: 1246 (+441)
Level: 59
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 263
Guru: 423
Master: 237
Enlightened: 1071
Burned: 7097
Only one kanji left to level up!
Sun Nov 19 2023:
Time spent: 19m L1
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 481
Reviews in next week: 776 (+295)
Reviews in next month: 1234 (+458)
Level: 59
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 264
Guru: 426
Master: 231
Enlightened: 1064
Burned: 7109
This will be your second time teaching level 60, right? I wonder how many people reach level 60 twice.
Leebo has.
I assumed I would level up this morning, but the Random Number Gods said ānot today!ā. But that just means the odds go up for tomorrow.
It looks like the chance of leveling up this morning was 56.6%, and it will be 65.3% tomorrow.
Mon Nov 20 2023:
Time spent: 18m
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 464
Reviews in next week: 757 (+293)
Reviews in next month: 1224 (+467)
Level: 59
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 265
Guru: 421
Master: 230
Enlightened: 1060
Burned: 7118
Well, I did it. I just leveled up for the very last time. It was actually a bit annoying because the last lvl59 kanji came up at the very end of my 100 review session. Itās a lot more convenient when the level up kanji comes up earlier in the session, because then I can stop it early and have time to look through the new lessons, and this happened to line up with the weekly Content Updates so I had 7 extra lessons just from that as well. Oh well, I managed anyway.
I raced through the new lessons without looking in order to get them done in time and will have to cram them later with BishBashOnce (not counted in my study times), but realistically, Iād have to do that anyway, because thereās no way you can actually remember 30 new kanji after seeing them once, even if you do go more slowly and take the time to actually read the mnemonics and so on.
Anyway, hereās my level up graph. Perfectly balanced, as all things should be. Looks like it took me 46 days to level up this time, mainly due to the Japan trip.
Normally, whenever I level up, I do two extra review sessions four and twelve hours later (and sometimes a third the next day) in order to get a head start on the new kanji.
I did the first extra session like usual this morning, but it got off to a slow start, because despite having 39 unguruād kanji, somehow not a single one came up in until Iād reviewed 45 items (out of 492). The odds of that happening are apparently only 2.021%!
(I ended up with a total of six unguruād kanji coming up for review during the session, which is a little above average for the last 55 only, but a little below average for the 100 as a whole.)
Did two extra review sessions today like usual, for a total of 300 reviews. However, with a large number of other items pending review, the new kanji didnāt come up that much, and I only got a relatively small head start on leveling.
Tue Nov 21 2023:
Time spent: 67m L12
Reviews completed: 300
Reviews remaining: 359
Reviews in next week: 737 (+378)
Reviews in next month: 1243 (+506)
Level: 60
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 338
Guru: 413
Master: 215
Enlightened: 1041
Burned: 7144
One surprise is that it now shows the same level up progress UI for level 60 as every previous level. It has the same progress bar saying āTo level up you need to guru X of Y kanjiā, etc., even though you wonāt actually reach a new level for doing so, it just says āto finish level 60ā instead of āto reach level 61ā or whatever like the previous levels. Iām pretty sure that when I hit level 60 the first time back in December 2020, there was a different UI for level 60, but I guess at some point in the last three years, they changed it.
Wed Nov 22 2023:
Time spent: 18m L2
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 423
Reviews in next week: 721 (+298)
Reviews in next month: 1239 (+518)
Level: 60
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 342
Guru: 412
Master: 217
Enlightened: 1028
Burned: 7157
Congrats man!!! Iāll see you at the finish line in approximately 3 weeks
Congrats!!
Thu Nov 23 2023:
Time spent: 17m L1
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 460
Reviews in next week: 718 (+258)
Reviews in next month: 1248 (+530)
Level: 60
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 341
Guru: 416
Master: 220
Enlightened: 1017
Burned: 7166
Fri Nov 24 2023:
Time spent: 17m L1
Reviews completed: 100
Reviews remaining: 427
Reviews in next week: 712 (+285)
Reviews in next month: 1262 (+550)
Level: 60
Current item counts:
Apprentice: 337
Guru: 419
Master: 229
Enlightened: 1002
Burned: 7178
