I think Tom means the “second” wa in “watashi wa” uses the particle “ha” indicating the subject. So here’s one way to write the same thing (all in kana).

はじめまして、ジョウダンです。どうぞよろしく。わたしはにほんごのがくせいです。

Or instead of douzo yoroshiku, you can say yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

You did very well with your introduction.

ようこそ！

^^^ I forgot to mention that I make up stories like that for words I have a hard time remembering.

^^ It helps if you bounce around sometimes, after you’ve at least read all the vocabulary once. I try to bounce around when I feel like I’m only remembering a word because of the word that comes before it.

^ It seems you study in a very similar fashion to me. I too tried the technique above and found it troublesome and time consuming. Peas in a pod we must be!

I’m on な adjectives right now, and I wasn’t mentally up to studying today so I only made it through 17 of the 23 (approximately) vocabulary. But I don’t sweat things like that.

Here’s what you do. Just spend 15 minutes working on the list and then go do something else that’s fun. Don’t even think about Japanese vocabulary during that time. Do that for 15 minutes and then come back and do the same over and over. Do this until you’ve done about and hour (I can go 2-3 hours I find), then just pick it back up the next day. This makes your brain think studying is fun because you are rewarding it. Also, this helps you focus because you only need to stay on task for 15 minutes. I don’t really use this method unless I’m studying for over 2-3 hours, because I can focus pretty well. I’ve found that if I study 2-3 I need a nap, because I fell drained, but when I wake up I’m good to go again.

Basically just try everything you can think of that might help, and try to make your learning fun instead of a chore.

That’s my wall of text for the day.
がんばって！

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Lemon is the best “good feeling juice” to squirt in your brain. Try it and tell me I’m wrong!

I may do it the really hard way, but it seems to work for me. I look at the .pdf lists made for the vocab. And I read the first word and move on directly to the second word. I then try to recall the first word looking only at the meaning, if I can’t I go back and read it again. If I do remember it then I try to recall the second word looking only at the meaning. If I don’t remember it I go back to the first if I do I go on and read the third. Rinse and repeat…

I’ve found that by the time I make it to the end of the list I’ve reviewed all the earlier vocabulary so much that I only have a few vocabulary that are not stuck in memory. Once I can recite the whole list or only have to look at the meaning then I download and use the anki deck, and I make sure to go through the whole deck once. Then just review when anki tells you.

When I do this I feel like I know most of the vocabulary so well, because I’ve had to repeat most of them 15-20 times, that I have little to no trouble with the reviews. And the whole process only takes 30 minutes to an hour. I would say that’s a good investment for getting the vocab really stuck in your memory.