There’s this (new) game called Kanji Kioku Jutsu on Nintendo DS. It has kanji drills based on school grade levels, from grade 1 until high school. It doesn’t test most common 単語, but it seems to test all the kanji. What I like is that it drills from the basic kanji. Unlike most other softwares, it directly goes to the hard level.

The drill is done with 10 questions per session. It’s then divided into 5-5 questions. Firstly, you’re given the reading and the kanji. Then you’re supposed to mark the hard part of the kanji. After all 5, you’re tested on the kanji writing. Then you’re on to the next 5. If you got one question wrong, you won’t get a medal. So, you have to repeat the session again, the whole 10. =_=; But it’s good in a way. It made sure you know the kanji writing properly.

So far I’m up to session 11 of the grade 1-3 level. Pretty good. But there are lots and lots left. I feel so stupid for not recognizing the “bun” of “shinbun”. orz Now I know. That’s why this drill is good, I think.

On the other hand, my KO2001 review has been on stagnant since early March. I had more than 1000 items overdue when I started reviewing slowly a couple of weeks ago. Now I have around 100 left. Hopefully I can finish this up quickly. Only have like 100-200 kanji left to add. The original plan was to finish KO2001 in March… orz And had the rest of the time for the remaining 1000 kanji. But yeah. I only have a month left now. Not sure how I can fit in those 1000 kanji. Haha.