Scarecrowfield's Study Log

[scarecrowfield]

About me/Background

Brazilian teenager with too many hobbies and likes. Passionate about languages, learned English as a kid, had unsuccessful attempts at learning Japanese, French and German before, studied Korean off and on for 4 years — which helped learning (and confusing) some things — and know some Spanish.

Came back to Japanese in June 2024, initially dabbling, but had too much fun and without noticing I was doing it almost daily. Started Wanikani and Bunpro on September 9. Decided to start this Study Log because I was inspired by some others, not sure how often I’ll update it.

Inspirations

Akashelia’s Study Log - Wanikani
soggy’s study log - Wanikani
Hotdog’s diary/study log - Wanikani
Polishing off 2 years of rust (Study log) - Bunpro
the taiyousea study log - Wanikani
Weeb’s Study Log - Wanikani
Ahrina’s Stu’Tea Log - Wanikani

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Resources

Current

• Wanikani
• Bunpro
• Satori Reader
• ToKini Andy’s livestreams - Genki 2 (Lesson 22/23)
• Complete Beginner Japanese (20/55)
• 2024 updated Free Tadoku Graded Reader (stopped)

Guides

• From 0 to Reading Everyday: Step by Step and Comprehensive List of Resources - WaniKani / Level 60 Celebration - WaniKani Community
• 30 Day Japanese - TheMoeWay

Completed

• ToKini Andy’s livestreams - Genki 1 (October 3, 2024)
• The Complete JLPT N5 Grammar Video(Game) Textbook - YouTube (October 11, 2024)

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Reading

Current

• Satori Reader | Sakura and Suzuki’s Long Distance Relationship

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Current Stats

Uptaded weekly

Wanikani (10)

SRS	Total	Radicals	Kanji	Vocabulary
Apprentice	25	1	8	16
Guru	427	38	85	304
Master	568	65	140	363
Enlightened	389	110	84	195
Burned	0	0	0	0

Bunpro — Grammar

N5	126/126	100%
N4	94/177	53%
N3	7/219	3%

Current Routine

• Wanikani (10~25 lessons daily)
• Satori Reader (1~ episode daily)
• Genki 2 (1~2 lessons weekly)
• Complete Beginner Japanese (~1 video daily)

Want to insert into my routine somehow (maybe)

• Tadoku (stopped)
• Bunpro cram - Listening
• Cure Dolly
• ABBC
• Kanken
• Read Japanese Every Day Challenge
• Immersion Log Let’s try something new!
• Nutshell - Satori reader
• Shadowing

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Goals until 2025

• [] Reach lvl 12 on Wanikani
• [] Finish N4 grammar on Bunpro
• [] Build the habit of reading everyday
• [] Build the habit of listening often

[homa]

Have you ever worked with GitHub READMEs?
Cos your post looks like one nice readme 🤌

[scarecrowfield]

Thank for your compliment. I haven’t, actually. But I admit that I’ve read many READMEs in my life. I think I unconsciously did that because I hate confusing guides and didn’t want my study log to be like that

[scarecrowfield]

Week 1 (Oct 20 - Oct 26) - Goals

• [x] Wanikani → reach level 6
• [x] Genki II → lesson 14
• [x] Vocabulary → add at least 70 new words on Bunpro
• [x] Listening → Comprehensible Japanese (YT) at least 3 videos

Since I’ve been doing Wanikani + Bunpro for 40 days without fail, I want to start putting some listening practice into my routine again (since I have a habit of neglecting listening)

Stats

Wanikani (5)

SRS	Total	Radicals	Kanji	Vocabulary
Apprentice	52	0	23	29
Guru	360	69	87	204
Master	255	75	57	123
Enlightened	0	0	0	0
Burned	0	0	0	0

Bunpro — Grammar

N5	126/126	100%
N4	11/177	6%

Bunpro — Vocabulary

N5	792/1100	72%
N4	11/1100	1%

[scarecrowfield]

Mid-week update:
Reached level 6 yesterday. I have 40 vocab words in lessons and some kanji (cries)
I set some easy goals for this week on purpose, because I know my life has some unexpected twists (and that I tend to overwork myself). And I’m happy that I did. Yesterday, I would have completed everything if I hadn’t hit my head on the wall (I’m much better, at least) or if some assignments hadn’t appeared out of nowhere. So I’ll be easier on myself for now and try to manage my reviews, at least until the end of the week.

some random thoughts:

• 年中 is on my Wall of Shame, I can’t remember for my life that is ねんじゅう not ねんちゅう
• I keep thinking that かもしれない is “might not” not “might”
• 出す is weird
• I’m almost graduating from High School, it’s so close that I can taste it. I think this is making me too restless (with the amount of things my school pulls out of who knows where).

[scarecrowfield]

Week 2 (Oct 27 - Nov 02) - Goals

• [x] Wanikani → reach level 7
• [x] Genki II → lesson 15
• [x] Vocabulary → add at least 70 new words on Bunpro
• [x] Listening → Comprehensible Japanese (YT) at least 4 videos

Until about Nov 10, that’s what I’ll be doing, since now I’m sure that even if something goes unexpected, that’s a routine I can follow for now. Watching Comprehensible Japanese Absolute Beginner videos made me happier than I realized it would. Some weeks ago I understood because of the clues, now I understand because I really know it.

Stats

Wanikani (6)

SRS	Total	Radicals	Kanji	Vocabulary
Apprentice	76	1	24	51
Guru	437	82	90	265
Master	308	80	76	152
Enlightened	0	0	0	0
Burned	0	0	0	0

Bunpro — Grammar

N5	126/126	100%
N4	16/177	9%

Bunpro — Vocabulary

N5	876/1100	79%
N4	30/1100	2%

[scarecrowfield]

Week 3 (Nov 03 - Nov 09) - Goals

• [x] Wanikani → reach level 8
• [x] Genki II → lesson 16
• [] Vocabulary → add at least 50 new words on Bunpro
• [x] Listening → Comprehensible Japanese (YT) at least 5 videos
• [x] Tadoku → read 700 pages of LVL 0 free books

Hope everyone had a great Halloween! I almost didn’t complete my vocabulary goal because I overestimated myself in finals (I was an idiot), but somehow I did it! Even if I had to get rid of a huge review backlog on Bunpro yesterday (my most insane 337 reviews, for sure). I changed the vocab goal for this week to make it easier to start incorporating reading into my routine again.

I’m so tired, but at the same time so happy. My plan is to add Satori Reader to my routine next week, but we’ll see how I do on this one.

Somehow I managed Wanikani just fine, if not only for some days that this happens, but I still manage to do my reviews even at 9 pm. Sometimes I wished that Wanikani was like Anki and would be possible to do reviews anytime, and it wouldn’t change much.

Also, I got my first 19 items in Enlightened this week and have a study streak of 55 days on both Wanikani and Bunpro, the most consistent I’ve been in all my life.

Wish everyone a good week!

Stats

Wanikani (7)

SRS	Total	Radicals	Kanji	Vocabulary
Apprentice	94	19	18	57
Guru	437	47	93	297
Master	427	97	115	215
Enlightened	19	19	0	0
Burned	0	0	0	0

Bunpro — Grammar

N5	126/126	100%
N4	22/177	12%

Bunpro — Vocabulary

N5	922/1100	83%
N4	54/1100	4%

[scarecrowfield]

Week 4 (Nov 10 - Nov 16)

Goals for this week

• [x] Wanikani → reach level 9
• [x] Genki II → lesson 17 and 18
• [x] Satori Reader → at least 7 episodes
• [x] Listening → Comprehensible Japanese (YT) at least 5 videos
• [x] Tadoku → read 7 LVL 0 stories

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Other goals

Self-care
	日	月	火	水	木	金	土
Meditation	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[]	[x]	[x]
Exercise	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[x]	[x]
Declutter	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]
Skincare	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[]	[x]	[x]

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Vent

My routine cleared, so I decided to finally start Satori Reader (Sakura and Suzuki) and doubling grammar. Also, I decided to remove the vocab goal, because it was getting too much, so I'll only add vocab that appears in Satori. My plan is to do intensive reading in Satori and extensive in Tadoku.

One of my biggest inspiration at the moment (besides Akashelia) is taiyousea, although I can’t explain exactly the reason.

Wish everyone a good week!

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Reading

	Title	Level	Type	Progress
	Sakura and Suzuki’s Long Distance Relationship	Easier	Novel?	0%

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Stats

Wanikani (8)

SRS	Total	Radicals	Kanji	Vocabulary
Apprentice	86	12	14	60
Guru	439	41	102	296
Master	457	91	108	258
Enlightened	128	50	34	44
Burned	0	0	0	0

Bunpro — Grammar

N5	126/126	100%
N4	32/177	18%

Bunpro — Vocabulary

N5	900/1100	81%
N4	57/1100	5%

Edit

Decided to change the formatting and add other goals beside Japanese since I was inspired by some people. Also add some other things.

[scarecrowfield]

Week 5 (Nov 17 - Nov 23)

Goals for this week

• [x] Wanikani → half of level 9
• [x] Genki II → lesson 20 and 21
• [x] Satori Reader → at least 7 episodes
• [x] Listening → Comprehensible Japanese (YT) at least 5 videos

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Other goals

Self-care
	日	月	火	水	木	金	土
Meditation	[]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]
Exercise	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]
Declutter	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]
Skincare	[]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]	[x]

Math

• [/] Chapter 1 of Discrete Mathematics with Applications

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Vent

I decided to not level up in 8~7 days anymore because I was feeling that most of my day was on Wanikani (I also had a vocab backlog increasing day by day) and I want to finally start focusing on other areas of my life for now. (Since why I decided to pick up on Math again, I'm so excited!) I also decided to give up on Tadoku for now because I was too bored with it and too excited with Satori. I was so bored that I completed 1 more lesson of Genki and 2 more Satori's episodes than my last week's goal.

I had trouble with exercising (2/7 days), but I think I found how to make myself do it.

Also, I’m happy that I’ve read Atomic Habits months ago, if it wasn’t for it, I’d be cooked.

Wish everyone a good week!

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Reading

	Title	Level	Type	Progress
	Sakura and Suzuki’s Long Distance Relationship	Easier	Novel?	0% → ~21%

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Stats

Wanikani (9)

SRS	Total	Radicals	Kanji	Vocabulary
Apprentice	104	11	1	92
Guru	468	39	118	311
Master	476	86	109	281
Enlightened	227	68	49	110
Burned	0	0	0	0

Bunpro — Grammar

N5	126/126	100%
N4	47/177	26%
N3	4/219	1%

Bunpro — Vocabulary

N5	910/1100	82%
N4	78/1100	7%

[scarecrowfield]

Week 7 (Dec 1 - Dec 7)

Tracker

	日	月	火	水	木	金	土
Meditation	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]
Exercise	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]
Declutter	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]
Skincare	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]
Read nonfiction	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]
Japanese	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]
Mathematics	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]	[]

Vent

(Sorry in advance for any erros or weird phrasing, I'm trying to write this fast)

Trip to Europe

So, I wasn’t sure if it would happen, but now I am. So that’s why I didn’t put any goals for this week (and the next, as well). I’m quite apprehensive because I don’t know any French (besides some greetings and polite phrases), my Spanish is crap and I haven’t spoken English in ages. I hope I’ll manage it. I’m busy, so I’m sorry for not reading any study logs, I’ll do my best to catch up later! And I’ll try to take many photos, maybe I’ll post them here later.

Japanese

Vocab

I’ve decided to stop using Bunpro for vocab, because I was in a kind of hell state. There were too many reviews that were too easy, I missed FSRS on Anki too much. I’m considering using Anki for Japanese again (something like Kaishi 1.5k for vocab, also JLAB for listening cards). I see a lot of warnings about using too many SRSs here, but maybe I’ll try it at least, since I already use Anki every day.

Leeches

Leeches leaves anyone else with the feeling that they aren’t improving? I hate the moment when I get a earlier level item wrong, it’s like my mind regressed.

Vacation mode

I’m not sure if I should turn on Vacation mode on Wanikani and Bunpro. I’ve done @jprspereira advice on not doing lessons since a few days ago. But I’ll be like 1 day and a half combined only in the airplane, so I’ll probably do some lessons downtime.

Routines and good habits

It went really well! (we don’t talk about Thursday). But since I’ll travel, I’m not sure it would have the least possibility to do any of that (But I want to try, though). I’ve still put the table because I want to have a notion of what is reasonable while traveling, I’ll do my best to not stress myself about it too much, though.

About any changes in my life with the habits, I’ve felt a lot of difference. It’s like if I don’t do them, I don’t function as an average human being. I’ve done longer meditation sessions, and I’m feeling much calmer and more focused.

Any sort of advice is appreciated. Wish everyone a good week!

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Reading

	Title	Level	Type	Progress
	Sakura and Suzuki’s Long Distance Relationship	Easier	Novel?	~37% → ~53%

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Stats

Wanikani (10)

SRS	Total	Radicals	Kanji	Vocabulary
Apprentice	25	1	8	16
Guru	427	38	85	304
Master	568	65	140	363
Enlightened	389	110	84	195
Burned	0	0	0	0

Bunpro — Grammar

N5	126/126	100%
N4	94/177	53%
N3	7/219	3%

[scarecrowfield]

So, I’m already back home. But some things (actually, a lot of unexpected things) happened in the trip. So I’m trying to recover both physically and mentally. But it was good overall. I’ll try to update later this week.

I hope all of you had and have a good week! See you later!