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    Thread: N2 sou matome grammar question
Post: RE: N2 sou matome grammar question

thanks for feedback.
redshoulder The Japanese language 3 253 Today, 9:53 am
    Thread: N2 sou matome grammar question
Post: N2 sou matome grammar question

Hi, going through this book and as usual the grammar terms are not explained so have been using various sources such as renshuu and jgram, however can anyone explain the difference (if any) between th...
redshoulder The Japanese language 3 253 2016-06-16, 10:15 am
    Thread: Sou matome N2 decks
Post: Sou matome N2 decks

Hello, looking for Nihongo sou matome N2 Vocab deck but can't find it (kanji deck on shared page only). It would be most helpful and super time saving if someone already has this deck created, if so c...
redshoulder Learning resources 2 488 2016-04-18, 10:06 am
    Thread: N2 So-matome Goi anki deck
Post: RE: N2 So-matome Goi anki deck

vocab @ https://github.com/RonnChyran/jlpt-anki-decks. Haven t used it yet as I'm on n2 sou matome kanji deck at moment, its on shared anki deck page but it needed a lot of editing in excel. Any ...
redshoulder General discussion 2 611 2016-02-26, 8:36 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Last year 90/180, this year 109/180, relieved that I passed, reading score is much improved, however grammar is still a weakpoint ©, I found N4 grammar to be straightforward in comparison. Regar...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2016-01-27, 4:11 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

I think that there is not much in point analysing past papers as they don't release/publish them. It would be helpful if they did. But I have quick question regarding paper, then my mind can be at ea...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-12-15, 3:32 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Yes 2 years in an engineering company, yes listening was much improved because of this, when doing nothing passive listening and answering phonecalls, while in group meeting listening was necessary be...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-12-08, 3:48 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: RE: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Hmm maybe I passed on the third time, if not i will need to find a tutor. ahh yes, the marathon listening question at first I thought it was 3 things, test cert, cap and water bottle, but then I coul...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-12-07, 8:58 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

The test is cheap in Japan compared to other countries, but like yourself it is not a big issue. For example In Ireland the test is 75 Euro however in UK it is 75 pounds (103Euro)which is quite a diff...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-17, 10:48 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

So started kanzen master n3 grammar book, while doing the reading book on the side (used the reading book before). I would like to know from previous users of KM grammar book how did it go, what was ...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-09-02, 5:32 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Hmm, that is good resource, I think online is only option for me as there are no Japanese speakers in my area. However I would feel more comfortable with a face to face discussion. But this time I th...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-08-27, 9:56 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

In that case I will give KM grammar book a try. I think I have enough time to start the KM grammar book aswell as to review the other sou-matome grammar and reading and KM reading book. Reading is al...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-08-27, 7:16 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Yes it is 2nd time, and there is extra pressure to do well next time. The last time I used the sou-matome books was sometime last year and have not opened books sense and I did not try the questions ...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-08-27, 4:56 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Results are out and I have failed the N3 again which is so disappointing. In Dec 2014 90/180, now in July 2015 88/180, yes I have worse results than before. Language Knowledge 29/60 (vobab A, grammar...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-08-27, 2:43 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Yes results out next week, feeling a bit anxious. Never used Genki series, I would expect it to be n4 level is this correct? We used Japanese for Busy people 1 and 2, and in book 2 it introduced kan...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-08-18, 7:26 am
    Thread: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You?
Post: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You?

Yes, overall its good for my career. By some chance I managed to go to Japan working in an internship for a couple of months in 2010. During this time I learned some phrases as I did not expect to r...
redshoulder General discussion 44 7,022 2015-08-17, 5:19 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Thanks for the suggestions they are helpful. Yes I watch the video first, from there I can guess the content of the article and I find I can read a bit faster then, just reading the article alone. I f...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-07-16, 4:08 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

As I said before took the test in December 2014 and failed by 5 points, I think I failed that time mainly due to low reading speed because of this guessed most of the answers plus my kanji,vocab,gramm...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-07-15, 12:06 pm
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

thanks for grammar explanation!
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-07-01, 8:26 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

There's a sample paper on jlpt website as well as small sample paper on jlptbootcamp website. Just a a question regarding うちに and ついでに since I find them quite similar. 散歩にでかけた( )スーパーによって買い物をして帰った...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-06-29, 10:32 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

thanks, I did not notice the different categories in the table. I tend to examine things too fast before answering questions.
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-06-15, 3:47 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Going through some test papers, i have a question regarding question 18. http://jlptbootcamp.com/JEES-tests/N3-mondai-notes.pdf Answer book says answer 3 is correct, my question is why answer 1 is ...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-06-12, 9:53 am
    Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread
Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread

Failed December 2014 test by 5 points, so this will be my second time taking N3 test. Study so far has be using NHK Web News Easy for reading and Listening. imabi.net for grammar and webjapanese.com ...
redshoulder JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan 307 50,860 2015-05-27, 8:04 am