(2016-06-02, 4:40 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: But 10k for N1 being too much? Given how much trouble people seem to have with the test, I don't know about that to be honest.I can't speak for other people, but like I say my view here is based on the fact that (1) I definitely don't know 10k words (2) I can still easily pass JLPT1 mock tests.
Quote:I mean, I've definitely seen at least 5k words if you take into account the easiest stuff that I've decided not to SRS (words you can't forget and katakana words that are extremely easy), but my reading is nowhere near solid enough to pass N2, let alone N1.Right, but is that because you don't have the vocabulary in numbers-of-words, or instead that your reading in general is not solid enough yet? There's a whole mix of skills including speed of reading large passages, familiarity with grammar and how writers tend to structure passages, and having a decent core of vocab but also the ability to make good guesses about words you don't know. I think overall that's more important than number-of-words, though it's harder to measure.