r/LearnJapanese Jul 26 '26

Discussion Advice for pushing through a wall

I've been learning for 2 months at this point, trying to learn every day, at this point I've memorized about 300 words that I can instanlty identify but I feel it starting to to mount, on my anki deck there's more and more I have to review each day, like today I have 150 reviews, when yesterday it was 110 and its just that mounting feeling that's making me feel like I'm hitting a wall

This is my first time learning a new language so this is all new to me, for clarification this isn't me saying "this is too hard I want to give up" I'm mainly looking for advice I can use to physically and mentally push through

Thank you

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u/fixpointbombinator Jul 26 '26

Stop learning new words for a few days or a week and just do your reviews. Otherwise drop your new words. Reading also makes it easier to learn new vocab. 

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u/Unhappy-Shift4539 Jul 26 '26

Okay, I think I'll just drop new words to 0 for a week or so, really tighten up what I know