Archive for November 11th, 2007

Ii Densetsu wo Tsukurou

I don’t know how many people are taking JLPT this coming December but here’s a Vocab list for those taking JLPT1 or JLPT2.

The vocab for JLPT2 starts from page 124.

I did say I was trying to create a miracle by chionging for level 1 within a year of achieving JLPT3 and I did manage to keep up with all the Advance classes. But apparently, Level 1 is something out of this world. It isn’t difficult, contrary to what many say, it’s more of luck-based. Basically, to be 100% sure that I can pass with super grades is only when my Japanese level is as good as my Chinese. The syllabus consists of very easy terms for Japanese if they’ve been reading books and newspapers constantly like how we have read Chinese text all our lives. Hardly do you find a word you don’t know in the sea of Chinese characters on newspapers right?

But we’re not Japanese and we don’t read Japanese newspapers everyday. Well, I do read Japanese news everyday via RSS but it’s not for 21 years.

So basically, I am now at a point where I find JLPT2 very easy but JLPT1 rather confusing. Time to chew the grammar book and vocab list, without screwing up my Uni academics that is.

Good luck to all taking exams and JLPT.