Kanji ... so many ...

naruru · JLPT Starter Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 80

Hello! I'm new to this forum and I'm planning on taking the JLPT test either in 2008 or 2009.

I have a weird question. Everytime I search for a JLPT study guide online, the most frequent links I found are mostly studying Kanji. Is Kanji the only source to study for the JLPT? I'm pretty sure there has to be more than just Kanji such as listening to anime and Jdramas and reading books and manga. I went to jlpt.info but I had to register and it's not worth to me to register there and use the site for few months.

Is there a great site to study for the JLPT, other than Meguro Japanese Language free download site?

助けてむらってください。

robrobbery · JLPT Starter Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 66

Kanji Study Tools:

Ocha no Kanji: which you can download from ( http://www.jocksamurai.co.uk/modules/mydownloads/index.php ) is a good free tool. It's an Excel-based program which can test your knowledge through drills.

Supermemo: not free, and the GUI is no good, but this program is tremendous once you get the hang of it. You can make electronic flashcards for everything you want to learn and the program figures out which you are bad at! www.supermemo.com

Kanzen Master: buy the Kanji book. It's good and it comes with a CD.

Internet: this is also an amazing resource: here are a few links

http://members.aol.com/rtdrpt/kanji/writutor.htm
http://www.geocities.com/easykanji/
http://www.msu.edu/~lakejess/kanjigame.html

Rikai-chan: software which tells you the meaning and reading of kanji when you point your mouse at the word. Used with Firefox. I seem to remember the installation being a bit tricky, but Google it and I'm sure you'll figure it out.

I have no doubt there are many other good learning tools out there. Anyone else care to add their ideas?

Rob

p.s. if you're starting now for the 2008 test, you'll pass no problem

robrobbery · JLPT Starter Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 66

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助けてむらってください。[/quote]

by the way, this is incorrect. First of all, the verb is もらう, not むらう. Second, this means "please get help", ie you are telling us to get help. Since it is you yourself who is asking for help, just "助けてください" is ok.

naruru · JLPT Starter Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 80

Ah well that didn't help much. First I'm looking for study materials other than learning Kanji. It sounds like I'm learning Chinese instead of Japanese. Second I made a typo on there. I all ready know that I use もらうmy hand just slipped (same goes with Japanese people and English people who type "wateva" or "pleez" on the internet).

But hey thanks for the Kanji info. I need to find more than just Kanji like I mentioned before. :\

robrobbery · JLPT Starter Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 66

solarmist · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject:

www.jlptstudy.com has a lot of material other than just kanji

naruru · JLPT Starter Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Posts: 80

Ah I see the point here. :]

Ooo I should try the iPod Nihongo one~ Arigatou gozaimashita ne!

JLPT Study.com is a good source, but less materials for Level 2 ;_;