# What's your approach to studying using Wanikani? **URL:** \ **Category:** WaniKani\ **Created:** [August 23, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/whats-your-approach-to-studying-using-wanikani/75507 "2026-08-23T12:38:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
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I’ve recently changed how I study using WK and now I’m feeling nosy about how everyone else uses it. It had never occurred to me that there might be different strategies (other than things like review timings and ordering and such) and now I want to see if there’s even better ways I could use it! I always used to study using WK by doing my lessons for the day, going through the meaning and then the reading and maybe trying to come up with a mnemonic of my own if the one provided didn’t quite work for me. I wouldn’t really take notice of any additional info like if it was the on’yomi or kun’yomi reading or if it’s a translative or intransitive verb, other than registering that a piece of vocab was a noun or verb etc. I’d then maybe have a glance at the context sentences but usually would skip right to the next item after learning the reading. Then I’d just do batches of reviews a couple of times a day and I’d move on to study with other resources. Now when I do the lessons, I first scan along the lesson preview selection thingy at the bottom to see if I can guess what any of them mean and what their reading will be, and if I can’t then I’ll at least see if I recognise the radicals that make up new kanji or try to remember the kanji that are used in new vocab. I’ve started taking more notice of word types of vocab and reading types of kanji. And while I don’t always remember all of it, I’ve already noticed a difference in learning new vocab because I can get usually make a better guess at which reading it will use. I also make note of what vocab I learned that day and will write at least one sentence for each item and post them to nyan-8 to be checked. If I’ve just learned a transitive verb, I’ll also search for the related intransitive verb and make a sentence for that too, or vice versa, and things like that to help me learn similar words better. I’ll also search for the new items I’m learning on bunpro and/or [jisho.org](http://jisho.org) and have a look through the sentences there to get a better idea of the context and subtleties of that word. I still have a similar approach to doing reviews, but I feel like I enjoy them more now, since it’s not just a random list of words I’m seeing but things I know I can use! I’m making a list of all the sentences I made that needed corrections, and when I can afford to start having italki lessons again, I want to discuss them to understand why I went wrong. I want to get into the habit of using the recent mistakes extra study quiz too, and maybe even the recent lessons extra study. It’s meant that lessons take a bit longer, but it’s generally only an extra 10-15 mins or so considering I learn 7 new items a day atm. And I feel like I’m getting way more out of it now and that reviews are easier since I remember the word better. I’m trying to push myself to also incorporate the new grammar I’m learning on bunpro as well when I’m making the sentences. So what strategy do you have for using wanikani?