This is very comprehensive! Thank you very much for sharing. I wrote down all what you shared with us!

Hello. Thank you for putting up this vid, i appreciate all the info. And if i may say, i love that shade of your lipstick ❤ you look amazing 👍

YAAAAY YOU DID IT!!!!!!! 😍🥰 Was super looking forward to this hehe. 🤩

Thank you for the nice informations. Cool!

ありがとうございます。 I’m preparing for N4 this December but learning about your experience is very helpful!

Wow You are awesome! Thank you for sharing. I hope you have a happy day my friend😄👍⭐️💕

Short summary of my Japanese Study History: Fall 2018, I studied abroad in Japan for four months. I decided to self study, while taking a beginner class to talk with my Japanese friends. I went back home in January 2019 to graduate college and self-studied through KZfaq. I watched Japanese Dubbed Videogames and looked up every word I didn't know and added them to a quizlet set. I have 4 sets and each one has 2000 words. This was such a fun way of studying. I also watched a lot of Japanese KZfaqrs as well. Then last year in March 2020, I was able to come back to Japan for an ALT job in Ishikawa and being in a Japanese environment helped out. I talked with my teachers and students in Japanese. I made a lot of japanese friends as well. Since I had Netflix, I was able to watch a lot of western shows dubbed in Japanese. Then, I signed up for the December 2020 Exam. I passed N2 on the first try! It was my first time taking and passing any kind of JLPT Exams as well. Never took N5, N4, N3 at all. Just went straight for N2 and passed it on the first try. Took 44/60 on Language Knowledge, 23/60 on Reading, and 34/60 on Listening. Grammar and Vocabulary were both an A. So it took me 2 years and 4 months to reach the N2 Level. All self-study. I also have the JLPT Study Books too. Here are my questions: How much is the gap between N2 and N1? Which section did you struggle with the most and focused more on? I know most of the N1 Kanji and vocabulary because of the videogames. I know for sure I'll need to focus on reading (I have many Japanese novels) and grammar (I also know 日本語の森先生 as well. I watched her grammar videos too and they helped explained the points clearly and I took notes). Listening might be fine since I always watch dramas and anything in Japanese on KZfaq. And I plan on signing up for an N1 Course to help out and it's been a while since I've been in a Japanese Class. I'm taking the N1 Exam this December 5th, 2021. It'll be my first time taking it and I'll be fine if I don't pass it on my first time. Hopefully on the 2nd and 3rd time. This video helped out a lot, so thank you!

You're a natural on camera, I love it! Thank you so much for mentioning kokugo books! My level is still shit (around JLPT4) but I've been curious about the books used by schools and couldn't manage to find info about that. Very informative video all in all - our personal study style really is the most important thing indeed. I used to fool myself into buying textbooks and stuff as if that would do the work but I was (and sometimes still) lying to myself...

I used to read Japanese books about social issues on my spin bike too! Thanks for the advice. Your videos are really entertaining and encouraging. (I'm taking the n1 in July 🤞)

Good job. I heard the kanji is really hard on the N1

I was planning on taking the N2 this year but they canceled it in the US so next year it will be lol! I will probably just jump to the N1 instead. Thanks for the video!!

I LOVE that I'm not the only person who gives themselves hanamarus for a job well done!

Thanks allot ゴンちゃん、from a friend of a friend👍🏾🙂✨

Thanks for sharing your video, you are so funny and full of life. Can you share what books you used for grammar also how many hours did you study per day on average?

I'm going to sit for N1 by the end of this year in Brazil. I wish U all the success!

it seems like some of you books were graded in red pen. Did you do the grading yourself, or did you have a teacher of some sort grade them for you?

Thanks for the tips, have you uploaded your anki deck anywhere please?

Wish you the best btw l am in N2 now

Love your content! Very helpful. Between us, how was your score?

N1 is not easy to pass even for Chinese native speakers. Will attend N2 very soon and wish to pass N1 by end 2021 or Jul 2022 as working will take away my time. Also, 新完全マスター do is a good choice for learning. Many Japanese trainers in China also recommend this suite of books - it do has a Chinese translation published.

8 years for you? 10 years so far for me 😅 I failed n2 by a few points with little study. 8 months of study for n1? That makes sense! Studying for the test gets redundant. I’d like to pass the n1 myself some day~

I have been studying Japanese for 10 years, I was planning to take N1 in turkey but so unfortunate the test is canceled again this is the second time I couldn't take N1 ;( ......

Take more pencils not because the lead will run out but because : * It saves time taken for resharpening * It helps in case of any ''accident'' where the lead actually breaks

i pass N1 after 2 years of learning japanese . but i feel like its still not enough . i cant speak japanese flluently and feel like hug distance between me and native japanese

What’s the website with the transcripts of the dramas?

Best school for intentional students? Who wants to learn advance Japanese ..please suggest some courses.too

I don't read or write Japanese at all, but... Wow! 4:34 I recognize gorgeous penmanship when I see it. I get the impression you learned N1 mostly through self-study, But I'm curious, were prior levels were achieved through normal classroom instruction, or did you always prefer to learn on your own? NOT SO FUN FACTS: I tool Spanish in grades 7-8. Unfortunately, I didn't find out our teacher learned to speak Spanish while doing Missionary work in the Panama Canal Zone. I say unfortunate because on the very first dialogue of 9th grade Spanish, the teacher had me stop speaking and asked me to stay after class. Once all the other kids left, he turned and asked "Where did you learn Spanish?" I named the local jr. high. He sighed, and told me that I spoke with the accent of a drug-addicted prostitute, and that he'd need to speak with the principal about what to do with me. FUN FACTS: The other students and I were permitted to take computer programming at the college across the street to meet our high school language requirements. The District reassigned the teacher to History, and updated the hiring requirements for Language instructors. SUPER FUN FACTS: In the end, it gave me a head start on a great career, a better understanding of how our school's bureaucracy functioned, and that if you're good at chess, the teachers will let you play in the teacher's lounge, which often gives one access to interesting keys and entry codes on campus.

Could you please share the Anki deck you created? Thank you in advance.

N3も難しいと思う😟