I have taken and passed the N2. My strategy is to start with Reading Comprehension, then do Grammar, and finally do Vocabulary. Why? ✏️ 1. Better to spend time and energy trying to understand comprehensive texts, because at 15 minutes left my mind cannot focus on the meaning of sentences that try to deceive me. However, my mind CAN focus on solving shorter Vocabulary questions in 15 minutes. Work with your brain. ⭐ Note 1: Skip strategically. Long reading questions and questions about the author's opinion (🤢) take an incredible amount of focus, understanding, and TIME. Up to 15 minutes per question if it's really tricky and I'm psyching myself out. Just try it for 4 or 5 minutes and if it's not coming, skip it and use time elsewhere, and come back to it once the rest of the test is answered. ⭐ Note 2: Also be aware than Reading Comprehension is graded SEPARATELY from Grammar+Vocabulary, which are graded together. If you don't leave time and mental energy to properly do the Reading section, then you will fail guaranteed. 👎🏽 ✏️ 2. Grammar questions: They require not as much effort as Reading, but definitely require attention. Knowing the basic meaning of the grammar is not enough! Knowing its nuances and how it technically connects to other grammatical elements is key (this knowledge will also help you to read faster). I used the app ✨Bunpo: Learning Japanese✨. Worth the subscription because I passed on my first try. ✏️ 3. Vocabulary questions: During your preparations, use the app ✨Kanji Study✨ to check all the words you don't know. Even seeing it just once versus never can make a huge difference when that word comes up on a test and you need to choose between the two most plausible kanji readings! Also use a textbook. I like ✨ShinKanZen Master (新完全マスター)✨ because they mimic the question styles of the test and do a reasonably diligent job of using example sentences and explanations (in the answer booklet) that help to distinguish the nuances of similar words (in part two of the book, the back half). It's fire. 🔥 ⭐ Note 3: Following @ebifried 's advice about timing yourself with a non-digital watch (only analog is allowed in the testing room), do mini quizzes and practice tests. All the time. Listen to listening tests while making dinner. Solve reading questions in textbooks and free printouts. Listen and watch lists of vocabulary on KZfaq at 1.5x speed. This will only help, because although her point is true that knowledge of the test is crucial and you will fail without it, actual Japanese knowledge is also very necessary to be able to apply what you know about the test WITH SPEED. 📍 Context: I took the test while living in Japan after 6 months of focused, totally independent stud. I had only beginner's Japanese textbook study experience before that, though I studied and lived in other languages more extensively, as well. 📚 As mentioned above, I highly recommend the apps "Bunpo: Learning Japanese" and "Kanji Study", whch were indispensable. I also recommend 新完全マスター and official JLPT Reading Comprehension book and Practice test book. Of course, there are various reliable and well-organized online sites for spot-checking things like grammar or nuances of words as you go along. Hope that helps.

for the one-sentence listening part, someone told me don't think about how you respond instead of think like a Japanese person's response like how they are always polite all that .

I am attempting N2 this December, some of these tricks are useful. I have issues with reading texts, so skim reading is definitely important.

Let's goooo getting to know those secret techniques. Thanks for your curated list. Edit: After watching all of it I have to say your vlog style gets better and better over time. Clean cuts, smooth transitions. Really informative overall and it makes it really easy to follow.

thanks for taking time out for making this video, good luck to you too :)

Yesss Ebi! Another really helpful video! 😄

N2 is in 6 days and here I am tryna cram last minute cuz I've been too busy with college. Not an excuse but hopefully everything works out, thank you for the tips😭🥺

Today was my JLPT N5 exam, gave it for the first time. Though the dokkai section's choices were really tricky, I think I'll easily score 90% in exam. Your tips for dokkai part really helped alot. Thanks! Subbed :)

n2 is so scary, thank you for this

OMG! Your video is super helpful. I have N2 JLPT exam at July 2nd. Thanks for the video.

Everything helped. Thank you dear ❤

Very Helpful. Thank youu ❤

Thank you soo much for this video ! Am having my JLPT exam this Sunday .

congrats for passing. bless u more

It’s not something we can do one week before the examination, but immersion helps a lot. If we’re used to read, I think we definitely have enough time to read everything, but it’s training to do well in advance. I also have a hard time with reordering words/sentences in the grammar section. I’ll try your trick it should help a lot, thanks! I just wanted to test my knowledge, but the more I do past exams, the less I feel like my knowledge is tested lol…

Im taking the jlpt n2 this july in my countries metropolis area i will be utilizing some of the tips and textbooks you mentioned in the video as well as anki for memorizing wish me good luck

Good afternoon.. can you please explain more in sentence structure.i really find difficult in this part of the exam..thank you

I’ve passed N3 last year now getting ready for N2

Great video. I've learnt all the N5 Kanji thanks mainly to using Kanji Garden and also WaniKani. Overtime I hope to do the tests.

I messed up and didnt study at all for the N2 test that is in 6 days. Probably gonna have to retake in 7 months but maybe I will beat the odds.

*me grinding your videos for the algo*

This seems like a silly question but are you allowed to take highlighters into the exam? I've always thought about it but from what I've seen it's just a pencil and a rubber

nice

A week left? I have several hours left AAAAAA

I took the JLPT last year and we weren't allowed to write notes for the listening part hence I couldn't remember most of the information said on the dialogue lols

Are we allowed to use highlighters during the test?

How many attempts did you do then?

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Dear Miss, wishing you great day. I would like to ask, let's say I have passed JLPT N4, and now I am skipping JLPT N3 and go straight for JLPT N2. Until April 2023 I have studied Japanese for 1 year and 4 month, do you think I have the chance to pass N2 this December 2023 ? Thanks in advance.

Is it ok to skip N5 and take N4 instead?

Your accent is 75% Aussie and 25% US!! WTF?