# I am writing the JLPT N5 in less then a month!

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**Created:** [November 4, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554 "2018-11-04T15:37:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon80613801](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon80613801](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon80613801)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/1 "2018-11-04T15:37:43Z")

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Hey Everyone! I am going to be writing the JLPT N5 on December 2nd and I feel really nervous!

I have been studying Japanese for a couple of years, finished Genki 1, Japanese for busy people 1. I am using bunpro and working through Japanese for busy people 2 to keep my grammar sharp. I also have the ultimate JLPT N5 vocabulary on anki finished(93%). I just started Wanikani in September, I unfortunately found it late. I will probably have my Wanikani level around 7-8 maybe 9 if I am lucky by the time I write the test.

Does anyone with past experience writing the N5 know if this is enough? Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kumirei](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kumirei/32/480522_2.png) [@Kumirei](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kumirei)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/2 "2018-11-04T15:39:25Z")

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It is definitely enough.

> **[wkstats](https://www.wkstats.com/#charts.jlpt)**
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> Track your progress on WaniKani. Estimate your completion date. Track your progress toward JLPT levels.

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**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/3 "2018-11-04T20:39:46Z")

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Yeah, I did N5 after Nakama 1 (roughly equivalent to Genki 1) and Japanese for Busy People 1, and passed easily. Just make sure you practice listening, because you need to pass each section separately.

(On a small side note, I’m not sure if English is your first language, but it’s a little odd to say you’re “writing” the JLPT - sounds like you’re the one creating the exam paper in the first place. It’s more natural to say you’re “taking” or “sitting” a test.)

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**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/4 "2018-11-04T21:26:42Z")

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> [@Belthazar](#):
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> (On a small side note, I’m not sure if English is your first language, but it’s a little odd to say you’re “writing” the JLPT - sounds like you’re the one creating the exam paper in the first place. It’s more natural to say you’re “taking” or “sitting” a test.)

Yeah, I’ve heard “make a test” to mean “take a test” from some non-natives as well.

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**Author:** ![Annenjef](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/annenjef/32/164812_2.png) [@Annenjef](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Annenjef)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/5 "2018-11-04T21:36:57Z")

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Hi @anon80613801! There’s no way you can be 100% prepared for a test like this, but it sounds like you’ve got it covered. 😌 Best of luck and try to enjoy it rather than get nervous.

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**Author:** ![jprspereira](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jprspereira/32/389740_2.png) [@jprspereira](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jprspereira)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/6 "2018-11-04T23:45:27Z")

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> [@Belthazar](#):
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> (On a small side note, I’m not sure if English is your first language, but it’s a little odd to say you’re “writing” the JLPT - sounds like you’re the one creating the exam paper in the first place. It’s more natural to say you’re “taking” or “sitting” a test.)

Maybe OP is actually writing the test in 1 month. That’s why the urgency 👀

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**Author:** ![Kazzeon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kazzeon/32/288210_2.png) [@Kazzeon](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kazzeon)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/7 "2018-11-05T00:30:57Z")

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> [@Belthazar](#):
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> it’s a little odd to say you’re “writing” the JLPT

I’ve heard people from Canada use “writing a test” before.

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**Author:** ![anon80613801](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon80613801](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon80613801)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:21am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/8 "2018-11-05T01:21:55Z")

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Hey everyone! Thank you for all the positive responses! I can confirm that I am Canadian! When I saw @belthazar response I became slightly confused. Had I been talking about writing tests, taking tests, sitting tests wrong all my life? I asked some of my friends and they also said they would write my question the way I did.

Sorry for the slight misunderstanding!

Once I write the test, i’ll jump back in here and let everyone know how it went! To anyone sitting on a JLPT 😅 がんばって

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**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:24am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/9 "2018-11-05T01:24:00Z")

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Shouldn’t it actually be “bubble fill” the JLPT? There’s no writing at all 😉

When I googled “write a test”, the first result was about Germans who use the literal word for “write” as their test taking verb.

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**Author:** ![OpusTheFowl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/opusthefowl/32/205768_2.png) [@OpusTheFowl](https://community.wanikani.com/u/OpusTheFowl)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/10 "2018-11-05T01:35:55Z")

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Canuck here: yes, we use “writing” in that way; “I’m writing the entrance exam on Wednesday.” for example.

🇨🇦

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**Author:** ![tmninja](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tmninja/32/630078_2.png) [@tmninja](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tmninja)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/11 "2018-11-05T01:38:29Z")

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> [@Belthazar](#):
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> On a small side note, I’m not sure if English is your first language, but it’s a little odd to say you’re “writing” the JLPT

Wait, it is??? 0.0 English is my first language and that’s all I’ve ever said …

> [@Belthazar](#):
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> “sitting” a test

That sounds even stranger to my ears 😂

> [@Kazzeon](#):
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> I’ve heard people from Canada use “writing a test” before.

We only say this in Canada? O.o I am confusion … I thought that “writing a test” was said everywhere … 🤯

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**Author:** ![1000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/1000/32/246615_2.png) [@1000](https://community.wanikani.com/u/1000)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/12 "2018-11-05T01:53:30Z")

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Here’s a fellow ~~north USA~~ Canadian here. I do hear people say “Write a test” and I sometimes use that, but I most commonly use and hear “Take a test”.

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**Author:** ![seanblue](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/seanblue/32/579844_2.png) [@seanblue](https://community.wanikani.com/u/seanblue)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:41am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/13 "2018-11-05T02:41:00Z")

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To be fair, “sitting a test” and “taking a test” don’t make sense either. Are you sitting on the test? Taking it home with you? We should all start a movement to change it to “answer a test”.

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**Author:** ![Kyasurin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/kyasurin/32/71139_2.png) [@Kyasurin](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Kyasurin)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/14 "2018-11-05T02:46:37Z")

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Congratulations, you now have the power to confuse Australians (who only write tests if they are making other people sit them) 😂

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**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/naphthalene/32/219185_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Naphthalene)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/15 "2018-11-05T02:49:13Z")

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And people say Japanese is confusing…

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**Author:** ![Leebo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/leebo/32/439476_2.png) [@Leebo](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Leebo)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/16 "2018-11-05T02:49:31Z")

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> [@seanblue](#):
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> To be fair, “sitting a test” and “taking a test” don’t make sense either. Are you sitting on the test? Taking it home with you? We should all start a movement to change it to “answer a test”.

To my ear, it should be sitting for a test, but maybe that’s just me.

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**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/naphthalene/32/219185_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Naphthalene)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/17 "2018-11-05T02:52:39Z")

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It’s apparently correct as well.  
Just googling about it, I ended up on an old article from the Guardian that states:

> Thousands more teenagers are **sitting GCSEs** at least one year early,

(emphasis mine)  
It might be a BrE versus AE thing.

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**Author:** ![MosbyNeko](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/mosbyneko/32/166627_2.png) [@MosbyNeko](https://community.wanikani.com/u/MosbyNeko)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:05am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/18 "2018-11-05T03:05:38Z")

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> [@TheMusicalNinja](#):
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> We only say this in Canada? O.o I am confusion … I thought that “writing a test” was said everywhere … 🤯

My wife (an American) went to a veterinary school in Canada.

Her first year:

Me: How’s it going? Do you like it up there?  
Her: It’s really nice… but I can’t get used to how they talk up here!  
Me: What do you mean?  
Her: Well, for instance, the Canadian students all say “I’m writing an exam” instead of “I’m taking an exam.” It makes no sense!  
Me: Hmmm… to be fair, does “taking” an exam really make any more sense though?  
Her: Maybe not, but “writing”? If students are “writing” the exam, then what are the professors who made the exam doing? It’s just too weird!

…

Her fourth year:

Me: How’s your week going?  
Her: It’s really busy! I have a presentation due, and then tomorrow I have to write an exam and…  
Me: _sniggers_  
Her: Huh? What?  
Me: You’re doing _what_ to your exam tomorrow?  
Her: I’m… oh. Shut up. 😠  
Me: 😁

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**Author:** ![Jerred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jerred/32/77302_2.png) [@Jerred](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Jerred)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/19 "2018-11-05T03:18:40Z")

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Fun fact: it was on this very forum that I learned the English “revise” for a test, where Americans would say study.

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**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/i-am-writing-the-jlpt-n5-in-less-then-a-month/33554/20 "2018-11-05T03:23:15Z")

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Today I learnt that Canadians talk weird. 😛

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