I am not ready for card mining yet and it feels like due to various communities, discords, telegrams etc. some of the resources are really spread out and it's hard to find what is the best deck for beginners.
Current options I have identified (I am not putting any links in case it breaks some rules but all of them are easy to find online).
VOCAB:
Core 10k/6k/2.3k – community favorite in the past but considered super outdated now, does not follow n+1
moeway's Kaishi 1.5k – newest addition, really nicely made but does not follow n+1 so sometimes may seem confusing for beginners
moeway's n5-n4 tango decks – older version of the kaishi, following Tango books but seem outdated and not as polished as the new one
ankidrone n5-n1 tango decks – one of the few decks that cover n5 to n1 making is super valuable for people who are not as eager to mine words themselves. Still get updates but personally I found quite a few tagging errors and images in the deck are really bizzare (like ultra low quality russian memes). Community is stuck on some weird linux-paranoid app that I cannot bother to try to access
nukemarine n5-n1 tango decks – only available via purchase proof, I haven't acquired those so not sure about the quality
MIA omega deck – seemed to be reddit favorite few years ago but not updated anymore and stops at N5 (as far I know N4 and N3 were not finished). really hard to access now, I had to use Internet Archive
Japanese course based on Tae Kim's grammar guide & anime – often recommended resource that combines grammar and vocab, very beginner friendly but the setup may be quite complicated for people not familiar with Anki
GRAMMAR:
Dictionaries of Japanese Grammar — Sentences – absolutely amazing grammar deck, 5k+ voiced sentences, still gets updates, absolutely insane that this is available for free.
KANJI:
RRTK (recognition remembering the kanji) – deck following Heisig's book, helps with recognizing the kanji. Personally I found it super helpful, however it is incredbily time consuming (took me 200 days to go through 2300 characters, one could argue I could learn more words during this time), which makes it very controversial in the community
Jo-Mako's Kanji deck – really good deck following few different kanji orders, really comprehensive database
Any other interesting options to consider?
Thank you for any input!
by Mendewesz