Hi...I finished a while ago but I still have 30 failed kanji and since I went into hiatus for a while 1317 kanji to review in the last pile.....I wish I had just studied at least 10 a day from the last pile instead of waiting so long to review....for some it is like learning it the first time.....meanwhile I am using the blue kanji box from amazon to keep on plugging with the pronounciation....any more words of wisdom from the 2042'ers?????

I think your answer is already there. Start doing 10 a day, everyday. I'm sure you'll get lots of opinions but it really just boils down to that. I also recommend that you start soon. I finished rtk 1 a few years back, passed 1 kyuu and just decided I didn't need to study anymore. The years in between made deciding to go back and relearn all the writings I had forgotten, really hard. Some of them, especially in the 1600s, are really really hard. But I just keep aiming to bring only1tanuki and tatoeba, which should take about 4 years. But Im back through the first 1800 characters or so and don't intend to forget them again. Get back on the horse. Best of luck.

Another option is to use a flashcard program like supermemo, mnemosyne, twinkle, etc. Once you've got all your cards in, the program decides for you what you need to review to maintain a 90% (or other selected) retention rate. Reviews are daily. I've been finished for 1 year, and my reviews are about 10 minutes per day with supermemo.

Getting all the cards loaded and graded is time consuming. However, if you know the material really well, 50 to 100 a day is not unreasonable. Once all your cards are in the workflow, review time will start to decrease. At that point, you are "on top" of your material, and it feels good!

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taijuando Wrote:1317 kanji to review in the last pile .... ....for some it is like learning it the first time.....

What are you worried about? Do you think you forgot many kanji during that hiatus?

The hiatus is a good opportunity to separate the average stories from the really good ones.

Although the site's current review schedule logic needs improvement (and I hope to address this eventually), as it is if you review around 30 kanji a day the expired stack will clear up.

I think the longer I did was a two month hiatus. But I've been lagging behind so much lately, that all the cards I review now have expired for a while so in a way you could say I've been on a hiatus of 2-3 months average for most cards I review now. Still I can recall at least 3/4 of them.

If your recall rate gets nearer 50% or less then I would reconsider the study method, perhaps study in a quiet place away from the computer, or spend more time on building images for the elements. I think for kanji 1500 upwards I spent up to 15 minutes on some kanji, 10 minutes average. So my sessions of 10-15 kanji a day usually lasted around 1h30.

While reviewing expired cards on the last stack, I have found that half of those I don't recall only need to be verified once. So I answer "no", go to the Study page, try to close eyes and re-picture the story for a brief moment, and then click "Learned" so those cards immediately re-enter the review cycle. These kanji will be easily remembered afterwards since the stories weren't too bad, and that way the failed stack doesn't get too depressing

If I see a good idea in the shared stories, I refine the story with new elements. Sometimes a memory association no longer works because your interests changed. So the reviewing in the long term is also a refinement of the mnemonics/stories.

oh...well I'm not too worried ...you are right about 30 reviews a day should do it....just a cautionary tale for those who may be getting close to finishing.......my teaching schedule is good but grueling at times so my time like many here is at a premium

yep, 少しずつ is definitely the way to go.