General tips for JLPT

The Japanese Language Proficiency Test requires you to be familiar with a lot of vocabulary and grammatical patterns that you never hear in everyday conversation and almost everyone who takes it expresses frustration about how many useless things they had to learn in order to pass it.The listening section is full of trick questions and the test often includes somewhat archaic...

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Studying Kanji and Vocabulary

You don't have to be able to write a single kanji character in order to pass the test, so don't bother wasting your time studying how to write when you are studying. Writing out Kanji hundreds of times is not an effective study method. There are two best ways to study kanji and vocabularies.1. Do a lot of reading. There are fairly decent textbooks and online reading materials...

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Listening Section

Many people agree that the listening part is the easiest part of the test. If your reading is weak, you will need to get a very high score in this section to compensate. Here are few hints that will improve your score. Taking notes doesn't help at all and actually lowers your score because you tend to miss key points because you are concentrating too much on individual words...

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Reading and Grammar

Although they call it a grammar section, it's actually more of a vocabulary test. There are a few questions where they test your knowledge of passive, causative forms and polite language, but they are not a major part of the test and you can get away without a superficial knowledge of them. The best way to learn grammar/vocabulary is by learning short phrases rather than individual...

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NEW JLPT

JLPT will be divided into 5 levels instead of 4 levels starting July 2010. It will be held twice a year - respectively early July and early December. The score evaluation for listening module becomes higher up from 25% to 33%. The score of both overall and individual module have to be higher than the passing score.No past exams published for the year 2010 and 2011. Instead...

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Body Parts

These are the commonly used term for body parts. You can use them in your medical consultations.1. Head (あたま) - Atama2. Eyes (め) - Me3. Eyelid (まぶた) - Mabuta4. Teeth (は) - Ha5. Ears (みみ) - Mimi6. Ear lobe (みみたぶ) - Mimitabu7. Nose (はな) - Hana8. Chest or breast (むね) - Mune9. Back (せなか) - Senaka10. Bone (ほね) - Hone11. Shoulder (かた) - Kata12. Neck (くび) - Kubi13. Stomach (おなか)...

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Common IT Terminologies

1. 仕様書 (shi-you-sho) - Specification2. 設計書 (sek-kei-sho) - Design document3. 開発 (kai-hatsu) - Development4. 環境 (kan-kyou) - Environment5. 運用 (un-you) - Operation6. 変数 (hen-suu) - Variable7. 関数 (kan-suu) - Function8. 修正 (shuu-sei) - Modification9. 変換 (hen-kan) - Conversion10. 端末 (tan-matsu) - Terminal11. 接続 (setso-zoku) - Connection12. テスト環境 (tesuto-kankyou) - Test environment13....

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AGERU

AGERUAgeru.Meaning: Give something to a person who is either of equal or lower status.Other term: Sashiageru is used with a person of higher status or to whom the speaker would like to show respect. While, Yaru is very informally used instead of Sashiageru.When to use?1) After noun + oKono kaban o agemasu.= I give you this bag2) After te-form of verbKono kuruma o kashite agemasu.=...

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AIDA

AIDAAida.Meaning: Between, During, From.. through, while, amongWhen to use?1) Followed by niAida ni suwatte kudasai.= Please sit in between.2) After noun + no, followed by niNete iru aida ni mao-san ga tazunete kimashita.= Mr. Mao came to see you while your asleep.3) After noun + to + noun + no, followed by niJimusho wa eki to gakkou no aide ni arimasu.= The office is between...

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AMARI

AMARIAmari.Meaning: Not much, not many, not enough, not well, not veryWhen to use?1) Used with negative verbKanojo wa amari tabemasen.= She don't each much.Kanojo no koto wa amari shirimasen.= I don't know much about her.2) Used with negative adjectiveTenki wa amari yoku arimasen.= The weather is not go...

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ARE

AREAre.Meaning: That, those, it; It refers to an object far from both the speaker and the listener. It is the polite form of "achira", which also means "that person" or "that direction".When to use?1) Followed by particleAre wa dare desu ka. Are wa Jess-san desu.= Who is that? He is Mr. Jess.Achira ni tsuitara renraku shite kudasai.= Please contact me when you get there.Uketsuke...

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Arimasen

ARIMASENArimasen.Meaning: Negative verb used for making the negative form of desu, aru and adjectivesWhen to use?1) After (adjectival) noun + dewaKore wa kare no kutsu dewa arimasen.= This is not your shoes.2) After ku-form of adjectiveSoto wa atsuku arimasen deshita.= It wasn't hot outsi...

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Irregurar Verbs

Irregular Verbs - Dictionary FormIrregular verb use either "suru" or "kuru"1. かいぎ（を）する (kaigi-wo-suru) – Hold a meeting2. かいもの（を）する (kaimono-wo-suru) – Shop, Do shopping3. けっこん（を）する (kekkon-wo-su) – Marry, Get married4. コピー（を）する (kopi-wo-suru) – Make a copy5. さんぽ（を）する (sanpo-wo-suru) – Take a walk6. しごと（を）する (shigoto-wo-suru) – Work7. しつもん（を）する (shitsumon-wo-suru) – Ask somebody...

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Groups 2 Verbs

You will notice that group 2 verb ends with "eru".1.あける (akeru) – Open2.あげる (ageru) – Give3.いれる (ireru) – Put in4.うまれる (umareru) - Be born5.おしえる (oshieru) – Tell, Teach6.おぼえる (oboeru) – Memorize7.かける (kakeru) – Make a telephone call8.かける (kakeru) – Put one’s glasses on9.きえる (kieru) – Go off, Go out10.こたえる (kotaeru) – Answer, Reply11.しめる (shimeru) – Close12.しめる (shimeru) -...

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Group 1 Verbs

The easiest way to remember the verb is to study first the dictionary form and its groupings.1.あく (aku) – Open2.あるく (aruku) – Walk3.いく (iku) – Go4.おく (oku) – Put, Place5.かく (kaku) – Write, Draw6.きく (kiku) – Listen, Hear, Ask7.さく (saku) – Bloom, Flower8.つく (tsuku) – Arrive9.なく (naku) – Sing (bird), Bark (dog)10.はく (haku) – Put on (shoes), Wear (pants)11.はたらく (hataraku) – Work12.ひく...

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Adjetives

Adjectives for JLPT level N5大きい (oo-ki) - Big小さい (chii-sai) - Small高い (taka-i) - Expensive安い (yasu-i) - Cheap新しい (atara-shii) - New, Fresh古い (furu-i) - Oldいい (ii) - Goodわるい (waru-i) - Badむずかしい (muzukashii) - Difficultやさしい (yasashii) - Easyとおい (tooi) - Far近い (chika-i) - Nearおおしい (oishii) - Good, Tastyまずい (mazui) - Bad-tastingいそがしい (isogashii) - Busyあつい (atsui) - Hotさむい (samui)...

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Weather

tenkiweather tenki-yohooweather forecast ii tenkinice weather, fine day harefine weather amerain yukisnow kumoricloudy weather kumoclouds kazewind taifuutyphoon atsuihot samuicold mushi-atsuihot and humid, muggy suzushiicool atatakaiw...

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