I’m curious if you read the sample sentences below, and if you do is it typically within your skill range?

I try to read them as I want to see both if I understand the sentences, and if I understand the kanji used in them. It also helps seeing them used in a sentence.

I tended to only skim the English translation to make sure I didn’t misunderstand the meaning of the word due to homonyms.

I attempt it here and there, but even at level 15 the grammar can still be too advanced for me. I am only ~N5 grammar though. It would be a massive improvement if they kept the grammar of the example sentences in the same league as the actual vocab.

I hardly ever do. Or I try but give up. I wish the sentences were more basic. Or at least they presented a range. Also it’d be nice if the English translation was hidden so we could figure it out ourselves, but of course this all has been said a thousand times on here.

When I was on the mid levels (say 20-40) I would read every context sentence. On the lower levels, they were usually too hard for me, and on the higher levels, I ditched both the context sentences and the mnemonics. I would only read the context sentence if the sense of the definition was unclear.

I don’t know a lot of vocab or grammar yet so some sentences stump me, but i like to read the english translations so I know HOW the word can be used and in what contexts, especially since Japanese can be a very contextual language it helps to see it used in a few different ways.

I read them. I particularly enjoy trying to translate them, to see what I can and can’t understand. To prevent reading the English in my peripheral vision, I blur the sentences using the spoiler styling in this forum and then reveal the translations on mouseover.

Did you write a TamperMonkey script for this?

Same. I am on N4 grammar now, and level 17 here and most of the time I would not understand the sentences. I mean, the translation is anywhere there and my eyes first scan the English sentence and I just know I would never get that right in Japanese. I already give up before even giving it a try XD!…

When learning new vocab do you read the context sentences

WaniKani

orphen November 19, 2019, 7:18pm 12

Yeah. The script is not hosted, but the source is available.

Here it is in action.

Another script that does the same thing predates mine and is already hosted. I haven’t used this one, so I can’t make any promises about it.

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