I didn't know that you had all the sou matome books.
I have sou matome vocab and like it. I might have the sou matome kanji book lying around as well, but I haven't opened it.
The kanzen kanji book for me is just one of the best japanese books I've ever read. The reason I like it is that I feel like it is actually teaching me real Japanese, in the way that maybe a Japanese kid would learn it. For example, in the first few sections I learned all about on and kun readings. I had maybe heard about on and kun readings a dozen times, but the distinction never really stuck for me.
I'm going by memory here, but maybe in the first chapter they explained the distinction (along with the kanji for on and kun!), and were like "here's a dozen common kanji along with their kun readings." And maybe they had pictures. And they were like "Here is when you use Kun readings." Then the next section was the same for on readings. The distinction finally stuck.
Oh, also in the first few chapters I learned the kanji for hiragana and katana, and also what okurigana is.
So you can see, it had a big impact on me and was kind of eye opening. It was a lot more than just memorization, which is what I do with anki.
If you have an existing book and like it I don't remember changing. This was just the right book for me at the right time.
BTW, I really like the sou matome vocab book. IIRC the first chapter is a picture of a kitchen with arrows to all the things and their translations. Made me feel like an idiot for living in Japan for 2 years and not knowing all those words. But there you go
I have sou matome vocab and like it. I might have the sou matome kanji book lying around as well, but I haven't opened it.
The kanzen kanji book for me is just one of the best japanese books I've ever read. The reason I like it is that I feel like it is actually teaching me real Japanese, in the way that maybe a Japanese kid would learn it. For example, in the first few sections I learned all about on and kun readings. I had maybe heard about on and kun readings a dozen times, but the distinction never really stuck for me.
I'm going by memory here, but maybe in the first chapter they explained the distinction (along with the kanji for on and kun!), and were like "here's a dozen common kanji along with their kun readings." And maybe they had pictures. And they were like "Here is when you use Kun readings." Then the next section was the same for on readings. The distinction finally stuck.
Oh, also in the first few chapters I learned the kanji for hiragana and katana, and also what okurigana is.
So you can see, it had a big impact on me and was kind of eye opening. It was a lot more than just memorization, which is what I do with anki.
If you have an existing book and like it I don't remember changing. This was just the right book for me at the right time.
BTW, I really like the sou matome vocab book. IIRC the first chapter is a picture of a kitchen with arrows to all the things and their translations. Made me feel like an idiot for living in Japan for 2 years and not knowing all those words. But there you go