I’ve signed up for the N4 yesterday. Until the day I signed up, I was almost certain I’ll do the N5, so I didn’t exactly start preparing to it. I ended up changing my decision though, since the N5 seemed easy to me. Anyway, I’m not sure I’m actually prepared for the exam, so do you have any recommen…

Sou Matome is a nice summary but it doesn’t provide a ton of explanations. If you don’t want to get Shin Kanzen Master (which is usually the most recommended one but it is a bit dry imo) then it is worth it considering the Try! series as an alternative. Don’t get me wrong, I like Sou Matome but I a…

By dry you mean boring, right? I’ve never heard of Shin Kanzen Master before, so I’ll check it out. I don’t mind it being somewhat boring, as long as I end up understanding the taught material, so I’ll consider it as well. And I might try Try! (I like the way this sentence ended up) also.

Maybe not „boring“ but Try! and Sou Matome try to lighten things up a bit with pictures and stories while Shin Kanzen Master has less of that but provides the most details. If you don’t mind that then it is a great resource. The „Reading“ one is also really nice practice. I only know the N3 and N4 …

It seems great then. Thanks a lot! Do you think you can send pictures of the first few pages just so that I could take a look at the general contents before purchasing it?

Sure, I’ll have a look in the evening what I can find :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks for the information, if I somehow failed N4 last time I will defenitely check the material that is going around here.

My post probably won’t help much, but my 2 cents on the kanji as someone who made N4 a few weeks ago. As I understand, the allocation of kanji to some N level is just an indication. In my test I’ve encountered N3 and N5 kanji (according to wkstats). And they asked for the readings of those kanji; t…

I agree with @yorbon . I would make sure to know the kanji that you learned in WaniKani well and then just focus on grammar, vocabulary and practicing listening every day. Here are some images: Shin Kanzen Master N4 Grammar Shin Kanzen Master N4 Reading Try! N4 Sou Matome Listening, Reading, G…

… and one super important remark: I just realized that this is basically a “birds only” thread. :smiley: :bird: [image] [image] [image] [image]

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