A while ago I started the words for Japanese basics schedule but stopped cause i was just learning random words. is there a word schedule for commonly used words? or basic words like hello, goodbye, etc. and phrases like how are you?, my name is... if there isn't a schedule what words do you suggest to learn first?
Words that are not too useful for me I learn on “can guess meaning” level rather than “can apply in conversation”, but you can also exclude them from quizzes by using hide button. All online word learning tools are going to be somewhat aligned around JPLT N5 vocab so they are similar.
For me comprehension of what native speakers say to me is most difficult and most important (I can reply in basic Japanese) so the random words do have a value as you need thousands of most common used words
i'm not 100% certain, because i didn't start learning on renshuu. but my understanding is that the words for japanese basics schedule ought to be studied alongside the japanese basics grammar schedule. that way the vocab has context, and the grammar is more understandable. and learning stuff in context is definitely much better than just learning random words.
on the other hand, none of the vocab you're learning at that level is random. everything you learn at the beginning is very common. later on i do think that just learning random words from a list loses its value, and it's much better to e.g. learn vocab through books you're reading. but at the japanese basics level, that's not the case yet.
