This program was created because anki would not compile for me on OpenBSD. If somebody for whatever reason decides to try this, be aware that this was programmed in 3 days and only provides bare minimum functionality.

Features (not in anki):

• automatic scraping of meaning, furigana and word lists from jisho.org
• kanji meanings for every kanji in word are shown when flipped
• for every new kanji in word, a single kanji word will be added with this particular kanji
• when single kanji word is flipped, topmost parts of kanji are shown
• easy creation and management of word lists
• will probably scale very badly because python

How to get japanese input to work on OpenBSD (this worked for me):

• install japanese fonts
• install fcitx, fcitx-anthy, fcitx-configtool-qt and kasumi
• put this into .xsession:

  export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
  export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
  ...
  exec dbus-launch i3```
  

• autostart fcitx5 (I put it in i3config): exec --no-startup-id fcitx5 -rd
• configure with configtool to use anthy

Actions:

• [a]dd
• [l]ist: manage word lists
• [e]dit
• [r]eview
• write: save changes to flashcards.db
• exit: exit and save to flashcards.db
• abort: exit without saving
• export: export words to words.json
• import: import words from words.json (already added words will be ignored)

Add:

• input the word to add and follow prompts
• [e]dit: the current word is automatically selected
• [m]anual: switch to manual mode and back
  • edit the EDITOR variable in flashcard.py to your favorite text editor
  • you will get a json form to fill out
  • example furigana input for 三月(month): ["さん", "がつ"]

Edit:

• input word to select it
• [d]elete: delete selected word
• [m]eaning: edit meaning
• [i]nfo: display word info
• [a]dd: add to word lists
• [r]emove: remove from word lists

Edit meaning:

• [c]hange {index}
• [d]elete {index}
• [a]dd

Manage word lists:

• [r]ename {index}
• [d]elete {index}
• [a]dd

Review:

• choose word lists and from their union select n cards
• repeat until no word list is chosen
• review process will start:
  • if you get a card wrong once, card stays in the same slot
  • if you get a card wrong twice, card goes back one slot
  • otherwise card advances one slot
• [b]ack: cancel and save state
• [a]bort: cancel without saving
• cards that are loaded from save which have been deleted in the meanwhile are discarded

Notes:

• almost all prompts allow you to input [b]ack which will cancel the action and go back
• everywhere where you can choose several options you can provide comma separated list and range notation is supported (e.g. 1,4-6,9)