From what I know, there's no actual guideline but yes, up to Chapter 38 should already be more than enough to cover for N4 exam. Also brush up on Kanji. As I recall, the last section of comprehension - there's no furigana, it's all kanji.

Thanks for the reply! Will definitely do some catching up on the kanji!

All the best happy studying!

To those who will take the JLPT exams this coming December 1st.
Ganbatte Kudasai!

What i did to pass my N5 and N4

1. Keep doing the exercise online

I used the website nihongopro and just kept hammering the exercise

2. Hafal the N5/N4 kanji list

I used mobile apps for this. They are very efficient and makes you memorize faster.

3. Watch a shit ton of anime

To do well for the listening part just watch shit ton of anime. Your vocab,grammar and listening will get better 100%

4. Use the dictionary online for kanji and words

Very useful to learn new words. Again, this is best if paired with doing online exercises like at nihongopro


Do these and you should be fine. Just bertekun and bertelur to pass. Goodluck on this years JLPT. Will join you guys next year for N3

Can give examples on each of the items you are using above?

I just bought this. Anyone wants to share cost?

i am sitting the exam..nvr study at all lolll...

Seems very confident which level are you going for?

Wanted to take N5 this year but missed out the registration time frame. Next year then T.T

The next registration should open in March/ April. Keep a lookout in those month. More time to prep.

If you're confident, you can sign up for both N4 and N5 N5 is usually in the morning and N4 in the afternoon.

Was caught off guard by the short registration period. It was opened for like 2 weeks? Lol.

If i'm not mistaken, it's about 3-4 weeks?... I'll put up a notification here in future if i remember/ aware of the registration. Other members can do so too if you know the slots are open.

Btw I'm helping out as a proctor for the JLPT this time seems like I'll cross path with some of you haha! All the best!

this sunday is the day.... goodluck guys

Need some advise here,i just took my N4 this december and im quite confident about it. I finished minna no nihongo shokyuu I&II within 1 year, mainly due to it is begineer and there are alot of sources including Japanese ammon no misa, Nihongoal, and 出口日语 on youtube.

Now I join ICLS class using minna no nihongo chukyuu I, i can only attend class on saturday 2 hours per week and i find the progress very slow. Any youtube or paid resources that follow minna no nihongo chukyuu? preferable is online base.

i know somebody in /k finish N2 by minna no nihongo 1-1 oni without class, but he have an extensive exposure of "Japanese media contents" for a few years...

This is serious kopitiam though....

Minna no nihongo shokyuu or chukyuu?

msia version didnt mentioned 初級 or 中級... it was go by beginner *1-1 and 1-2) or intermediate (2-1 and 2-2)...

my point is if you only going to relied on academic way to learn japanese by going class, tuition or study material to master this language, it going to be a very long way because what u learnt may only limited to the standard and polite japanese (we called it 標準敬語 (ひょうじゅんけいご)), which is fine until you planned to work in japan or japanese reliant job...

the japanese language used by japanese during normal circumstance is so different to a point where you could get discriminated by staying with those standard way of speaking where they find it too rigid and serious

There is 初級 or 中級 for minna no nihongo, at least thats what icls is using for its course
Thank you.
You are right, no one wants to talk to a person like always replying a formal email. For the current moment I feel like I need to stick to the textbook first. Consider those 2 shokyu (beginner) book are the basic, I think is easier to learn the casual Japanese than formal later down the road, especially correct grammar is important in test.

Is there any source that specially guide using minna no nihingo intermediate or JLPT N3? Need recommendations thanks.

This post has been edited by littlegamer: Dec 9 2019, 02:29 PM

Any good online courses on learning Japanese for beginners?

Some recommend Nihongo-Pro while others mention iTalki.

What's your advice, sweet_pez?

This post has been edited by Trebuchetti: Jan 2 2020, 06:56 PM