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JLPT N5 to N3: What to Actually Study First (In the Right Order)

"N5 to N3" gets talked about like it's one stretch of studying, but it's really three separate exams with three genuinely different skill demands stacked on…

Why Textbook Japanese Doesn't Prepare You for the JLPT Reading Section

Open an actual JLPT reading section and you'll notice something most textbooks never quite prepare you for: the passages don't read like textbook Japanese.…

Why JLPT-X Beats a Stack of JLPT Textbooks

If you've studied for the JLPT before, you probably own at least one shelf of textbooks a grammar reference, a kanji workbook, maybe a couple of practice test…