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Japanese Core 2000 2k - Sorted w/ Audio

108.64MB. 3970 audio & 0 images. Updated 2018-09-11.
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This is the same core 2k that can be found elsewhere, with a few modifications. - I removed the pictures because many of them are misleading or wrong. - I changed the formatting to suit my own preference. - I also removed the recall cards because there are too many cards (e.g. 朝食・朝ご飯, 起きる・起こる）that have the exact same meaning in English. I changed a few of the definitions to help differentiate between the synonyms, but in the end decided that it was best to only review the recognition cards. The way I use the deck is: 1) Read the vocab word in my head and ask myself if I know what it means. 2) Read the sentence in my head and ask myself if I know what it means. 3) Flip the card to check if I got the reading and meaning right. If I can't remember the meaning or reading of a word, I still try to read the sentence because it often will help jog my memory. If I remember how to read the word/what it means in the context of the sentence, I will still mark the card as "Again" or "Hard". Hopefully this works for you too. I found that by the time I finished this deck I can read and understand a decent amount of written Japanese. And I am quite good at guessing the reading of unknown kanji words because I have been practicing without furigana this whole time. Here's my video on how to get Anki set up for the first time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPVpsX9ZPWE Enjoy! Update: 9/11/2018 - Changed font so it should work on all platforms.

Sample (from 2007 notes)

Cards are customizable! When this deck is imported into the desktop program, cards will appear as the deck author has made them. If you'd like to customize what appears on the front and back of a card, you can do so by clicking the Edit button, and then clicking the Cards button.
Optimized-Voc-Index 1888
Vocabulary-Kanji 寂しい
Vocabulary-Furigana 寂[さび]しい
Vocabulary-Kana さびしい
Vocabulary-English lonely, desolate, sad
Vocabulary-Audio
Vocabulary-Pos Adjective
Caution
Expression これは寂しい曲ですね。
Reading これは 寂[さび]しい 曲[きょく]ですね。
Sentence-Kana これ は さびしい きょく です ね
Sentence-English This is a sad song.
Sentence-Clozed これは（　） 曲[きょく]ですね。
Sentence-Audio
Notes Core 2000 Step 07 - 027
Core-Index 1227
Optimized-Sent-Index 1850
Frequency 2953
Tags
Optimized-Voc-Index 935
Vocabulary-Kanji 期待
Vocabulary-Furigana 期待[きたい]
Vocabulary-Kana きたい
Vocabulary-English expectation, anticipation
Vocabulary-Audio
Vocabulary-Pos Verbal Noun
Caution
Expression みんな私たちに期待しています。
Reading みんな 私[わたし]たちに 期待[きたい]しています。
Sentence-Kana みんな わたしたち に きたい して います
Sentence-English Everyone has high expectations of us.
Sentence-Clozed みんな 私[わたし]たちに（　）しています。
Sentence-Audio
Notes Core 2000 Step 03 - 088
Core-Index 488
Optimized-Sent-Index 724
Frequency 1188
Tags
Optimized-Voc-Index 1365
Vocabulary-Kanji 対象
Vocabulary-Furigana 対象[たいしょう]
Vocabulary-Kana たいしょう
Vocabulary-English target, subject
Vocabulary-Audio
Vocabulary-Pos Noun
Caution
Expression このアンケートは大学生が対象です。
Reading このアンケートは 大学生[だいがくせい]が 対象[たいしょう]です。
Sentence-Kana この あんけーと は だいがくせい が たいしょう です
Sentence-English This questionnaire targets university students.
Sentence-Clozed このアンケートは 大学生[だいがくせい]が（　）です。
Sentence-Audio
Notes Core 2000 Step 03 - 058
Core-Index 458
Optimized-Sent-Index 1248
Frequency 2721
Tags

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Reviews

on 1596650568
Absolutely brilliant deck, I've been having a lot of fun with it
on 1596251330
Some of the audio is wrong but it's good overall
on 1595390055
An excellent job, thanks! But... "any information, even those not so well fitted pictures, could be used for learning. if it's possible to bring them back into the deck and just don't use that field in card templates. this way, those who want pics back, will be able to do it with no efforts."
I agree with this person. even if some pictures are misleading, I would save more time replacing them than having to add pictures for the whole deck.
One more thing: maybe it's just me, but I think you should arrange new cards to show in the order of frequency. To understand texts, we should learn the most common words first to create the foundation, and then the less common ones. I find it kinda intimidating when the words in the example sentences are too advanced for me (because the new cards are shown in random order, but not the most common ones in the list first). I tried to fix this by choosing "show new cards in order added", but it didn't work. Maybe I'm mistaken or something?
Please give some help, and thanks again.
on 1595201020
Where is the audio sourced for this? It's excellent. No complaints, however unless I'm missing something, under Anki's appearance settings even when the light theme is selected the background is always black. White text on a black background is too rough on the eyes for many of us. Thanks for the deck!
Comment from author
It's from an old version of the iKnow Core 2000 deck which used to be in the public domain, but they've long since put it behind a paywall.
I made the deck before Anki had a dark mode, and I liked to study before going to bed so I made it black to go easy on my eyes. I'll release an update that matches Anki's settings.
on 1594906628
good
on 1594607664
Awesome
on 1594427932
Best deck out there. Do you want to learn via sentence mining? or do you want to learn by learning a ton of vocab? Either way, this deck is for you!
on 1593771666
This is the best Anki Japanese deck so far.
on 1593329312
This is incredible. You've kind of spoiled me as this is the first Anki deck I used and it has set a very high bar. Now every other deck I tried is disappointing in comparison.

I just got through all 2000 words and don't know where to go next. Please do a similar deck for 6k（笑）
Comment from author
Try this one https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/813424842
on 1592854882
Very yes
on 1592801315
Great deck, although I have a suggestion to improve it: add tags to each word that would group vocabulary. For instance anything to do with body would go under tag Body (hand, eye, body, ear etc). Anything to do with location would have a Location tag: (where, there, here, right, left etc) and so on. This would be helpful to sort them in custom lessons.

There are 3 indexes: Optimized-Voc-Index, Core-Index and Optimized-Sent-Index in this Deck. They have different numbers.
Does any one know how are these indexes used in this deck? Are they important? The first one Optimized-Voc-Index seems to be used for ordering the list, but does it have any other significance? What about the other two indexes? What are they for?
on 1592521257
The format and font used for this deck is the best I've seen
on 1592175191
any information, even those not so well fitted pictures, could be used for learning. if its possible bring them back into the deck and just don't use that field in card templates. this way, those who want pics back, will be able to do it with no efforts. this is the only reason why I chose to leave it negative -- to bring your attention to this decision. in any other sense -- good job, thanks.

the deck would become even better if you'd leave tags for the original steps, so user could exclude the whole 1st step (for example) if it was already done previously with another deck. the last but not least, it would be a huge step forward to mark cards with JLPT/School Grades tags, so the words could be studied according to the current level a user's of knowledge.
on 1592003125
Very good deck.
on 1591490038
nice！ありがとう
on 1591395263
Very useful.
on 1591267103
Good
on 1591171310
nice
on 1590848182
ども
on 1590700412
Perfect
on 1590545995
10/10
on 1589902436
Nice
on 1589607680
very good deck
on 1589509723
Great, super helpful!
on 1589101157
For me, this is simply the best Japanese deck out there!!! No way to make it better
on 1588432796
Great deck! Comes with sentences which help me remember their usage in context and make it faster to learn and memorise the words. Audio recordings are great quality too, and really help with the nuances of pronunciation.
on 1588241711
一看就知道花了不少心思的
on 1588152512
good deck
on 1587978277
A really nice deck. Everything looks simple and clean.
on 1587884109
One of the better "core" decks out there.

I recommend to generate recall cards though, as production is a different skill from comprehension. Unless of course you're not interested in speaking at all.
on 1587498139
This is really great! Well organized and formatted and without distractions.
on 1587379983
Probably the best 2k deck ive found
on 1586791934
It is really great (so far)! Only used it for a couple of days but it looks really professional!
on 1586562432
My favorite deck for learning vocabulary. The design is simple and clean. It has example sentences and native audio. After getting about 3/4 into this deck I can recognize a lot of kanji in Japanese texts and because of the audio my listening comprehension has improved. Another good thing about it is that it has some loan words 外来語(Gairaigo), which helped me polish my katakana reading skills.
If you want to learn some vocabulary and know hiragana you should get this deck, as I don't think a better one exists.
on 1586444208
Thank you! After trying to learn Japanese for so many years on my own, I finally found something that works for me.
on 1586387223
Audio is very useful. Thanks!
on 1586342203
Thank you so much, this is what I need.
on 1586187216
Thank you!
on 1585720349
So far so good
on 1583283883
有例句，发音清晰，语速可以接受，字体很好看，很nice的一个牌组！
但是想问一问，如果自己想添加进来新的单词是不是很麻烦呢？
A question: what if I want to add some new words?
on 1582193093
Good quality content, the audio really helps.
Some few issues with cards without audio, and the end of the deck has only katakana cards which made me go through them in a flash.
on 1580583698
It's good.
on 1580337395
Tip to have visible audio buttons on android:

.replaybutton svg {
background-color: #330000;
}
on 1579972375
This deck is amazing! I love the fact the audio speed isn't so slow, yet clear enough so we can understand each word/sentence. Thank you so much for you effort!
on 1579536630
i like my stuff better without pictures and the audio is very good!
on 1579348688
Good example sentences, perfect audio. Great!
on 1578765987
haven't used it for very long but seems like a great deck. only thing I'd suggest adding would be whether a verb is transitive/intransitive on the answer side
on 1578603570
Nice!
Quick and easy to use. Thanks
on 1577904939
Very well put together, with high quality audio clips and high quality examples. Thank you so much for putting this deck together!!
on 1576457566
Incredible deck. I made the audio play on the front automatically. Otherwise perfect.
on 1576208369
thank you for your effort
on 1573880669
Really good stuff
on 1573334443
great
on 1572996103
Great deck. I've downloaded the other core decks but wasn't a fan of their design... you've created something more digestable for those of us who are too lazy to do have done it. Thank you! I'm going to enjoy using this deck. Really like the font as well.
on 1572464604
No complaints thus far! Not sure if I agree myself that no recall is best, but willing to try, I'm hoping it will come naturally if I become fluent at listening reading and then immerse myself in Japanese media.

If not, later I'll just get a recall only deck and catch up using that so nothing will be lost.
on 1571625191
喜欢学习
on 1571508695
Incredible deck for studying Japanese. The sentence examples and real native speaker audio (human speakers of both sexes) are a huge benefit.
on 1571157026
this is very good.but i dont know why cant use in phone,cant prounce.Can you help me?Thanks very much.
on 1569890595
Very useful and is definitely my preferred 2k deck
on 1568087806
This is surprisingly really good!
on 1566523854
ありがとう
on 1566488093
Various recordings and very useful if you want to learn new vocabulary in context. Excellent!
on 1566486916
it has been very useful
on 1566383218
This is just perfect, I wish I had started with this rather than the vanilla one.
on 1566172797
有例句有发音，怎么这么优秀呢👍👍👍
on 1566026394
Good one
on 1564768089
Perfect... just perfect! Much thanks!
on 1564310189
Mazo fácil de entender, con buena calidad de audio y sin imágenes que entorpezcan el estudio.
Buen trabajo.
on 1563581326
This deck is simply amazing!! I love the sentences without the pictures, and the recorded dialogue is super helpful. No complaints.
on 1563407885
nice deck
on 1563377010
看起来不错
on 1563124634
.
on 1563037323
Good Deck with Audios
on 1562176616
An excellent deck both in terms of usability and design.
on 1560625490
Much better than all the other Japanese Core 2000 out there.

If you don't like the black background and white text like me you can just edit it back to normal. Make sure to edit white to black and black to white.

.card {
font-family: 'localnoto', 'notosans', 'ヒラギノ明朝 ProN', 'Hiragino Mincho Pro', 'serif';
font-size: 25px;
text-align: center;
color: white;
background-color: black;

(you find this in browse, edit cards)
on 1560278612
Great deck, cards are well prepared.
on 1559845722
This is a fantastic deck. It is "minimalist", though it includes everything you could need to improve your japanese. I love that it is sorted. More importantly, I love that the card template is very straightforward, making it easy to modify.

I have modified the template as follows, which suits my needs great:

- White background, black font
- Reduce font size to 30 px
- Change card front to only show vocab, and then play the sentence
- Change back of the card to show sentence without furigana in large (30 px) print, with furigana at the bottom in small (15 px) print.
- Removed all the links provided, as I did not find them helpful.

Again, the simplicity of the deck is what made these changes painless to make, and I can now use this deck to study in exactly the way that I want. Thank you!
on 1559280625
So far so good, convinient to use, comfortable interface and most importantly, sorted content is so good to learn the language.
on 1558343219
shjm
on 1557092903
I highly recommend this deck. A much better version of the other popular "Core 2000" decks which are too messy and have goofy pictures which are more distracting than anything else. This deck is organized, clean, and not needlessly repetitive. By learning the vocabulary along with the kanji and the full sentence examples you can learn to read, speak, and listen in one card.

My only recommendation to new learners would be to memorize hiragana and katakana first. It's not too difficult to memorize these characters and it will make your learning process with this deck much smoother.
on 1556920391
Very nice, good definitions
on 1554864563
Good deck for beginners.
on 1551941745
So good!!
on 1551884268
well thought through!
on 1551876117
Nice sentences.
on 1551594044
Amazing 2k Deck!!
on 1550875380
so far so good, for a beginner (in my case, I just finished katakana and hiragana and know around 40 kanjis) I recomend using this deck with 3 new cards a day.
on 1550672628
thanks!
on 1549216820
Very good deck. My only problem is I'm not sure where to move on to from here.
on 1549123842
Great deck
on 1548093557
Everything is perfect except for a few mistakes (two or three cards don't have the word audio files, only the sentence. And the word 後（のち）has the furigana written on the front). Other than that it's a wonderful deck with good audio quality, a logical progression, and it's just good in general.
on 1547874102
Deck only has 1294 cards? Does anyone else have this problem? I'm new to anki so I could be doing something wrong, but I assume I should see 2000 cards...

Other than that it looks perfect.
on 1547766682
top 2000 words are probably used for 80% of conversation so it's really helpful to have a good tool to learn these.
on 1546361890
In my opinion, best Core 2K so far
on 1546097886
This version of CORE 2K is the best that I have used.
on 1538394156
Hi, This deck is very useful. Thank you very much.
Is there any chance you make a Japanese Core 6k deck like this.

Below is the deck I use now. 2k mixed 6k version. but 6k is difficult than 2k. so I think separating them is better for beginner.
https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1880390099
on 1537494370
Nice nice! Thanks
on 1537242831
Nice! I really would like another deck like this, 2000 is not that much
on 1535327849
Best core 200
on 1535216175
Best core 2000 . Minimal to the point you get all you need in one package.
on 1531142991
ほんとにすばらしいデッキです！
on 1531018636
Excellent, thank you.
on 1517616000
Good deck.
on 1517356800
1 grouped by pronunciation & meaning & frequency
2 kanji well annotated with 仮名
3 simplicity, no distraction. (no pictures, easy to see both word and sentence together.)
on 1516924800
Words sebtences and audio. Brilliant
on 1515801600
Why Core 2000?
1. Kanji with Hiragana and Katakana
2. Voiced
3. Sentences with simple words and repeated structures so you can learn grammar as well

Why this than other Core 2000?
1. Sorted (and frequency)
2. Combines cards
3. Removed pictures

Thanks for the great work!
on 1512864000
Perfect
on 1508025600
Great job!

This is really good deck, very well prepared without misleading images and with nice hand-written kanji font. Good for people who prefer to use good quality decks.