Aug 3, 2008
Japanese Vocab Flashcards, for Genius
I’ve started using this Genius program on my Mac (download it here), and I really recommend it for anyone who’s studying vocab in any language. In addition to the Katakana flash card set (I can’t remember where I downloaded that from…), I’ve put together some beginner vocab sets for Japanese vocabulary. Currently, I’ve categorized all vocab into 3 groups: Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives. Though that may change later.
Note: As I learn more vocab, I’ll add it to these sets and provide the new updated files below the current August 3 revision.
Download them here:
Japanese Genius Files – August 3
Related Reading: Hiragana & Katakana Memorization Tables
Very cool. I used Genius for a while, and like the simplicity. I’ve been using Anki for quite some time after getting tired of Genius screaming at me for not typing in the answer, and while I like it a lot, there’s something to be said for simplicity.
I don’t think that program is really suitable for learning Chinese or Japanese vocabulary. The flashcards only have two “sides”, which is OK for French or German but not when you’re trying to learn words from a character-based language where there are really three separate components (the Chinese/Japanese word, the pronunciation and the English meaning).
I think that a flashcard system for learning these languages should first show the Chinese/Japanese, then the pinyin, then the English (and the opposite direction too, of course). I hadn’t heard about Anki before, but from its website it seems that it supports this – at least the Japanese screenshot has separate sections for Japanese, kana and English.