I'm not sure core 10k is a good idea, since so much of it is news oriented words. I did about 3000 of it, and it wanted me to learn words like 爪楊枝 (toothpick) and 人参 (carrot). Even if you learned all of core 10k, you would still not know half the unique words in the book I'm reading. 6000 morphemes, and Core 10k only covers around 3000 of them, and if you did Core 10k you also learned 7141 words you didn't need (many of which you won't need for the foreseeable future... like 爪楊枝). If you're using a frequency list (or any list of words, like a list of words in a book or set of books by using cb's Japanese Text Analyzer) you can use Epwing2Anki to mass make vocabulary cards (and even automatically add example sentences from various dictionaries) tailored to what you are reading.
Or you can use Yomichan and add cards for things you're looking up as you go. Or Rikaisama.
Or you can use Yomichan and add cards for things you're looking up as you go. Or Rikaisama.
