So for 2-3 years I have been using flash cards to get to 1000 kanji and then switch for full immersion and extrapolate meaning with some dictionary. I only know around 150 kanji.

This method already worked for english and russian but without flash cards part. I learned first 1000 words + grammar in school by osmosis thorough textbooks.

My routine is 30 min a day for two weeks and then 2 week break due to boredom or some other factor. It makes my backlog huge and discouraging and my retention seems terrible (60-70%)

For the past 6 month I didn’t make any new flashcards to remember. only reviews of old ones.

Do y’all have some better method to get to 1000 kanji inefficiently? Because it seems efficient method doesn’t work for me.

  • Hello_there@fedia.io
    7·
    8 days ago

    There’s some flashcard program that’s a bit smarter. Auto-dropping ones you get every time but putting them back in the mix every once in a while.
    I think it was named Anki - but I havent used it in a long time.

      • Camilo@discuss.tchncs.de
        3·
        8 days ago

        Anki works great for me. I bought some kanji books and added Anki collections made from those books.

        Using the book for studying and Anki for reviewing really boosted how much I retained what I learnt, without the hassle of creating cards myself (I’m just lazy)

    • ludrolOPAEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      I was using jpdb.io and it is supposed to be smarter than anki(?).

      I think the whole concept of flash cards doesn’t work for me. I can’t memorize for the life of me. It just not how my brain works.

      And I can’t seem to remember to create a mnemonic for every kanji.

      • Hello_there@fedia.io
        1·
        7 days ago

        I know nothing about Japanese. But speaking might be a better way for you to learn? Get that down and then do the kanji?

        • ludrolOPAEnglish
          2·
          7 days ago

          My goal is to read so not really.