No more JLPT!
The results for the 2006 Japanese Language Proficiency Test are out. It’s official: NO MORE JLPT FOR DM EVER AGAIN! YAY! I passed JLPT level 1! WOOHOO! I am now officially qualified to look down on lousy fansubbers and stir up intarweb doramas.
The Victory Pose!
I scored 335/400 overall with the breakdown as follows:
Vocabulary: 69/100
Listening: 90/100
Reading & Grammar: 176/200
I was 8 points short of my goal of 343. For the record, I scored 381 for JLPT 3 in 2004 and 362 for JLPT 2 in 2005. I did quite badly for the vocabulary section. I guess this is what I get for being too lazy to memorize kanji.
So, how did everyone else do?
May 30th, 2007 at 3:11 am
Grammar at lvl 2 and lvl 1 is actually more of a matter of vocabulary. So read more.
Level 2 and level 1 aren’t that different I guess. Kanji is probably the biggest difference.
May 30th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
ok thanks!
June 1st, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Congratulations! Those results make me so jealous. =) My biggest problem with Japanese is that I’m too lazy. Grammar isn’t too much of a biggie anymore and I can read books, but vocabulary, it takes so much effort. I wish there was a way to input kanji and it’s various pronunciations and okurigana into my brain by feeding in a list. ORZ
BTW, I was also previously at Ikoma with Abo sensei. Never took the JLPT prep classes though. Passed JLPT2 in the 2005 exams self-studying the grammar but I’ve been procrastinating about taking up the JLPT1 ever since.
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
welcome to the jlpt1 family :D
heard the japanese ministry of education’s going to start a new branch of japanese examinations since the JLPT system’s not open ended enough or something though … :/
can always go take the japanese speech fluency test (required for announcers and people speaking on tv/radio) if you want to challenge still :D
P.S.: I got the same mark as you for vocab (2006) too! D: Add me on msn so we can talk again lolz :D
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Actually… You already are on my MSN list.
December 10th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
何という英語力＆日本語力orz
私もfansub見て翻訳必死こいて勉強してます。
もし良ければチャットしてください。
♂ですが…..
March 8th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
congratulation!I love this website.
I think I shoud concentrate on English study too.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Hi. :) I know this is a really old post but first off: congratulations! Second: I’ve just recently considered concentrating on studying Japanese after having read all your posts about some fansubbers. I also remembered reading this sometime ago so I was wondering if you could recommend some references that would be good for studying the language on my own? Though I do realize a complete self-study might not produce exactly the best results, it’s the only thing I can work with my schedule at the moment.
In actuality, I have studied it formally for around 3 months. But I don’t think I can even pass JLPT 4 since I don’t have much to say for my reading ability D: I used Japanese for busy people volume back and have finished that cover to cover. I bought minna no nihonggo just recently and am worried that it might be too difficult.
Anyway I’m sorry to suddenly jump you on this but you were the first person I thought of when I wanted to pursue this. I really love reading your blog. So I’d be really grateful for a reply.
Kudos to you!