10k Kitsun Optimized questions

[Hamodi]

A few questions for those who may know…

1. The database shows 20,000 cards. Am I correct that there are 10,000 words, but the cards are Engish-Japanese and Japanese-English?

2. in deck settings → layout filtering, are these correct?

1- Vocab Meaning is: Japense word → write English meaning
2 - ENG->JP is: English word → write Japanese word
3- Vocab Listening: Listen to Japanese → write English meaning
4- Vocab Reading: Listen to Japanese → write the word in Japanese
5- Sentence Listening Practice → listen and state meaning in English
6- Sentence Reading Practice → listen in Japanese and ??

Given that I set the deck to always read the word, is the last two redundant (sentence listening and sentence reading practice)?

I have 1, 2, and 3 enabled (as well as 5, 6). Does that mean, for each word, I need to review it 3 x before it gets done?

3. Is there a way (when reviewing listening practice cards) to repeat the word being read without using the mouse to click on the arrow? A keyboard short-cut key perhaps?

4. Is there a way to get the cards to be reviewed to be spaced closer to each other rather than what appears to be random? When I work on deck, I would like to work in small time chunks and get the word out of the review queue. Right now, if I quit, some words just end up being repeated again beause I did not do the flip side of the card.

Like many else here, I wish the deck was made in more managable, goal-oriented chunks - JLTP level, for example, so that progress could be measured, and study could be optimized. Right now, going through 20,000 cards seems like a huge neverending task.

Thanks.

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@Hamodi

The database shows 20,000 cards. Am I correct that there are 10,000 words, but the cards are Engish-Japanese and Japanese-English?

I believe there are ~9500 vocab and sentences respectively, sounds right

@Hamodi

in deck settings → layout filtering, are these correct?

yeah, or you can hibernate the entire sentence layout as such.

@Hamodi

1- Vocab Meaning is: Japense word → write English meaning
2 - ENG->JP is: English word → write Japanese word
3- Vocab Listening: Listen to Japanese → write English meaning
4- Vocab Reading: Listen to Japanese → write the word in Japanese

sounds right though I don’t remember typing #3 though I don’t use this deck

@Hamodi

5- Sentence Listening Practice → listen and state meaning in English

Can you comprehend the Japanese sentence via listening?

@Hamodi

6- Sentence Reading Practice → listen in Japanese and ??

Can you read the Japanese sentence

@Hamodi

Given that I set the deck to always read the word, is the last two redundant (sentence listening and sentence reading practice)?

Reading a sentence and reading a word is different, no?

@Hamodi

I have 1, 2, and 3 enabled (as well as 5, 6). Does that mean, for each word, I need to review it 3 x before it gets done?

Correct. You can set ‘Delay Card Siblings’ as some find this spoils the review for the pass. I’ve found ENG->JP works good on simple vocab but the practice bottlenecks over a larger cohort of vocab progression

@Hamodi

Is there a way (when reviewing listening practice cards) to repeat the word being read without using the mouse to click on the arrow? A keyboard short-cut key perhaps?

See above, you can set auto play back

@Hamodi

Is there a way to get the cards to be reviewed to be spaced closer to each other rather than what appears to be random? When I work on deck, I would like to work in small time chunks and get the word out of the review queue. Right now, if I quit, some words just end up being repeated again beause I did not do the flip side of the card.

The sibling card delay as above may help. But if you going to do a single card review back to back, it is sort of cheat IMO…I would change to flip instead of output if time is a factor.

@Hamodi

Like many else here, I wish the deck was made in more managable, goal-oriented chunks - JLTP level, for example, so that progress could be measured, and study could be optimized. Right now, going through 20,000 cards seems like a huge neverending task.

You have full autonomy, you don’t have to do all the card sides. In fact, some users just want to do the sentences…others don’t want sentences and just do vocab, other want both but no Eng->Jp…it’s up to you. Would agree 20,000 cards with 8+ card, would definitely be selective.

There is no official JLPT vocab list per level, all resources are assumptions. But the deck is tagged by word frequency which is measurable/practical in that regard.