Your Japanese Mastery level is a score from 1 to 70 which measures your current knowledge of Japanese, covering kanji, vocabulary, grammar and overall language experience. To check your level, visit your Dashboard. For more information, read the how-to guide.

As you use Kanshudo, the system tracks your 'mastery' of every kanji, word and grammar point separately. Your mastery is a score from 0 to 4, where 0 means 'no knowledge', and 4 means 'completely mastered'. You can view your current mastery of an item by visiting its details page - you will see a number like this near the top of the page: . The system will update your mastery automatically as you study, but you can also edit your score for an item manually by clicking the score and selecting an option in the popup.

Kanshudo can automatically set your mastery scores for items you already know. For details, read the Quick Start guide.

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View all the grammar required for JLPT levels. Our library currently contains all items required for N5-N3, and we're working on N2 and N1. Summaries also shows your mastery level of each grammar point. Quickly create flashcards for all grammar points in a level.

Your kanji mastery score is calculated from your mastery of individual kanji, so anything that improves your mastery of kanji will improve your score. For example:

Most word-related activities on Kanshudo will improve your word mastery, including Word Quiz, flashcards based on words, and games such as Word Match. Your word mastery is based partly on the actual words you know, and partly on knowledge we can infer - for example, if you reach a high level in the Word Quiz, the odds are good that you know more basic words well, and we can infer that. So if you already have quite a bit of word knowledge, the best way to tell the system that would be to do the Quiz, or study flashcards just below or around the level you are comfortable with.

Our comprehensive guide to studying and mastering Japanese kanji.

A detailed how to guide introducing the Kanshudo Kanji Wheel.

Your dashboard is the central reference point for all key data on your Japanese progress, and where you can start your next study session. Visit your dashboard to check on your Japanese Mastery Level, flashcard progress, challenge status and more, and see your personalized study recommendations.

Take a virtual journey around Japan! Each mastery level in the Kanshudo system corresponds to a location on the mastery map, and will introduce you to aspects of Japan's geography, history and culture.

View grammar points organized by usefulness or JLPT level, showing your mastery of each grammar point.

In kanji search, word search and grammar search, you can use the mymastery keyword to identify kanji, words or grammar points for which you have a specific mastery score. You can use this to find items you need to study, or items you already know and want to review. The syntax is mymastery:N where N is a number from 0 (no mastery) to 4 (fully mastered). The mymastery keyword can be combined with ufn (usefulness) searches to narrow the range. For example, this search will find all kanji of usefulness 1 that you have fully mastered: ufn:1 mymastery:4.

View your knowledge of Japanese vocabulary organized into rings corresponding to the usefulness of each word.

If you already know some Japanese when you start using Kanshudo, you can set your starting level. One of your first study tasks will give you the chance to do this. However, you can also modify your level at any time in the Starting Japanese level section in your account page.

The Kanji Wheel is a personalized visualization of your entire knowledge of Japanese kanji. It's based on your 'mastery score' for each kanji in the system - an assessment of how well you know that specific kanji.