How to Study with Zenshin

What each study mode does, and the order that tends to work. No passive scrolling required.

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Mistakes are useful here

If everything feels easy, you're probably not retrieving enough. Wrong answers aren't failures. They tell you exactly what to drill next.

They show real gaps
You thought you knew 食べる. You didn't, not under pressure. Now you do.
Feedback sticks better after a miss
Seeing the right answer right after you got it wrong beats passive re-reading.
They keep you honest
Familiarity lies. Production doesn't.

Zenshin uses your errors to weight what shows up next. More misses on a word means more chances to retrieve it.

You can jump around, but this sequence matches how the content unlocks and how memory builds:

Introduce vocab and grammar patterns. Spaced review puts them in your head before you ask your head to output them.

Pull Japanese from memory and drill forms you'll need when speaking or writing. This is where recall gets real.

English prompt, Japanese answer, target grammar pattern. Feedback checks whether you used the pattern, not whether you filled a blank.

Mix flashcards, recall, conjugation, and sentences in one session when you want variety without picking modes yourself.