Unfortunately the only thing that can stop yourself from getting buried is self-restraint. It’s very tempting to think I have some spare time I’ll just learn a few more things. If you get that urge, I would recommend going and finding something to read in Japanese.
Keep in mind that I followed none of this advice, but i am now quite good at reading stuff in japanese so YMMV.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Saturday, 1 May 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
The default Lesson Batch size is five. Does that make a difference, did you have it higher?
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 May 2021 12:25 (two years ago) link
Like I just had 21 new lessons show up. Maybe I will just do five for now....
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 May 2021 12:53 (two years ago) link
But already did ten...
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 May 2021 13:25 (two years ago) link
once the vocab starts hitting you'll never get through it all 5 at a time, theres like 100+ per level
― ciderpress, Saturday, 1 May 2021 14:38 (two years ago) link
well i guess you'll eventually get through it but it'll be real slow
― ciderpress, Saturday, 1 May 2021 14:42 (two years ago) link
Review at whatever rate I guess, but don’t do new lessons too fast to at least try and control the spigot
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 May 2021 18:40 (two years ago) link
Tweaking some of my other settings now
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 1 May 2021 22:12 (two years ago) link
I set it to pair the reading and the meaning, aka back-to-back, and to do the reading first. Also set it to Show All Kanji Readings. And just noticed that typing in an ON reading for Vocabulary that wants a KUN reading allows a do-over or two and doesn’t immediately count as an error.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 May 2021 00:09 (two years ago) link
Does it ever give indication when it is about to unlock?
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 2 May 2021 14:01 (two years ago) link
Ah, okay. Level 2 got unlocked yesterday and it sent me an email warning me to pace myself, eventually if not now.Can see that this, like so many things, can be addictive and overwhelming.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 3 May 2021 16:14 (two years ago) link
In another news, looked at Busuu just now and their Japanese cause seems to have been revamped for the better. Probably too easy for anyone on this thread but still.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 04:57 (two years ago) link
Other, not another
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 May 2021 05:48 (two years ago) link
So I am mostly using the app but the dashboard on the web has at least one important usage.
― A Stop at Quilloughby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 May 2021 14:19 (two years ago) link
One thing being the web dashboard has a good way of showing you what you missed on your last review.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 May 2021 04:07 (two years ago) link
And I’m trying to slow walk my way through Level 3, which supposedly will take six days and change instead of three, which is fine with me.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 9 May 2021 04:10 (two years ago) link
One thing that still irks me is the way ‘n’ works.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
Anyway, feel like slow-walking *might just work.* Not trying to learn all the Kanji right away, trying to train myself to recognize the radicals and the ON and KUN readings to strengthen my recall and ability to use multi-radical lookup, for one thing.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 19:21 (two years ago) link
https://knowledge.wanikani.com/japanese/double-n/
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 22:31 (two years ago) link
Tried setting it to switch automatically to Japanese keyboard when needed but then it doesn’t switch back to English.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
I think it’s easier just to use their built in IME. You aren’t fighting the keyboard’s desire to convert things to kanji then.
Also prepare yourself to get annoyed that a lot of what Wanikani teaches as ‘radical’ aren’t radicals in the strictest sense of the word.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:54 (two years ago) link
Yes. I agree, thanks. Trying not to get annoyed by that, haven't seen it too much, but maybe it will annoy me. Also, thanks so much for the advice on going slow.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:56 (two years ago) link
In principle, I think it should annoy me though, will see if it actually does.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 10 May 2021 23:57 (two years ago) link
The thing they call The Slide is that considered a radical? Or just katakana ノ?
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 01:16 (two years ago) link
https://www.joyokanji.com/radical-notes/4-katakana-no-radical-%E4%B8%BFHmm.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 01:40 (two years ago) link
Also, I mess with different dictionaries but recently I discovered something nice on the one called simply Japanese: if you hit the Speak button when you look up a kanji it will say all the ON and KUN readings.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
And the app named Japanese also does the nice thing of showing all the readings on the history list.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
Finishing Level 3 in a few days. Suppose I will pony up for the Premium. One thing I think needs to be managed is the explosion of content when a new level is reached, when you get both the, um, new radicals as well as all the vocabulary you have unlocked.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 21:25 (two years ago) link
Okay, ponied up for the full version. Wish me luck.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:09 (two years ago) link
Do you still recommend bunpro, Ed?
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
Taking a look now, trying to figure out how to use it.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:26 (two years ago) link
I’m not using Bunpro at the moment but I have done. On balance not the best tool for testing your grammar, or at least not the one for me.
Most recently I’ve been using renshuu.org. Probably because the JLPT question style fits nicely with the lessons I’m doing.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 13 May 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
Okay, that looks pretty interesting. Wondering how you choose your lessons.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 21:34 (two years ago) link
Home > Mastery?
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 21:37 (two years ago) link
Hmm. They discuss pitch.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 21:52 (two years ago) link
Seems like the web page works a little better than the app maybe.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
It wants me to learn 80 things a day. Okay.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 13 May 2021 22:47 (two years ago) link
I should have warned the the interface is shockingly bad.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 13 May 2021 23:12 (two years ago) link
As in you’d really have to work hard to design a worse one.
But it’s OK once you get it set up and select some things to work on.
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 13 May 2021 23:13 (two years ago) link
Thanks. I might stick with Bunpro for a while and see how that goes.In other news, it feels like kind of a cheat when unlocking the Kanji only gives you the vocabulary word that is just the Kanji with the same pronunciation.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 May 2021 17:03 (two years ago) link
I guess I can just give myself extra credit and look ahead at the Level 41 word that uses the on’yomi.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 14 May 2021 17:22 (two years ago) link
So just hit level 4, which unlocked a bunch of level 4 kanji and vocabulary in addition to the level 4 radicals and the level 3 vocabulary that got unlocked. Combinatorial Kanji Explosion!
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 May 2021 12:08 (two years ago) link
Seems like it takes a bare minimum of a week to get through a level.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 May 2021 23:10 (two years ago) link
This is useful: https://www.wkstats.com/items/wanikani
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 May 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
Past the middle of Level 4 now
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
My progression, if its of interest
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmgeo6xqrbmz5p7/level%20up.png?raw=1
― American Fear of Scampos (Ed), Thursday, 20 May 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
Yes, very interesting, thanks!
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 20 May 2021 11:24 (two years ago) link
tbh I am impressed you kept up that pace for that long until your first big break.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 20 May 2021 11:27 (two years ago) link
Wondering if it's a good idea to start studying the next level before it unlocks. Just gently, mind you, not like a crazy person.
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 20 May 2021 22:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.joyokanji.com/radical-notes/130-flesh-radical-%E8%82%89-and-%E6%9C%88
― Working in the POLL Mine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 21 May 2021 10:35 (two years ago) link