[chrisvasselli]

Reading is one of the things I developed my other app, Nihongo, to help with.

I take DRM free ebooks and copy them into the app one chapter at a time. It automatically creates flashcards for all the words that appeared that I don't already know, and I can filter down to only words that appear at least twice.

I pre-study those "essential" vocab, then usually just read without looking anything up. But the app also makes it so you can tap on words to get a quick definition.

[Nerada]

I'm stuck somewhere between Anki hell and Graded Readers (~Level 1). Do I just continue working my way up the Graded Readers list, or is there something more engaging for adults that's a good stepping stone from Anki to being able to consume written content?

[chrisvasselli]

Also if you're into videogames there's an amazing resource here if you haven't seen it before: https://sites.google.com/view/jo-mako/home?pli=1

Among many other things, it has a huge catalog of Japanese game transcripts. I will copy-paste those into my other app Nihongo (https://nihongo-app.com) which will automatically create flashcards that I can use to pre-study before going through each section, so I can get more out of it.

[chrisvasselli]

For me, a big breakthrough around that level was using books (or videogames) that I've already read in English so I know the story and don't get lost when there are chunks I don't understand. If I know the story already, I can enjoy going through it again even if I'm not getting everything.