Front:
途
Back:
ROUTE
SCALES line the ROAD which truck-drivers are forced to use as their ROUTE.

Note that on the back, I give the keyword in capitals, and in the sentence, I make sure that the primitives stand out by capitalizing them as well.

>Wow, so you shouldn’t write it at all? O.o

Are you referring to writing the kanji out on paper, or writing the sentence on the card? In either case, I’d recommend you do so.

>I think I understand but , could you give me an example?

No worries! One example I can think of would be 余, which is given the keyword, “too much.” In its primitive form, however, it’s known as “scale”, like in 途.
 
Hopefully this clarifies things!

Take a deep breath! Kanji shouldn’t be stressful, in fact, some people find it relaxing. Stroke order was an issue for me as well. Just pay close attention in the earlier stages of RTK when Heisig shows the order, and by the time he stops showing it, you’ll have developed the instinct that will allow you just just *know* how to write characters. As for getting keywords confused, I’m assuming this is because you aren’t using the Lazy Kanji method? Once you switch, this issue should go away.

>Like there would be a primitive for DAY in the kanji and then I’d try to remember DAY with the keyword for it in the sentence. Would that be doing it incorrectly if I’m doing that?

After some thought, I think you may be better off sticking with the primitive meanings. Sometimes, the primitives look fairly different from the original Kanji they come from, and also, you may run the risk of remembering the *entire* kanji by the keyword name that was given to the primitive.

> Do you know of any good decks for Anki perchance?xD

Unfortunately no. My personal preference it to not use pre-built decks. To me, it feels like someone is just handing me work to do, not the labour-of-love feeling I get when I build my own decks. However, Google may know of some sources!

Front:
奴
Back:
GUY
A WOMAN’s CROTCH interests a GUY.

On the front is the kanji, and on the back is the keyword, as well as the sentence with the primitives in all capitals. (The sentences are critical if you’re doing Heisig’s Remembering The Kanji. Don’t leave them out. If you’re trying to learn kanji simply through repetition, then a sentence is unnecessary… I’d strongly recommend RTK over drilling though…)
Something I found interesting is that if I did the cards like this, I’d be able to remember the meaning of the kanji when reading Japanese text, but have trouble writing them. If the card was flipped, the opposite would be true. However, seeing how – in my opinion – input is more important output, I figured I should put more effort into reading than writing, and, about 5 months post RTK, I still stand by my decision.

Yeah, I am feeling more rooted in Japanese than ever before. Today I picked up 坊ちゃん just to see how hard I found it compared to a year earlier (too hard to read enjoyably, so I put it down). I found I could pretty much get the gist of any words I didn’t know from context/kanji. I dare say I could now read the whole thing fairly enjoyably and without a dictionary (picking out things for SRS of course). Pretty happy about that I gotta say.

However it is certainly not like you learn a word and then you ‘own’ it. Ownage typically comes a fair fair way down the line. You can’t force it, you just gotta be patient and keep planting those seeds.

For some reason I can’t feel that ‘passion’ or ‘pull to any path’ sort of thing. I decided to go about Japanese in a different way this time (as opposed to my past failed experiences). By just not thinking too much about the future or complexities that I have yet to face – all of which have caused me inevitable failure before. As you said, by simply planting the seed, caring for it each day, and see what happens.

A sort of go with the flow approach in terms of progress, idk.

Thanks though. Will continue reading.

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I’ve only recently really kicked my learning into gear again. I’ve even cancelled my WoW account and started playing the japanese version of mabinogi. It is amazing how much I can understand while understanding so little. Also, I just pre-ordered Dragon Quest IX from Play-Asia off of your referral link. Hope you get your commission!

Thanks again!

If you can’t feel passion [I hate this word], don’t. Just be curious instead. Just keep sowing instead.

AJATT runs on wit, passion and your support!

How’re ya gonna get yourself out of this one, Khatz?! 😉

Great article (again)… just the inspiration I was needing! Anyway, Congratz on your Cantonese progress.. but I have a question about that: How many items to you have in your Canto SRS right now?

Personally I’m more interested in finding out how he plans to upgrade his output from the youngling level. That’s the problem I’m having right now.