I just hit level six today. First day I considered leaving some lessons on the table to balance the review load O.O
When did others really find themselves really grinding in WaniKani? Good program.
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level 19.
Went from 90% accuracy to 60% average.
New kanji, new vocab.
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No reason to do all your lessons straight away. In the first wave of lessons in a new level, all that matters are the radicals and in the second wave itās all about kanji. Use the reorder script to make sure you only get these and then balance out vocab throughout the lesson (Just make sure to do it, many horror stories exist of people ignoring vocab while using the reorder script).
Iāve always been careful with the amount of apprentice level items I have, keeping it around 150 which is manageable for me. So no problems yet, the level Iām on has been a problem but thatās cause Iāve been in and out of hospital to health issues, otherwise it has been smooth enough. Then again I also donāt care how long levels take so I can keep things easy.
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Thatās an interesting use of scripts. I find myself wishing I could knock out radicals first. I think Iām going to go the whole route with no scripts though. I notice accuracy drop significantly the first couple of days after a level up, but I think itās to be expected. The SRS works well so muscling through it is sort of like an elegant brute force that Iām ok with 
Please donāt let yourself fall into the idea that scripts are cheating. Yes, thereās some scripts that might have some negative aspects, but most of them are perfectly fine and can really potentiate your learning 
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As to answer your question, level 5 was difficult to me because I did all the lessons in 1 go like I was used to in the previous levels. Iāve found the vocab from lvl 8 to be a little complicated too. Iām lvl 14 (lvl 15 tomorrow) now
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Agreeing here. If you use scripts smartly you can save yourself a lot of headaches, reduce burnout chances, and actually learn more efficiently.
For example: Today I would have missed burning āto give a rideā ä¹ćć because I was typing while talking to some one and I typed a word I was speaking. I typed in āto give a drawā. (Or you could always find quiet places to do reviews, but when you have hundred(s) come at you a day, that might not be an option.)
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Definitely the level where I started encountering burnable items (around 19, I believe). After not hitting KaniWani early enough and having 500+ items in my KW review queue I switched it to burned WK items only. This resulted in a double hit of having waves of burnable items appearing in my review queue, which would then pop into KaniWani after burning them for even more reviews.
I also started reading more grammar books and branching out to making my own Anki cards recently, which have made it harder to focus quite as hard on lessons as I have in the past.
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Thereās one script everyone should getā the super happy burn script. It makes confetti pop out over the browser window every time you get a burn.
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Same. I started burning stuff at around level 16, I think? I have 170 reviews tomorrow, which is painful just to think about, let alone accomplish. I also use KaniWani in parallel, so thatās 100+ reviews a day as well.
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Nah, the ćć¤ starts on level 6.
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4 because thatās when you have to pay. And nothing is more real than shelling out money.
(but seriously it was 14 for me)
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I was pretty consistent with my lessons and leveling up within ten days until about level 23-24; thatās when I started slacking on my lessons and had to take leveling breaks to catch up. Still in this habit! Iām on a long leveling break now. But itās okay! Itās very chill with a lifetime subscription.
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I think, yes, level 5 is when it hit me. My first 100 review session āWhat is this?ā I thought
But oh boy, level 27, after that short level 26, was brutal. Kind of makes me scared of those short levels at the end.
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Level 19 and on has been tough to level up for me.
So many kanji per level!
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At around Level 20 the burnable items appeared, which made it a lot harder to keep up the pace of around 10 days per level. From 25 to 27 I got overwhelmed, accuracy dropped from 85% to around 60%. Now I feel kind of lostā¦
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- Average level up pace went from 1 week to 2.5 or so.
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You donāt need a script to do this!
On the wanikani page (aka not forum one). Click your user icon, click settings. Towards the bottom youāll see āSet the ordering of lessons.ā Just click that and click ascening level then subject. That means if you level up, it will finish stuff from last level first, and then move on to radicals, and then kanji, and then any new level vocab.
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Around mid 20s when the burning madness started.
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maybe now (lvl 15)? Starting to burn things, reviews are averaging 150-200 a day.
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