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How to handle same meanings? - loverkanji - 2010-08-27
I have a big problem when srsing vocabulary, there are many words that have the same meaning so I confuse my answers. For example:
今日 = today
本日 = today
I do both kanji->meaning and meaning->kanji, and a problem comes up when i see a card with the question "today" but i don't know how to answer.
Anybody can help me? or maybe tell me what you do or how you avoid this ?
How to handle same meanings? - Zorlee - 2010-08-27
Don't do English -> Japanese?
How to handle same meanings? - yudantaiteki - 2010-08-27
Or at least don't do "single English word -> Japanese"; there's really not much point to that.
How to handle same meanings? - ocircle - 2010-08-27
本日 should really say "This day".
How to handle same meanings? - loverkanji - 2010-08-27
the reason I do English to Japanese is to learn how to write the words in kanji.
Should I completely ignore English to Japanese then ?
今日 is actually translated as today, this day.
本日 is just today.
it is just a shared anki card that I got, btw.
How to handle same meanings? - mentat_kgs - 2010-08-27
Go Kana -> Kanji then. Avoid translating from English to Jap.
How to handle same meanings? - Zorlee - 2010-08-27
Go mentat!
Definitely go Kana - Kanji for production!
How to handle same meanings? - loverkanji - 2010-08-27
Doing kana to kanji eventually leads to the same problem
How to handle same meanings? - mezbup - 2010-08-27
Its just an awkward problem. No perfect solution. Could put stuff that's the same on the same card.
How to handle same meanings? - caivano - 2010-08-27
Avoiding English to Japanese would be a bad idea for me. If I want to be able to recall the word when talking I usually need to know it E -> J way. But then again, you only really need to say something one way, so I pass as long as I know one answer to the card.
How to handle same meanings? - zachandhobbes - 2010-08-27
I think if you start depending on english keywords to lead to your japanese meaning words it's a bad habit.
How to handle same meanings? - iSoron - 2010-08-27
What I do is, I don't test meaning. If you have finished RTK, then you can somewhat guess what most words mean, specially with some context; and it will become even easier as your vocabulary increases.
I only test かな → 漢字 and backwards. My vocab cards do contain definitions and example sentences, but, most times, I don't even read them. The format is: kana + pitch accent + definition → kanji + couple of sentences.