Stats:

• 2312 sentences
• 2329 vocab
• 309 kanji
• 910 hours (67.8 min/day)
• 806 days
• 264,871 reviews

Kanji

Less kanji then last report because I lowered my leech threshold to 4 and suspended anything less than that.  I started adding kanji a few weeks ago, so the number should go up again.

Sentences and Vocab

I stopped adding sentences at the same time as vocabulary.  Basically sentences are a lot easier than vocabulary getting hints from the context.  Consequently I don’t need to study sentences as frequently.  Since I stopped adding sentences, I’ve been able to add vocabulary cards much more quickly.  Once I get several hundred vocabulary, I’ll add sentences with an interval of 30 or so.  It worked so nicely when I did that before.

Understanding

Finally I feel like I’m getting somewhere practical where I could be able to actually use what I’ve learned some day.  I got some audio files of NHKeasy to play in the car.  Although I can’t follow along at speed, I feel like I recognize most of the words.  Same with some Japanese conversations but to a lesser degree.  Cramming vocabulary is looking to be less and less urgent now.  I need to figure out a way to start studying listening comprehension to be able to follow along at speed.  I feel like I could really make a quantum leap in understanding conversation if I study this effectively.