

Memrise has done a lot of work creating a system where you can still practice Japanese or Chinese without having to actually install an IME. And it still has its uses in the real world.Īpps like Memrise or jPod101 have good systems that you help you to remember words. It laid a good foundation for me that I reinforce now with a lot of supplemental reading. It helped me master a huge chunk of vocabulary so that I could get my reading comprehension up to a healthy N2 level. I personally use all of these on a daily basis and highly recommend them.Īnd Anki is the original spaced repetition system. These are programs you can use without a mobile link, so no matter where you are or what your data plan is, you can still drill your vocab. In a world filled with online vocabulary training systems like Memrise, FluentU, jPod101, etc., it is easy to forget that there are some great tried and true off line tools to help you lock in vocabulary as well. Longer vowels don’t change the meaning of so many words in English, but it does in Japanese.

What is especially important to note is the long vowel sounds (like the difference between e and ee or mo and mou). I think having the audio along with the words and meanings is critical for internalizing the form of these words and being able to recognize them automatically. The volume should also all be balanced so you shouldn’t hear any surprises while you are drilling your N5 words.

I also cleaned it up and compressed the audio so that it should all sound very crisp and clear. The audio has been collected and curated to provide the clearest examples I could find of each word. This time around I added real audio, not computer generated. Last month, I added N5 kanji, so that you can master these cards faster without having to master all the kanji. It also includes some enhancements to help you remember the words better and easier. I went over the definitions one by one and tried to boil them down to the essence of what you need to know. I’ve been doing my best to make the Ultimate N5 deck the only deck you need for N5 vocabulary.
