Subscribe to this Mailing List - A Grammar and Kanji a Day Keeps the JLPT Blues Away!

Yookoso.com is a great resource

with both a mailing list you can sign up to
be able to receive a Kanji a day in your email.
And same goes for a grammar a day (taken from jgram.org).

There's also RSS feeds for Kanj-a-day (no grammar).

It makes studying much more digestible. 

What's great about the list is that it is grouped by JLPT Level! (Albeit by the OLD JLPT levels).

As a guide, if you're taking:

JLPT N5 - use the JLPT 4 list
JLPT N4 - use the JLPT 3 list
JLPT N3 - use the JLPT 2 list AND JLPT 3 list
JLPT N2 - use the JLPT 2 list
JLPT N1 - use the JLPT 1 list

Here's the list of the newsletters you can sign-up to receive:

• Grammar a Day - All
  A daily mailing list containing a random jGram grammar entry (All 4 JLPT levels and some selected phrases)
• Grammar a Day - JLPT 1
  A daily mailing list containing a random jGram grammar entry (JLPT level 1 - hardest level)
• Grammar a Day - JLPT 2
  A daily mailing list containing a random jGram grammar entry (JLPT level 2)
• Grammar a Day - JLPT 3
  A daily mailing list containing a random jGram grammar entry (JLPT level 3)
• Grammar a Day - JLPT 4
  A daily mailing list containing a random jGram grammar entry (JLPT level 4 - easiest level)
• JLPT 1 Kanji
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random JLPT 1 Kanji (hardest level - 1150 total)
• JLPT 2 Kanji
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random JLPT 2 Kanji (701 total)
• JLPT 3 Kanji
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random JLPT 3 Kanji (181 total)
• JLPT 4 Kanji
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random JLPT 4 Kanji (easiest level - 103 total)
• All 1945 Joyo Kanji
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random Joyo (Jouyou) Kanji
• Grade 1 Kanji Only
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random Grade 1 Kanji (80 total)
• Grade 2 Kanji Only
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random Grade 2 Kanji (160 total)
• Grade 3 Kanji Only
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random Grade 3 Kanji (200 total)
• Grade 4 Kanji Only
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random Grade 4 Kanji (200 total)
• Grade 5 Kanji Only
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random Grade 5 Kanji (185 total)
• Grade 6 Kanji Only
  A Kanji a Day mailing list for random Grade 6 Kanji (181 total)
  CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP FOR THE MAILING LIST

Fun Game to Help you Read Anime and Manga Kanji

Here's the best highly-addictive Kanji game on the web! 

Learn to read manga and understand anime!

You get a 

• downloadable paper doll prize or a 
• Kanji list or an 
• origami pattern and 
• other prizes 

when you complete a level. :)

The Kanji are grouped into themes that are anime and manga-related of course:

Samurai

Love

School

Ninja 

 

Try it! Go to: http://anime-manga.jp/

What JLPT Test Level Should I Take?

The Japan Foundation has prepared a "can-do" list for JLPT test-takers based on self-evaluation surveys and actual scores of test-takers.

This are the results for listening, reading, speaking, and writing, You can try to gauge yourself to see what level you are.

The can do self-evaluation list can be found here: https://www.jlpt.jp/e/about/candolist_speaking.html

JLPT N5 quick practice test - 5 item reading

jlpt n5 quick 5-item quick practice test - reading

 

Choose the correct reading for the word inside the * *

1. *新しい*　くるまですね。

あたらしい
あらたしい
あだらしい
あらだしい


2. この　*ほてる* は　ふるいですね。

ホテラ
ホテレ
ホテル
ホラル

The Nihongo Journal - great magazine for Japanese learners

Have you heard of this little gem, the Nihongo Journal? 

It's a great magazine series for Nihongo learners, published in the 90s with:.

• a section for JLPT advice ands sample questions - JLPT N5, N4, N3, N2, N1 - All levels!
• great articles on Japanese culture and current trends
• language tips
• much more!

Unfortunately, this wonderful publication has been discontinued. 

But, despair not!

You can still avail of it (used) in Amazon :)
Or, if you want scanned copies (I have 3 issues),
please leave a note in the comments.

Edit 2015/07/12: Click on the link below for sample pages. 
http://jlptdekiru.blogspot.com/2015/07/test.html

Edit: I finally got the time to scan 1 copy of the magazine. It's out of print, but here it is:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bwa_BSZ6sR-DT3VCWjRGcUxqdTg/view?usp=sharing

But wait! There's more! There's a great column in the Nihongo journal
that has been made available FREE for us all....

The KANJI Breakthrough! Click here to learn about the Kanji Breakthrough method...