scuda Wrote:It seems that to quickly get to 80% coverage of kanji and words, it would only require memorizing 555 of the most common kanjis and 2164 of the most common words. At a rate of 30 items/day, would result in 80% coverage of the Japanese language in a mere 90 days, or 3 months.80% coverage sounds nice in theory but think of it that way. For every 5 words there is one that you don't understand.
Frequency lists are a nice starting point and great when you don't know what to study next. But ultimately there is no shortcut. It's going to take time to learn those 20748 words and then some more.
