# Guides

> Practical Japanese study guides for combining tools, leaving beginner apps, SRS workload, and choosing the next useful resource.

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Last updated: 2026-10-28

Short field notes for adult learners. Pick one bottleneck, then change one habit.

- [Japanese study apps: what can you take with you?](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/japanese-app-portability-report) - Before moving apps, separate your word list, card content and review history. This report checks the documented transfer routes for ten Japanese study tools.
- [Japanese flashcards on iPhone](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/japanese-flashcards-on-iphone) - On iPhone, pick one review owner. Inku is prepared Japanese cards. AnkiMobile is for decks you already own. A browser drill is enough for a first kana week.
- [Learn kana in two weeks](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/learn-kana-in-two-weeks) - Learn hiragana in week one and katakana in week two. Use one drill and one review loop. Two weeks is a schedule, not a guarantee.
- [How to use SRS without burning out](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/how-to-use-srs-without-burning-out) - Treat review capacity as a fixed budget. Finish due work before adding material, and let the queue shrink when life gets crowded.
- [Is WaniKani enough to learn Japanese?](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/is-wanikani-enough) - WaniKani is a strong answer to a missing kanji plan. It is not a complete Japanese course. Pair it with grammar and input, and keep the review queue honest.
- [Japanese study plans for 15, 30, and 60 minutes a day](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/japanese-study-plan-30-minutes-a-day) - Use an ordinary weekday, not a Sunday burst. Fifteen minutes keeps the path alive. Thirty minutes is the default. Sixty minutes adds a second input or production block, not a second course.
- [Too many Japanese apps. What to drop](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/too-many-japanese-apps) - Name the job each app claims. Keep one owner per job. Drop the rest for two weeks before you buy a replacement.
- [What to use after Duolingo for Japanese](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/what-to-use-after-duolingo) - After Duolingo, keep at most a five-minute streak. Give the week to one course, Jisho, and a page or audio segment you will actually finish.
- [What to Do After Genki 2: Tobira, Quartet or More Reading?](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/what-to-use-after-genki) - Finishing Genki is a course handoff, not a license to buy five new apps. Add input you can finish. Add Tobira only if chapters will actually happen.
- [How to combine a textbook, SRS, reading, and listening](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/how-to-combine-a-textbook-srs-reading-and-listening) - Four jobs, one week. The textbook sequences. SRS remembers. Reading and listening give the language somewhere to live. None of them should become a second course.
- [How to move from beginner apps to intermediate Japanese](https://studyjapanese101.com/guides/how-to-move-from-beginner-apps-to-intermediate-japanese) - Intermediate Japanese starts when apps stop being the whole method. Keep the review habit that still fits. Replace extra beginner products with pages and audio you finish.