Which Time Is Best for Kanji? Optimizing Your Study Schedule
                                
                                
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                                According to the work of psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus, we forget a significant portion of newly acquired information within 24 hours if it is not reinforced. For Japanese learners, this means that memorizing kanji is less about finding a single 'magic hour' and more about leveraging strategic timing and effective methods to combat the brain's natural forgetting curve.