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Summary: moderately useful tools
Review: I am especially lazy in my study of Kanji and bought both sets because I am desperate for any help I can get at any cost (I also own a Canon WordTank for example). If I weren't so lazy I would just make my own flashcards. The cards themselves are smaller than I had imagined. I needed both sets to find all of the first 100 Kanji taught in first year Japanese at Harvard (although I think 96 of these were in the first set). The cards do not have Kana to identify the Kanji, and what is worse uses (I think) Hepburn romanization, not the system used in Jorden and Chaplin that I am more familiar with, and is more logical. In other words they say "chi" and "ti". In any case, I would much prefer that they didn't use romanization at all, as I also need all the kana practice I can get too!
Rating: 
Summary: You get what you pay for
Review: I got these cards as a gift from my teacher, and I just completed the first set (I already knew some). These cards are perfect, the big type allows you to see the kanji clearly, and compounds teach you some of common readings, and it has how to write, along with all the on and kun readings. True, they are in romaji, but RTK also uses romaji. Most of the reviews have just been people going wah wah wah about losing them and them being small. I haven't lost a single card, and how hard can they be to organize? It's not like I'm building a house of (flash)cards with them. The romaji, perhaps unacceptable, is commonplace in kanji learning materials, and the thickness and size is not a problem at all. Don't get these cards if you have the attention span of a 10 year old, but other than that they are excellent.
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Summary: Innovative and up-to-date learning tool for Japanese
Review: I had until now been using Japanese flashcards that were full of words from another time.
That's because they were made in another time, and I found that we do not use many such words in Japan today.
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Summary: Try another product
Review: I have tried hand made cards and the Tuttle Kanji Cards - OK, but easily lost or bent, and hard to organize. I just received the White Rabbit Press Japanese Flashcards - these are keepers! They are the size of standard playing cards, durable, easy to read and have stroke order as well as examples on the cards. And they fit neatly back into their box!
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Summary: kanji cards are the only way to go for learning nihon-go
Review: I love kanji cards. They can be shuffled, turned over, reshuffled and turned back over. For quick acquisition of kanji, here is the method I recommend: Put all of the kanji that you think that you know well in a pile with the reading side up and try to write them correctly. Flip the card, and you have instant feedback. Remove the ones that you have mastered and repeat. Then test yourself orally for memory of the readings, working from the kanji side of the cards. The best! (Is there any other way to learn kanji??) Although many people make their own kanji cards, I prefer the preprinted version. Quick, easy, and, most importantly of all, correctly written (at least according to Tuttle!). Take a pile of them with you wherever you go (don't forget a rubberband). No need to waste time anymore while waiting in lines or sitting on the subway. Learn more kanji!
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Summary: An excellent language learning source!
Review: I own the Tuttle Kanji Cards I and II. When I first started using these, I only knew about 80 kanji, now I know around 600. What I liked the best about these cards were: 1.) It has a stroke order (in the first set of cards) and shows you how to draw them. 2.) It comes with 4 combinations per card. (some do repeat however, and it doesn't tell you if that particular kanji can be used alone, but I suppose a kanji dictionary would suffice for that) 3.) It breaks it up into two parts (unless it's a kanji radical), which can help in memorization. 4.) The cards are divided into grades, which gives you some idea of how much you actually know. (my recommendation for learning: learn in a set of 10, and repeat that set until you memorize it. I usually learn about 50 cards at once this way. Even memorizing 100 cards in one sitting is possible!)
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Summary: Great Learning Tool Just be on your Guard.
Review: I used these cards to learn 1st-3rd grade kanji and now I'm on the second box nearing the end (930ji). I wouldn't recommend any other way to learn kanji. It's the most effective learning tool I've found anywhere for the money you pay. Just be careful cause some of the cards are written incorrectly. It's best to also buy Kodansha's Learner's Dictionary to cross check the characters. One example would be "sai"- years old. On the card it is written as the katakana "o". In fact the crossing stroke shouldn't start from the intersection of the two pervious lines. Check a dictionary or a Japanese friend like I did and you'll find that the stroke should be lower. The cards also make a mistake on every card with the radical for bamboo. Its hard to explain whats wrong with it, but ask a native Japanese person or check a dictionary and you'll see what I mean.
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Summary: Great Test Prep
Review: I'm in fourth year Japanese study in high school, with intentions to attend college courses. Already these flashcards (Sets I & II) have paid off. Every week, we have a 16 kanji-test, and with my flashcards, I save time by not having to create my own (I'm lazy). Plus they're very portable for study on the go. Although I don't like the use of romanji for definitions in general, the examples are well appreciated. I would recommend these card set(s) for anyone serious in understanding/reading/writing kanji: a task made less daunting with flashcards! :)
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Summary: Good review tool
Review: I'm using these along with 'Japanese for Everyone' and 'A Guide to Writing Kanji and Kana.' I got a little confused until I rearranged the cards to follow the order in 'Kanji and Kana.' =) Now I use 'Kanji and Kana' to actually learn the kanji, then stick a handful of cards in my purse so I can pull them out and review the ones I've learned during slow times at work, while I'm waiting for seating at a restaurant, etc.
All that to say this: I wouldn't recommend them as your primary way of learning the kanji, but they're a good review tool and easy to carry around with you. Recommended, although my extremely nearsighted eyes wish the compounds were printed a little bit larger. =)
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Summary: useful, but not the best
Review: Making your own kanji flashcards is A LOT of work (I've tried it) so I definitely recommend buying a set. I tried these Tuttle cards and then read a review here saying that the White Rabbit Press cards were the best, so I thought I would try them too. (I'm always in the market for anything that is going to save me some time.) Compared to the White Rabbit Press cards, the Tuttle cards are not as useful. The vocabulary words they picked are not always something you would use everday and the definitions are usually just one or two words. Also, I found several mistakes, and I'm still a beginner! The White Rabbit cards are much larger (and thicker) so they had more room for more vocabulary (each card has 6 examples--Tuttle has only four) and the definitions on the White Rabbit Press Kanji Flashcards are more like the ones that you'd find in a dictionary. They show if nouns are countable or uncountable or both, like in "(an) internal medicine." Overall I think the White Rabbit cards are a much better investment. I had to search Google to find them, but I found the author's email address and he said they should be on Amazon soon.
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