[m_for_monkey]

I used a book "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig, which employs a special mnemonic technique, to learn to write 2000 Japanese kanji in three months, which was a leisurely pace (twenty-something a day). Many people did the same in a much shorter time, like 100 a day. It works beautifully. If you have problems learning those words, you are most probably either using the wrong technique, or using it incorrectly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembering_the_Kanji

[brianobush]

And it works! I have been using this method since 2009 and am quite comfortable with Kanji. When I started, I did 20 characters per day and was done in a little over 3 months. Though the real acquisition was in the years that follow.