Can I review more using the koohii interface?

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heretic New member
From: Slovakia Registered: 2011-11-27 Posts: 3

Hello, I guess the topic name explains my question well. I do the daily reviews, of course. I just started doing 3rd part: Elements (on frame 576 currently) and I feel I'd like to do more reviewing to test if my stories seeped into my brain. Is it possible to review right now, if I wanted, or am I bound to use custom SRS software?

Last edited by heretic (2012 February 15, 1:35 pm)

walteranderson Member
From: Texas Registered: 2011-10-30 Posts: 25 Website

I would just let the SRS do the work for you here. If you do the reviews each day, the kanji that don't stick as well will become obvious and you can rework your stories then.

That being said, I didn't use this site for rtk (used anki) so I'm not sure if it's actually possible to review early.

ファブリス Administrator
From: Belgium Registered: 2006-06-14 Posts: 4021 Website

You can "cheat" by changing the query string in the url but if you're going to mess with the review intervals you may as well use the Manage page and delete all 500+ kanji to do a full review from then blue pile which should be completely randomized since you (re-)add them all at once.

I did myself a full review at ~500 and ~1000 cards but that was with paper cards. If you can affored the extra reviews go for it. You will probably not want to do that once you get halfway because you'll have 20-50 cards expiring per day.

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heretic New member
From: Slovakia Registered: 2011-11-27 Posts: 3

Thanks for replies. I did the "delete all cards" trick and had a very lengthy review, but in the end, I didn't notice any difference, I had all the cards memorized very thoroughly.

So, let me abuse this topic of mine and ask out-of-the-way question. I hear a lot and read a lot that people have an SRS deck for RtK as well. Do you recommend using koohii along with SRS or should I just stick with koohii only and then use SRS for later study? (vocab and sentences, I assume?)

walteranderson Member
From: Texas Registered: 2011-10-30 Posts: 25 Website

The differences between this website and an SRS like Anki are kind of negligible so just pick one you like and stick with it. I started using revtk for my kanji reviews but transferred to Anki after a few weeks.

walruz Member
Registered: 2010-06-10 Posts: 21

When I first started RTK 1, I used surusu (AJATT's SRS platform). It's not exactly bad, but it's extremely bare-bones (at least, it was when I used it). There were a couple of features in Anki that really impressed me (automatic yomi generation, public decks), so I decided to start using Anki instead of surusu. When I made the transition I had to migrate ~1800 kanji + stories manually into an anki deck. And that was a bitch.

The moral of the story is: Try to find the SRS platform you're likely to be most comfortable using, as early as possible in your Japanese quest.

I've never used the RTK review function myself (I've only used this site for the forums and to see other people's kanji stories), but from what I understand it doesn't support adding your own kanji. If that really is the case, I'd recommend migrating since you're bound to come across a kanji not included in RTK 1+3 sooner or later.

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