You're so close to the end your mind might be getting sloppier in anticipation of the finish.

Try going all the wall to 3000. If the percentages go back up. Theory proved.

Maybe your brain ran out of space? ;P

The same thing happened to me when I was around 600. Somewhat scarily, I'm approaching 1500 very soon. Hopefully I won't hit another 'kanji wall'..

I just kept on going...kept at the reviews...working down the failed stack...and everything was back to normal in a week or so.

Same thing happened to me. I think the main problem for me was when my intervals started getting to long times, then it became much harder to recall the story from the keyword. I think perhaps the process of doubling the interval each time is a bit too harsh on the memory... I mean if you can barely remember something for 2 weeks, and then it goes to a 1 month interval next... that's a seriously long time. And then a 2 month interval after that...

I think I might have done better if the intervals increased in smaller amounts.

Heh...thanks, guys.  I'm glad I'm not the only one to experience this.

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Zarxrax wrote:

I think the main problem for me was when my intervals started getting to long times, then it became much harder to recall the story from the keyword. I think perhaps the process of doubling the interval each time is a bit too harsh on the memory... I mean if you can barely remember something for 2 weeks, and then it goes to a 1 month interval next... that's a seriously long time. And then a 2 month interval after that...
I think I might have done better if the intervals increased in smaller amounts.

I tend to agree. With some kanji, I find doubling the interval works OK, with some it's too short, but with many it's too long. I'm now starting to forget kanji that I've had a perfect score on.

Khatzumemo gives you 5 ratings to choose from. 3 is less than double, which I find a good increase most of the time. 4 is more than double, which I find a good if it's easy. Also having a 2 is good if you're having trouble with it and you need a shorter interval but you don't want to start again from scratch.

I think an ideal SRS will measure how you're doing with each question individually as well as what works for you and tailor the period according to your individual retention ability.

Some kanji are very abstract. The keyword choice may also be an issue. At that point during my study it became very important to have a strong visual for my primitives. My stories had to be animated also. Basically, I do not depend on sentence mnemonics.

What I remember doing - Create the story or reinforce one that was made, think of that story as I write down the kanji, then go onto the next until I'm done with the kanji I'm studying that day. Next I add all the new kanji into the list. After that, I'd review my due cards or study missed cards. After that little time has passed, I'd do an initial review with the new kanji. I might get 50% pass rate or up to 90%.

Then I did not worry about the ones I missed. Reason being they were going to the bottom of a 200 or 300 card failed stack.  They eventually came back around.

EvilCowSlayer wrote:

I'm getting this too, although it's a bit different.

I'm currently on 1840, and the ones I learned recently have a lot of trouble sticking...
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As I recall that section is a particularly nasty bout of abstract keywords, I think quite a number of people had issues right in that lesson area.

What also seems to happen is the number of synonyms increases once you get this high, so there are a lot of keywords that kind of overlap and as has been mentioned getting unique stories that really pop or stick if you will becomes more difficult.

Just push through, you'll pick the harder ones up over time after youre finished adding kanji.