Discovered and started to use #WaniKani this week.
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Finally finished #Wanikani level 14. Took nearly a month.
I'm slowing things down since:
- I need time to study grammar
- I have something coming up and know I probably need less reviews per day to be able to keep up during it
A bit sad to slow down, but better to do that than stop altogether.
Just reached #WaniKani level 16!
I took very long to get to this one. I went on a trip to Japan and had to slow down before I went, not to have too many reviews. I was kinda studying everyday anyway there.
It was quite useful to know the kanji/vocabulary I learned on WaniKani. I could not have actual "conversations" but being able to read some things and say some things in Japanese was useful in multiple situations. Many of them continue to be terrible with English. Approaching situations in Japanese was something I could do, but understanding the replies is quite challenging, I'm not trained in that and they talk veeery fast

Since I've come back I'm slower with new lessons, but still progressing. Before I was typically doing 10 new lessons per day, now I'm doing ~5.
I've started to read some very basic free graded book as well.
Anyway, let's keep at it!
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Just reached #WaniKani level 16!
I took very long to get to this one. I went on a trip to Japan and had to slow down before I went, not to have too many reviews. I was kinda studying everyday anyway there.
It was quite useful to know the kanji/vocabulary I learned on WaniKani. I could not have actual "conversations" but being able to read some things and say some things in Japanese was useful in multiple situations. Many of them continue to be terrible with English. Approaching situations in Japanese was something I could do, but understanding the replies is quite challenging, I'm not trained in that and they talk veeery fast

Since I've come back I'm slower with new lessons, but still progressing. Before I was typically doing 10 new lessons per day, now I'm doing ~5.
I've started to read some very basic free graded book as well.
Anyway, let's keep at it!
Just reached #WaniKani level 17
(I still have quite a few vocab items from 16 to go through before I really start 17.)
Been reading the most basic free graded reader books at https://tadoku.org .
I've just yesterday started to try and read some news on #NHK Easy. I can somewhat understand them. Not with precision, but I can definitely get the gist of them!
I'm also watching #Naruto. Not really as Japanese practice, but actually it's quite nice to be able to recognise the sound of some vocab/verbs. Some simple sentences too.
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Just reached #WaniKani level 17
(I still have quite a few vocab items from 16 to go through before I really start 17.)
Been reading the most basic free graded reader books at https://tadoku.org .
I've just yesterday started to try and read some news on #NHK Easy. I can somewhat understand them. Not with precision, but I can definitely get the gist of them!
I'm also watching #Naruto. Not really as Japanese practice, but actually it's quite nice to be able to recognise the sound of some vocab/verbs. Some simple sentences too.
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Reached #WaniKani level 18.
Picking up some speed again lately. Before Japan I was consistent at 10 and after I've been at 5. Back to 5+ new items per day, up to 10 (actually more than 10 sometimes if I see some simple vocab).
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Reached #WaniKani level 18.
Picking up some speed again lately. Before Japan I was consistent at 10 and after I've been at 5. Back to 5+ new items per day, up to 10 (actually more than 10 sometimes if I see some simple vocab).
Today I picked up #Genki for the first time in probably 3 months

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Today I picked up #Genki for the first time in probably 3 months

#WaniKani level 19, here I am!
Been using this site for the first time to complete Genki exercises. I get autocorrection, which is nice (not perfect), you get to do it on the go without carrying the book, and it helps with exercises that you'd normally need a colleague for.
Genki Exercises - 3rd Edition | Genki Study Resources
Genki Study Resources offers a vast collection of exercises for practicing what is taught in Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese.
sethclydesdale.github.io (sethclydesdale.github.io)
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#WaniKani level 19, here I am!
Been using this site for the first time to complete Genki exercises. I get autocorrection, which is nice (not perfect), you get to do it on the go without carrying the book, and it helps with exercises that you'd normally need a colleague for.
Genki Exercises - 3rd Edition | Genki Study Resources
Genki Study Resources offers a vast collection of exercises for practicing what is taught in Genki: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese.
sethclydesdale.github.io (sethclydesdale.github.io)
#Genki 第六課 , Te-form. Interesting and useful. But lord help me know all the different endings

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#Genki 第六課 , Te-form. Interesting and useful. But lord help me know all the different endings

This #WaniKani example sentence is me!

"起きたらすぐにワニカニをするようにしてたんだけど、それが一年間も続いたんだ!すごくない?でも、まだレベルは19だよ。
I decided to do WaniKani right after waking up, and I kept it up for a whole year! Isn't that amazing? But I'm still only at level nineteen."
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This #WaniKani example sentence is me!

"起きたらすぐにワニカニをするようにしてたんだけど、それが一年間も続いたんだ!すごくない?でも、まだレベルは19だよ。
I decided to do WaniKani right after waking up, and I kept it up for a whole year! Isn't that amazing? But I'm still only at level nineteen."
Just reached #WaniKani level 20!
"Welcome to Level 20. Kind of a milestone, if I say so myself. It’s also the last level in the “苦 painful” category too. I wonder what’s next

When you finish up Level 20, you’ll know quite a bit.
- 98.8% of the JLPT N4 kanji (as well as 100% of the JLPT N5 kanji).
- 65.94% of the JLPT N3 kanji.
- The amount of kanji a Japanese 3rd grader should know (and 70% of what a 4th grader should know).
- 87.03% of the kanji on NHK Web Easy.
- 76.92% of the kanji on the average Japanese Wikipedia articles."
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Just reached #WaniKani level 20!
"Welcome to Level 20. Kind of a milestone, if I say so myself. It’s also the last level in the “苦 painful” category too. I wonder what’s next

When you finish up Level 20, you’ll know quite a bit.
- 98.8% of the JLPT N4 kanji (as well as 100% of the JLPT N5 kanji).
- 65.94% of the JLPT N3 kanji.
- The amount of kanji a Japanese 3rd grader should know (and 70% of what a 4th grader should know).
- 87.03% of the kanji on NHK Web Easy.
- 76.92% of the kanji on the average Japanese Wikipedia articles."
#WaniKani "Level 21. Out of the 苦 levels and into the 死 levels."
Should I fear what's coming?

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#WaniKani "Level 21. Out of the 苦 levels and into the 死 levels."
Should I fear what's coming?

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#WaniKani level 22 here I am!
がんばれ!
Very recently I tried do listen to ドラえもん in Japanese, without subtitles. I'm bad at listening, but I get some things, which is nice.
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#WaniKani level 22 here I am!
がんばれ!
Very recently I tried do listen to ドラえもん in Japanese, without subtitles. I'm bad at listening, but I get some things, which is nice.
「義」のつく単語は難しいです。

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「義」のつく単語は難しいです。

I've started #WaniKani 502 days ago! Studying Japanese everyday since then.
I'm reaching level 23 soon.
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I've started #WaniKani 502 days ago! Studying Japanese everyday since then.
I'm reaching level 23 soon.
#WaniKani level 23, I've arrived!
"I don’t know if you realized this, but you’re getting close to the halfway mark."
Eh, still a bit far.
I'm still slacking off on grammar...
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#WaniKani level 23, I've arrived!
"I don’t know if you realized this, but you’re getting close to the halfway mark."
Eh, still a bit far.
I'm still slacking off on grammar...
I've finished #WaniKani level 23 yesterday. Onto level 24.
I like to follow song lyrics in Japanese as I listen. I'm not able to read everything, but it's still enjoyable and I get an idea of some unknown kanji and their meaning.
When I'm not looking at lyrics, I find it good listening practice (my weakest point for sure).
Just now I was listening to 君に触れるだけで , from るろうに剣心 .
I'm still utterly lagging behind grammar. But hopefully I can change that a bit in the next few days.
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I've finished #WaniKani level 23 yesterday. Onto level 24.
I like to follow song lyrics in Japanese as I listen. I'm not able to read everything, but it's still enjoyable and I get an idea of some unknown kanji and their meaning.
When I'm not looking at lyrics, I find it good listening practice (my weakest point for sure).
Just now I was listening to 君に触れるだけで , from るろうに剣心 .
I'm still utterly lagging behind grammar. But hopefully I can change that a bit in the next few days.
When I finish level 24, I'll be at 40% of #WaniKani completion.
Yesterday I reviewed and practiced some grammar. Yay me.
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When I finish level 24, I'll be at 40% of #WaniKani completion.
Yesterday I reviewed and practiced some grammar. Yay me.
A bit shocked to learn the kanji form of たくさん、沢山 .
Same happend some weeks ago with 有り難う、ありがとう .
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A bit shocked to learn the kanji form of たくさん、沢山 .
Same happend some weeks ago with 有り難う、ありがとう .
Finally learned 違う , that I hear frequently in anime.
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Finally learned 違う , that I hear frequently in anime.
Finished #WaniKani level 24.
I'm making an effort to study/practice grammar every day and go through #Genki. This week's been the best in a long time.
I'm also about to drop #Duolingo. It never brought me much value, and I'm feeling it's just wasted time, even if only ~5 minutes a day (can invest those is grammar). It's a chore. Today I jumped to the end of a section and tried a lesson in the new section. It was more interesting in terms of grammar. I'll probably do a few more jumps to test myself sometimes, but I'll not try to keep a streak any longer.
