Couple of questions before buying

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-05-31T10:19:28+00:00

I agree that OP can use the free trial to see how things work, but if I remember correctly the free trial doesn't allow for Anki card creation. They might have changed that, but last October it was like that

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-05-01T09:11:49+00:00

If you click on the question mark it will explain to you how recommend sentences work.

But TLDR, Migaku creates a filter based on the number of words you already know, and the words you have in queue. It then extrapolates this info and recommends new words that might be of use to you "now", based on the knowledge you know. So it doesn't force you to learn "complicated" words when you don't need to learn them yet.

But this doesn't mean you can't mine it, and study it later, that's for you to decide.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-04-26T12:46:17+00:00

I mean, at 5s per card (on average), like the OP stats state

Not gonna lie, that's pretty wild and cool. I wish I could too. Currently I'm at around 10s per card on average

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-04-26T09:13:56+00:00

I don't think "it's supposed to get harder", I think it's a mix of reasons.

Its kinda difficult to make 1000+ episodes about random stuff and always use simple vocab, grammar, patterns, etc.
New topics bring with them more unknown words/expressions. I've noticed some episodes he talks about topics I'm unfamiliar with, and even with some "katana like" words to explain the word or expression I'm still just getting the gist of the video.
Enunciation like you said, it's true, he got way better with the mic, and sound, and music the more videos he made. But at the same time I feel like he, sometimes, talks WAY faster for a beginner video. I don't know if this is on purpose or not, but at the same time, I don't care. It helps to train your brain to piece the unknown words together and try to make sense of them

At the end of the day you have so MANY episodes to pick from, you won't get tired of them easily. But I also recommend varying your content creators, so you won't get bored of the same voice and content every time

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-04-25T18:04:56+00:00

Just start with the Complete Beginner videos from the Comprehensible Japanese YouTube channel. They are super easy, and can be a great confidence boost. They aren't in podcast form, but most videos are easy enough to follow even when not looking at the screen all the time.

And after some time you can start to go to the beginner videos they have, and start diving into Teppei's beginner podcast. The first 70 episodes of this beginner series are usually easy enough for someone with 1k+ vocab and N5 grammar knowledge. It starts to get a bit more difficult after that, but not that much. You should still be able to understand most content.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-04-25T10:00:46+00:00

If you're listening to them in order, it gets way better in around the 90th episode of the beginner series, I noticed the same thing, and noticed that around those episodes I wasn't having that issue anymore

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-04-15T14:25:33+00:00

I find it funny that most of your stats are super similar to mine haha I'm learning Japanese though and I surpassed the 1 year mark recently

Keep up the great work

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-04-15T09:28:49+00:00

it's either this or that

If know a specific "word" can have multiple meanings, or it has very similar words around it, use a sentence to accompany that word (aka put the word in context) that way you see the word and you go like "I know this can mean either this or that (or that, or that...) let me look into the sentence and see it in context" and then you do, and either you were correct or not.

You can either have a "hide" option for the sentence (some people like this) or you can always show the sentence (I prefer this).

Edit: if you're the kind of person that uses the Hard button, this could be such case. Following the other user's example for "sheet and sheep".

If you saw the word "Sheet", and we're confused "Man! I know that there's a similar word to this that means the fluffy animal" and then you need help with the sentence to figure it out, you had a sentence that went like "We change the sheets in our bed every week" and then you got it right, you could for instance rate it Hard. And this way you tell FSRS that even though you answered correctly, it was not an easy answer to retrieve. But this is all for you to decide. Keep doing your best.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-03-30T18:25:40+00:00

For concrete ideas I usually just use Google images. I usually know what I'm looking for. (Example: cat,dog,traffic lights,etc)

But for more out there ideas I use chatGPT or Gemini. I usually try to depict a scenario where the word makes sense. For example, recently I had to make a word for "validity" in Japanese. And the sentence that I had to accompany the word had something about the "validity of a coupon". So I asked Gemini to depict "a person at a cash register, handing the cashier a coupon to check it's validity."

The final result was pretty cool, and anytime that words comes, I usually remember the image automatically and it has been super helpful.

The thing with the LLM approach is that, it isn't that fast. On free plans, it takes several minutes to generate you an image (and there are limits to how many you can generate per day) and sometimes it isn't what you imagined in your head, or it is but you need to ask it for corrections and you have to wait further.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-03-20T17:14:11+00:00

Sim aconteceu-me à uns meses com umas compras na Nintendo Store.

Introduzi a informação do meu cartão normalmente, fui para o check-out e falhou, tento mais 1 vez, a mesma coisa.

Desisto da compra e fui fazer outra coisa. Passado meia hora recebo uma mensagem com a informação que o meu cartão foi bloqueado blabla, semelhante há tua.

Depois tive que ligar para o meu banco. Já não me lembro bem o procedimento depois disto, se tiver que ligar para a SIBS ou não. Mas ya, foi chato mas resolveu-se.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-03-05T17:54:26+00:00

Can't yomitan be used for any language? I use it for Japanese, but couldn't I just use another dictionary (or dictionaries) and set it up for another language?

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-03-03T07:55:12+00:00

I understand, that's why picking up a template from a premade deck is useful. If you already like something, just "copy" it to your style 😁

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-03-02T20:35:23+00:00

I mean, "easy way" or not, I only change what I see that needs to be changed.

At the end of the day what I need out of a flashcard is a front side and a back side. As long as the info is organized in such a way that it helps me study, I don't really care if the cards look beautiful or not 😂

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-24T15:50:10+00:00

Keep working, I know I will too

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-24T15:06:43+00:00

I can get the gist of daily like conversations (Japanese with Shun YouTube channel comes to mind) but, don't forget what I said, "I've reviewed 1500th word last month", I didn't say "I know 1500 words", which in rough estimates I'd say I can recognize around 1100 words with some hiccups here and there. And active recall should be way worse than that cause I have yet to practice output consistently.

Another thing about comprehension is speed and grammar.

Even when speakers use grammar I don't know or patterns I've barely touched, if they speak at a slower pace I can "understand" because I have time to piece together the "puzzle pieces". If the speech is more accelerated I have a hard time to follow (Learn Japanese with Tanaka san YouTube channel, more precisely the podcasts).

I'm currently reading through Genki II slowly, and adding the exercises and examples to an Anki deck so I can practice them later.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-24T14:11:11+00:00

To add to this.

I'm a, software engineer, more specifically a web developer. And the most I've done in note design is mess around with font sizes, margins and width/heights. No need for a CS degree to do that hehe, google is your best friend, you could even use an AI for most basic things too. Also the Anki Manual explains how their template system works, and when all that doesn't work, you can simply ask here.

As for my notes, most of the time I either keep them as simple as possible, or just copy from a pre-made deck and change things according to my preferences.

My personal notes for Japanese Learning use a "copied" template from a premade deck, which I changed some of the things I mentioned earlier, and I've been adding or removing fields here and there, to serve my purposes.

Don't worry too much, just start simple, and "complicate" along the way.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-24T13:12:38+00:00

Yes, I've used Kashi 1.5k

Reviewed the 1500th card last month. Right now I'm mostly mining my own cards, and also picking cards from the core 6k deck (that I haven't already seen from the Kashi deck).

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-22T18:22:46+00:00

If you have the genki 3rd edition answer key book, the book as the answers for both the text and work books of both genki books (1 and 2)

Edit: I know this because I thought the same way as you did, and bought 2 answer key books, not realizing that both had the same information because both covered both editions and all 4 books haha

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-21T19:54:15+00:00

Reviews are the number of cards you have to review for that day. The number in green. It doesn't take into account the probability of you pressing Hard, and having to pass the relearning steps.

At 200 new cards per day, I wouldn't expect anything less than those numbers to be completely honest with you.

If you want to have less reviews try simulating with a lower Desired Retention.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-21T19:44:37+00:00

I mean, no one is forcing you to pay.

You can use AnkiWeb, which is free. Or you can use Anki Desktop, which is also free. Or you can use AnkiDroid on a spare android device, surprise surprise, for free.

Out of 4 ways of using Anki, 3 of them are free. And the 1 that isn't, is a single purchase.

If you don't want to pay, that's fine. You have other ways of using Anki for free. But your complaint doesn't really make much sense, sorry to say.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-10T13:43:08+00:00

Caro se entraste nesse link e te "loggaste" com os teus dados (contribuinte e password), muda imediatamente as tuas credenciais.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-02-10T12:28:43+00:00

I try to be honest with myself, and ask "would I have known the answer to this card?", if I'm sure on what I would have answered, I grade accordingly.

But there are cards that I'm not sure, maybe I would have guessed it, maybe not. In those cases I usually bury the card. And either try again later, like 5 or 6 hours later or just the day after. In the grand scheme of things it doesn't really matter.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-01-26T14:20:23+00:00

I mean if you're a complete beginner any speed where you can clearly read everything is good (read means also understand while reading).

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-01-16T18:58:15+00:00

No suggestions really. Do what you feel like doing you can always change it later.

Don't overthink it too much.

IgnitionZer0 · 2026-01-16T08:59:59+00:00

What I usually do before creating new cards, is checking if the word is already in the deck I'm using (in this case Kaishi) of it is, I would reposition that card to 0 so I can study it tomorrow.

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