question about smart.fm's core 2000 series

Superfreek Wrote:I just totally blew right through the first 2 steps but step 3 is like a real smack in the face! At least 2-3 new words per sentence. This is really throwing me off my pace. Does it continue like this? Step 3 just seems so much harder..wow.
J

For what it's worth they completely reordered the core series on the actual smart.fm/iKnow site a few months ago, largely due to this very reason. In fact some of the harder core 2000 words/sentences got moved out of the 2k entirely and put into the core 3-6k (and some of the old core 6k are now in the core 2000 - such as 勘違い).

I don't think any anki decks use the new official ordering, but the good news is you'll find it gets easier again after steps 3/4.