Wanikani July JLPT Community Event (aka Joint Mock JLPT on July 4th, home thread)

Japanese Language
#236

I took the N2 for fun in solidarity with @NicoleRauch (I passed N2 3 years ago and N1 2,5 years ago)
I missed one vocab question and one reading question.

Question 14

I picked 未 instead of 非. I think I read it as 未公開 instead of 非公式, oh well.

Question 71

I picked
1 どんな研究であっても、役に立つ新しい発見につなげられるから

The correct answer was
2 どんなことでも、自分の研究に役立つものがあるかもしれないから

The responses seem really similar to me, so I decided to ask a Japanese friend, and he also thought that 1 was the correct answer :sweat_smile:
So even though the JLPT says it’s wrong, knowing that a Japanese person chose the same answer as me puts me at ease :smiley:

It’s only played once in the test; they don’t pause the audio or anything. Although there is a 〜20 second break after one of the questions where they play some relaxing music (lol)

I agree with your translation:

Sister: “I’m going to have dinner with my friends tonight.”
Brother: “Okay. If it looks like it’s gonna take until after 9 pm, I’ll come pick you up (at the station or the restaurant), so call me”

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#237

Well I got that one wrong I think :joy:, but I think you’ve got it? As in, “If it gets past 9, I’m going to come meet you/pick you up (because I don’t want you to be out by yourself that late), so call me”

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#238

I took the N5 mock test this morning and N4 this afternoon and I passed both of them (with some lucky guesses in the listening section) - without any particular preparation for the tests.

N5: 142/180

Vocab: 43/48
Grammar: 33/46
Reading: 26/26
Listening: 40/60

N4: 129.25/180

Vocab: 46/53
Grammar: 24/35
Reading: 26/32
Listening: 33.25/60

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#239

Ouch, thanks for the heads up lol. When I did my english test I think they played each audio twice, so there wasn’t much pressure to get the answer right on the first try.

Oh, I guess that was it then. I don’t know what it is, but that sentence still sounds kinda confusing to me when I read it. I guess I just need more reading practice.

Thanks you two!

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#240

I did mock N3 today. First time I simulated a JLPT to be in a “real” scenario. I knew that N3 was a little bit too easy at this point but it was also to get a feel for the JLPT. I plan to do N2 at a later date.

Total: 161/180

  • Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar): 48,5/60
  • Reading: 57/60
  • Listening: 55,5/60

I have to work on vocab/grammar. I’m very curious what my N2 results would be, as that would give me a better overview of my weakness and what specifically I need to work on.

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#241

That was my decision, and same :woman_shrugging: It was really difficult to get the numbers to add up sometimes, so take the weighted scores with a grain of salt :sweat_smile: I mostly did this so you can try to calculate a fitting score, but I think percentages are more accurate for sure!

Oh but if you have a different suggestion for weighting sections, definitely do mention those!! :pray: it might help people get a more accurate idea of their scores

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#242

That went… better than expected!
I tried the N5 and the N4 to see how I’m doing, hoping to pass N5, and not fail N4 too much - but I passed both according to the weighted scores. :slight_smile:

N5

110/120 Language Knowledge (91.6%)
44/60 Listening (73.3%)
154/180 Total (85.5%)

N4

80/120 Language Knowledge (66.6%)
42.75/60 Listening (71.2%)
122.75/180 Total (68%)

Thanks to everybody who participated, and extra special thanks to @NathaLire for organising this! It’s been fun to have some motivation to keep me studying since all of the 2020 test have been canceled in the UK!

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#243

I was going to do both the N5 and the N4 buuuut I messed up my planning and ended up going to donate blood this morning which used up my morning and meant I was feeling a bit wiped. So, N4 only!

Total: 127.25/180 (about 70%)

breakdown
  • Vocab: 32/53
  • Grammar: 24/35
  • Reading: 26/32
  • Listening: 45.25/60

I completely bombed one section of the Vocab and only got 2 right out of a possible 9 :grimacing: A combination of finding it difficult to identify all of the all hiragana words and the fact that I’ve never really made an effort to study N4 vocab (I guess it would be too much to expect that it would all be vocab I would have picked up from reading shonen manga haha) means that’s not all that shocking. Surprisingly, what I expected would be the most difficult section for me (Listening) I turned out to find the easiest. I pretty much only dropped points on questions where I knew that I’d zoned out and stopped paying attention :sweat_smile:
Anyway - based on the grading I would have pretty comfortably passed, which is cool! While this is just a mock, it was really helpful as I was thinking that given all tests are cancelled in the UK until July next year I’d want to skip to N3 - seems encouraging that that would be a sensible thing to do :slight_smile:

Thanks to all for their participation in this, and really massive thanks to @NathaLire for all of your work putting together the scoring and co-ordinating :slight_smile:

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#244

I’m sure a person in need is very grateful for your change of plans right now!

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#245

haha - there was a big call out for people to donate in my city so I just kind of impulsively signed up. It’s been too long since I last did it but it was really not too bad at all! The donation centre was pretty full too which was good to see :slight_smile:

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#246

Yey! Took the N2 as well.

I calculated my points from the percentages (tried both actually, but wanted to ensure each mistake had a similar effect on the results so…).

Got 150/180 points:

vocab/grammar: 43/60
reading: 47/60
listening: 60/60

Tbh it felt like the listening section was nearer to N3 than N2? There were hardly any fancy words, nor were there any fast speaking radio announcers. :no_mouth:

Well anyway all section scores did improve from my official N2 score 2 or 3 years ago, even though I have to admit my study efforts could have been much better.

I still have things to learn with N2, but with this, I can feel confident in moving forward into the realms of N1. n_n

Many thanks for @NathaLire as well for creating and managing this thread. I wouldn’t have realized I could do this otherwise.

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#247

Took the N5 this morning and then hung out with a friend all day, so hadn’t had a chance to calculate my score until just now.

Final: 174 / 180
V: 46 / 48
GR: 70 / 72
L: 58 / 60

Gonna take the N4 after I shower. It was kinda 懐かしい to take a multi-choice test again lol.

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#248

I wonder if the listening sections are always (comparatively) easy :thinking: When I took the N3 in Japan in 2016 I thought listening would be my weak point (I was level 25 on WK and hadn’t really immersed in any content), but the listening portion turned out to be extremely easy and I managed to get 59/60 on it

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#249

Oooo, looks like we’re JLPT twins, I got nearly the same score:

Language: 51,25 / 60
Reading: 52 / 60
Listening: 46 / 60

149,25 overall.

Very pleased with this score, particularly because I stopped dedicated JLPT prep (cause Shin Kanzen Master grammar was doing my head in). I guess for N3 you can get a good enough sense of the grammar through Bunpro and book club reading…? :woman_shrugging:t2: Does that change in N2/N1? Do you need a meticulous knowledge of the grammar rules (‘cannot be used to express hope, intention or inducement’ and the like) to do well on the grammar section?

I was also pleased at the speed with which I went through the questions. I couldn’t be bothered to spend the remaining 33% of the time agonising over the questions I was unsure of, but in a real test setting I think that extra time would’ve been very welcome.

Same here. I ended up with two letters in my head, then I looked at the answer options and I was like ‘well shit’ LOL

I think N2 in July 2022 might be realistic! You only need to do sliiightly better than random guessing in the listening section, so I am not too worried about that, hehe :grin: Though going through a 5000 card tango deck on Anki in time might be a bit of a slog.

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#250

Results from my N4 attempt :blush:

Vocab & Grammar: 77/120
Listening: 45/60

Total: 122/180!! A tasty pass yay!

This was super surprising for me because I thought my vocab was strongest and listening weakest. With grammar somewhere in the middle.

I passed so… I can’t be too mad. :joy:

I sat a mock test back in March 2021 which I scored:
Vocab & Grammar: 74/120
Listening: 32/60

Total: 106/180

I’m wondering whether I could flirt with the idea of working towards N3 for July 2022 now? :thinking:

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#251

I got a very similar score to you and am going to aim for N3 July 2022. I’m hopeful it should be doable! Good luck to both of us haha.

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#252

I did a lot better than I thought on N4

Vocab: 46 out of 53 pts (86.8%)
Grammar: 31 out of 35 pts (88.6%)
Reading: 29 out of 32 pts (90.6%)
Listening: 58.25 out of 60 pts (97.1%)

Total: 164.25 out of 180 pts (91.3%)

I think that’s a safe pass :slight_smile: Didn’t feel like it when I was doing it, since I found a lot of kanji I didn’t know.

Also, the practice test on jlpt.jp was like “oh here are 4 wildly different kanji, which one is the right one” and then the actual test was like “lol we switched the radicals in 場所, good luck with that” so that gave me the impression I’d probably bombed the kanji section of the vocab part. Turns out I did pretty well!

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#253

I tried to take the test yesterday but had a panic attack :pensive:
I noted my time and have my answers on the score sheet so I’ll finish it another day. It’s not the best way to do a mock exam but it is what it is I guess.
Good job to everyone who wrote it!

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#254

I took the N3 today and got a much higher score than I anticipated. I didn’t feel lost in any part of the test, which I had mentally prepared for, so that was good. I may attempt the real N3 in December if it takes place.

Section Unweighted Weighted
(Vocabulary) (24/33)
(Grammar) (16/23)
Language Knowledge 43/60 43/60
Reading 56/60 57/60
Listening 51/60 51/60
Total 150/180 151/180

Grammar and Vocabulary were my weakest points, but grammar wasn’t too bad considering I haven’t done any proper study yet, so I think I’ll keep focusing on reading native material until I have the time to make a study plan.

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#255

I’d like to know that too! I’m unfortunately really not great at remembering the nuances of grammar rules (and I don’t really feel like drilling them either to be honest…) so something like Bunpro + reading would kind of be my best option. :sweat_smile:

Mayyyybe. The problem is that I had the fantastic idea to start studying Japanese during university, which means that I still have a bunch of other stuff to study for. Priorities :grimacing:
I’ll probably take an N2 mock test in January or something to assess whether

  • I even have a shot at all
  • I’m willing to put in the effort (honestly I haven’t decided yet :joy:)

I am worried about that :joy:
Especially because I didn’t feel great about the listening section even though I listened to it with headphones, alone in my room. In the past 2 days I’ve read a couple of horror stories about the listening part during the real test - from tiny terrible speakers that can barely be heard from the end of the room to noisy paper shuffling all around you to interruptions through earthquakes or faulty speakers that somehow still didn’t justify a replay (???)
If I can barely understand enough under good conditions how am I ever supposed to deal with that :laughing:

Honestly I kinda really like those kind of questions, they’re fun :laughing:

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