Ikhou guide
Sentence mining with Netflix: a practical workflow
Sentence mining works best when you collect short, useful lines from shows you genuinely want to watch. Ikhou turns those moments into reviewable context instead of isolated word lists.
Choose understandable scenes
Start with a show and subtitle language that you can mostly follow. Rewatch short scenes so a new phrase arrives with a voice, a situation, and a memory.
Save one useful sentence at a time
Capture complete, relevant lines rather than every unknown word. Prefer phrases you expect to meet again or could imagine saying yourself.
Review with context
Keep the original line, translation, and source together. Spaced repetition becomes more useful when each prompt brings back the scene that made it memorable.
Build your own context-rich review habit
Find useful language in real video, save the full example, and return to it when you are ready to review.
Frequently asked questions
What is sentence mining?
Sentence mining is collecting useful words and phrases in complete examples, then reviewing them with enough context to remember how they are used.
Do I need to understand every subtitle?
No. Pick material that is mostly understandable and save only the lines that are useful for your current level and goals.
Continue learning
Learn with YouTube subtitles without losing the plot
A focused way to turn YouTube subtitles into useful language practice while keeping the video enjoyable.
Contextual spaced repetition for language learners
Make spaced repetition less abstract by reviewing words and phrases in the real situations where you found them.