[Wiki] JapaneseUltimateDeck by Andy

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This is a pretty comprehensive deck to learn Japanese. It has consistent formatting or re-formatting of many of the popular Anki decks to learn Japanese.

Get all the media files here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1i81vyqD3LHcltbX7tuCpSzhJZ5qfSUch?usp=sharing

Note, this deck already assumes you can read Kana (Hiragana and Katakana). I’d highly recommend this deck to learn Kana!
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/846151120

This deck contains:

  1. Core 2k
    A vocabulary and sentence deck comprising of 2,000 cards. Above all other decks, this is probably the best bang for your buck to learn Japanese. Note that across Internet forums, some people have noted idiosyncrasies in certain vocab words and sentences. Now we can update them through this collaborative deck.

  2. Core 5k
    An alternative deck to the Core 2k deck. This is NOT a continuation of the 2k deck. This deck was created independently. It is more suited for someone who has more dedicated time to learning Japanese than the 2k deck. However, there is a rate of diminishing returns past a couple thousand cards. At that point, Anki is not enough and you must branch out to reading Japanese outside Anki (news, books, manga, etc.). The choice is yours, but either deck should suffice over the next decks listed below

  3. JLPT vocab
    This deck contains all the major vocabulary words tested on the JLPT. Sub-decks are separated by the exams (N5-N1).
    Learn more about the JLPT exams here:
    Wiki: Japanese-Language Proficiency Test - Wikipedia
    JLPT website: JLPT Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
    American Association of Teachers of Japanese: Taking the JLPT in the United States - American Association of Teachers of Japanese

  4. Radicals (Official Kangxi)
    This deck contains the official 214 Kangxi radicals. This deck can help build the foundation in memorizing Kanji.
    See more info about the Kangxi radicals: Kangxi radical - Wikipedia

  5. Remembering the Kanji (RTK)
    This deck contains ALL the Kanji from the RTK books (3793 cards). While not a substitute for learning vocabulary (i.e. the Core 2k or Core 5k decks), RTK has proven an effective means for reading and memorizing Kanji. The Kanji are tagged by RTK index, but also by frequency of use (I recommend to learn this way – by most frequent first in groups of 50-100 cards), grade-level at which native Japanese people learn the Kanji, JLPT, and topics (like clothing, nature, etc. – this needs more work).

The books can be found on amazon here:
https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Kanji-Complete-Japanese-Characters/dp/0824835921/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=remembering+the+kanji&qid=1668294648&sprefix=remembering+the%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1

  1. WaniKani
    Decks are separated by Vocab, Radicals, and Kanji. This deck is suited for people that use WaniKani (or those who don’t use it, but want another structured way to learn different from the above decks).
    WaniKani can be found at https://www.wanikani.com

Note that the Core 2k and Core 5k have audio. They do not sync through AnkiHub yet (as of Nov 2022), but please download the files from the google drive link at the top.

Lastly, I’d highly recommend to just do the Core 2k deck if you’re short on time. It’s more effective than you might think for just 2k cards!