Oh, right, i missed the option to exclude WK words from the JLPT levels, that’s fantastic!
It’s only ~130 words for N5 then.
Yes, in my eyes it makes more sense to do WK mode (or kana-only) at least early on and only learn vocab with kanji that you already now. Otherwise it goes against the WK system and makes you learn things multiple times.
You need about WK level 10 to cover 98% of N5 kanji, maybe do N5 then?
If i were you, i would start doing kana-only vocab or WK mode.
Unless you urgently want to complete N5 and don’t mind rote-memorizing kanji the old school way for it, then learn them again on WK.
kana-only has very common words you won’t learn on WK.
They will usually be more common and important than the words in WK mode, because WK already teaches you some common (and some rare, admittedly) kanji words, so within the 10K words, in the beginning, there will be more higher-frequency kana-only words than kanji words that aren’t on WK, if that makes sense.
Also, kana-only vocab is quite different and may be refreshing from learning kanji vocab. It’s usually easier to learn because you don’t need to learn readings or recognize kanji.
But WK mode is fine as well, just need to be careful not to hit the mark where you haven’t learned the kanji on WK already (the Torii vocab lessons will be sorted by WK Kanji level). You can still switch between the two at any time as well.
So by choosing kana only WK mode I would learn more common words faster than in normal WK mode? In that case, I think I choose kana only WK mode. Thank you.
you could still switch to WK mode sometimes to learn some common Kanji words. But i think in the beginning kana words are more important as a supplement to WK, you’ll see them all the time in reading, dialogue etc.
I don’t know enough about your goals and methods to give recommendations. Do you do Wanikani on wanikani.com? Then I’d cut wanikani in Torii. Do you want to do the JLPT5 exam soon? Then do JLPT5. Otherwise, if you do reviews on Wanikani, i would recommend kana-only mode, as that’s the most common vocab you’re missing on WK.
Im doing wanikani + kaniwani. I left the wanikani vocab in Torii because i thouight it could help me remembring some words…
I dont intend to take exams, im learning just for self-improvement and “fun” (reading mangas - watching animes - music) and for future travels (next year ill visit Japan).
well, that’s a pretty good path to review hell. I don’t know what level you are on WK, but around level 10 or 20, you’ll get 200+ reviews per day depending on your speed, many people get overwhelmed on WK alone.
I tried to do WK+KW for a while, but it was too much. Even Torii or Bunpro added was too much for a while.
So as long as your review count is low, what you’re doing sounds great, but i’d at leave out the WK vocab on Torii, and i’d prioritize Torii or grammar over Kaniwani.
But that’s just my experience and recommendations.
Im only level 3 (i dont know why its not showing).
I guess you`re right. Its too much reviewing
I love kaniwani, sometimes it makes me thik a lot harder (usually when he asks for EN → JP) ill try not to cut it out, ill guess if it starts to pile up ill just select to only only guru/master words.
Thx for the tips!
I found Torii to be a really great supplement to my WaniKani studies that I intend to stick with to learn my Core 10K! Thanks a lot for the effort you put in! It’s great you can exclude the WK vocab!
I have trouble connecting right now though. Is the server down for anyone else?
Hi, love your app. I have been using for over a year at the moment and have been slowly but surely going through all the JLPT levels. Yesterday i finished all the N3 words (after finishing the N5 and N4 words) and decided to switch my study mode to N2. However, it is now showing me N5 words. I was wondering whether it is a bug or that additional N5 words have been added in the last year or so.
Some additional words have been added, yeah, but it shouldn’t show you N5 words when study mode is set to N2. Can you try to set your study mode to “10k” (“optional” settings ticked), save, then switch to N2 again and check if there are still N5 words in your lesson queue?
