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New Release: kanji by KanKen and school grade

While arguably the best way to learn kanji is in context (something that our Yasuke! Versus Japanese series does well), I know some of you are prepping for the KanKen test. Others might want to see where your kanji knowledge matches up to where Japanese learn kanji in school.

Let’s see how this newly released update is for you…

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Registering for the J-cat

So,
I think it would be great to get rid of the JLPT; J-cat a free test from the Univ. of Tsukuba is a nice alternative.
I have registered for the J-Cat and am awaiting my login info.

Only being able to take it once in 6 months is a little worrying. I need to play with the pre-test and make sure I’m ready to challenge the test and prove my Japanese language beast-hood.

some pictures from registering

 

J-cat homepage. Notice the red arrows I added pointing to some pretty nice EngRish :)
J-cat homepage. Notice the red arrows I added pointing to some pretty nice EngRish 🙂

J-cat checks your system to make sure you meet system requirements. My windows tablet passed
J-cat checks your system to make sure you meet system requirements. My windows tablet passed

J-cat sends an email confirm stating you will get access to take the test in 72 hours.
So I have some time to get ready.