COUNTDOWN TO JLPT

The JLPT is the most recognized proficiency test for Japanese language-learners worldwide. Here's why you should - or shouldn't - take the test.

With no official curriculum for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Here’s how you can design an effective game plan to study for the JLPT.

The structure of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is quite different from the classroom setting. Because of this, passing requires a different approach.

The trick to memorizing kanji for the JLPT is… don’t! Instead, focus on learning kanji radicals, the alphabet of kanji characters!

Because there are so many vocabulary words to learn for the JLPT, it’s important to know which ones are the most likely to show up at your level.

Because there are so many vocabulary words to learn for the JLPT, it’s important to know which ones are the most likely to show up at your level.

Of all the multitudinous aspects you need to prepare for when taking the infamous Japanese Language Proficiency Test, grammar is perhaps the hardest to pin down.

The JLPT reading section is likely the most difficult part of the entire test. Why? While all other questions are relatively straightforward, reading comprehension questions tend to be abstract.

What makes the JLPT listening section so difficult is that unlike your favorite TV shows, you are being tested for very specific listening skills.

How to study for the reading section of the JLPT.

How to evaluate your own progress by taking a JLPT practice test at home.

Tips for cramming in the final month before the JLPT.