I just reinstalled my OS, and I accidentally found out that 握手会 is now a word in the newer versions of rikaichan.
Pretty cool how it is recognized widely enough to get its own entry :)

I took N4 this year as my first JLPT ^^
I bought “新しい「日本語能力試験」ガイドブック N4, N5″ to prepare for the test. Decent book, and it didn’t cost too much, but if you are only buying the book it might not be worth it. It is in all Japanese so you can only import it from Japan, but I bought it together with a CD so it wasn’t too bad :)

Other than that – ofc the JLPT website is a great place to go for all questions you might have. It even has some (very short) sample questions.
From what I have found of interesting jobs that are actually things I would really like to work with, they require JLPT 2 or 1. Everything below doesn’t do, so you could argue it is a waste of money to apply for lower levels, but I think it is good to have something that you aim to achieve that isn’t just pass JLPT1, because that is many years out in the future. At least that is why I took N4 :)

↑ lol can totally relate to that. I hate it when uploads are late >_<

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And no I am using Gatwick ^^
Love the time difference :D I won’t complain about having 1 more hour I london :P

JLPT on Sunday, traveling tomorrow to London!! If the other Mark even reads this – sadly I won’t have much time after the test till I have to leave for the airport, but I hope we can actually meet up ^^;

If anyone else taking it this time around, GL!

People who actually managed to pull through RTK and have guts to keep up reviewing generally agree that it was worth the time.

People that didn’t manage to do it, gave up halfway, or slacked off with reviews generally think it is a bad idea, and it ain’t worth the time.

Isn’t it easy to see that it will most likely only be beneficial if you actually have enough time, and are devoted enough to complete it fully, and keep reviewing?
I mean this argument could go on lol. We will never agree, and we shouldn’t because you can’t both have done RTK and not have done RTK, so how can we not be biased??? lol
I will remain neutral and say it has benefited me in some ways, but in other ways maybe has taken a little too much time. But I tweaked the program heavily, and did it in my own way, so I actually can’t comment on RTK, but rather my own method of doing RTK. Didn’t read about it anywhere, just came up with it like 600 kanji in.

It is grammar. You won’t learn it till later. Look for an explanation of ～て-form and you will find what you are looking for.