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the anki decks that survived past month one
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- 01Kaishi 1.5k (Japanese)
- 02Tango N5 Deck (Japanese)
- 03Core 2000 Step 01 (Japanese)
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building your first custom Anki deck, the fields that matter
what to add from day one so you're not rebuilding the whole deck in month three
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start from the Basic note type
02
Sentence field first
the whole point is context, a bare word card teaches you nothing
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Target word field, isolated
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Definition field
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Audio field
record it yourself if you can't find native audio, robotic TTS works but not by much
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Image field (optional)
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Sentence translation, hidden behind a toggle
(input > output), try recalling before you peek
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tags for grammar point, not topic
topic tags i never used once, grammar tags constantly
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AnkiWeb sync
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Forvo for pronunciation
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read the Anki manual once
sounds boring, skipped it for 2 years and rebuilt my deck twice because of it
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card template, front/back design
the one people skip. show too much on the front and you're just reading, not recalling. stripped mine down, retention jumped
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Yomitan for pop-up dictionary lookups
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