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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SomeCallMeChris" data-source="post: 778840" data-attributes="member: 60250">Personally, I use Anki <a href="http://ankisrs.net/">Anki - powerful, intelligent flashcards</a> as my vocabulary study aid. My configuration has it so that when I enter a new item it creates 2 cards (or sometimes more).The first card has an example sentence on the front with the kana spelling of the vocabulary term highlighted. Furigana appears if I mouse over words in the sentence. On the back side is a repetition of the front side as well as the English translation of the sentence and definition of the word. I rate these cards 'pass' if I can correctly identify the meaning of the word.The second card has an example sentence on the front with the vocabulary term in its kanji spelling, and all the same information on the back. I'm required to type in the kana for the vocabulary term, and I pass if I both correctly type the term and correctly identify the meaning of the word. Third and fourth cards are sometimes created when one word has multiple kanji spellings.SRS ('spaced repetition system') software is different from conventional flashcards in that you review cards that you don't know well much more often than cards that you have successfully passed many times, making your study time more efficient. The same idea can be done with physical cards - the original SRS involved moving index cards from one box to another during reviews, but it's easier and more precise with software.There are many SRS programs - Anki, Memrise, and surusu are the best known names. Anki is by far the most popular, but then again, Anki is free while Memrise costs money so that's not the same as saying it's the best. In any case, I strongly recommend the use of SRS for vocabulary building, whether you use the software or index cards in boxes.</blockquote>

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