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Hi everyone,
I am posting again to spread word about a flashcard SRS with premade decks I’ve been working on to make studying kanji and vocab as user friendly as possible.
Too many people avoid the benefits of SRS because Anki is too cumbersome and configuring takes time. Or worse, Anki is [overused](https://get.nihongonoashiba.com/blog/flashcards-will-not-make-you-fluent/). My goal is to make SRS approachable and useful for anyone wanting to learn Japanese, especially busy people with limited free time.
The app is called Ashiba è¶³å ´ because it’s intended to be a one stop shop for building a foothold in Japanese kanji and vocab so you can start reading Japanese in the wild as quickly as possible. (I’ll be building in the most common 2000 vocab words as new decks early next year.) Eventually the app will also streamline the process of studying cards based on vocab you are encountering from reading native Japanese materials.
I’ve been using Anki for over a decade and have created and studied Japanese flashcards since 2007. I created this app to fix the problems with flashcard/SRS study I learned the hard way can eventually crush you or take too much of your time over the long run. My goal with Ashiba è¶³å ´ is to give you then benefit of flashcards/SRS while allowing you to focus your energy on input.
Right now the app only has kanji decks. If you are looking for an alternative to WaniKani or Anki for studying kanji, the app currently has the most common 2150 kanji cards included, which you can study for free (including all the 常用漢å—). I created these cards after doing RRTK for years and finding that while helpful, the kanji keywords and examples left a lot to be desired.
Unlike other apps, this Ashiba SRS is designed to supplement your input instead of becoming your main study tool: the app limits your ability to study to 10 review/10 new cards a day. This minimum amount of study is enough to create a sustainable and beneficial SRS habit while putting guardrails on the common tendency to review flashcards instead of inputting native materials.
In addition I have taken the time to make sure the keywords you learn and examples you see will actually be [useful](https://get.nihongonoashiba.com/blog/how-to-study-kanji/) when you start inputting (or continue inputting) Japanese in the wild. For kanji this means learning meanings that are useful and distinct (e.g., distinguishing 硬 from 固 from å …; 勧 from è–¦), and only showing example kanji compounds that are commonly used. I promise the cards I’ve created will not waste your time.
If you have thoughts or questions about the app, just send me a message. I’ve included some examples screenshots on my [Twitter page](https://twitter.com/Ashiba_Ryotsu) to show the app’s functionality and content.
Link to App:
https://www.nihongonoashiba.com
User Guide:
https://get.nihongonoashiba.com/user_guide/
About the App:
https://get.nihongonoashiba.com/about/