I’m not blaming anyone if they don’t follow my blog…. it’s not exactly moving quickly with lots of updates.
One of the things I posted about often was memrise and how many points I got etc. It was nice while it lasted but the horrible ads in between exercises made me delete that app faster than Hazel can say booze (see “Girls with Slingshots”)
So I ended up with a lot free time after dumping memrise. Or not really. I rather ended up with time that was not blocked by memrise anymore. Not the same thing.
Anyway, what’s a man got to do with a brain the size of the earth, an ego the size of Jupiter and a language-curiosity as big as the sun?
One word: Kanken.
Although that’s actually 5 words:
Japan Kanji Aptitude Test (日本漢字能力検定, Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei)
It’s just that nobody calls it the full name. Mostly it’s Kanji Kentei or Kanken.
Anyway, it’s about Kanji (surprise, suprise) and here you can find all of them, by level:
https://www.nihongo-pro.com/kanji-pal/list/kanken
As usual in Japan, it’s start at the highest number with the simplest level (still not sure why they do this… it’s limiting) and I quickly rushed through 10 and 9, then decided to officially take level 8 (paper version), then proceeded to use the computer-based test to take (and pass) 7, 6 and 5.
Which means I’m currently studying for level 4. I just need to keep working at it, I guess. It’s doable. and it gives me brain something to do apart from all the other stuff I do.
Keep your fingers crossed for me.
Tags: Japanese, kanji, Kanji Kentei, Kanken