Kaishi 1.5k Anki Deck

The modern starter Anki deck: 1,500 core words with audio and clean sentence cards.

ToolsFreeBeginnerA1–A2

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What it actually is

Built specifically to replace the ageing Core 2k/6k decks, with hand-checked sentences, native audio, pitch-accent marking and no broken formatting. Free on GitHub. It is deliberately small — the point is to get you to the level where you can start mining your own words from real material within a few months, not to be your whole vocabulary plan.

What it covers

  • Vocabulary
  • Reading
  • Listening

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