# 日本語総まとめ (Nihongo SoMatome) **URL:** \ **Category:** Resources\ **Created:** [September 24, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185 "2019-09-24T02:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Houndstooth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/houndstooth/32/51415_2.png) [@Houndstooth](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Houndstooth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 2:20am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/1 "2019-09-24T02:20:47Z")
Hey y’all! So I recently inherited the full set of 日本語総まとめ books for N1, and I’d like to put them to good use. I know they’re meant to be done daily, but my question is this: Are they supposed to be done simultaneously? As in, you do a little of each of the 5 books every day? Or is there a certain order/combination they’re to be done in? They don’t all have the same time-schedule, and I haven’t had any luck searching online for how to use them, outside of the way they’re laid out. If any of you have used them, I’d love some insight! I want to make sure I’m getting the most out of them, and also using my time wisely once I start to prep for N1 (current plan is to take it July 2020). Thanks in advance for any and all help and information! ---
**Author:** ![IanD](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@IanD](https://community.wanikani.com/u/IanD)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/2 "2019-09-24T04:27:56Z")
I used them for N3 and N2 (successfully) and this was my strategy: Grammar + Vocab (a section in each per day) Once those were finished: Reading + Listening (same deal) Then kanji afterward to check unknowns, since I was also using Wanikani. Could also use it to structure some daily writing practice. ---
**Author:** ![Houndstooth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/houndstooth/32/51415_2.png) [@Houndstooth](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Houndstooth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 4:54am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/3 "2019-09-24T04:54:04Z")
So in this case, did you just finish the listening section before the reading? How manageable did you find that pace in terms of time commitment per day dedicated to Somatome? ---
**Author:** ![ctmf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ctmf/32/183394_2.png) [@ctmf](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ctmf)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/4 "2019-09-24T05:12:27Z")
Well my strategy of reading through each level’s page, then testing myself on it with self-study quiz seems to be working. I’m in the 90% range on the first try every time, and I just did a combined levels 1-12 test at high speed and 97% accuracy. So I guess I didn’t _really_ forget that much… at the lower levels anyway. I just needed a brief reminder. Which isn’t that surprising since I had a lot of those burned already. It’s going to get harder as I get closer to my “real” level. I feel guilty doing it this way, since that’s what the SRS is supposed to do, adjust to the ones I know and repeat the ones I don’t. But with 2657 reviews, it just takes soooo loooong to get through the reviews when I fail 70% of them the first time, then have to read the right answer, then do that review again right, only to still be scored as a fail. I figure this way is like a reset, only I’m doing the lessons as fast as I want. _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/4))_ ---
**Author:** ![IanD](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@IanD](https://community.wanikani.com/u/IanD)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 5:52am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/5 "2019-09-24T05:52:17Z")
I actually just didn’t get to listening every day, whereas I generally did with reading. But _ideally_ a section a day in each was the plan. You could also just as easily do one or the other first, depending on your time frame. The more important point, I think, would be doing grammar and vocab prior to the other two. This is going in with the assumption that a section a day in all five is unreasonable time-wise, which it probably is with other study like Wanikani, actual reading and listening with native material, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Saida](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saida/32/348936_2.png) [@Saida](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saida)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 6:11am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/6 "2019-09-24T06:11:19Z")
I think you posted this in the wrong thread? The only worry I have for you is potentially burning some stuff you didn’t rightfully remember, and then never seeing them again. ---
**Author:** ![Houndstooth](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/houndstooth/32/51415_2.png) [@Houndstooth](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Houndstooth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/7 "2019-09-24T06:15:50Z")
I was just about to comment something similar, seems like they got lost 😂 @IanD Ahhhh okay. Yea I feel like listening would be the hardest to fit time in for since ideally you would have 0 interruptions and do them straight through. I agree, though, that all 5 every day seems a bit much with other study methods included (and also having a job and hobbies). Probably much more doable in a classroom setting. Thanks for your input! Glad to hear they worked for you. Since I got them gifted to me for free, I was looking forward to not having to pay for another book/service to cover N1, but worried they wouldn’t be quite enough. ---
**Author:** ![Saida](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saida/32/348936_2.png) [@Saida](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saida)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/8 "2019-09-24T06:25:26Z")
I started N2 Soumatome Vocab/grammar sections yesterday, and there is not a lot of explanation on the grammar, it seems. But I bet just seeing the grammar at least once before the test is going to be a plus for me. It is definitely designed to be low threshold, so you don’t feel overwhelmed with having to do this every single day for the next 8 weeks. ---
**Author:** ![IanD](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@IanD](https://community.wanikani.com/u/IanD)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/9 "2019-09-24T06:34:26Z")
I was guessing this went without saying if @Houndstooth was prepping for N1 (since they probably already have some study methodology down), but the other part of my use of the books/why I didn’t tackle all five at once was that I took pretty extensive notes on the grammar and vocab books, entering most of their content and examples into a searchable Word doc, adding my own explanations or translations where they seemed helpful, etc. If you just go through the sections once, a lot probably won’t stick. That isn’t specific to Sou Matome. I did the same thing with Kanzen Master for N1. (Ultimately I slightly preferred Kanzen Master, but I don’t think there’s a massive difference between the two lines, and there’s a lot of onus on your own study methods either way.) ---
**Author:** ![Saida](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/saida/32/348936_2.png) [@Saida](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Saida)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/10 "2019-09-24T08:49:50Z")
True. I am terrible at taking notes and cross-referencing and all that stuff, so I usually just read and rely on vague recall. I go to class three times a week, one of which is covering N2 level grammar, so I do see some of this in class as well. I also ask questions occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![ctmf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/ctmf/32/183394_2.png) [@ctmf](https://community.wanikani.com/u/ctmf)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/11 "2019-09-25T01:17:42Z")
> [@Saida](#): > > I think you posted this in the wrong thread? Haha, you’re right, I did. 🤷‍♂️ Sorry, please ignore. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E8%AA%9E%E7%B7%8F%E3%81%BE%E3%81%A8%E3%82%81-nihongo-somatome/39185/12 "2020-09-24T01:17:53Z")
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