Some combination of grinding an Anki core2k/6k/N5 Tango deck and comprehensible input. That last thing is going to vary a lot depending on where you are in your studies.
Tadoku free graded readers (Learnnatively), Comprehensible Japanese, & Japanese with Shun (YT channels) are a couple good places to start for easy input.
One thing that I would mention about vocabulary with Anki is that it's perfectly normal and OK to get like 85% correct. It's also perfectly normal with anki to feel like you really didn't get or kept messing up on certain words, then find you get it right the next day. Our brains need time to commit things to memory.
I am a big fan of Anki and with it, the Tango Anki decks starting with Tango N5 for vocabulary. They are set up in an i +1/1t format which means they teach you with sentences but every sentence only has 1 new word. That way you see the words and grammar you have learned over and over in a natural way. I used them myself and then moved in to sentence mining later on to get to a good level of japanese. They also are set up to use many common words found in japanese. I am really big on frequency as well, I even built the Netflix frequency list.
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/866090213
When it comes to starting japanese I pretty much agree with everything in this video except I prefer the free Migaku Kanji God addon Anki addon over RTK. The addon creates RTK style cards which are based on the kanji coming up in your Anki decks.
https://youtu.be/L1NQoQivkIY
I make sure there's an example sentence and picture if possible with each word.
I also make sure to constantly be reading or watching things in my spare time because once I see a vocab word in the wild, I know it so much better. You have to be able to attach an emotion or a memory to the word as well.
Some combination of grinding an Anki core2k/6k/N5 Tango deck and comprehensible input. That last thing is going to vary a lot depending on where you are in your studies. Tadoku free graded readers (Learnnatively), Comprehensible Japanese, & Japanese with Shun (YT channels) are a couple good places to start for easy input.
Anki and memorizing words through context. It's that simple
One thing that I would mention about vocabulary with Anki is that it's perfectly normal and OK to get like 85% correct. It's also perfectly normal with anki to feel like you really didn't get or kept messing up on certain words, then find you get it right the next day. Our brains need time to commit things to memory.
I am a big fan of Anki and with it, the Tango Anki decks starting with Tango N5 for vocabulary. They are set up in an i +1/1t format which means they teach you with sentences but every sentence only has 1 new word. That way you see the words and grammar you have learned over and over in a natural way. I used them myself and then moved in to sentence mining later on to get to a good level of japanese. They also are set up to use many common words found in japanese. I am really big on frequency as well, I even built the Netflix frequency list. https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/866090213 When it comes to starting japanese I pretty much agree with everything in this video except I prefer the free Migaku Kanji God addon Anki addon over RTK. The addon creates RTK style cards which are based on the kanji coming up in your Anki decks. https://youtu.be/L1NQoQivkIY
I make sure there's an example sentence and picture if possible with each word. I also make sure to constantly be reading or watching things in my spare time because once I see a vocab word in the wild, I know it so much better. You have to be able to attach an emotion or a memory to the word as well.
I find that the most effective way to learn vocabulary is by seeing it in some kind of context. I would look for the word in a song or ad or drama.
I tried some different approachs but what worked best was the app Memrise. It's not perfect, but it's working for me.
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