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[pabbles]

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[pm215]

@pabbles

even though it’s not listed as “N1” (or any N) in Jisho

There aren’t any official JLPT vocab lists; the test setters say they will put anything in that they feel students at that level ought to know. The common “JLPT vocab” lists floating around are just what some guy put together years and years ago. They’ve spread a lot because people really really want a list of JLPT vocab even though one doesn’t exist. (As a rough “these are probably useful” guide they’re not too far out, though.)

[pabbles]

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[downtimes]

I vaguely remember last test there were people complaining about 芳しい being in the test. These non 常用 continually ruffle some feathers.
My stance for N1 is: basically everything goes (within some reason, doesn’t have to be totally obscure). It is not like you need 100% correct to pass it either way. If there’s one question I don’t know the answer to, I’m still fine.

@pabbles

Back from N1 test, probably failing, BUT

Sending you positive thoughts and hoping for your passing

EDIT: ups 芳 and 弄 are actually joyou. looked it up wrong . Need to improve my setup on my smartphone to not sling missinformation

[pm215]

@downtimes

I vaguely remember last test there were people complaining about 芳しい being in the test. These non 常用 continually ruffle some feathers.
My stance for N1 is: basically everything goes (within some reason, doesn’t have to be totally obscure). It is not like you need 100% correct to pass it either way.

I think it also makes a difference whether it turns up in the kanji/vocab section (where you just have to know it or you’re dropping a point) or in the reading sections (where you have some context and have some chance of making a good guess even if you’ve never seen the word before).

[Malinkal]

@downtimes

EDIT: ups 芳 and 弄 are actually joyou. looked it up wrong . Need to improve my setup on my smartphone to not sling missinformation

Was just about to say this and you beat me to it both are in 漢検準２級 or earlier

@downtimes

I vaguely remember last test there were people complaining about 芳しい being in the test

I remember that too. 1 or 2 hard questions aren’t very important in the scheme of passing or failing, especially given the test makers regularly put a couple questions beyond normal scope in. Getting most of the “normal” questions right is more important. And 芳しくない is not that uncommon, if that’s the hardest thing in the test (it might have been the hardest question on the vocab in December from my perspective)

[pabbles]

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[pm215]

@pabbles

I remember 翻弄 because it was on the first page of the vocab section, underlined, with a choice of kana readings.

Mmm. I have that in my jpdb deck, and I think these days I would have understood it in the reading section, but would definitely be taking a guess in the vocab section.

I went into the N1 back when I took it knowing my vocab was a bit weak and that I’d be dropping marks there and making them up on the reading sections. To me getting full marks on vocab seems very difficult unless you’re almost over prepared for the test.

[tjasa94]

Full score is more about luck not knowledge. You can be prepared well, but not get all coreect answers…