The Kaishi 1.5K deck is a popular, modern Japanese vocabulary deck for Anki designed for beginners. It serves as a more efficient alternative to the older "Core 2K" decks by focusing on 1,500 high-frequency words optimized for modern media like anime, manga, and novels. Key Features
The Kaishi 1.5k deck is a popular starter pack for Japanese learners designed to bridge the gap between basic kana and active immersion. It covers approximately 1,500 of the most high-frequency words found in anime, manga, and daily conversation. The "Kaishi 1.5k" Beginner's Post anki kaishi 15k
Kaishi gives you ~80% coverage of daily conversation words. Next: The Kaishi 1