I didn't know some of those websites. There's some neat content in there, so thanks for letting me know about them.
I'm a little on the fence though. You say people didn't learn other languages without flashcards... well, I don't know why you say that. I'm not a native speaker of English and I never felt the need for a system like that when I was learning it. I didn't live abroad either, all I did was make English a part of my life and use it as much as I could.
Forgetting words was never an issue in my opinion. Some words you remember, other words you don't - that's part of the learning process. I either know a word once I see it again or look it up if I don't. If I've already seen a word, I may have an idea what it means but fail to remember the pronunciation, but next time it'll be easier just like when you review flashcards.
Some words stick more easily and require no reviews at all, while others turn out to be a little more challenging... but it's hard not to remember common, important words once you see them enough times. That being said, vocabulary in Japanese is definitely harder to remember and that goes for both pronunciation (only in the sense that words are very similar though) and "spelling". But I feel the more you see the word in different contexts, the easier it is to actually understand it anyway. I don't feel the need to remember every little thing I learn either, since eventually I'll internalize it all anyway.
I may give it a try, but I think right now it could be a little problematic. I do feel the need to do some reading every day to internalize what I've just seen in Genki 1-2, but there's still almost 700 kanji to learn and srs, so my reviews will get a considerable bump soon enough. Plus, I'll be starting Tobira in no more than a month. Wouldn't the core decks be a little too time consuming? I'm not sure if I should try them once I'm done with RTK (i.e. Tobira + graded reading + RTK reviews + core vocab) or if I should wait until I finish Tobira.
I'm a little on the fence though. You say people didn't learn other languages without flashcards... well, I don't know why you say that. I'm not a native speaker of English and I never felt the need for a system like that when I was learning it. I didn't live abroad either, all I did was make English a part of my life and use it as much as I could.
Forgetting words was never an issue in my opinion. Some words you remember, other words you don't - that's part of the learning process. I either know a word once I see it again or look it up if I don't. If I've already seen a word, I may have an idea what it means but fail to remember the pronunciation, but next time it'll be easier just like when you review flashcards.
Some words stick more easily and require no reviews at all, while others turn out to be a little more challenging... but it's hard not to remember common, important words once you see them enough times. That being said, vocabulary in Japanese is definitely harder to remember and that goes for both pronunciation (only in the sense that words are very similar though) and "spelling". But I feel the more you see the word in different contexts, the easier it is to actually understand it anyway. I don't feel the need to remember every little thing I learn either, since eventually I'll internalize it all anyway.
I may give it a try, but I think right now it could be a little problematic. I do feel the need to do some reading every day to internalize what I've just seen in Genki 1-2, but there's still almost 700 kanji to learn and srs, so my reviews will get a considerable bump soon enough. Plus, I'll be starting Tobira in no more than a month. Wouldn't the core decks be a little too time consuming? I'm not sure if I should try them once I'm done with RTK (i.e. Tobira + graded reading + RTK reviews + core vocab) or if I should wait until I finish Tobira.