Doing this for a week now, it works wonders 
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Yes! me too. Too busy grinding reviews to deal with life, so sorry!
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I didn’t even realize that was an option…
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Same…
For those of us who have a lot of Anki cards (thousands), ease is a serious problem. So much so that I consider the way Anki implements it to be a significant flaw, as you will over time find yourself absolutely buried. I also use the Reset Ease add-on and it’s been a tremendous help.
In addition to that, I’ve recently begun utilizing the Bury feature in Anki a lot more. When I get a card “mostly” right or even sort of right when it’s a word I really do know I’m just having a senior moment, I won’t hit Again, I’ll Bury it. If I really do know the card, then when I see it the next day, I should immediately be able to recall it well. If I still struggle, then it’s gets Agained. I’ve also learned not to fear the Easy button. I used to think I needed to see cards more often to ensure I could retain them. I guess that’s true, but you have to consider the opportunity cost. If you keep working on the same words every day, you won’t be learning new ones. I decided it was a better trade-off to learn more words, so now I hit Easy much more often. Coupled with the Reset Ease plugin @EdBunpro mentioned, and the Bury approach above, my Anki experience has been a lot more comfortable lately. My Again rate might have gone up a bit, but I’d rather be less accurate with more words than more accurate with fewer.
It’s still really useful but for normal reps, I’ve been finding for awhile that adding more steps accomplishes a very similar goal IMO. I’ll see a new + failed card 3 times in one day and then once the next day and I can determine whether or not it goes back into my review deck. Different stuff works for different people, just gotta keep at it for awhile to determine what’s best for ya!
@wrt7MameLZE33wlmpCAV yeah I can’t imagine anki without the reset ease or having my settings tuned for me. There’s some default settings there that just scratch my head. I too have been utilizing the bury function more lately! Sometimes I’ll accidentally hit a card too early and then bury for tomorrow or like you said, at the end of a long review session I’ll make a dumb mistake and realize I’ll just bury for tomorrow.
That’s neat you use the easy button a lot though! I tend to just hit hard on most of my cards because I like seeing them a lot in the early stages and for more mature cards, I’d rather see it in 4 months again vs 8 I guess. My ease is set to like 200 or so minimum so I can always count on the hard number to just double each time. Kind of nice! Anki reps aren’t really the most enjoyable thing in the world after a year and a half lmao but at least we can make it manageable with adjusted settings and such.
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I wish WaniKani had this. I find it extremely demoralizing when I miss a word that I would’ve burned.
It’s not the same as Bury, but rfinley’s Double-Check script might be able to help to some extent. I use it to correct typos or simple errors that are easy to make when you’re on auto-pilot and mix up a word. Sure, you can abuse it, but I’m a firm believer in empowering people to learn the way that is most conducive to them.
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If I’m having trouble recalling a new vocabulary word, I’ll find a bunch of different images representing the thing. Then I’ll point at one picture and say the word, point at the next and say the word again, over and over for each picture. It feels like training a dumb dog, but the dog is me. I usually can get permanent recall within about a minute or so of doing it.
I started this one awhile back by standing in the middle of my living room spinning around going 「窓、窓！」. I guess the neighbors are used to it.
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tattooing, one body, ten thousand kanji, do it
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10K? Better make it 50K just to be on the safe side.
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Finally someone else who has played Devil’s Third on the Wii U!
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As someone who pretty much only listens to Japanese music nowadays, I should really try this technique out on at least one song. What a great idea!
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Shary, I hope you managed to find a balance for time management! There are people out there that are more than willing to correct your sentences, both typed and how it’s written. It’s a matter of finding them. If all else fails, a teacher online will do it. iTalki has some very inexpensive tutors that would work. 頑張れましょう！
I would say it’s rather beneficial to practice talking to yourself. I also talk to my pet in Japanese.
For phrases I have a hard time remembering, I will just imagine a scenario and talk to myself using that scenario. For difficult grammar points, I will practice saying things out loud until it becomes less of a struggle.
When on a long commute, look at the cars and trucks and practice describing them or counting them.
And of course, practice these with a native speaker or at least find examples of native speakers saying what you’re saying/trying to say to make sure it’s matching up normal Japanese. You don’t want to be practicing incorrect grammar or something that doesn’t make sense.
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For listening practice, I really enjoy Japanese news based in English speaking countries. When I tried listening to Japanese news I often got caught up in the names of companies or places that I wasn’t familiar with, and of course these won’t be in the dictionary.
I’ve been using SBS news which is Australian news for a Japanese audience. Suddenly I can identify which are companies, places and people and I get a lot more out of the rest of the Japanese in the news articles.
I still listen to NHK and the like, but the more resources the better.
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maybe try using a good translater for this such as deepL
Using Japanese subtitles to watch videos that are not in Japanese
If you use Netflix, pretty much all (or it might be all) the shows with the Netflix logo on it will have Japanese subtitles. Pick a show in a language you know or even a language you don’t know. I watched a few episodes of a Thai show and being able to use Japanese to “understand” a language you don’t know can be real confidence booster.
If you don’t use Netflix, Youtube has a ton of options. Any non-Japanese video that has a majority Japanese audience will have good subs.
Example:
If you’re someone that enjoys vtubers, you can binge clips and practice Japanese at the same time.
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Was doing this recently actually. With my Japanese family they wanted to watch American shows, but left the Japanese subs on and half of the characters spoke in Mexican Spanish which I don’t really understand so I had to read the Japanese subs to clarify what they were saying. Was a very good exercise.
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Vouching for this one. Whack a little 切り抜き and (日本語)字幕 into your YouTube search. You may have trouble when you hit the smaller companies or indie VTubers, but for Nijisanji, Hololive and Holostars, you’re likely gonna find a whole load of JP subbed clips. Works for EN, JP, ID… whichever VTuber you prefer.
Also! There are things like スタこれ and the recently-finished ジャンプアップロー, which are really fun little segments if you’re at all interested in the Holostars JP lads. All videos have JP subs I believe, and a majority have EN subs if you need a little help. Subs are colourcoded for each speaker too, which can be really useful if, like me, you’re not so good with the ol’ hearing and distinguishing voices.
I did initially go off on this post with a boatload of recommendations, but we’ll save my oshi shilling for now. Apart from the Holostars shoutout, that is 
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