Author: Shaney Crawford, Damian Fung, Sarah Stark, Chris Wong Issue: November 2004, Topic: Japanese Language

Some last second resources for those who want to test their Japanese Language Proficiency Test skills.

Online Practice Questions

Great, and you can check the results immediately. It's only in Japanese, but i think you'll be able to suss it out. Use the drop down menus to select level (3, 2, or 1) and one of the other drop down menus to select vocabulary or grammar practice.

• http://n-lab.kir.jp/library/mondaidb

Grammar

• http://www.geocities.com/easykanji/jlptgrammar.html
• Level 4 http://www.pikkle.com/jgram/viewList.php?lv=4
• Level 3 http://www.pikkle.com/jgram/viewList.php?lv=3
• Level 2 http://www.pikkle.com/jgram/viewList.php?lv=2
• Level 1 http://www.pikkle.com/jgram/viewList.php?lv=1

Dictionaries

• Jim Breen http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/jwb/wwwjdic?9T
• Eijiro http://www.alc.co.jp
• Goo http://www.goo.ne.jp

Help with Reading Kanji

• Rikai http://www.rikai.com
• http://sp.cis.iwate-u.ac.jp/sp/lesson/j/doc/furigana.html (wish this site existed 6 years ago!)
• Kids Goo http://kids.goo.ne.jp

Others

• http://www.geocities.com/easykanji/jlptgrammar.html
• http://www.popjisyo.com
• http://language.tiu.ac.jp
• http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e
• http://www.japanlink.co.jp/ka/
• http://rnnnews.jp (brilliant - rikai.com and this taught me loads of newspaper vocab!)
• http://www.kantango.com
• http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp
• http://www.kanjisite.com

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