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[edit]Another (novel) - Characters
[edit]Relatives
[edit]- Kōichi Sakakibara (榊原恒一, Sakakibara Kōichi)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Abe
- A 15 year-old boy who transferred to Yomiyama' North Middle School into the 3-3 class, but because a PSP he had to be hospitalized just before the start of classes.
- Yōsuke Sakakibara (榊原陽介, Sakakibara Yōsuke)
- Kōichi's father. A college professor currently doing research in India.
- Ritsuko (理津子, Ritsuko)
- Kōichi's late mother. She died 15 years ago after giving birth to Kōichi.
- Reiko (玲子, Reiko)
- Voiced by: Naoko Sakakibara
- Ritsuko's younger sister.
- Ryōhei (亮平, Ryōhei)
- Ritsuko's father.
- Tamie (民江, Tamie)
- Ritsuko's mother.
School
[edit]- Mei Misaki (見崎鳴, Misaki Mei)
- Voiced by: Natsumi Takamori
- 3-3 Classmate. She wears an eyepatch and sits in a different desk than other students. Kōichi first meets her on the elevator of Yūmigaoka Hospital.
- Kubodera (久保寺, Kubodera)
- 3-3 homeroom teacher.
- Mikami (三神, Mikami)
- 3-3 deputy homeroom teacher.
- Teshigawara (敕使河原, Teshigawara)
- Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno
- 3-3 Classmate and Kōichi's friend. He calls him "Sakaki".
- Tomohiko Kazami (風見智彦, Kazami Tomohiko)
- 3-3 Classmate and Kōichi's friend. He's one of the delegates of the class.
- Yukari Sakuragi (桜木ゆかり, Sakuragi Yukari)
- Voiced by: Ai Nonaka
- 3-3 Classmate. She's one of the delegates of the class.
- Izumi Akazawa (赤沢泉美, Akazawa Izumi)
- Voiced by:
- 3-3 Classmate.
- Mochizuki (望月, Mochizuki)
- Voiced by: Kazutomi Yamamoto
- Art club classmate.
- Chibiki (千曳, Chibiki)
- Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata
Others
[edit]- Sanae Mizuno (水野沙苗, Mizuno Sanae)
- Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata
- Nurse at Yūmigaoka Hospital.
JLPT yearly statistics
[edit]Year | Level | JLPT in Japan | JLPT in overseas | ||||
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Applicants | Examinees | Certified (%) | Applicants | Examinees | Certified (%) | ||
2007[1] | 1級 | 47,761 | 42,923 | 14,338 (33.4%) | 135,616 | 110,937 | 28,550 (25.7%) |
2級 | 34,782 | 31,805 | 11,884 (37.4%) | 186,226 | 152,198 | 40,975 (26.9%) | |
3級 | 16,808 | 15,710 | 8,664 (55.1%) | 143,252 | 113,526 | 53,806 (47.4%) | |
4級 | 3,908 | 3,383 | 2,332 (68.9%) | 64,127 | 53,476 | 27,767 (51.9%) | |
2008[2] | 1級 | 52,992 | 46,953 | 18,454 (39.3%) | 138,131 | 116,271 | 38,988 (33.5%) |
2級 | 41,924 | 38,040 | 16,289 (42.8%) | 187,482 | 157,142 | 58,124 (37.0%) | |
3級 | 22,016 | 20,351 | 13,304 (65.4%) | 147,435 | 120,569 | 69,605 (57.7%) | |
4級 | 4,524 | 3,903 | 2,765 (70.8%) | 65,877 | 55,828 | 31,227 (55.9%) | |
2009-1[3] | 1級 | 29,274 | 26,578 | 11,738 (44.2%) | 103,349 | 87,104 | 28,230 (32.4%) |
2級 | 26,437 | 24,793 | 9,279 (37.4%) | 130,753 | 110,266 | 27,543 (25.0%) | |
2009-2[4] | 1級 | 46,648 | 41,998 | 12,293 (29.3%) | 137,708 | 114,725 | 26,427 (23.0%) |
2級 | 36,528 | 33,807 | 12,462 (36.9%) | 176,628 | 147,328 | 41,488 (28.2%) | |
3級 | 17,703 | 16,675 | 9,360 (56.1%) | 131,733 | 108,867 | 51,903 (47.7%) | |
4級 | 3,212 | 2,932 | 2,155 (73.5%) | 61,995 | 53,041 | 29,529 (55.7%) | |
2010-1[5] | N1 | 26,225 | 23,694 | 9,651 (40.7%) | 73,863 | 62,938 | 19,402 (30.8%) |
N2 | 24,738 | 23,126 | 13,768 (59.5%) | 87,889 | 74,874 | 32,530 (43.4%) | |
N3 | 6,947 | 6,280 | 3,051 (48.6%) | 42,227 | 32,100 | 12,574 (39.2%) |
- ^ 2007年結果の概要,実施国・地域別応募者数・受験者数 JEES. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ 2008年結果の概要,実施国・地域別応募者数・受験者数 JEES. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
- ^ 2009年度1回日本語能力試験実施状況 JEES. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ 2009年度2回日本語能力試験実施状況 JEES. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Data of the test in 2010 (July) JEES. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
New JLPT tables info
[edit]For possible update on Japanese Language Proficiency Test. All data extracted from these sources: en/jp
Table 1: Test subjects & time
[edit]Level | Test section (test time) |
Total duration | ||
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N1 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading (110 min) |
Listening (60 min) |
170 min | |
N2 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading (105 min) |
Listening (50 min) |
155 min | |
N3 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary) (30 min) |
Language Knowledge (Grammar)・Reading (70 min) |
Listening (40 min) |
140 min |
N4 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary) (30 min) |
Language Knowledge (Grammar)・Reading (60 min) |
Listening (35 min) |
125 min |
N5 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary) (25 min) |
Language Knowledge (Grammar)・Reading (50 min) |
Listening (30 min) |
105 min |
- Note: "Vocabulary" includes kanji and vocabulary (文字・語彙 on japanese source)
Table 2: Scoring sections
[edit]Full version
[edit]Level | Scoring Sections | Range of scores |
---|---|---|
N1 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) Reading Listening |
0~60 0~60 0~60 |
Total | 180 | |
N2 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) Reading Listening |
0~60 0~60 0~60 |
Total | 180 | |
N3 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) Reading Listening |
0~60 0~60 0~60 |
Total | 180 | |
N4 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading Listening |
0~120 0~60 |
Total | 180 | |
N5 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading Listening |
0~120 0~60 |
Total | 180 |
Shorter version
[edit]Level | Scoring Sections | Range of scores |
---|---|---|
N1 N2 N3 |
Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) Reading Listening |
0~60 0~60 0~60 |
Total | 180 | |
N4 N5 |
Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar)・Reading Listening |
0~120 0~60 |
Total | 180 |
Table 3: Composition of Test Items
[edit]Test section | Type of test items | Number of test items | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | |||
Language Knowledge Reading |
Vocabulary | Kanji reading | 6 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 12 |
Orthography | - | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
Word formation | - | 5 | - | - | - | ||
Contextually-defined expressions | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | ||
Paraphrases | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
Usage | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | ||
Total number of test items | 25 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 35 | ||
Grammar | Sentential grammar 1 (Selecting grammar form) | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | |
Sentential grammar 2 (Sentence composition) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
Text grammar | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
Total number of test items | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | ||
Reading* | Comprehension (Short passages) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
Comprehension (Mid-size passages) | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||
Comprehension (Long passages) | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | ||
Integrated comprehension | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | ||
Thematic comprehension (Long passages) | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | ||
Information retrieval | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Total number of test items | 26 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 | ||
Listening | Task-based comprehension | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | |
Point comprehension | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | ||
Summary comprehension | 6 | 5 | 3 | - | - | ||
Utterance expressions | - | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
Quick response | 14 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ||
Integrated comprehension | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | ||
Total number of test items | 37 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 24 |
*The table above shows the approximate number of test items in each section of the test. The actual number may vary slightly from session to session. The number of test items shown above may also change.
*The reading section may contain more than one test item per passage.
Table 4: Question's organization
[edit]Symbol | Meaning |
---|---|
◆ | New question structures that didn't appear on the previous system. |
◇ | Same structure from the previous system, but with slight changes. |
〇 | Same level as before. |
- | This level doesn't show on the exam. |
Test section | Type of test items | N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Language Knowledge Reading |
Vocabulary | Kanji reading | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ |
Orthography | - | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ||
Word formation | - | ◇ | - | - | - | ||
Contextually-defined expressions | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | ◇ | ||
Paraphrases | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | ||
Usage | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | - | ||
Grammar | Sentential grammar 1 (Selecting grammar form) | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
Sentential grammar 2 (Sentence composition) | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ||
Text grammar | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ||
Reading | Comprehension (Short passages) | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | |
Comprehension (Mid-size passages) | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | 〇 | ||
Comprehension (Long passages) | 〇 | - | 〇 | - | - | ||
Integrated comprehension | ◆ | ◆ | - | - | - | ||
Thematic comprehension (Long passages) | ◇ | ◇ | - | - | - | ||
Information retrieval | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ||
Listening | Task-based comprehension | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | |
Point comprehension | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | ||
Summary comprehension | ◇ | ◇ | ◇ | - | - | ||
Utterance expressions | - | - | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ||
Quick response | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ||
Integrated comprehension | ◇ | ◇ | - | - | - |
Table 3/4: Combined table
[edit](since they have the same structure, I merged them in a single table)
Symbol | Meaning |
---|---|
◆ | New question structures that didn't appear on the previous system. |
◇ | Same structure from the previous system, but with slight changes. |
〇 | Same level as before. |
- | This level doesn't show on the exam. |
Test section | Type of test items | Number of test items | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N1 | N2 | N3 | N4 | N5 | ||||||||
Language Knowledge Reading |
Vocabulary | Kanji reading | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 5 | ◇ | 8 | ◇ | 9 | ◇ | 12 |
Orthography | - | ◇ | 5 | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 8 | |||
Word formation | - | ◇ | 5 | - | - | - | ||||||
Contextually-defined expressions | 〇 | 7 | 〇 | 7 | 〇 | 11 | 〇 | 10 | ◇ | 10 | ||
Paraphrases | 〇 | 6 | 〇 | 5 | 〇 | 5 | 〇 | 5 | 〇 | 5 | ||
Usage | 〇 | 6 | 〇 | 5 | 〇 | 5 | 〇 | 5 | - | |||
Total number of test items | 25 | 32 | 35 | 35 | 35 | |||||||
Grammar | Sentential grammar 1 (Selecting grammar form) | 〇 | 10 | 〇 | 12 | 〇 | 13 | 〇 | 15 | 〇 | 16 | |
Sentential grammar 2 (Sentence composition) | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ||
Text grammar | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ||
Total number of test items | 20 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 26 | |||||||
Reading* | Comprehension (Short passages) | 〇 | 4 | 〇 | 5 | 〇 | 4 | 〇 | 4 | 〇 | 3 | |
Comprehension (Mid-size passages) | 〇 | 9 | 〇 | 9 | 〇 | 6 | 〇 | 4 | 〇 | 2 | ||
Comprehension (Long passages) | 〇 | 4 | - | 〇 | 4 | - | - | |||||
Integrated comprehension | ◆ | 3 | ◆ | 2 | - | - | - | |||||
Thematic comprehension (Long passages) | ◇ | 4 | ◇ | 3 | - | - | - | |||||
Information retrieval | ◆ | 2 | ◆ | 2 | ◆ | 2 | ◆ | 2 | ◆ | 1 | ||
Total number of test items | 26 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 6 | |||||||
Listening | Task-based comprehension | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 5 | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 8 | ◇ | 7 | |
Point comprehension | ◇ | 7 | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 7 | ◇ | 6 | ||
Summary comprehension | ◇ | 6 | ◇ | 5 | ◇ | 3 | - | - | ||||
Utterance expressions | - | - | ◆ | 4 | ◆ | 5 | ◆ | 5 | ||||
Quick response | ◆ | 14 | ◆ | 12 | ◆ | 9 | ◆ | 8 | ◆ | 6 | ||
Integrated comprehension | ◇ | 4 | ◇ | 4 | - | - | - | |||||
Total number of test items | 37 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 24 |
*The table above shows the approximate number of test items in each section of the test. The actual number may vary slightly from session to session. The number of test items shown above may also change.
*The reading section may contain more than one test item per passage.
References
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