WaniKani replacements

Hello, this is my first post on the forum and i was just wondering, after finishing the free levels of WaniKani, being someone whom is unable to pay for the subscriptions, what alternatives i may take an interest in, to continue learning, WaniKani and Anki have both become huge parts of my Japanese learning journey after i dropped duolingo, any suggestions on lesson like websites where i can learn more about everything japanese related?, here are my resources in which ive found useful for anyone else in the same situation

Dictionary: Jisho.org
Learning Kanji: Kanjidamage.com
General practice: Lingual-ninja.com

Side note; Before using Anki, I tried using Quizlet and some flashcard apps rather than making actual irl flashcards for the N5 Kanji ,but it all seemed to insignificant compared to how well Anki has worked for me, every other flashcard website I’ve found besides maybe Lingual-ninja, just doesn’t click for me

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Check out this free course:
https://www.irodori-online.jpf.go.jp/

I think it is very good.

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Keep in mind that the subscription is only required for the SRS part of WK.

You can still look up items on WK and use WK radicals and mnemonics :slightly_smiling_face:

Anyway, best of luck with your studies! :memo:

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Not quite.

The API terms of use require that third party authors do not give access to items of level greater or equal to 4 if the user doesn’t have an active subscription.

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Third-party, correct. But I’m pretty sure you can still read them all from the official website as long as you can log in, and I think you can log in even after your free levels expire. (Can’t check anymore without making a new account.) You can’t do the lessons though, you would have to manually read them from the item pages.

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ive just been using WK for the levels, thats why im sad to run out of them, i have other apps for SRS and mnemonics being anki, mochikanji and tofugu’s mnemonics, the radicals, i can all find on jisho, thanks for the reminder thought <3

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that would SUCK, to have to go and create your own flashcards by reading each WaniKani kanji that would be given for every level, that’s so much effort LOL

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Hi there -

We have an inexhaustive list of other Japanese learning resources here: Japanese Learning Resources Database

That said, if you or anyone has trouble paying for a subscription, we encourage you to reach out to us at hello@wanikani.com.

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It would be a lot of effort, yes, but on the other hand, taking manual notes is a good way to memorize the items.

I took the time and effort to create notes for all WK kanji and radicals and some of vocab. Took a long while, but helps me a lot now.

I’m not saying it’s the best way to use WK, but in my case it worked quite well

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Actually, maybe not that much effort, with Item Inspector userscript, or simply with Yomitan (+ Anki Connect).

Even if some effort, you aren’t good to learn that many words per one day. Everything is gonna be gradual anyway.

Only that you can’t have actual Kanji-gated levels, nor simplified SRS system with meaning-reading coupled (though not sure if any of those matters).

Lingual-ninja is a new one. I didn’t see that in Tofugu review website, nor Japanese Language > Resources (and there is this mega thread – The Ultimate Additional Japanese Resources List!)

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