Wanikani Confessions

[ReJi00]

Ohhhh I remember when you did that. I forgot about that.

[NathaLire]

What was the point to make?

[SoraR]

Use the 368 guide if it hasnt been suggested already

[Leebo]

What was the point to make?

That being level 60 didn’t make my opinion more important.

[datakid]

368 guide

What is this? The first I’ve heard of it.

[SoraR]

What is this? The first I’ve heard of it.

My Journey of 368 days (+ The Ultimate Guide for WK )

The Ultimate Guide to Wanikani - COMPLETED! Become the best version of your Wanikanian self. Heads-up: this Guide is really longgggggggg. You can read it all in one go, but there’s no need to if you don’t want. Think of it as the place to come to when in doubt/need of help. Thanks for checking this out <3 Table of contents

1. Why you should read this.

Dear awesome person, Welcome to this journey of learning 2027 kanji and 6303 words! Knowledge, together with a great feeling of ac…

[seanblue]

Joke’s on me for buying lifetime the old fashioned way.

[Naphthalene]

At this point, we basically use it as a verb so your name could get mentioned in reference to other people.

That’s true, but that’s not what “to Leebo” means.
At least, it used to mean to correctly reply to a question faster than anyone else.
Originated back in the days when seeing “Leebo is replying” meant you could just cancel your own reply.
Usually used as

Edit: Leebo’d

when, upon posting, you realize someone had just said the same thing a second ago.

[Ninkastmin]

when, upon posting, you realize someone had just said the same thing a second ago.

with better wording, examples and so to the point you think to yourself, well I didn’t know that I didn’t know that much

[Sandpiper]

I’m not leveling on purpose (partly cuz too busy) so that I can get 42 days on level 42. Almost there too, I think!

Edit: holy heck I just checked and it actually at 42 days 20 hours so it’s time to get cracking on some lessons

[Kumirei]

Not to be confused with being ninja’d, which is a broader concept of someone quickly replying before you. I would like to reserve leebo’ing for either first posts in a thread asking about something, or serious JP questions in general, but by now most people seem to use it instead of ninja’ing.

[Oshin]

At this point, we basically use it as a verb so your name could get mentioned in reference to other people.

That’s true, but that’s not what “to Leebo” means.
At least, it used to mean to correctly reply to a question faster than anyone else.
Originated back in the days when seeing “Leebo is replying” meant you could just cancel your own reply.
Usually used as

Edit: Leebo’d

when, upon posting, you realize someone had just said the same thing a second ago.

I got it.

used to.

You do agree that language evolves right?

[Kumirei]

I haven’t seen anyone using leebo to refer to someone resetting

[Naphthalene]

I think I have seen “to do a Leebo”, though.
I will consult with the forum oracle.

Edit: welp

[Leebo]

I think I have seen “to do a Leebo”, though.
I will consult with the forum oracle.

I want to “do an hgbearawesome”

Writing kanji - what resources do you use?

Similarly to @RoseWagsBlue, I use KaniWani as the base of my kanji writing practice. I try to recall the reading (with the correct pitch accent) and write the kanji down on a mini whiteboard. Even if I get the reading correct, if my pitch accent or kanji is wrong I manually fail it. That being said, this is my second time going through WaniKani and when I tried to do something similar the first time around it was really overwhelming, mostly because I was trying to recall things from memory I ha…

[Oshin]

I haven’t either.

[Naphthalene]

That’s what you plan to do next time around, right?

[Kuvshinova]

At least, it used to mean to correctly reply to a question faster than anyone else.

Ah, I know of those but didn’t think to include them at the time. I guess that makes me a bad dictionary

Edit: Also, since I’ve seen some people discussing it, I made those up entirely on the spot. The reference Naph made to quick replies on post is the only time I’ve seen someone use Leebo as a verb or otherwise.

[Iyaonas]

hgbearawesome sounds way too awesome for me. I don’t think I would make any progress at all

[microleaf]

I use anki mode at work religiously now that I’m in the fast levels.

the real confession;
I also use company resources (internet & my time) to do my reviews.