So I had a quick question about some words in N5 vocab. For example, I learned 電子辞書 (electronic dictionary) about 180 words in… just curious as to how that is N5. Is it really used that much? Or do I have the wrong idea for how N5, N4, etc. works.
What do you mean by complexity of the words, as in like how straight forward they are? Like their readings and how they are said, or a mix of other things?
One is able to listen and comprehend conversations about topics regularly encountered in daily life and classroom situations, and is able to pick up necessary information from short conversations spoken slowly.
As you see, the test at this level should be slanted towards the classroom situations. This makes sense: it would be nice to learn al the common words, but for that you need to first invest into some tools to be able to progress.