I am making vocabulary notes, and my problem are synonyms. Assume I have two synonyms, α and β that translate to synonyms a and b. Ideally, I would be able to find both a and b from both α and β, and vice-versa.
Currently, I have a note that has (to simplify) two fields (Language A and Language B), and so I would make the note
Language A
α / β
Language B
a / b
This works well when I don’t have many synonyms, but if a word has, like, five synonyms, I feel that my card is becoming too complex, and, indeed, these cards often become leeches.
If I had synonyms in only one language, like α maps to a / b, I would create a cloze-deletion note
Language A
α
Language B
{{c1::a}} / {{c2::b}}
so that each synonym can be learnt individually.
Alternatively, I could put this on several notes, like
Language A
α
Language B
a
and
Language A
α
Language B
b
However, there would be no way for me to tell when I see α if I should be answering a or b. I could explicitely write it on the card, ie.
Language A
α (not a)
Language B
b
but that would be very painful and repetitive.
My problem is that notes like
Language A
{{c1::α}} / {{c2::β}}
Language B
{{c3::a}} / {{c4::b}}
do not work as intended (I can’t have cloze-deletion in two fields).
How can I solve this problem?