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>>13456048
Ｎ４ in 2 weeks! Kinda nervous though.

I'm 3 days behind on my reps.
Oh lord...

What studying?

>>13456968
pleb

I dunno, I just can't seem to be able to find a good N2 preparation deck and other material. Kanzenmaster is a huge shit tbh

Kill me.

>>13457086
Will you be taking the JLPT this summer? At my uni they say that N2 is good enough to get a job in Japan. Not sure if you'd want that though.

>>13457195
It's just a hobby to me and the only reason to take the test is to be able to write it on my CV. I spend a shitload of time on learning Japanese, so I might as well profit a bit from it. N2 is no where good enough to get an actual job, and since I'm no native English speaker (and have an actual education) teaching English is no real option to me.

>>13457244
Fuck off, normie scum.

>>13457195
>>13457244
Redpill post I guess.
Studying Jap in europe at the moment. Even though they say N2 is good enough for a job, I doubt it too. After your first year here, you're in N4, and after your second year you're N2. 2 years (40 weeks of classes total) is a pretty short time to learn a language like Japanese so the pressure is high. You won't be getting any language subjects in your 3rd year, except if you chose linguistics. The other options are Arts/media&culture, which will land you in the lowest salary class if you even ever find a job, and History&humanities, which will allow you to become a researcher with mediocre pay. Last option is Economics&politics, which will get you a job probably although it won't make you a millionaire. I'm doing that direction right now, and I'm pretty secure about my future. I don't really need to be rich as long as I can afford my dream game-room over the years and financially support my boyfriend

To all who want to study Japanese, it's not a bad choice if you like it and you have good networking skills, but you won't end up rich. The biggest profit you'll get is being able to read VN's, probably? Even if I can't find a job in the economy sector, I'll always be able to work minimum wage at the embassy or something.

>>13457329
thanks, this was pretty useful
at what university are you studying?
i heard leiden and berlin are the best unis that gives japanese studies but i dont know if i can get in there

>>13457244
>>13457329
Why don't you go blog on /soc/ or somewhere that's not here?

I'm sure they're just waiting to listen to your exciting life story, because here no one gives a fuck.

>>13457347
>>13457344
kek

Hand written kanji is kicking my ass.

>>13457369
To read or to write?

>>13457381
To read but it's when someone decides to write small and make it look like a messy blob.

>>13457401
too many

>>13457466
You'll be fine anon.

>>13457466
>herp derp I'm learning it for 2 months and there are too many kanji

I have to restart my whole 1k elementary kanji deck because I forgot most of them. Don't take a short celebration break after completing a deck cause mines ended up being about 7 months. On the positive, I've been going at some vocab decks (however severely behind on them). I wish I was more consistent about these things.

>>13456093
>Ｎ４ in 2 weeks!
Do you mean two months?
I'm also preparing for the JLPT in July. Trying to cram in as much vocabulary and grammar review as I can until then.
Have you taken the JLPT before?

>>13457742
No, mine is may 19th. I haven't, but I'll see how it goes.

>>13461131
wat
I thought it was only offered in July and December.

>>13456048
Since I've passed the N2 last December I feel like I've made good progress on my listening skills and reading speed.
I planned at one point to register for the JLPT N1 session in July but I didn't feel ready yet.
I'm still lacking a few thousand words and expressions, advanced grammar and reading speed.

Well, I just played some Touhou and learnt some more Japanese from reading the dialogue and descriptions. Not too bad. Should do reps too, though...

it's not
i'm a huge fucker

Always making progress.
Always giving up and forgetting it all.

Is ther any site where I can input kanji like 曲 and get similar ones like 儂 or 濃.

>>13468412
You mean searching by radical?

http://kanji.sljfaq.org/radicals.html

>>13468431
No, just visually similar. Like 青 and 晴

>>13468412

>部首で検索

http://kanji.sljfaq.org/mrj.html

>>13468447
Th... They're visually similar b-because they have the same r-radicals...

>>13468529
baka >>13468447

>>13468447
I think I found it.
http://similarity.gakusha.info/