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Did anyone else take the JLPT today? How did it go?

Any Germanfags here who took the test in Berlin?

>> No.10156485

Maybe next year.

>> No.10156493

I have seen less germanfags around this week, feels good.

>> No.10156495

why bother?

>> No.10156514

Don't waste your time on this if you could waste it on eroge instead

>> No.10156517

>>10156514
He'd rather play Farming Simulator and Street Cleaner Simulator.

>> No.10157032

>>10156478
I sat the N5 in London, and was wondering whether I'd do well enough to pass until I got back and saw the pass mark.
What a fucking joke.

>> No.10157072

I took N1 today in kyoto, got 65% fuckmylife my scholarship is getting pulled now

>> No.10157086

Did N5 and probably gonna make a week trip to London in July for N4 as I thought this would be a lot more difficult.

>>10157032
What was it, 50%?

>> No.10157096

>N5
ｗ

>> No.10157183

>>10157086
Not even that. It's just under 45%, I was expecting it to be closer to 70%.

>> No.10157250

Closest location is 12 hours away. Luckily I'm moving and it will be only 2 hours away. So I will take it next year.

>> No.10157273

Do you have to do n5-n2 to do n1?

>> No.10157290

>>10157273
No.

>> No.10157300

>>10156495
anyone?

>> No.10157323

>failing N5
Only /jp/sies are capable of this.

>> No.10157347
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10157347

but i'm not a weeaboo

>> No.10157356

Japan government say: ＴＡＫＵ　ＤＩＳＵ　ＴＥＳＴＯ

Weebo say , hai sensei~!

fucking weeb

>> No.10157358

I regret taking N5. Should've went to N4 or N3 instead.

>> No.10157391

I tried taking the N4 today in Toronto. It's my first time taking one of these, but the N5 looked way too easy, so I thought I'd challenge myself.

Ended up breezing through the N4 vocabulary section, and I did well enough on the grammar section, but I'm nervous about my mark in the listening section. That's always been my weak point, and the questions seemed a little trickier than the ones on the practice tests I took beforehand. Hopefully I got enough to at least get a passing grade on that section, because I should easily have gotten enough on the first two sections to get over the 50% overall passing mark. Oh, well, either way it was a good challenge for myself.

>> No.10157400

>>10156478
Didn't register in time, or I would've taken the N3 in Stuttgart. Is there another test this summer or do I have to wait until the next December?

>> No.10157419

>>10157072
You get the results the same day?

>> No.10157429

>>10156495
For jobs/scholarships in Japan.

>> No.10157443

>N5
Throwing money out of the window I see.

>> No.10157456

>>10157429
Why would you want to go there? Enjoy being worked to death, idiot.

>> No.10157470

So from N5 to N1

Are any of those relevant to anything?

N5 seems useless

>> No.10157487

>>10157470
N2 and N1 are relevant for job application in Japan

That's about it.

>> No.10157631

>>10157072
>got 65%

How the heck would you know? The scores aren't sent out until January even in Japan.

>> No.10157656

I took the N2 yesterday. It was about what I expected, although I feel insanely tired now, like I just swam laps for a few hours.

The hardest part was parceling out enough time for all the questions. I was awfully close to running out of time on the kanji/grammar/reading section; I also probably spent too long on the grammar and consequently I had to skim the paragraphs for the final reading sections. Literally filled in my final bubble just as the proctor announced that time was up.

Study-wise I'm glad I used the books I did - if anyone wants recs, you should definitely use Bonjinsha's practice test books, because I'm pretty sure their listening CDs use the actual official JLPT listening section recordings from past tests. The dialogues they played as practice examples yesterday were the exact same ones from that CD.

>> No.10157696

To those who have taken it on a higher level (N2 or N1): Other than obvious stuff like getting the lists of vocabulary and kanji relevant to your level and making sure you know it all, how do you need to prepare beforehand to have a good chance of passing? Like, do you need to practice free writing, or is comprehension enough? Do you need to be able to write in Japanese?

Also, what was, in your opinion, the hardest part, that you would recommend anyone else to invest a lot of time to before taking it?

>> No.10157704

How long does it take for someone who passed N2 to learn enough to pass N1?

Is there any reason to take N2 other than getting used to taking the test if you're planning on taking N1 later anyway?

>> No.10157739

>>10157696
>>10157704
I maintain that unless you're trying to a.) enter a Japanese university, b.) get hired at a Japanese company, or c.) become a Japanese teacher somewhere, the JLPT is only good for linguistic dick-measuring, in which case pick whatever level you want because it doesn't mean anything to anyone except you.

The main difference between the N2 and N1 is that N1 uses more obscure, technical/context specific (scientific, medical, and office terminology, among others; there's some of that on the N2 but the N1 has a LOT), and polite language. It also covers a larger base of kanji; corresponding lists can be found pretty much anywhere.

There is no writing required on any level of the JLPT; it's all multiple choice. And for the high levels, you need a LOT of listening practice, so get to talking to and listening to Japanese people if you have any around, or watching movies and dorama (anime won't help you as much as you think).

Hardest part for me was the long-form reading section; it requires you to be able to think critically about a wordy passage and then answer questions about it, so it's just like an SAT or other standardized test, but you're doing it in another language. You can skim these but you've got to be good at singling out the bits that have the information that the questions are targeting.

>> No.10157793

>>10157739
Yes, I'm potentially interested in b) or maybe a)(though that's highly unlikely), that's why I'm asking.

>so it's just like an SAT or other standardized test, but you're doing it in another language

...pretty sure a decent amount of people on /jp/ is already used to something like that from, you know, taking English in school.

>> No.10158353

Sure is fun to study your ass off for a test so you can go to Japan, work a stressful job from morning until night, then get drunk and go to sleep in your micro-apartment.

>> No.10158442

I took N1 at USC. Was anyone else there?

>> No.10158622

Took N1 in Atlanta today. Probably passed.

There are a lot of black people in Atlanta. Like a LOT. Did you guys know that? I didn't know that. I mean I knew there were a lot of them there but not that many.

>> No.10158645

>>10158353

Weebs aren't logical creatures.

>> No.10158705

>>10158645
It doesn't make any sense. I can understand learning Japanese to play games or visit or something. But to actually go live there and have a job? Fucking stupid.

>> No.10159145

>>10158705
You now understand the /jp/ mindset.

>> No.10160000

How well do you think you did, DHAF? Any "trouble" like you had on the practice test?

>> No.10160025 [DELETED] 

>>10158353

>implying they will ever go anywhere

>> No.10160106

>>10156478

> KANJIKANJIKANJIKANJIKANJIKANJIKANJI

this is truly what the Japanese language has degraded to

fuck you Chinese

>> No.10160119

Those of you who are on N1 level: how long did it take to reach it?

>> No.10160123

>>10160119
Four months of (nearly) constant kanji grinding.

You can do it too, anon, if you just put everything you've got into it!

>> No.10160128

>>10160123
I believe you misunderstood me... How long does it take to get to an N1-equivalent from a false-beginner (1400 kanji by Heisig, basic grammar knowledge, practically zero vocab) level.

>> No.10160161

>>10157739
You missed
d.) translate professionally
piss easy work to get, as long as you have N1.

>> No.10160170

Are scans of the N2 question sheet available yet? I found the answers on that one weird Chinese site, but they aren't gonna do me any good without the questions.

>>10157400
You could take the test in July of next year, though I'm not sure if Stuttgart is on the list of available test centers for the summer test.

>>10158353
You realize that you can find a job outside of Japan where you can employ your Japanese skills, right?

>>10160000
It was definitely more difficult than the mock exams. I'm absolutely sure I passed, but I don't think I have reached my goal of getting at least 90% in all categories. I had to get up at six, wait at various train stations out in the cold for an hour and sit in trains for three hours which significantly reduced my ability to concentrate by the time I got to the test center. It didn't help that the rooms there were rather small and all seats were filled. I made dumb mistakes like choosing the wrong compound for soshiki (組識 instead of 組織) and I couldn't focus during the last 4 listening question. Even though I understood everything perfectly and took notes, the questions always asked for stuff that I didn't take notes of and couldn't remember anymore, so I was forced to guess one or two times. The texts for the reading part were easy, but the questions were ambiguous at best, like they always are in tests like this. In my opinion, there were one or two questions with (arguably) more than one correct answer. Anyway, I'm looking forward to N1 next year.

>> No.10160175

>>10160170
Weird Chinese site? Mind linking?

>> No.10160176

I heard from those who took N1 that a lot of the traditional grammar elements which normally are written in the workbooks were not present. Rather, grammar which is acquired through exposure and conjecture based on basic grammar principles was heavily focused on

>> No.10160177

>>10160175
Here you go:
>http://jp.hujiang.com/
Let me know if you find the question sheet.

>> No.10160370

>>10160170
Sounded like a nice, full day (and I feel you on those long commutes, man). When are you expecting the results?

>my goal of getting at least 90% in all categories
Such a diligent student!

>> No.10160377

Did the N1 yesterday. Much harder than I expected, will probably pass but, damn. The practice questions were nothing compared to the real deal. As expected the test is almost solely focuses on office terminology, travel, university, and such.
Formal grammar study will do you no good on its own, you will not have time to analyze the questions but will have to rely on intuition.
The questions are somewhat unnatural and always roundabout, critically analyzing the reading and listening parts is extremely important.

Reading manga, anime, VN, 90% of non-formal literature is quite useless if you want to beat this test. Focus should be solely on formal writing and listening. Television and newspapers, with special focus on economics, business news and political affairs.
Reading up on how the Japanese higher education system works and learning vocabulary and terms related to it will also be useful.

>> No.10160447

>>10160370
>When are you expecting the results?
February/March.

>> No.10160468

I took N2, I think I will be ok. The listening part was too easy for someone who watched and listens japanese all the time. Guess fansubbing does help somehow lol.
My problem as always is reading comprenhension, I should stop reading light novels and start reading real books....

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