I’m quitting WaniKani at level 27. Actually, I love WaniKani, and it’s the best way to learn kanji and make it stick! And I’m a lifetime subscriber, so I could come back. but I’m quitting because…河豚 (fugu). This Kanji is level 27. I can read it and memorise it… but it’s totally not worth reme…

I’ve also seen it used in the name of restaurants, though none come to mind at the moment. As for places, there’s 七ヶ岳and 鶴ヶ城, a mountain range and castle near me. That was a fun one to learn. As well as the fact as months of time, for example, 5ヶ月間,is written the same but pronounced yet another wa…

My neighbor’s kid was graduating elementary school and I went to the informal party held after the graduation ceremony. They had a quiz (Japanese people sure love quizzes) where they showed obscure kanji of fish names and people had to know the readings. A chance to use infrequently seen things like…

this is the content I look for :100:

I totally agree. I was just trying to dissuade the person from quitting WaniKani altogether. :sweat_smile:

Ah, good point, that makes sense then.

[image] Jonapedia: For the person who found that 里心 is never used in conversation, well, you’ll probably find it in books. This post by @Naphthalene is relevant here [image] Japanese People Constantly Tell Me No One Uses These Words Speaking By the way, is this the…

This is a bit off topic, but what is a 天冥? I don’t understand the title at all and can’t find anything to it except of the book.

Usually when people make complaints about being taught too many “useless kanji”, the user usually has lived in Japan for years and in most of the posts the OP also has a Japanese wife telling them to forget the kanji taught on WaniKani. So I think WaniKani isn’t the best method for people who have b…

[image] anon43714060: has lived in Japan for years and in most of the posts the OP also has a Japanese wife telling them to forget the kanji I’m going to be honest… I’m not sure if this is meant to be satire

[image] anon43714060: Usually when people make complaints about being taught too many “useless kanji”, the user usually has lived in Japan for years and in most of the posts the OP also has a Japanese wife telling them to forget the kanji taught on WaniKani. Lol, that’s funny, just today I wa…

The Fugu That Broke The Camel's Back (Why I'm quitting WaniKani)

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Lahoje May 28, 2021, 11:57am 177

This post by @Naphthalene is relevant here

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The Fugu That Broke The Camel's Back (Why I'm quitting WaniKani)

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