I am curious to know how others have supplemented kanji only study. I took a look at the self study quiz script (with thanks to all the people who helped me get it up and running). It’s highly inflexible, with no way to look at what a kanji means or how it is pronounced–if you miss one, you have to use another source to remember the meaning and there is no way to make smaller decks for study.
I am wondering how other people handled this–if you did. I am to the point where I feel I actually have to get a paper deck, pull out the wanki-kani kanji I’ve studied and drill myself that way. Looking at Anki made it seem difficult–like I would have to hand make my own deck there. I am curious if anyone did this?
With thanks in advance.
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I suggest to use Item Inspector. It lets you define tables which are series of Wanikani Items, You can go over the items in a table, reciting meaning and reading aloud and the reveal the item data in a popup by moving the mouse over the item. If you click an item it either open up the item page or play back audio depending on your configuration. You can also click a button to start the table in Self-Study Quiz and when you are done you may check the item in the Item Inspector table. There are also tables to display side-by-side items you keep confusing.
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I don’t know if my method is the best way, but it’s low effort.
When I unlock a level, I go into WKstats and grab all the vocabulary. Then I paste them into JPDB and it automatically makes cards.
It lets me practice the kanji for real before it’s unlocked in WK, which helps. That’s the only supplemental study I do that’s specifically tied to Kanji. Otherwise the rest of it is just reading novels.
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I’ve made my own anki cards, with custom card types. I only made the kanji ones relatively recently, for some of the lower level leeches who hate me.
Anki can take time to set up and it’s very easy to get stuck in prep mode without actually using it. I’d recommend you decide what you need, set that up, and edit stuff later as and when it’s helpful.
Otherwise, it’s finding two I’m getting mixed up and looking at them both, like 科 and 料. I think I’ve finally got these two straight so I’m hopeful they leave me alone now.
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You could try Yomitan. It is not a WK add on script, it is a browser extension (so it will work on any page that has Japanese). Hold down shift while your mouse is over any Japanese and it will popup dictionary information for you (meaning, reading(s), or more (depending on what you configure).
Press F1 to reveal list of accepted answers. You cannot look up the full lesson like in WK review, but you don’t need to guess next time.
I use mainly Bunpro for additional vocabulary. There are plenty of words and phrases in database, so when I am reading something and find word I want to add, I almost always find it there, and add it to their SRS.
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