Sentence mining

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What is sentence mining?

Sentence mining is collecting real sentences containing one new word or structure from native content and turning them into flashcards.

Popularised by the AJATT (All Japanese All The Time) community, it adds context to vocabulary and builds on spaced repetition. The ideal mined sentence has exactly one unknown element. Tools such as browser extensions and Anki add-ons automate it.

Examples

Mining a line from a Japanese drama with one unknown word into Anki; saving a Mandarin sentence from a news article with its audio

Kungfucius says: Vocabulary in the wild, captured with its habitat intact.