Reviving Remembering The Kanji

Sun, Jun 22, 2008

I’m excited because it is not long now until I will have a weekly dose of Ikuta Toma when he co-stars with Ohno Satoshi in Maou. Which has nothing to do with the rest of the post which is about Reviewing the Kanji. After a bit of a break from studying Japanese, I am back into it with my quest to Remember the Kanji.

I’m on uni holidays now, so I would like to get as many as I can done in the next four weeks. I’m not expecting to finish, but I would like to come as close as I possibly can. I’ve done the maths, I know how much I need to do in order to get close to finishing. However, I’m not going to try and reach a certain number and put pressure on myself. I’m going to do as much as I can each day, trying not to burnout. Here’s some things I’m planning to do:

Use the Reviewing the Kanji Website to help me come up with new stories. There are lots of example stories there that give me something to start with that I can adapt for my own use. Saves lots of time!!
Use Anki to actually review the kanji. I just love Anki so much, it is the best flash card program that I have used so far, and I have used a few. I have written a post on how I structure my RtK deck in anki for those who are interested.
Because I am now working more hours at work, thanks to reduced time at uni, the good news is I will have a dedicated lunch time (instead of eating on the go between work and uni - not fun). So I plan to use my lunch break for actual study. Just to go through stories that I have had trouble with and need adapting, practise writing difficult kanji etc. This will be things I can do on paper, as when I write things down on paper often I remember them better. I also recommend this Practise Page Generator for RtK keywords.

So, remembering the kanji, here I come (again)!!

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4 Comments For This Post

Chris Says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:26 pm

Good luck with it I just started the book today!
Anki really is awesome.

Joye Says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Great site! I am also doing remembering the kanji, although I haven’t gotten very far.

Thomas (babelhut.com) Says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm

I’m about to finish Remember the Kanji (I’m at somewhere around 1890 now) and I can tell you that it’s about the best thing I’ve ever done for my Japanese study. Since I started RTK, so many things pop out at me on a daily basis that I think I probably wasted years by not going through this book earlier. Give it your best. It will help you a lot in the long run!

GoddessCarlie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 pm

I’ve been doing RtK on and off again for a long time now, but I’ve discovered that I just can’t do it while I am at uni and have to learn Kanji their way. Which is why I want to really power through them on my break. I know from the few I’ve done - almost up to 600 - that it is a method that I love and can see the benefits already.

Chris Says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:26 pm
Good luck with it I just started the book today!
Anki really is awesome.
Joye Says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Great site! I am also doing remembering the kanji, although I haven’t gotten very far.
Thomas (babelhut.com) Says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I’m about to finish Remember the Kanji (I’m at somewhere around 1890 now) and I can tell you that it’s about the best thing I’ve ever done for my Japanese study. Since I started RTK, so many things pop out at me on a daily basis that I think I probably wasted years by not going through this book earlier. Give it your best. It will help you a lot in the long run!
GoddessCarlie Says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 12:16 pm
I’ve been doing RtK on and off again for a long time now, but I’ve discovered that I just can’t do it while I am at uni and have to learn Kanji their way. Which is why I want to really power through them on my break. I know from the few I’ve done - almost up to 600 - that it is a method that I love and can see the benefits already.

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