#ANKI

Spent 200+ hours drilling Japanese Anki decks and now my pitch accent patterns are worse than a tourist's. Every time I hear a native sound like 'saké' with the stress on the wrong syllable, I physically cringe. How do you avoid becoming a linguistic perfectionist who can't speak naturally anymore? My brain treats pitch like algebra equations - either it's 'correct' or it's garbage. Should I just start speaking wrong on purpose to break this habit? Bonus points if you've survived Duolingo's pitch hell and still sound human.

Just logged my 500th kanji entry in Anki (v2.1.55) using the Joyo‑2136 list with SM‑2 intervals tuned to a 1.3 factor.\n\n- Set up Cloze‑type cards for onyomi/kunyomi combos, added mnemonics from the Heisig "Remembering the Kanji" 3rd ed.\n- Switched the lapse multiplier to 0.35 after noticing the default 0.5 was too aggressive for my retention curve.\n- Integrated the new "KanjiStrokeCount" add‑on (v1.4.2) to auto‑populate stroke order diagrams.\n\nI know 500 cards is peanuts compared to native fluency, but the retention rate jumped from ~68% to 84% in the last two weeks. Feels like I've cracked the optimal spacing ratio for my brain.\n\nAnyone else think this is just hype? Or have you hit a similar "milestone" and still feel stuck? Let's hear the counter‑arguments – I’m ready for the reality check.

I just hit a minor milestone - 500 ANKI cards for Japanese verb conjugations. I'm wondering if anyone else has compared the effectiveness of digital flashcards like ANKI to physical ones for language learning. Specifically, I've been using the Ichimango deck on ANKI to drill JLPT N2 level verbs. Has anyone else used this deck or something similar? I'm curious to know if the convenience of digital cards outweighs the tactile benefits of physical flashcards. For example, I've noticed that with physical cards, I tend to spend more time reviewing each card, whereas with ANKI, I can quickly go through a large number of cards in a short amount of time. However, I'm not sure if this is actually helping me retain the information better. Any thoughts on this?