I’ve been learning Japanese for a few weeks now, (I started learning it 2 times before but stopped early). I recently got RTK and started learning 10-20 kanji from it every day and learning Kanji with new vocab as well. I’m Hungarian, so I don’t find much problem with pronunciation, and IMO my strength is remembering vocabulary, 20-40 words with 50%+ retention on the first day. I use Tae Kim’s guide for grammar (and a Hungarian source too)
But I’d like some advice how you guys learn kanji with vocabs? Do you write the entire words down a few times? Or do you try to write sentences with it? I usually listen to japanese pod 101 vocab list, or something similar to get a hold on the word, then make my own flashcard on paper with one side on English/hungarian the other written with kanji and furigana under it, but it doesn’t seem like a good practice to learn Kanji, as I remember the word, but I often don’t remember the kanji. Maybe I should leave the furigana and it would force me to look up the kanji every time I review the cards?
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If you’re using a textbook, use the vocab they give you with the kanji, assuming there are any.
木曜日 – もくようび – Thursday
the way I do it is
1. Find a word you want to learn (in a book, in a video game, or in a magazine, or somewhere)
2. Keep a list of words you want to learn
3. Add a few words to anki each day. These are called “new words” in this guide.
4. New Words require additional study. I make a list of them and study them every 10 min. So if I’m reading a book, every 10 min, make sure I can know the meaning of my new words.
But, you asked about kanji with vocab, and I just talked about vocab. Well a lot of vocab uses kanji, so when you add new words they might have new kanji. If you have a new kanji do this:
1. If your new vocab with kanji uses a kunyomi, add a production card as well for the transitive/intrans version. Or just a production card if it’s a noun adjective. I don’t add production cards 100% of the time though.
2. If it’s onyomi, try to find vocab which use that onyomi, and add a lot more vocab to anki which uses the same reading