Hi all,

I plan to take the N2 in december. I have started by studies with RTK1 1.5years ago which helped me a lot.

However so far I have encountered several words that I should know for N2 which are using the RTK3's kanjis. I can recognize them from listening, however I have trouble to recognize the kanjis.

From your experience, do you think I should specially study the kanjis included in these N2 words using RTK3 before the test? Otherwise, just skip the kanji recognition of these words and memorize them as kana words?

Thx

If you finished RTK1 you have the skill to learn more kanji without a textbook. Learn whatever kanji you see show up in N2 prep without thinking about RTK3. If it's in the prep as kanji it may show up on the test as kanji.

Try to get the vocabulary and grammar books for N2. That best way to do it. Try to seriously assess your straights and weaknesses, so that you can put correct emphasis on your Japanese skills before the test. As you have finished RTK it should be easier to remember Kanji, so I would worry too much about RTK3.

There are plenty of N2 (and N3 and N4) words whose kanji spellings use RTK3 kanji. 林檎 such a word. That doesn't mean you will be tested on those kanji. To the best of my knowledge, you won't.

JimmySeal Wrote:There are plenty of N2 (and N3 and N4) words whose kanji spellings use RTK3 kanji. 林檎 such a word. That doesn't mean you will be tested on those kanji. To the best of my knowledge, you won't.

Depends. It won't appear in the kanji section, but i'd expect to see words like 完璧 in the reading section, possibly without furigana (can't remember though).

As Jarvik7 says though, just learn the kanji in the words on the vocab list. Studying RTK3 for N2 is massive useless overkill (and iirc... not all of them are even in RTK3).

I'll also second the comment to have a long hard look at your strengths and weaknesses. Chances are if you've done RTK that kanji isn't your weak point. Don't forget listening!

My advice is do a practice test early, even if you expect to massively fail it. It's still valuable to see where you're failing the hardest. I know when i did it, i was surprised at the results.

zigmonty Wrote:

JimmySeal Wrote:There are plenty of N2 (and N3 and N4) words whose kanji spellings use RTK3 kanji. 林檎 such a word. That doesn't mean you will be tested on those kanji. To the best of my knowledge, you won't.

Depends. It won't appear in the kanji section, but i'd expect to see words like 完璧 in the reading section, possibly without furigana (can't remember though).

As Jarvik7 says though, just learn the kanji in the words on the vocab list. Studying RTK3 for N2 is massive useless overkill (and iirc... not all of them are even in RTK3).

I'll also second the comment to have a long hard look at your strengths and weaknesses. Chances are if you've done RTK that kanji isn't your weak point. Don't forget listening!

My advice is do a practice test early, even if you expect to massively fail it. It's still valuable to see where you're failing the hardest. I know when i did it, i was surprised at the results.

You're right thanks to RTK1 I feel like kanjis are helping me more than creating troubles.

I bought 5 books of N2 exercises so I already know my major weakness for the N2, which is the reading section. Even though I have learned all the N2 vocab (from the lists I found), there are plenty of words I still don't understand... and my reading pace is too slow. Today it seems very difficult for me to pass in december. :/

Thanks a lot for all the advices!!