Tag Archives: JLPT

This website has been on hiatus for a month so I could study for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, but I think I may just have wasted everyone’s time. Oops.

It was a year ago that I began studying for JLPT2, and not long before that I couldn’t read a single kanji. I’d gone a whole year as a functional illiterate in Japan, convincing myself it was too hard, and … Continue reading →

In July, I took the Japanese Language Proficency Test at level 2 for the second time. Results came in today -

It was better than last year, and that’s about all I can say. I can always get a passing grade in vocabulary, listening, and grammar, and it’s always the reading comprehension section that does me in.

I’m not sure exactly why I put in my application for this test when I was clearly unwilling to give it the time it needed to be worthwhile. If I didn’t want to study, and I didn’t want to fail, … Continue reading →

(This blog is something of an echo chamber right now, but what the hell. If you’re reading, come on in.) Less than two weeks now until it’s JLPT test again, and faster than usual. It’s being held for the first … Continue reading →