Hi,
I’m looking for an app or website that will teach me vocab for the kanji I know (for example, my Wanikani list of “enlightened” or “burned” kanji). It should only offer me words for my study set that involve these (with or without kana) and have a decent SRS system.
Doesn’t have to be free. If it allowed sorting content according to various criteria (like how common a word is), even better.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you!
You can just get a dictionary app/site, like Takoboto and such, usually they have a quick card creation option that can allow you to immediately add your chosen vocab into Anki. If you want to there are also website dictionaries like Lorenzi’s Jisho that allows you to make custom sets then you can export the sets to add to your Anki.
Oh and also JPDB if you want to search for words that are ordered by how common they are. It also have a built in SRS system in the site. Just pick the kanji you want to learn vocabs from, and pick vocabs from specific readings that you think are important.
Thanks!
So, does that support entering a list of kanji and only displaying words for those?
Never heard of something like that. So you just have to do things one by one for each kanji. Don’t worry it shouldn’t take that long. That is pretty much how I did it especially for kanjis that I only know a single reading of but turned out to have another that is as important
bunpro ?
If you search a kanji you get all related vocabulary and can choose which ones to add to your SRS.
maybe not the best SRS though
I haven’t really used this, but as FreeMulbearies mentioned, maybe JPDB would be helpful. It might look like a dictionary initially, but after logging in you should see the SRS. I highly recommend looking at JPDB guides/online discussions like Jawgboi’s Detailed Guide to Jpdb, JPDB FAQ, Tips on using jpdb and WK together? (WaniKani Community), etc.
I’m not sure if you can do that automatically in JPDB. However, JPDB is both a dictionary and SRS. Therefore, you can manually look up words with known kanji and add them to reviews. It seems like wildcard searches with asterisks work. For example:
JPDB has multiple frequency options. See the Top # frequencies in the image above and the following part of Jawgboi’s Detailed Guide to Jpdb:
Other important things to note about JPDB are:
Oh! I might have a good app for you. There’s one called Kanji Study developed by Chase Colburn. I’ve been using it for years and it’s nothing short of spectacular.
In regards to what you want, you can create custom lists of kanji and then pick ways to study them. You might want to do multiple choice quizzes where you have to pick that right kanji to put into a word. There’s a ton of other ways to study and this app is what ties WaniKani, KaniWani, and BunPro for me. You can eventually loop this into SRS by using the “Guided Study.” I have the paid app for a very long time, so I’m not sure entirely what features free or not. I’d highly recommend giving it a try if you have an android device or anything that supports Google.
Although it doesn’t teach new vocab past what WaniKani uses, you could also KaniWani. It’s literally just reverse WaniKani, so it can get tough since active recall is always more challenging.
Thanks! I have issues with the way it quizzes you, maybe that’s what you meant?
In terms of sorting stuff, bunpro surely is great. If it extended the way in which you select what to study to match what I want (or in general), I’d probably use its vocab feature more. 
Sounds indeed cool! I’ll have a look. Thank you.
JPDB has this option when creating a custom top frequency deck:
That’s actually what I use for my kanji routine. Been using it for 2+ months now and learned stroke orders and even found some readings that I really wanted to learn. I just didn’t recommend it because they wanted a vocab focused app but maybe I should’ve. Cheers to fellow Kanji Study users! 
That’s a great hint, I’ll check!
Thank you.
