How to Use .txt Files to Add Cards to Anki Decks

You can convert .txt files very easily into cards for your Anki deck, and I'm going to try to format any vocab lists in this blog so as to make the conversion as quick and pain-free as possible. The Anki program recognizes two different “dividers”: either tabs or semicolons. Since tabs are kinda lost on web pages, and semicolons look fugly, I've separated each of my three “fields” (Kanji, reading, and meaning) with a triple-hyphen.

All you have to do is copy and paste the vocab into Notepad or an equivalent, go to Edit-->Replace (or hit ctrl + H), and put “---” in the Find box, and “;” in the Replace one. Hit “Replace All”, save your file in UTF-8 format someplace easy to remember, and voila, the list is now ready for transfer to Anki! The Import feature is in Anki's File menu. If you have a deck open it adds the cards to that, but if you don't it'll prompt you to create a new one.

簡単でしょうね！