Yay, I managed to get 20 words in before it turned to midnight! I could have done a lot more, but I was lazy... I'm typing this at 11:59, just a few minutes ago I finished the 20th new word today. I had done 10 new ones earlier and put off learning any more. Also there's actually 11 that I did in the first session. I'm at a total of 31 words now. The original quote of a minute per word is probably wrong. I'm not sure if anki stops timing when the screen goes off or what. I'll time it with an actual timer tomorrow and give exact time data!
I don't know if this is faster than rote memorization. Rote memorization seems difficult. This is easy because you have a clear goal. Make a mnemonic and put it in your memory palace and then remember it. How do I memorize something rote? Repeat it over and over? I don't think I'd remember it later if I did that. With this at least, after walking through ~3 times, it's there later. It's there tomorrow, and if you've had it for a few days and walked through at least once a day, it'll probably be there next week.
Oh yeah. This time I used 10 words from that pokemon deck, and 10 words from a 2ho song.
http://youtu.be/xIP6F4MzOco
zou
kane
osusume
ijou
iseki
isshu
issai
ichiryuu
inadzuma
uchuu
eiyou
eiyuu
onshitsu
kanousei
toku
kaisetsu
kaihou
kaifuku
tashikameru
kassouro
kansei
saibai
mayoigo
sakeru
sadame
toozakaru
kigai
sakadzuki
hanamuke
nagare
haruka
The first 11 are from entry 1 obviously. The other 20 I learned today. Not really going to post every mnemonic unless someone requests, but here's some memorable ones...
eiyuu - hero -- I remembered because yuusha is the japanese word for hero. It's pretty similar. It helps to use mnemonics generated from the language you're learning, see.
kaisetsu, kaihou, and kaifuku all have cows for the primary mnemonic, and then are adjusted for their meaning. (explanation -- cow strapped to a rocket SET to blast off, EXPLAINING why I'm seeing this absurd image; unleashing/releashing (it's a suru verb, meaning kaihousuru is 'to release') -- a cow hoe in bondage; recovery -- "fu-ku- fu-ku-" a sick cow coughing/sneezing)
saibai - cultivation -- Another suru verb. I like this one because it rhymes. The location happens to be in the kitchen sink and the mnemonic is a plant sighing and waving bye. It's cute!
Ok that's enough to just randomly share. Ask if you want to know what a particular mnemonic is.
I don't know the exact amount of time I spent. Yesterday's words were pretty solid, I only walked through there like once, and had no problem remembering them all. It seems to be easier if I just add one randomly rather than sit down and do a list of 10. I would guess I spent either 1 or 2 hours of total time split up throughout the day. I'll be sure to time it tomorrow. Then at some point I'll try rote memorization of the same amount of words with the same amount of time, to test how this compares to that. I think I'd be rambling if I wrote any more...