Hi, so I take N3 test this July.
at first Im not so sure about it, but my friend told me to get a shot since my company also paid for it. I work as a caregiver and I communicate a lot in japanese everyday, I can say my language level almost N3 but im not so sure, but obviously above N4. I took trial test and I only got 78. The kanji part is really confusing me, can I mastering the kanji for 50 days? what best plan to learn kanji fast?
I think the one that lack for me is the kanji part.
Thankyou
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You missed the crucial information: how many hours can you spend on this project?
Just try your best and add more japanese into your life outside of study hours.
Also focus on sections you don’t have a passing score in, because if you fail specific sections consistently you won’t be able to pass.
If you’re able to sit down 30-60 mins a day with the Kanji you should be able to learn most of what you need in 50 days. I can recommend [kanji koohii](https://kanji.koohii.com/) or using the app called [Anki](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) for cramming kanji. You might need to look up a guide how to get started.
I also can’t stress enough how much reading a little every day will help you out. Try and find graded readers in Japanese for N4 – N3 level. Trying to read native material is also fine as long as you’re fine not understanding a lot of it.
The reading will help get the context right for the kanji you learn as well as beeing one of the best laguage learning methods as long as you enjoy the process.
You’d probably be able to cram enough to pass the test but probably won’t remember them after the fact.
Honestly, sit down and study kanji, and do a lot of reading outside of your study hours. The more you read, the more your comprehension goes up and the more you’ll enforce kanji into your head. Do something like RTK or kanji koohii on the side also.
If kanji is the only problem, download an n3 Anki deck calculate how many you need per day to see them all in 50 days, and get at it. It may not help your Japanese, but it would help you with the exam.
There are about 650 kanji on the N3 test. If you were to split that by 50 days you would need to study 13 kanji a day which is doable if the only other thing you need to study is reading, assuming that your grammar, vocab, and listening are already on point.
As for how to learn kanji, my wife used the Migaku Kanji God addon for Anki and was able to learn all the N5 kanji in 3 weeks and pass the test. I personally think it’s the most efficient and effective way to learn kanji especially if you already use Anki. The addon can be set up to create cards in JLPT order.
If you don’t use Anki I suggest you still start for this goal because it’s an excellent memorization tool.
Check out the Nihongo no Mori channel on YouTube and their website at https://nihongonomori.com – their teaching is really effective, and it might be worth the subscription cost to have good teaching/guidance. I of people who have said it allowed them to finally pass the N1 exam, and really like the way they go over kanji
Can you learn N3 Kanji in 50 days? I’d say yes. I crammed N3 level kanji by using Sou Matoume’s 6 week practice book, made an Anki deck and passed the kanji section of last December’s exam easily.
You can do it but you need a solid foundation of N5+N4 kanji as well if you want to pass the N3 as a whole.
As long as you get 95/180 points, you pass. If you’re getting 78% on practice tests, that sounds like a pass to me.