Hi everyone, about 3-4 years ago I started using Wanikani and really liked it. I probably didn’t grind as hard as other people having only reached level 25, but it gave me a solid kanji foundation. The tool really does a great job of drilling the meaning of kanji in your front lobe. However, after using it close to 2 years I realized that it wasn’t that useful to me as I had relatively elementary Japanese at that point and was not consuming native content at all.
Therefore about 2 years ago I quit using Wanikani and replaced with focusing on getting to a comfortable intermediate level via textbook learning and accompanying anki decks which worked pretty well.
For about a couple months I have started doing deeper immersion learning by playing games in Japanese and watching anime with Japanese subs, mining words I do not know and adding them to my anki deck, however I have realized it is harder to memorize words that contain unfamiliar kanji than those I’m already familiar with from my days with Wanikani. So I’m curious now that I’m getting more exposure to Japanese every day it could be useful to re-incorporate Wanikani? Or will sentence mining with Anki get easier over time?
by throwawaychives