I learned them both three years ago and still misread 字 as 学 when it’s in a word with other kanji! I’m much better than I was, but still seem to mistake them for each other at first glance a lot of the time… meanwhile シ/ツ and ン/ソ have always been so easy for me?? Just one of those weird brain things I guess lol.
I unlocked 外れる on August 26th, 2015 (21 days after starting WaniKani), and nearly two years later… missed the burn again last week.
At 75 or so attempts, it isn’t even one I’ve missed the most (I know there are other items I have over 100 attempts at). It’s one that tends to get to master/enlightened, hang out there for a while and then show up right when I’ve re-confused it with others.
These leeches in general are so annoying, made a thread about it… Leech Squashing
外れ and 外れる, not sure why.
For some reason, I also always get 先生 wrong, even though it’s such a well-known word. I always seem to confuse the meaning with last year, instead of life, and then mess it up from there. It doesn’t happen with any of the life/year vocabulary…
146 attempts at 83% for 仏僧(ぶっそう)。
128 attempts at 84% for 仏像(ぶつぞう)。
I always think I’ve got it but when it comes back a month later I always fail to remember.
@polv I guess it does look easier when side to side.
Next is when to use っ and つ。
@Eniell I’ve burned 乱交 because it was just too funny to forget.
汽笛 is still somewhere between guru and master since I failed burning it.
It’s probably still too early in the adventure for me but the difference between 四日 and 八日 annoy me so much I cannot tell whether or not I should use ようか or よっか for the reading.
I always mix up the 出 portion of the readings for the vocab 出す(to remove) and 出る (to exit), writing です for 出すand だる for 出る. It’s the worst because it’s so simple, but it’s hard to unlearn when the wrong way is in your head!