You should check out language jones' suggestion on how to use anki most effectively. It did wonders for me. (yt link: https://youtu.be/QVpu66njzdE)
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I ended up with a similar method. Images are the next step for me. I already tried them with Japan's prefectures, and I think it really helped what's kind of a tough slog.
A couple notes on his process:
You don't have to pay the premium for an Anki TTS addon. It's easy to set up an account with Azure's API and they have a free tier that is more than enough for this purpose. Requires a credit card on file, but it can always be locked with your bank (or a service like privacy.com).
AI phrase/sentence generation is an alternative to a Google Translate hook. I've got a running AI thread that knows my language level and knows I want silly/goofy/interesting sentences to make them memorable. And if you're doing i+1 learning, you don't have to worry about AI hallucination. You can verify the output since the generation is at a comprehensible level for you. I then have it convert it all into a CSV format right there in-thread for the Anki import.
What you learning? Just getting into Anki, or been doing it a while?
German. Been using it on and off for years. Not my main method though. I mostly like to read
Reading is great! It naturally has that spaced repetition and focus on high-frequency words kinda built in. Still, I do think Anki is a very useful supplement.