{"id":1130,"date":"2025-12-18T09:26:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T07:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diurnsky.com\/?p=1130"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:09:11","slug":"1130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/?p=1130","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-system-sans-serif-font-family\">I've been learning Japanese using just Duolingo, an exercise a day, for almost two years now, but screw this snail pace. I challenge myself to learn all 2,136 j\u014dy\u014d kanji by Jan 19, 26. I know up to two dozen of them right now, no more than that. To motivate myself better, I'm going to publicly announce my test results, with the exact number of mistakes, on Jan 18, 26. I'll make a list of English words to which I will handwrite a corresponding kanji, plus one on'yomi. If I fail miserably, I will write about it honestly. If it goes so badly that I refuse to take a test, all this humiliation will be here on public display. I can't allow that.<br><br>Jan 18, 26<br><br>Alright, time's up. I managed to learn... 447 kanji. Yes, pathetic. I feel a little embarrassed, a little ashamed, but not much. I was so bored I couldn't invest much time. The challenge humbled me. Even if I could spend 12 hours a day studying, it's unlikely I'd succeed. Handwriting takes too much time. All in all, I don't recommend this approach to anyone. Learn kanji as they appear in lessons or your favorite song lyrics. Not only is it more fun, but also more applicable.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been learning Japanese using just Duolingo, an exercise a day, for almost two years now, but screw this snail pace. I challenge myself to learn all 2,136 j\u014dy\u014d kanji by Jan 19, 26. I know up to two dozen of them right now, no more than that. To motivate myself better, I&#8217;m going to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1130"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1152,"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1130\/revisions\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diurnsky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}