I was thinking of purchasing those White Rabbit Press flashcards JLPT lv.2 and maybe 1, even though I have the same kind in a study-book-from, just having individual cardstock flash cards that you can carry along seems nice, any of you guys own or tried them?

http://www.whiterabbitpress.com/catalog/...16134.html

Though I have to admit that they're not cheap for a bunch of cards.
The lv. 1 version is $ 64,-

My friend swears by them- he used the level 2 set and is now using the lvl 1 set. He says they are one of the reasons he was able to take JLPT 2 after only 10 months of study- he missed the pass mark by 5 points. Not a bad results- he's bent on killing it in December.

I tried em for a while but it didn't float my boat. His ability to read kanji is much better than mine now...

Wow, no wonder they're so expensive, I guess there is something nice about a deck of actual flashcards even with apps like Anki.
hmm...　どうしょう

there is some dude who was putting those flashcards into smart.fm .

jacf29 Wrote:there is some dude who was putting those flashcards into smart.fm .

I'm sure there is a downloadable version of it somewhere. But I guess the most effective thing is having it on actual cards that you can carry around. I'm probably gonna order them.
I mean, I have a textbook also with all JLPT lv.2 kanji in it including sample compounds etc. but I'm thinking the card version might be more effective somehow.

It will be very individual whether they prove useful. I think there's something special about having actual cards that can help some people remember better, but it's hard to know if you're like that yourself. But if you don't already have something to always carry with you (I usually bring my DS or a book wherever I go, on top of my iPod) then I'd say go for it. Having something to utilize in elevators etc. is nice.

You could always try making some paper cards yourself, see if you like it.

I have level 1 and was using them before I started RTK. In all, they are very nice and well made. That said, I have not used them since I started RTK since all of study time is in Anki now. I might take them out of the box though and go through them just to see what new vocabulary I can pick up.

I just saw these cards for the first time and I thought they were amazing. Im wondering if there's any shared decks on anki that are similar with the main kanji on the front and the 6 most common words with that kanji and then the English + readings on the back. I want to buy them but I dont fancy the idea of carrying around a physical stack of flashcards.

dusmar84 Wrote:I just saw these cards for the first time and I thought they were amazing. Im wondering if there's any shared decks on anki that are similar with the main kanji on the front and the 6 most common words with that kanji and then the English + readings on the back. I want to buy them but I dont fancy the idea of carrying around a physical stack of flashcards.

There might be a deck or two on Anki shared decks with such a thing. I posted one using the MEXT words for onyomi and kunyomi. Look up RTK1 and 3 in shared decks.

I have the JLPT2 ones and really like them. Best thing is that the 6 examples have the JLPT level so you can get an idea about how often the kanji / reading is used. eg. with the kanji 谷 the word 谷（たに） is JLPT2 but all the other words are not JLPT so I just make sure I know the one word / reading and leave the rest for (much) later.

So for me the actual cards are way better than a pre made deck. I just add the words I want to anki.

it'd be much better to just grab those words and pop them in http://www.sanseido.net/ 's dictionary... use the definition as the front side of your Anki card and the actual word and reading on the back.... you'll be amazed at how well this works...

I used flash cards a lot, but that was many years ago. I use Anki and this site now, and I think they're a lot more efficient. The cards might be more useful when you're seeing a character, etc, for the first few times, though. I just don't know.

I keep thinking about buying them but I know I'd find a way to procrastinate with them as well. By the time I'd passed JLPT1 I'd be able to kill a man with a playing card at 100 yards.

harhol Wrote:I keep thinking about buying them but I know I'd find a way to procrastinate with them as well. By the time I'd passed JLPT1 I'd be able to kill a man with a playing card at 100 yards.

It'd be worth it just for the chance of starring as a villain in the next Bond film.

@nuke Thanks, Ill look into that

@Hashiriya I'm not quite sure how to make use of sanseido at my current n00b level