JLPT is short for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test and is a standardized test used to measure skill in the Japanese language.
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Why is 領土{りょうど} more suitable than 領域{りょういき} in this JLPT practise question?
In my JLPT practise book, there is this question:
その国王{こくおう}は戦{たたか}いに負{ま}け____の一部{いちぶ}を失{うしな}ってしまった。
Which I roughly translate as, "The kingdom lost a part of its __ in the battle."
The ...
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らしい / っぽい / みたい question: Why 黒{くろ}っぽい車{くるま} and not 黒{くろ}みたいな車{くるま}?
I'm using Nihongo So-Matome 文法{ぶんぽう} while preparing for JLPT N3, and having some issues with some of the grammar descriptions.
This StackExchange answer was awesome in clearing up most of my らしい / ...
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Recommended resources for JLPT 2 [closed]
I'm preparing myself to take the JLPT N2 this year. Can you recommend me any good resources? What should I consider? Any recommendations?
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JLPT N1 question: Why isn't a large amount of money a good enough reason to kill someone?
In my JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) level N1 workbook, there is this example question:
適当{てきとう}な語{}を選びなさい
この殺人{さつじん}事件{じけん}の裏{うら}には（ ）上{じょう}のトラブルがあるようだ。
A 金額{きんがく} B ...
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How the ～にあって form works - situations, places, times, what?
I finally started going through some JLPT N1 grammar the other day, and one of the ones I'm looking at has me a bit confused: the ～にあって・～にあっても form. The book describes its usage as such:
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Are JLPT vocab taught in the same order as it is taught in japanese schools?
I'm wondering if it is true that words in JLPT5 are taught first in japanese schools, then JLPT4, then JLPT3, 2, 1.
Or is that in japanese schools they have another order altogether such that it may ...
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Is the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) a good measure of my Japanese language ability?
Given that there has been discussion by the Japanese government to use the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) as one of the measures by which permanent residences or citizenship might be ...
