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MarqueeSeries posted...

I like the thought of eventually learning in Japanese, to make it a more organic experience than learning in English though.

It really helps with the problem of trying to translate on the fly instead of thinking within the language, even if it takes a while to get there.
Like, if you learn = you're a step ahead compared to learning what it means in English, since you'll be thinking that instead of searching for an English word in your soul.

Rimmer_Dall posted...

Wind Waker in Japanese is a pretty painless experience. Though I really need to chill with the adding too many cards to my deck. I still haven't finished Tae Kim.

"too many cards" isn't the worst problem you can have, as long as you're not carding pointless stuff that you remember without trouble. If you easily remember something with only a few exposures to the card, it's probably not something you should have carded in the first place. That varies a lot since you have no idea what your brain is gonna be good at remembering at any given time, but it will at least help cut down on the pile or help you cull it a bit if it seems overwhelming.

Sad_Face posted...

Yup. I'm pleased to say that knowing the kanji helps a lot. It helps you recognize what the sentence is and helps you remember it as well.

I'm mostly curious as to the retention rate of all 2200~ once you do start vocab and reading. It took me around 6 months to build up a vocab/grammar base to where I stopped keeping track of the actual number of words/kanji I notionally know. From there, pure consumption took over. I just don't worry anymore if I know several hundred "literally never used" kanji but am still missing ones from the jouyou list, because at that point I know when I see them and won't likely forget them after that.

I wouldn't worry about it either way, I just wish I had some perspective on that myself to know what your situation is like vs my own.

Funny enough, I have never used any sort of mnemonics to try and remember Kanji or words, but I found myself explaining them that way to a friend the other day and told him "they're not hard to remember if you do this thing that I literally did not do." Which really makes me wonder.