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Review of Tettei Training JLPT N1 Moji and Goi

Review of Tettei Training JLPT N1 Moji and Goi

The full title for this book is 絶対合格!日本語能力試験 徹底トレーニング N1 文字・語彙 (Zettai Goukaku! Tettei Toreeningu Nihongo Nouryoku Shiken N1 Kanji Goi) I’ve had, what I will call 徹底トレーニング, in my pile of textbooks for a while now, but it wasn’t

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Niffer August 27, 2022August 27, 2022 Advanced Japanese, JLPT N1, Kanji, Review Read more

How to Draw Kanji

How to Draw Kanji

by Gabriel from Koipun Why learn to draw Kanji? In the era smartphones and computers, is it still worth it to learn how to draw kanji i.e. Japanese handwriting? Nowadays even native Japanese speakers are having a hard time maintaining their

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Niffer May 23, 2017December 13, 2017 Guest Post, Kanji, Learning Methods, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

More Tips for Studying for the JLPT N1

More Tips for Studying for the JLPT N1

Over a year ago I wrote Tips for Studying for the JLPT N1 and Tips for When you Take the JLPT N1. The I gave general studying advice as well as what to look out for and tips for taking the exam.

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Niffer September 27, 2016March 29, 2017 Advanced Japanese, Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), JLPT N1, Kanji, Learning Methods Read more

Review of Japanese Kanji Study Android App

Review of Japanese Kanji Study Android App

  Japanese Kanji Study is probably the best app I’ve ever used for studying kanji. I’ve studied kanji in many different ways over the years. Books, classes, apps, drilled kanji, read kanji, my own flashcards, etc. But nothings worked in quite

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Niffer September 21, 2016December 13, 2017 Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), JLPT N1, JLPT N2, JLPT N3, JLPT N4, JLPT N5, Kanji, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

Context is Everything in Japanese

Context is Everything in Japanese

“The Japanese are Masters of Context” When you start studying Japanese you will probably read about the sentence pattern 「___ wa ___ desu」 . You’ll probably then go on to learn about verbs and how they fit into sentences 「___

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Niffer June 13, 2016February 27, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), Kanji Read more

Best Japanese Study Resources

Best Japanese Study Resources

There are a lot of lists like this on the internet yet quite often I find they only list the most popular resources, not the best Japanese study resources. The following list are some of the best Japanese study resources

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Niffer April 17, 2016March 7, 2018 Advanced Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Lessons, Kanji, Learning Methods, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

Study Kanji Kentei, Learn Kanji, Profit

Study Kanji Kentei, Learn Kanji, Profit

Use the Kanji Kentei to improve your Japanese What is the Kanji Kentei? The full name of the Kanji Kentei is actually the 日本漢字能力検定 (Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei, shortened to Kankei by Japanese people) or the Japanese Kanji Aptitude Test, and

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Niffer April 9, 2016December 14, 2017 Advanced Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Kanji Read more

Learning Business Japanese as a Beginner II

Learning Business Japanese as a Beginner II

More foreigners are doing business with Japan than ever before. Whether this is interaction with Japanese clients, working directly for a Japanese company, or working as an assistant language teacher in Japan, more and more people are getting involved with

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Niffer March 16, 2016December 14, 2017 Advanced Japanese, Business Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Kanji Read more

I’m Afraid of Kanji

I’m Afraid of Kanji

I’ve noticed that lots of people want to start learning Japanese but the prospect of kanji is intimidating. A lot of people tell me they’re afraid of kanji, and don’t want to learn it! It’s not like hiragana and katakana

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Niffer February 18, 2016March 7, 2018 Beginner Japanese, JLPT N5, Kanji, Learning Methods, Romaji Read more

Learning Japanese Radicals

Learning Japanese Radicals

Radicals (or in Japanese, ぶしゅ 部首) are the roots which kanji are made up of. Every single kanji in the Japanese language has at least one radical. Now you can get by without learning these radicals, but when you begin

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Niffer June 10, 2015March 7, 2018 Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Grammar, Kanji Read more

Japanese Textbooks for Teaching Yourself Japanese

Japanese Textbooks for Teaching Yourself Japanese

“What text books should I use for teaching myself Japanese?”   Using text books to learn Japanese can be tricky business because they are often made for class studying rather than self study, but it doesn’t mean they’re not useful

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Niffer June 15, 2014March 18, 2018 Advanced Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), Kanji, Learning Methods, Teach Yourself Japanese Read more

Japanese Signs – Essential Japanese for Visiting Japan

Japanese Signs – Essential Japanese for Visiting Japan

In a previous post Essential Japanese for Visiting Japan I explained about phrases that would be essential for visiting Japan. Especially if you were staying with a Japanese family. So this post is about signs you’ll see around Japan, especially

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Niffer February 5, 2014May 17, 2018 Advanced Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Japanese Culture, Japanese Lessons, Kanji, Visiting Japan Read more

Learning Kanji – From Beginners to Advanced

Learning Kanji – From Beginners to Advanced

Kanji is an interesting part of Japanese that is not to be taken lightly, but not to be intimidating either. There are 2136 official regularly used (常用 / じょうよう) kanji, each with one to three or more readings but there

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Niffer January 25, 2014March 7, 2018 Advanced Japanese, Beginner Japanese, Intermediate Japanese, Kanji, Learning Methods Read more

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