Okay so I downloaded the MIA omega Anki deck which puts the vocab from the textbooks into sentences so you can learn more words but I’ve only found anki decks which teach from japanese to English which to me is useless since I’ve realised it only teaches recognition not being able to recall. I thought of reversing the deck but :
Firstly idk how and secondly it would be pointless anyway since there’s Japanese on both sides.
Does anyone know any similar decks but from English to Japanese?
Thank you all 💗
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sorry I can’t help you find a new deck, but you should be able to edit the card format using the “Card…” button when browsing, and just move the {{Word}} field to the back and the {{Meaning}} field to the front. If you know html/css then you can be fancier, but at the bare minimum you can just pick which fields go where on the card. The [anki manual](https://docs.ankiweb.net/getting-started.html#card-types) breaks it down well.
Also, since I’m an input follower, thought I’d pitch in the argument for pure recognition cards. The philosophy of input based methods is that outputting language comes from acquisition not knowledge; the former comes from input the latter from study. You can study EN->JP all you want but there’s a ceiling on how fast/accurate you’ll be able to output since you’ll be stuck translating and conjugating in your head. The best way to produce is to just hear/read it over and over again until it’s subconscious. And the only way to get all that input is through pure recognition (JP->EN or better yet JP->Meaning). So the input method focuses on studying recognition just to help you understand more native input. Unless you want to be a translator, then going EN->JP actually isn’t very useful. All that said if your goal is to get outputting as quickly as possible then obviously input methods aren’t the right choice. Just my two cents, you do you!