Hello, I manage to read most of the vocabulary in Japanese in wanikani but I cannot remember the words if I try to find them starting from English. Wanikani is so good for Japanese to English vocabulary but I wonder if other tools help the English to Japanese vocabulary part. Thanks!

I think some amount of translation is inevitable initially, or at least with new words (I still do it from time to time even though I’ve been studying Japanese on and off for three years), but it’s probably better if you find more organic ways to remember natural structures. I think one good way of …

I use the Torii app in English > Japanese mode for this. It’s a bit problematic because there are a lot of synonyms but it has really helped me with recall during conversation and where words are written in kana rather than kanji.

I use Kaniwani for English to Japanese, though I’ve heard that KameSame has more features. I chose Kaniwani because I just wanted a simple E to J counterpart for WK and didn’t need the other features. With both programs, you’ll run into the synonym issue, though I think KameSame might have more of a…

Another nice option is the Self Study Quiz script which allows you to do E to J translation along with many other options and filters for customization. You can launch this right from the WaniKani dashboard once installed. [image] [Userscript] Self-Study Quiz API And Third-P…

I definitely also recommend using the self-study quiz! I use it every day to reinforce my lessons. However, the self-study quiz doesn’t have its own SRS review intervals like Kaniwani and KameSame do. So if you want a true WK counterpart, you’ll need a more involved program, especially since like I …

Thank you for your reply! I try to built sentences every time when I revise the words: I look at the list of vocabulary in English, try to remember the word in Japanese and then make sentences. But I have no regular interval when I do this and it is rather boring to go through lists!

….if I don’t practice recall, the vocabulary slips away from me a lot faster. Plus, it’s just frustrating to learn a bunch of words and then not be able to call any of them to mind when you’re trying to think about what you’ve learned!… YES! I went through Japanese for busy people for 2 years and s…

Thank you! I will give it a try!

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sarzorwyn August 10, 2021, 7:38am 2

There is Kaniwani and KameSame for that. Personally I don’t use either because I feel its better to learn applying the word in a sentence as compared focusing on translating your thoughts from English to Japanese.

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