JLPT 2019!

Thank you for the encouraging words

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Okay, I can’t wait. I e-mailed my HR. Lol.

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Awesome, that kind of sounds like my routine though I’ve been using an excel sheet for grammar and use FloFlo for new vocabulary. I really enjoy Shin Kanzen for Grammar and the vocabulary SouMatome book. And when I took the N3 one of my friends gifted me the N1 ę–°å®Œå…Ø Grammar book so that’s finally coming in handy! Even though she said it would be for the ā€œdistant futureā€ I guess it’s not so distant after all!

I try to read every day for about an hour. I’ve also been playing games in Japanese every day for the past couple months as well. (Sounds like a super hard habit to keep up, I know, but I somehow make time in my day to play games. :stuck_out_tongue:)

Grammar is still my weak point despite how disproportionately I try on studying it. I might have just get one of those drill books because idk if I can bank on just winging it on the actual test.

Also I didn’t want to think too hard about it at the time, but when the answers were posted I realized I missed some stupid easy kanji/vocab questions because I was going way too fast and didn’t read the sentences properly. I still have a good score but I could have had a way better one. Ugh. Tip for everyone: Slow down! Even for things you’re good at!

I think you meant to reply to @IanD that time, but I’ll take it. :wink:

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I had to guess my password, which turned out to not be my birthday, but my birthday in an unexpected lay-out, so props to me for trying everything.

I, the fool, passed the N2!! :confetti_ball:

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It was meant for you, since I edited that in afterward!

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Took the N4 a second time, and passed a second time :slight_smile:

(I would have felt really stupid if I had failed after passing last time, but I was again very insecure about the listening, as always.)

Still the results are not much better than last time :thinking:
Time to move on to N3, I guess!

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Since I wasn’t feel too hot the day of the test, I wasn’t expecting anything great.

BUT I passed with flying colors and even got a perfect score on the reading.

Language Knowledge: 44/60
Reading: 60/60
Vocabulary: 51/60

Total: 155/180

Pretty sure that that perfect reading score was thanks to Wanikani and the reading clubs with y’all here. Now that I’m done traveling here and there, I need to get caught up with the intermediate club.

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Hi everyone, just wondering… where do you see your results? I took the test in Singapore - categorie other countries - but I can’t find the SG results anywhere?

Just enter your participant number (it includes the site where you took the test) and your 8-digit password on the page, and it will take you to your results. There is no further distinction by countries.

I passed N4 :partying_face: …barely, though (95/180) haha.

Language Knowlegde & Reading: 66/120
Listening: 29/60

Vocab: A
Grammar: B
Reading: A

Didn’t expect many points in the listening section but was a bit surprised about the low score in the Language Knowledge & Reading section but I guess I sucked at grammar.
So the results basically show how I acually felt after the test: kanji was best, vocab and reading was okay, grammar and listening were definetly my weak points.

Will try N3 next summer. (Glad that I don’t have to re-take N4 in Düsseldorf in December :joy:)

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Could you give me the URL? I don’t see any login options, probably just me not looking in the right place though…

Here’s the link :slight_smile:
https://www.jlpt-overseas.jp/onlineresults/preinput.do

Or Test Results Announcement | JLPT Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
so you can choose the country if it wasn’t overseas

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I’m planning to register for December soon and could use a bit of advice as I’m very much torn between N3 and N2. I’ve made it pretty much through the end of Tobira and just got back from a two-month language program in Japan. I had mostly decided on doing N2 but have definitely started to second-guess everything, especially as I’m seeing people here who are level 50+ saying they failed or barely passed. Kanji is definitely my weak point and I’ve only just come back to wanikani after about two years away. I went through the sample questions on For Examinees: Let's Try Sample Questions! | JLPT Japanese-Language Proficiency Test and got all but two on the N3 and a bit less than half on the N2. How close are these samples to the real thing? I feel pretty confident that I could pass N3 with a bit more kanji and practice with the format of the test itself, but is it realistic for me to even consider N2?

For context, I hope to apply to research grants for after I graduate grad school and even though it’s a little way out, this year is my only shot to get a score that will be able to be included in the application. I can’t figure out if it’s better to pass N3 or to possibly fail/barely pass N2. On the one hand N3 isn’t nearly as impressive even though the certification does mean something, but on the other hand if I go for N2 it will show that I’m challenging myself and have the motivation to aim high even if I’m still working towards it. Basically what I’m asking is doesn’t a close fail on N2 technically still show that I’m higher than N3?

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Well, i failed… listening was the most difficult part for me and somehow that was my best section…
I tried N4

n4

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OMG I somehow passed N3 :scream: I suddenly woke up right now and now I wont be able to sleep it seems :eyes: I was reeeeally not sure about listening and I knew that my grammar wasn’t good tooxD

Onto N2 in December I guess!! I will certainly fail that one:DD

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It’s possible to pass N3 once you’ve walked through Tobira. For N2, you’ll need more than that as the gap is wider than N4-N3. Have you tried JCAT to test your level?

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I passed N4!!

147/180

Vocab/Grammar & Reading 99/120
Listening 48/60

I’m not feeling confident enough with myself to do N3 in December like I said in my new year’s resolution, but I’d rather feel bored in the test and ace it than risk not passing it. My ultimate goal is N2 by summer 2021, and I’m still well on track for that!

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You might be in a tricky spot, where you’re above the material N3 tests you on, but N2 really will kill you for a lack of kanji knowledge, especially in the reading passages.

It’s up to you whether you want to go for a test that’s probably too easy just to guarantee some sort of cert., or just want to take N2, as it’s the more substantial milestone anyway and you could at least get some practice, if not pass. You could also grab one of the JLPT book lines’ N2 kanji book and take a pass through to see just how much you actually feel you fall short, and assess whether or not you can cram some amount in. I would definitely start long-term planning for the N2 next July, either way.

(I’d say by the time you’re in the 30s on WK though, you don’t have an enormous amount to fear from the N2, as far as kanji. There will still be unknown ones (and that could ruin some vocab questions for you … as could any unknown vocab, really), but you shouldn’t run the risk of being totally without footholds in any reading passages.)

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Finally got my results!

ć‚®ćƒŖć‚®ćƒŖ but at least I got N2 after 2 years of Nihongo. I want to retake N2 again but my company will automatically register me to take N1 on December, which I’ll fail. Lol.

It’s actually weird that I got the listening section highest when it was the section I wasn’t really confident of. Also, I thought my first part was the highest but it was the contrary.

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Happy that I passed! :laughing:
(Slightly angry at myself for getting overconfident after the first section and missing 7 questions in the reading section, but that is different…)

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