That would explain why there is people with levels above of 3 with gray backgrounds.
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Iām sure if the number of people who actually completed the program was high that would be used as a selling point. āWanikaniā¦so easy 95% of people who subscribe master 2k Kanji!!!ā.
But we know it isnāt easy and people make goals all the time, spend money, and stop caring soon after. Itās pretty normal.
How many of us said we wanted to lose weight this yearā¦
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Damn youā¦
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Iāve also set myself āreading Harry Potter in Japaneseā as a goal. Iām not very interested in Harry Potter itself, though, but it was the first proper book Iāve managed to read in English when I was learning it as a kid, so itās kind of a landmark for me.
I studied Japanese for three years religiously (outside of WK), then had two years of hiatus (because of various reasons, mainly because I moved to the UK). I donāt even know what is the main traction of my studies anymoreā¦ I think it would be nice to know a forth language on top of the three I already know? The sole fact itās such a complex language and such an achievement to know it? Also I find kanjis sexy, donāt ask why, I just do, they are such a beauty!
Itās my second year of subscription. I had a 3 month gap because of my medical state examination and after returning it took weeks to get these over 1000 reviews done. Iām also not as fast as I used to be but I definitely plan on reaching level 60.
I want to be able to use Japanese as freely as Iām able to use English(Iām German). Mainly, because Japan is the only country/culture Iām really interested in.
Being in Japan right now, I realize that it would take around another 5-10 years to get to a point I could be satisfied with, depending on my future workload as a doctor. 
When the time comes I hope to contribute to the German-Japanese exchange in the medical field e.g. exchange programs for students and young doctors. I donāt know if itās possible or how to do that, but I think that would be my āfinal goalā in Japanese studies. 
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I lost 20 kilos this summer. I think Iāll do good with Japanese!
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Iām sort of on the same boat, but in British medical schools we have things called electives in 5th/6th year. During electives you can shadow doctors anywhere in the world and I came across quite a few Japanese hospitals that take on international medical students (several of the programmes are even in English).
Thatās the closest thing to an exchange program that I know of at the moment.
Unfortunately, it seems like itās still really difficult to become a doctor in Japan if youāre a å¤å½äŗŗ.
Believe me, you donāt want to work as a doctor in Japan. When I was in the hepatobiliary surgical department I stayed 10-12 hours a day at the hospital(+2 hrs commuting). The doctors were there before me and stayed there later than me. They donāt have a shift system. When you have to work the night, you have the work the next day from morning, too.
Yes, Iām doing that kind of elective in Japan right now. Well, the system in Germany is a bit different. Iām kind of inbetween a student and a resident doctor. A bit like ē äæ®å» but not so many responsibilities.
I am a ādropoutā on the way back. I started in May 2016, then hit lvl 25, but due to a lot of stuff going on, I fell behind. I suddenly had a review-que of 2200 items.
But now Iāve taken a 3-years leave from my job to do a bachelor in Japanese and Japan-studies. So I reset my account back to level 3 (1 and 2 being burnt already, and not hard to remember). My new goal is to keep a steady pace, and have all items (more or less) burnt before Iām moving to Japan for 6 months in August 2019 
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But for a short time itās definitely worth it. And itās good if you can speak a bit of Japanese. Otherwise you miss many things. For reference - Iām around N3/N2 level and doing my internship at the Chiba university hospital.
I wanna learn Japaneseā¦because I wanna learn Japanese. Funny thing is, only recently have I decided that I for sure want to visit Japan, maybe next year, though Iāve always abstractly thought it would be neat to visit.
Mostly, I decided I wanted to learn new languages, and Japanese just ended up being the one I really stuck with, simply because there are so many many ways to consume it, and within those media (manga, anime, music, literature, folklore, learning tools, etc.) there are a lot of options I find engaging. Of course, I didnāt know about most of these resources/motivators when I started learning, and now can name a lot more reasons for learning Japanese beyond my basic reason of ā'cause I feel like it, I guess?ā
I think Iāll give Mandarin another go someday, not to mention Spanish, but I guess this time around Iāll start with finding lots of āmotivators,ā whether that be media, places I want to visit, things I want to do, etc.
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Yep. I, too, have no really concrete reasons for learning Japanese. Iāve been interested in Japanese culture most of my life, and occasionally watch an anime, but I just really decided I want to learn Japanese after visiting this year. The goal is to visit again at some point and be able to interact with people a lot more (since we encountered quite a few people who spoke almost no English, and who I was interested in chatting with). Okay, I guess that is a reason. I lied. But itās not a reason like āI want to live/work in Japanā.
Doesnāt it bother anyone it says āas found on WK forumsā? How certain is it that everyone who is registered on WK but who never used or opened the forum page is included in this? Whatās the filter criteria for that sample? Also, is it āactiveā on the forum? If so, is it excluding users who havenāt posted in a while because they were too busy?
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@rfindley created these stats. He goes into it in this thread Essentially, we have no perfect method unless the developers step in and give us stats. However, we can make reasonable guesses based upon statistics.
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I take lessons at a small private Japanese language school in NYC. Not to demotivate anyone, but my initial Japanese 101 class had 17 people in it. The 102 class had 9. The 103 class had 5 or 6.
After six years there are two of us left from the original 17.
My guess is the school has core of something like 25% of the students like my classmate and me that have a significant tenure there and that the other 75% of the students (of all levels) completely changes every 3 years or so.
That happens with any language classes I guess.
I didnāt take Japanese when I did my bachelorās, but German. In German 1 there were 8 classes (each around 25 students). For German 2, 6 classes. German 3, 4 classes. German 4, 3 classes. By the time we got to German 5 it was 12 students, and in German 6 were 6 students 
To be fair, some ādropped outā of German class because they graduated from the university.
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It is very doubtful status will be released since it is very probably the dropout rate is high. It doesnāt bode well for selling lifetime subscriptions. I will say, once you hit about level 25-30 you seem too far in to give up, so new users should set that level range in their sights first. I think this is a reasonable goal for a first year for someone taking a moderate pace. It is a really good foundation where slowing down after if the pace gets too hard will still leave you with plenty to work with.
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Oh I fully agree. Iām just saying thatās the only way we could get better info at this point.
Iām setting my sights every 5 levels. Itās a big enough chunk and every other one also means a bump in category (two levels until painful!)