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  • JLPT Fail

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    For all the hundreds of people waiting for their JLPT results to arrive and coming to my blog via google searches, know that this year’s score slip has arrived yesterday in Japan. As I was expecting, I failed level 2 again for lack of studying… JLPT 2008 score: 217/400 Vocabulary/Kanji: 58/100 Listening: 81/100 Grammar/Reading: 78/200…

  • JLPT Level 2

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    I took the test last Sunday at Surugadai University in Hanno, way out at the feet of the mountains west of Tokyo. Usually I’m assigned to Saitama Daigaku which is 10min of taxi from my new place, but I guess this year they thought I was too close and needed to suffer a bit more…

  • JLPT Results craze

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    The results for the 日本語能力試験, more commonly known as JLPT 2008, should be getting in everyone’s mailbox in the imminently and it shows: Visits to my blog post of receiving the results last year have been spiking in the past week. Good news: a colleague of mine got it in the mail this morning before…

  • Surf or Study

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    Sunday December 2nd is for many of us in Japan the dreaded day of 日本語能力試験 – also known as JLPT or Japanese Language Proficiency Test. But this weekend is also the start of what looks like the best ski season I’ve seen since I’ve come to Japan. Trying out my new snowboard gear on 130cm…