Category Archives: Learn Kanji

Hello! Welcome to the year 2021. This year will have more progress after my 1-year hiatus from learning Japanese. The bad news is, I haven’t really made much progress in 2020. I skipped during reviews after failing the JLPT N5 test and was pretty demotivated to continue studying. But the good news are I’m finally […]

Hello reader! I’m still on learning kanji but slowed down on the lessons even more. Level 10 was doable in 84 days which is – wait for it – a new worst time record! As learning kanji is not a sprint, I should somehow manage to get to level 60. Estimations say it’s sometimes in […]

Finally! I broke a new milestone and reached level 9, while setting a new time record. My longest time to level up is now only 61 days.

Somewhere in Italy. In a garden. Under the summer sun. The Crabigator blessed me with level 8! Keeping up with reviews is hard. Bumming around is easier. Doing lessons after reviews are the real chore. P.S. I dated back this blog post to June, so I can later view my WaniKani progress by using the […]

I wanted to slow down a little on WaniKani to avoid drowning in the review pile. That’s why I did lessons pretty slow or not at all. I’m getting more comfortable doing 80-120 reviews a day. My earlier comfort zone was 60-80 reviews. On the other hand it took 33 days to level up to […]

I did it! After 24 days I reached level 6. This was by far the slowest level yet. If I continue with the same speed I’ll be on level 10 by the mid of May and level 60 in March 2021. See you soon!

Hi folks,not a lot of news, but I just reached level 5 on WaniKani! See you next time!

Oops, there weren’t a lot of updates on this blog lately.I did some work on the new domain, webhosting, Google Analytics integration and also implemented some changes on two other blogs. I’ve also wasted some time on Netflix and StarCraft 2. You could say, I had a relaxing weekend. Back to Japanese! I have finally […]

Hi folks,I have done my WaniKani reviews and lessons. I finally remembered the differences between 上がる, 上げる, 下がる, 下げる. Those are easier to remember as が is always active (raise, lower) and げ is passive (rise, fall). I have also checked up on some class lessons starting in March. They are all Level A1 and […]

Hello reader,today the first kanji lessons came in on WaniKani. They were not too hard, despite me messing up the readings for カ (りき、りょく) and 上 (じょう). I even messed it up while writing this post >.<‘ I should also get a textbook soon but can’t decide between Genki and Marugoto. It would be pretty […]

WaniKani – A secret cult? I have completed radical reviews on the go, during lunch break and waited all evening for some kanji lessons. At 22 pmI have received a promising email from Koichi & the WaniKani Team. I will unlock kanji soon. Midnight arrived and I was eager to click through the lessons, but […]