JLPT N5 Results!

After taking the exam in December, the results are in! It was actually in last week on 1/30 but due to an overwhelming feeling of relief, I let myself loiter around with excuses such as classes starting, endless watching of Ama Chan drama (Nounen Rena and Koizumi Kyoko are so cute on two ends of a spectrum! I am not going to digress), and hiding from the cold weather.

Anyway! I passed! Our classmates and I worked very diligently, every Monday evening after work, usually from 7pm to 10pm, we would study. I think nothing beats collaborative work face to face, we learned so much from each other through discussions and disagreeing. It was tough when we tried to tackle some of JLPT N4 questions since they are more analytical whereas JLPT N5 is definitely more straight forward. When we found out we passed, it was such a moving moment because it was 30% luck and 70% hard work.

Test score is nowhere as impressive as my friend’s friend who scored 180/180 but 86.66% is good by my standards! Yay!

We are going to prepare for JLPT N4, the next level. Gambarimasu!

JLPT N5 Preparation

For JLPT, N5 is the lowest level. We (my wonderful classmates and I) are going to take it this Sunday! We had been studying diligently; on most Mondays since August, we had been meeting to study after work!

To prepare for our battle, I made Samurai hats.

Samurai hat on J’adore perfume bottle 🙂 Easy origami!

Samurai JLPT Tools- Pencils, Eraser & Samurai hat

Samurai names! Akimi chan came up with the great idea of having a Japanese name so we would be more serious about our studies and be more immersed in the culture. Needless to say, she’s brilliant!

Gambatte test takers! 🙂 I love what our teacher had taught us: “ダメもとでがんばります” (Dame moto de ganbarimasu) which means even if we know it will end bad, we will still do our best. The process or experience is more important than winning or succeeding. It’s great, if we succeed, but even if we don’t, we will still do our best!

JLPT Study Chart

Japanese Language Proficiency Test takes place only once a year; it is in December. Since all the exams are taken at the same time, there is no way you can take two levels in the same year. In preparation for the exam, I made a verb conjugation chart. There is a total of 108 verbs for Level 5 (which is the lowest level). As a Christmas present to a friend, I made her below chart. Needless to say, the artist in me decided impracticality is fun and brilliant; causing me additional hours/days to complete the chart.

Verb charts- consisted of verbs conjugated into 4 forms; dictionary form, te form, masu form, and nai form. Medium: Marker & pen & ink; tiny blue flower on the right side has a speck of color pencil…

Completion of this chart means it’s study time! Gambatte~