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Oh I learned those in 2 weeks by drilling them using kanatest (https://kanatest.sourceforge.io/) and then I imeediately took a deep dive into minna no nihongo 1 which has everything in hiragana and really forces you to use it. Source: about 2 years ago
Duolingo is fine for practice, if your bored, and if you have a decent grasp of the language. It does not teach you kanji at all, and kanji have multiple readings, you may know. So on a listening exercise, the word bank might have the kanji you know, but the furigana above it might not be what is being said in the listening exercise. Plus, the company was made public a year or so ago and they app has really went... Source: about 1 year ago
iKnow is what I’ve been using since around 2013. It’s missing some things in comparison to duolingo (grammar notes for example), but it compensates with the variety of sentences and vocabulary it exposes you to. https://iknow.jp. Source: over 1 year ago
I think something like the iknow.jp you mentioned could be good, as I feel rehearsing individual kana, or kanji which I'm probably not ready for, isn't that helpful on its own. Source: over 1 year ago
My Duolingo Japanese streak is only 943, but my iknow.jp streak is 2707. I also sometimes do the English for Japanese speakers course to change it up. I am a sucker for anything with a streak count. Although when I do the math for my streak on iknow, its like realizing how long I have been in my career for, and I am like "oh no... I am not as good as I thought I would be by now...". Source: almost 2 years ago
I'm only using Italki to learn Japanese at the moment because I have discipline issues. Before I was using a website iknow.jp to learn vocabulary and Wanikani to learn kanji and some words. They just gave me vocabulary and kanji recognition. Source: almost 2 years ago
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