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Thread: JLPT N1 and N2 reading improvement tips Post: JLPT N1 and N2 reading improvement tips Thanks for the ideas and the stylish suggestion/stylesheet. Easily installed and working like a charm. Will try to read one a day! |
Jawful | Learning resources | 17 | 2,929 | 2015-08-31, 7:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Final Countdown Post: Final Countdown urpwnd Wrote:COME ON! (if anyone ever managed to get Arrested Development in Japanese, I would love you forever.) I think Hulu.jp back in the day had it before Netflix bought the rights to the series... |
Jawful | Remembering the Kanji | 71 | 23,829 | 2015-08-30, 11:40 pm | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread dudeshane01 Wrote:If you prepare with mock tests, you should have a good practice. I just took the reading tests in each book I could find on 読解. It helped me improve my reading speed. My N2 test deta... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 313 | 56,777 | 2015-08-29, 10:14 pm | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Dovetron Wrote:How many people are going for December's test here? Sounds like you're almost there. Good luck! I passed, but I will retake as, like you, I'd like to have at least 40 on each section. M... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 313 | 56,777 | 2015-08-28, 11:05 am | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Kisei Wrote:The results are published online already? Can you give me the link? http://info.jees-jlpt.jp/ But you needed to have signed up online. If you signed up via the paper test packet then the ... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 313 | 56,777 | 2015-08-25, 9:17 am | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Well, the results are in and I passed N1. Wish I had done better, to be honest, but a pass is a pass! 言語知識：33/60 読解：29/60 聴解：52/60 総合得点：114/180 I guess I gotta work on my reading skills! But it's ba... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 313 | 56,777 | 2015-08-24, 10:24 am | ||
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Thread: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You? Post: Has Learning Japanese Been Worth it to You? I've made my life here in Japan so yes, I'm very happy to be able to understand and speak the language. I still enjoy learning new words so studying is still fun. I have many friends who don't bother ... |
Jawful | General discussion | 44 | 7,030 | 2015-08-15, 12:58 am | ||
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Thread: Should you delete these Kanji Post: Should you delete these Kanji Dude read 100s of books and vinegar didn't make the list? If you spend any amount of time in Japan at all, this kanji will come up in daily life. Maybe it's not in many books but it's certainly in my ... |
Jawful | Remembering the Kanji | 28 | 5,368 | 2015-08-04, 9:59 am | ||
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Thread: What's a good method of learning to speak/hear better? Post: What's a good method of learning to speak/hear bet... Might I suggest adding passive listening to the mix? Whenever you can, put something Japanese on in the background. I live in Japan, so it's a little different than for people studying outside the env... |
Jawful | General discussion | 22 | 3,313 | 2015-08-02, 9:09 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread tenken3 Wrote:RandomQuotes Wrote:"さえいとおしい" and "さえ愛しい mean nothing. さえ is a postfix not a prefix. It means something like "Even ~" So, something like それは子供さえ分かるだろう would be something like "Ugh, eve... |
Jawful | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,055 | 2015-07-12, 11:14 am | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan Post: Teaching English in Japan Aikynaro Wrote:I was under the impression that you had to be under 30 to do JET? Well a good friend of mine came over as a JET and he started at around 35 years old, so I don't think there's a specifi... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 33 | 6,061 | 2015-07-09, 12:14 pm | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan Post: Teaching English in Japan kraemder Wrote:http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/faq/faq10rem.html is the site Oh well that answers that. First year is lower than it used to be. And I didn't know that back in the day, the JET salary wa... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 33 | 6,061 | 2015-07-08, 9:02 pm | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan Post: Teaching English in Japan kraemder Wrote:I'm looking at this Google site.. it says that in 2011 JETs got 3.6 mil yen AFTER taxes.. but after 2011 JETs get 3.36 million yen BEFORE taxes? Is this right? What is the tax rate? ... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 33 | 6,061 | 2015-07-08, 8:46 pm | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan Post: Teaching English in Japan kraemder Wrote:A friend at work said she got paid about 45k a year working through the JET program. Was she really bad at math maybe? This was back in 2011.. JET pays ¥300k a month starting. That's ... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 33 | 6,061 | 2015-07-08, 8:37 pm | ||
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Thread: Teaching English in Japan Post: Teaching English in Japan I've been teaching English in Japan for over 9 years now and have been running my own school for the past year and a half. Here's my advice. JET is a great first step if you can get it. I never tried... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 33 | 6,061 | 2015-07-08, 8:29 pm | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Saginaim Wrote:My second question is this: I was told that 俺たちは巨大ロボットがある。 お前たちも巨大ロボットがある。, without the にs, is not grammatically correct. I'm not clear on why -- I'd think that, and this is still assu... |
Jawful | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,055 | 2015-07-07, 7:29 pm | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N2-N1 Thread Dovetron Wrote:welp, that's over! N1 was not hard, but very long. I had trouble focussing because the room i wrote it in was at least 35 degrees, but I feel okay about it, and I have no johns. If I fa... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 313 | 56,777 | 2015-07-06, 10:36 pm | ||
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Thread: People taking the July JLPT in Kansai/Osaka Post: People taking the July JLPT in Kansai/Osaka Thanks! Preliminary checking via the answers on the Chinese sites look promising. I don't think my score will be anything to brag about but I seem to have comfortably passed at least the vocab section... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 7 | 1,890 | 2015-07-05, 9:42 am | ||
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Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread jberhow Wrote:Hello, I was wondering what 大きくとると、関わっていく meant? If I transliterate it, I get something like "When we take something big, we have to open it up." but I want to have a more specific fee... |
Jawful | The Japanese language | 8,332 | 1,453,055 | 2015-07-04, 6:32 pm | ||
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Thread: People taking the July JLPT in Kansai/Osaka Post: People taking the July JLPT in Kansai/Osaka Today's the day! Good luck if there's anyone else out there testing today! |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 7 | 1,890 | 2015-07-04, 6:19 pm | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread ariariari Wrote:Where do you get the practice tests? Assuming you want to take N3: This is the official one but you can basically download this from their website in PDF form: Jlpt N3 Japanese Laugua... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 307 | 51,053 | 2015-06-29, 11:45 am | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread redshoulder Wrote: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( ... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 307 | 51,053 | 2015-06-29, 11:36 am | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread ariariari Wrote:Yes, that's exactly right. I wasn't sure whether to include the answer or not, but now I realize that I should have. To be honest, I'm just glad that I encountered this type of problem... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 307 | 51,053 | 2015-06-28, 11:12 pm | ||
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Thread: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread Post: 2015 JLPT N3 Thread ariariari Wrote:Yay - I just finished my kanji book's まとめ問題２, which finishes all of 第２部. They introduced a new, sadistic type of kanji question at the end. They wrote out 4 short sentences, underline ... |
Jawful | JLPT, Jobs & College in Japan | 307 | 51,053 | 2015-06-28, 6:43 pm | ||
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Thread: Newbie Question[s] Post: Newbie Question[s] 1. RtK and Genki are kind of studying two different things, so I think you can do them side by side. Back in the day when I first moved to Japan, I was studying Japanese from Minna no Nihongo at the s... |
Jawful | Learning resources | 7 | 1,389 | 2015-06-26, 10:22 am | ||
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Thread: Almost beginning with learning Post: Almost beginning with learning Kruzer132 Wrote:If I finish RtK1 on time I'll be in a place where there will be some native Japanese speakers and I could ask them what to do next. They won't be able to help you. The people in this f... |
Jawful | Remembering the Kanji | 63 | 9,405 | 2015-06-26, 10:15 am | ||
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Thread: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE Post: POST TRANSLATIONS REQUESTS HERE Zorlee Wrote:A friend of mine is making a t-shirt for his restaurant with this slogan: 「絆づくりで人と街を豊かに彩る」 Now, he wants an English translation of this as well. Since I'm not a native speaker of Englis... |
Jawful | General discussion | 96 | 30,308 | 2015-06-26, 10:08 am | ||
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Thread: inquiry Post: inquiry Your thread title needs work. More descriptive topic titles will help us know if it's worth clicking or not. "Inquiry" is far too generic. |
Jawful | The Japanese language | 5 | 975 | 2015-06-25, 1:40 am | ||
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Thread: Japanese Reality TV Post: Japanese Reality TV Eww Terrace House was terrible. I caught it on TV every once in a while and it tried to pass off as a reality series but it got out that the whole thing was scripted and they shut it down. They did ma... |
Jawful | General discussion | 3 | 769 | 2015-06-25, 1:37 am | ||
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Thread: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? Post: How long did/are you study Japanese a day? tikka Wrote:So, if we forget about efficiency now.. Are you saying that someone who lives in, for example, Japan since 'day 1' becomes a better speaker than someone who moves there at the age of one o... |
Jawful | General discussion | 52 | 13,145 | 2015-06-24, 6:15 pm | ||
