/jp/ - Otaku Culture

if you can successfully gamify your anki and make it appealing
～ it can become fun to use
～ you will level up your japanese much faster
～ you will get the most out of every reading session and a sense of tangible improvement every day bc you'll keep seeing things you've learned in the wild and being glad you learned em

tips for how to do this
* use tools for easy adding like yomichan or bulk list imports from dictionary apps. avoid time-consuming manual card creation whenever you can
* farm your own cards from reading and listening, DON'T use premade lists
* set up speed focus addon so you have to beat the timer for each card or else it auto-fails
* recall the reading before flipping the card, but for the meaning allow yourself to read the one that fits the context you found it in best, rather than trying to consciously recall it (and ignore the defs that don't apply). that meaning will stick naturally after you've read it a few times
* code your card theme to be visually appealing to you
* use an addon that can show you cute moe girls or ero pics every 10 or so reviews you clear (or link it to your meme folder for congratulatory laughs)
* liberally suspend cards that you encountered again in the wild and got correct. think of this as graduating the card once its served its purpose - which is holding the word in your memory till the next real encounter. if you forget it in the future, which you most likely won't if you keep reading, you can always re-activate it
* liberally suspend mature cards that you're tired of reviewing even if you haven't seen it in the wild again yet. if its a few months old chances are its old enough to recognize the next time it appears in context, whenever that may be. and in case it isn't, you can always re-activate it if you ever see it again and feel the need to study it more. no need to keep reviewing old, limp cards that haven't proven useful. THIS IS USUALLY WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HATE ANKI. keep your deck fresh, alive and relevant
* set a cap on adding new words so that reading and listening still proportionally take up more of your time than anki does