In my opinion, JLPT3 is a "good" level and if you have it, you can definitely say that you speak Japanese. It's also a realistic goal that many people can achieve. If you are serious about learning Japanese, it will make perfect sense to try to pass it. But if you are interesting communicating with Japanese people, there are many other things that tests don't cover because the way Japanese people speak Japanese can be different from the way textbooks teach you. So if you want to learn Japanese with me, I can send you some Japanese lessons where I teach you the kind of Japanese that Japanese people actually speak. Click here and subscribe bit.ly/3btTyxB

@japanlifestory

4 жыл бұрын

smooth segue

@FA-nl5fi

4 жыл бұрын

I passed the N5 about 4 years ago, I'm planning to just skip the rest of the levels and focus on passing N2 as passing that opens up job prospects as opposed to N3

@PrettyTranslatorSarahMoon

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't know why people are so obsessed with the JLPT. It's not a very good test. 🤷‍♀️

@PrettyTranslatorSarahMoon

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, it's worth taking if it's a requirement for a job or something, but just as a diagnostic test I feel it's very lacking.

@CryofthePlanet

4 жыл бұрын

This is reassuring to hear. I've been studying for a little while now and lately have been feeling frustrated with what feels like a lack of progress. But I understood almost everything in this video and got all the questions right, so maybe it's so bad after all.

After many years of study Japanese, I can proudly proclaim that my Japanese is on the level of a grade schooler

@marceorigoni6614

4 жыл бұрын

same. So true, so sad lol :v

@bernardopena7239

3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, I think those kids are 10 years ish, that is 10 years of 24/7 japanese exposition so I would guess you're good lmao.

@JapanWalkerJJ

3 жыл бұрын

Many years and only grade school level? Y'all really need to do the AJATT method because the traditional method is so slow and inconsistent and frustrating, I already got to this level within a year (not including the small prior knowledge that i had before doing AJATT)

@sivantroye5596

2 жыл бұрын

マジで草

@avlinrbdig5715

Жыл бұрын

my stepsister now has a child just turned two years of age. He can almost speak complete sentences at this point, although his conjunctions are lacking. i would be impressed by anyone becoming that proficcient in a language in 2 years tbh

These kids were so cute and polite. The girl on her own was especially well-spoken and was able to explain her thought process more clearly than most adults could - future teacher maybe!

@abilmut

4 жыл бұрын

No kyoushi in daigaku

I love how one girl was explaining everything. Better than some of my Japanese "teachers".

@Charlie-hv3dh

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@yurifontoura2189

4 жыл бұрын

wtfffff that's so weeeeird broooo

@Anderson-ly9no

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking, she explained all selections so clearly it's amazing, she can be a very good teacher if she want to.

@nanoberserem6846

4 жыл бұрын

Its meant she's more smarter thn your teachers...

@inao7545

4 жыл бұрын

@@nanoberserem6846 Smart people sometimes can't explain stuff to others, cause it is easy for them. She definitely has the ability to organise and make her point clear. I hope she will have a chance to use in future.

やった！合格したんだ。 I'm quite impressed with these kids reasoning skills. While these questions were certainly relatively simple for them, their explanations for why and their word choices for explaining it seemed a bit more mature and sophisticated compared to kids in my country.

@canmufu3923

4 жыл бұрын

Not to knock kids in the US or call them idiots, but I'd go a step further and bet that 70% or so of our kids can't make any sophisticated explanations like this, even while usually being able to feel out the right answer. That's not everything of course, and street smarts seem or creative thinking seem to make up a lot of the difference between the two groups.

@dynamicjaethought7788

4 жыл бұрын

It depends on the school I think. Say, children in inner city schools, or with lower budgets... don't get the funding to improve education quality. In schools that are private or more well of have higher levels of teacher and student quality. Lower funded schools, teachers are like hired baby sitters. The kids don't want to be there, and the teachers are too underpaid. In private schools and better off to do districts, the students are getting more structured help(even if they hire a tutor for personal help)...and the teachers do not feel as over worked. I grew up in Asia(Philippines), and once I came to American schools (did my last couple of years in high school, and went to college). I learned how class and lesson structures work, and they difference between schools. I am a teacher today.

@krysztof6917

4 жыл бұрын

Omgggg ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden, have you ever played the game?

@AConnorDN38416

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, I can't imagine most 9-12-year-olds in the US so easily using words like "antonym" to explain grammar. I feel like most kinds in the US would be able to answer these questions but have difficulty explaining their reasoning

@AConnorDN38416

4 жыл бұрын

it makes sense, though given how much more demanding k-12 is in Japan than countries like the US. Kids in the US don't go to 塾 so they can get into their high school of choice.

Next video: "Can Japanese infants pass JLPT N5?"

@valentinavelikova1765

4 жыл бұрын

A weird observation... My boyfriend, who is Japanese, came across my JLPT testbook and started doing the tests for fun and surprisingly, he did the most mistakes on N5 and the least mistekes on N2. He told me that's becasue N5 has no (or very little) kanji. I think Jpanese people rely on kanji very much in order to understand the sentence and some of the questions in N5 he found very "weird".

@BohdanMelnychuk

4 жыл бұрын

@Le Canh Trong B1505563 why? :)

@anutidasakaguchi3472

4 жыл бұрын

@@valentinavelikova1765 Agree, My Japanese bf either he could not understand if that sentence has no kanji.

@jason2014

4 жыл бұрын

@@valentinavelikova1765 My wife says N5 sounds very unnatural because of how much restriction there is to common grammar points. It's probably best just to study N4 from the beginning because it will cover the N5 vocabulary anyway, without the strange beginner sentence structures..

@pcho93

4 жыл бұрын

Weebs who claim to understand videos without subtitles sure can't.

Kids in this video: "This was easy." Adults from the other videos: "This that new math."

@user-uo1dv6pd3u

4 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭😭

I think if you gave adult native English speakers a similar English proficiency test you'd have the same kind of results vs if you gave it to school aged English speaking kids. The adults would most likely struggle more with it. Just like you suggested, old people like me haven't actually studied English in class in a long time. So while we use English constantly every day, unless you're an English teacher, a writer, or just a language nerd we really don't think about things like grammar, sentence structure, and such very deeply anymore. We just use English the way it sounds correct and natural to our ears without really understanding why it sounds correct and natural.

@suiken3149

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. I have high grades with English test but my oral skills are poor. Even if I am good with writing, sometimes, I forget the spelling and patterns even if I know how to used them correctly, so I have to double check and proofread.

@jjnolastname8386

4 жыл бұрын

suiken same but that’s even more for me in Spanish since I use it significantly less sometimes I don’t even know the word and it’s difficult

@totaldramagamer5521

4 жыл бұрын

It's like the difference between the words 'a' and 'an' in a sentence. You know when it's right, and sure as heck know when it's wrong, but do we ever really think about why?

@RBuckminsterFuller

4 жыл бұрын

@@totaldramagamer5521 Just be happy you're not dealing with a language like Swedish where the a/an words are "en/ett" and there literally is no rule. Every word is basically an exception, so you just have to learn whether it's en or ett when you learn the word.

@totaldramagamer5521

4 жыл бұрын

@@RBuckminsterFuller Ironically, the rule for 'a' and 'an' is probably one of the most consistent, non-exceptional rules for English. If the next word after 'a' starts with a consonant... it's 'a'. If the next word after 'a' starts with a vowel.. it's 'an'. The only exception I can think where this doesn't apply is for names / proper nouns. Other than that, all sentences follow that structure pretty reliably.

That kid with the glasses quietly giving out the correct answers is such a dear

Please do more video with Kids. Their speech is much cleaner than adults speech and it looks like what we actually learn in Japanese Courses. It's easy to understand. They were amazing explaining the reasoning behind their choices and they are surprisingly more prone to talk confidently in front of a camera than adults.

@benfsinger

Жыл бұрын

It's challenging because you'd need the adult parents or guardians to give approval for their kids to appear in the video, but otherwise I agree they are great!

They are so cute and smart.

@aikslf

4 жыл бұрын

the girl in 3rd grade who was with her brother was adorable!

@SharapovaFan

4 жыл бұрын

*FBI has entered the chat.*

@dynamicjaethought7788

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, children are adorable at that age, they are innocent, and know nothing outside being a kid. When they turn into teenagers, it all starts going down hill(especially in the US)...then they turn into adults and become even worse.

@suiken3149

4 жыл бұрын

@@dynamicjaethought7788 It depends on the environment they are exposed at. If their family and school are respectable, they will also grow into respectable people.

@gamermapper

4 жыл бұрын

@@dynamicjaethought7788 teenagers are way better then kids. Kids are OK, than teens are absolutely the worst, they watch only popular cringe, they're bullies, offensive in any way like racist etc and they can't talk. Teenagers are the best.

4:45 The ghost in the upper left corner is like wtf.

@saya0076

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf,

@ccengineer5902

4 жыл бұрын

Man that freaked me out for a sec.

@exploretheworld17

4 жыл бұрын

@@ccengineer5902 holy moly wtf is that

@ccengineer5902

4 жыл бұрын

@@exploretheworld17 It's just a reflection of an advertisement displayed on a building across the street.

@shitbomber

4 жыл бұрын

haha holy shit, I'm legitimately scared rn

This is honestly one of my favorite videos you've done so far. To me, this is fascinating. There are so many opportunities to learn with it. I am listening to them speak, and really loving all I can pick up from this. Very, very educational.

Cuteness overload

@souplover947

4 жыл бұрын

japanese kids are so cute smart and respectful (usually) lol

@kiwoxgen9929

4 жыл бұрын

FBI OPEN UP

一人目の女の子めちゃくちゃ賢そう。日本語をこれだけ説明できる小6、なかなかいないよ。

@user-wf5px9mm7c

Жыл бұрын

あと、とにかく可愛いと思います。

So much cuteness, and how they didn't treat bad to each other if they got it wrong. Thanks Yuta for the subtitles.

@user-pd6bd7ir4z

4 жыл бұрын

nice culture, at this age group at least, even in china . the same.

@irdEllMilla

4 жыл бұрын

Also, it's great that the children seems to have their own answer,

I can't shake the feeling that they were more proficient than I was in our respective native languages at the same age 😂

@AkaiNiwatori1

4 жыл бұрын

Because they actually go over language theory in Japan. It's necessary due to their larger range of grammar forms especially when compared to English and when talking about raw grammar (not expressions etc). They talk about these things just like they're rationalizing in class. I've been to a Japanese class for this age range in Japan countless times. So your deduction is correct lol

@georget9640

4 жыл бұрын

In America students are getting dumber and dumber each year

@cooltwittertag

4 жыл бұрын

@@georget9640 It is true that American students are 1-3 years behind in education compared to developed nations in Europe and Asia, as well as Ocenia.

@chaeyoungsbestie414

3 жыл бұрын

@@AkaiNiwatori1 I would argue English grammar is a subject that should be studied intensively in schools, because of assumptions like yours (that the raw grammar itself is not complex, which is wholly untrue). Unless you go to a parochial school, grammar is oft neglected by our modern education system in the US (since it was a large part of elementary school curriculum up until perhaps the 70s). Language theory is so critical and important, and it’s a shame since our education system is one that places little emphasis on literacy and comprehension (a sizeable percentage of ppl in the US are not functionally literate). It’s not an issue inherent to English, or any language for that matter, as all languages are by definition equally complex in composition (all languages, signed or spoken, must satisfy various scientifically operationalized criteria to be considered a language as opposed to a dialect or a patois).

@AkaiNiwatori1

3 жыл бұрын

@@chaeyoungsbestie414 I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said nor have I made the assumption that English grammar isn’t complex and interesting. I enjoy both Japanese and English grammar theory. I just happen to be able to get into Japanese grammar discussions a bit more since it’s still fresh and difficult.

Man that kid just wanted to eat his ice cream in peace

I'm getting hypnotized by Yutas eyebrow movements ㅜㅜ

They speak so clearly even with masks on. I would listen to them for hours, especially the first girl. They inspire me.

あの二人の女の子めっちゃ可愛かったです！それに賢い💗

@sqda

4 жыл бұрын

変わってますね

The kids are so good at explaining the answers which has actually really helped me to consolidate my learning. As a teacher, it is also really lovely to see them explain their reasoning in this way.

Me on the first question: Oh this is easy. I got it right. Question 2-5: えっと。。。。

@souplover947

4 жыл бұрын

those were all easy questions bro ditch the textbooks and read more stuff in japanese

@333DOT.

4 жыл бұрын

they were so easy

@saiyjin98

4 жыл бұрын

ぜったいむりよ!

@johnmarvel8729

4 жыл бұрын

@@saiyjin98 ぜったい難しいよ

@sqda

4 жыл бұрын

meanwhile me, barely N5 proficiency

Nobody want to comment how cute the 13 years old boy is?. Here in US, 13 years old boy feel like 20 in terms of face.🤣

@xxxmeiji1260

4 жыл бұрын

Omg yes

@user-lu5us5zk2x

4 жыл бұрын

せやな

@MrLump

4 жыл бұрын

Not that, it’s just the ones that look older are more confident and vocal.

@user-vy2gp9zf9w

4 жыл бұрын

Yasss

I stopped at N3. It felt like a good place to stop since I didn't foresee myself ever moving to Japan or having to use Japanese for work. I do sometimes think about going for N2 or higher though... Purely for self-edification at this point.

@ColossalPCandGaming

4 жыл бұрын

i would advice to atleast go for n2, as i think n3 and n2 are really different. u might be able to enjoy reading japanese novels, but i am not sure xD anyway glad to meet others who also love learning other languages !

@orthodoxjimmy

4 жыл бұрын

I think I might stop at the N3 too

@diegeenewwave7079

4 жыл бұрын

Go for it! If you achieved N3 you can go further! /o/

@nocturnallight2640

4 жыл бұрын

Diego Rodriguez honestly I'm kind of the persuasion that N3 isn't that good...apart from basic conversational abilities(the actual test doesn't even test speaking), if you want to enjoy most Japanese media, you'll need at least a N2. I guess it depends on what you want from the language.

@nocturnallight2640

4 жыл бұрын

To put it another way, out of the over 2000 kanji within Joyo, only about 600 used up to N3. If you actually want to be able to do anything with the language, you're going to be running into a lot of shit you don't know lol

小六のマスクしてる女の子ハッキリしててなおかつ頭良さそうでめっちゃ好感持てる、説明も上手いし塾講師とか向いてそう

一年前N１合格した。しかし、ただ簡単な日本語が話せるレベルだと思います。日本語を勉強すればするほど、分からないことは多くなってきました。もう「日本語上手～」のような褒めに飽きました。いつでも「えっ、あいつ日本人じゃねえの？」のレベルになりたいなあ

@jerome3201

4 жыл бұрын

ヤベェ、これ分かる。日本語の勉強に進みたいけど、やっぱ日本人と話せないと、なんか今のはただの無駄な努力してると思っちゃうの。

@jerome3201

4 жыл бұрын

@ゴブリンの息子_ ありがたいで草

@kazutinoco8348

4 жыл бұрын

確かに。

@beyondthepinnacle5467

4 жыл бұрын

かなり日本人の日常的な単語とは隔たる傾向にあるね〜

@jjb2655

4 жыл бұрын

実はJLPT以外の単語が多いです。試験はいいことはいいが、JLPTを勉強してばかりいてはダメだと思います。

I cnt help but smile ❤️ The kids were so polite! Love this one!

I am absolutely loving this series of various people doing JLPT questions. More than just knowing if they (and I) got the question right or not, hearing them reason about it and comparing it to my own reasoning gives me so much more easily understandable information about my actual Japanese level and how my thinking differs or doesn't from a native speaker. I find this format really easy to follow along with, whereas I quickly get tired of trying to do practice tests or anything like that.

0:45 This one explain everything very well! :)

As I'm studying for the N3 now and have started to work with this grammar, I found this video really helpful! Thank you for your effort! I enjoyed hearing there simple deductive reasoning skills from the native speaking perspective. N3 here I come :D

Love the videos as always

Just found out that YT had turned off the notifications for your channel, I'm glad I was digging up the "followings" section and found you back hehe

Learned some new words out of these kids' explanations and saved some of them on Anki. Like 逆説、国語、対義語、 etc. Thank you for this!

I loved the video in general but also the fact that I exactly knew, where this was filmed :D Oh dear Shibuya, how I miss you!

as a japanese learner... i cannot believe a small child has beaten me to death with no effort

9 yrs old japanese: reads kanji words fine me at 9 yrs old: i am potato

@flamywolfie

4 жыл бұрын

Um ok.

@dipucena1049

4 жыл бұрын

R u japanese?

@souplover947

4 жыл бұрын

they've spent over 5,000 hours surrounded with their native language and have to read for 3+ hours a day in school just like we had to read english. of course they would know it its not magic bro.

@flamywolfie

4 жыл бұрын

@@souplover947 I don't think this @real cartoon girl would understand. After all she's probably 9 years old and thinks random=funny.

@workinprogress6504

4 жыл бұрын

I once told by a teacher, "your language comprehensive may be lacking than any 9y'o children from their respective countries."

I definitely thought the N3 would be easy for this age group but I guess I was wrong. I forget what its like to be an elementary student I guess I passed the N2 last summer and hopefully will take the N1 this summer if its not cancelled by coronavirus

@a9ermanleper

4 жыл бұрын

I thought it already was cancelled? At least they aren't taking any new registrations at this time. Must depend on the country?

@_heed

4 жыл бұрын

@@a9ermanleper deppend on the place

@kosame3236

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@AkaiNiwatori1

4 жыл бұрын

Most of them were getting the right answers so as much as they're throwing around the word, "difficult" I know it wasn't. It is easy for them. And the ordering of the JLPT doesn't make any sense anyway. They'll probably find some N1 stuff easier to handle depending on the question. A lot of N2 and N1 stuff is actually very common and simple for natives but we're not introduced to it until said level lol. I've passed N1 and can say I still have a long way to go, but using the Mass Immersion Approach has helped immensely. I didn't even study for it. I just took it

@mutiyangpilingbabae9207

4 жыл бұрын

Ganbatte ne~ Mimi-san

Nice video. I am currently studying in order to take JLPT N3 later this year and this was a great motivation to keep up with my studies.

めちゃ面白かった。ヴィデオ見ながら、テスト答えました、日本人子供は賢いいですね

Love your videos Yuta :)

omg they're so smart and cuuuuuute 🥰

Yuta, you did a great job helping the kids feel comfortable enough to answer the test questions! Kids can often be shy so this was cool to see. I was surprised by their reasoning skills and knowledge of Japanese grammar at their age, many Japanese adults wouldn't know/bother to go that far! Do you think it is a difference in quality of education in different generations, a difference in behavior related to age (adults unwilling to share their thought path due to some social constraint), or have I just not met any willing adults? LOL. Good video!

The girl at 0:56 is literally me in language exams. Don't know how to explain my choice of answer except saying it "doesn't look right" but still got it anyway 🤣🤣

These kids are all so cute >.

Althogh I have passed N1 test about 10 years ago, I think the forth question is a little bit difficult. Choice 1,2,3 are all correct, but they are not written in the paragragh in detail. By the way, the first girl looks quite cute and intelligent. I wish if she could be a teacher when she is grown up.

I love Japanese!! I’m in level 2 and faced jlpt N1 in December..hope to improve more…from Japan 🇯🇵🇱🇰

Got them all right. There's definitely a jump from N3 to N2. I passed the N2 a couple of years ago, but it was really hard.

I'm currently studying for the N2 test (I've never sat any other JLPT test). Fortunately I got all of these answers right, but I found the kids explanations (and your subtitles for them) very helpful. Grammar is a big sticking point for me right now.

They are so cute... of course!! They can pass it.. I have N2 but I cannot explain things like them.. awesome 👏

Me, a JLPT 4,9: Alright, let's pause to read the question. Why not. (2 seconds later) *surprised Pikachu face* Also, it must have been a breeze for Yuta to do a segue for his course on this one! 😁

@acgm046

4 жыл бұрын

@Dark of the knight It is for me! I haven't learned enough kanji to even read a small portion of that, and I haven't learned much grammar either.

@krazykrazy14100

4 жыл бұрын

@@acgm046 I had the same reaction lol! I could read the hiragana and some Kanji but couldn't necessarily understand the context of the sentence since I haven't gotten to good with grammar yet. Good luck with your Japanese studies!

As a junior high school ALT who recently passed N2, I'd like to see a video with junior high school kids doing N2 questions.

Up until now I always thought 今ごろ meant "nowadays/in recent years". Maybe I was just conflating 今時 and この頃. In any case, 勉強になりました.

i went 2/3 for the first 3 questions, but i was so wiped out from the 3rd question’s length that the 4th one just had me like “aight nope” lol

@MistyshaAnguo

4 жыл бұрын

同じです。lol

@user-su4dd9kp7l

4 жыл бұрын

You only really need to read like two sentences for the 3rd one. The rest is just fluff

It's nice watching the kids answer the questions, it brings back memories. Being a Nikkeijin I had to take the JLPT, because Japanese was not the native language that I was using as I grew up. The fact that I had taken IELTS, Eiken and Goethe Zertifikat at a younger age before taking JLPT, now I don't know what my native language is. To my annoyance, my relatives would always use our prefecture's dialect when talking to me while I use Hyōjungo, so I always feel out of place. As a form of revenge I use archaism instead even when we are in public. It's like Hyōjungo but with pronouns and sentence ending from the Edo period.

This was such a edifying video

This actually makes me feel a lot better about my japanese abilities. I never studied for the JLPT but I comfortably managed to get all the questions right.

I like glasses-boy's blue and yellow jacket, it's a very nice colour combination.

I feel like recently, I can actually understand the feelings of the people's voices when they speak in Japanese, it's not just a jumble of words anymore. It's become an actual part of my brain, and I can't stop it!

@user-qh7rw5gy5i

Жыл бұрын

Do you actually understand what they're saying though

@OddZodd

Жыл бұрын

@@user-qh7rw5gy5i That was two years ago lol I'll have to rewatch to see how I've improved 🤔

@user-qh7rw5gy5i

Жыл бұрын

@@OddZodd Yeah you wrote that comment around the time I started. I'm confident to say that I knew about 80% of what they were saying. The things I didn't understand were mainly 国語 related vocabulary, like when that girl said 対義語

The kids are so endearing! :)

Damn. JLPT1 here but because I self studied I never took proper classes and learnt stuff like 対義語 and 逆説. Thanks to the girl at 2:50!

@bryancurran3051

4 жыл бұрын

I started self studying a year ago and consider myself ~N4. I was able to understand easily all of the dialogue in this video and got the first couple questions right, but got last on the latter 2. What resources do you think were the most critical in your self learning?

@M_SC

4 жыл бұрын

She’s really good isn’t she

@Nersius

4 жыл бұрын

@@bryancurran3051 Rando here, download Anki for flash cards, see if you cannot find native materials (difficulty level guide of everything Japanese from Japanese Level Up helpfs here), Tae Kim, Jisho, and purchase a JLPT test prep/textbook every once in a while to wade through.

@Nixthyo

4 жыл бұрын

@@bryancurran3051 I learnt via eroge using JParser to add furigana (Monash University's Edict dictionary) on top of Kanji that I hook from the game. For listening, I listen to lots of seiyuu radio and stuff. I have some Japanese friends online so I practice my speech with them.

@pinghao4784

4 жыл бұрын

I agree that she's so smart explaining everything lol But she said 逆接, not 逆説.

i passed n4 last december and it was so exiting and fun. so i wanted to do n3 this summer but because of corona i canceld this plan. got all questions right so its extra frustrating. the kids were so adorable and smart.

Those are some precious cute kids you interviewed

Were some of the interviews by the "Green Frog" train in Shibuya? I just saw it referenced in the game "428 Shibuya Scramble", so it's cool to see if so.

I like the lady soloist. She can explain her reasoning and back up the other answers even incorrect ones. She must be smart and doing well in school.

They are so cute and lovely ❤ May they be successful and happy in life.

I am gooing to try my first JLPT (N4) in July, but I am so happy I got questions 1 and 2 right! 3 and 4 I honestly didn't try because the text woudl've taken me half an hour to read haha Also, this girl explaining each possible answer and why they are wrong as opposed to the one which is right: GIVE HER A JLPT TEACHNG SECTION ON YOUR CHANNEL! This is literally the best way to teach japanese in my opinion (to people who already know the basics). Please do more of this! Having example questions which explanations for each possible answer is sooo good!

@KarutoZoaldyeck

Жыл бұрын

How far are you now bro

Last one was the hardest but I managed to get them all right :-) I had originally planned on taking N3 this summer but decided to postpone. Nice to see that I am fine with the level and the reading of the texts was actually really understandable and easier than the ones in my textbook, which could sometimes be a little gruelling. I just have problems with trusting myself with the multiple choice (in England we don't have a lot of multiple choice tests) so I second guess my answers!

you gotta do more of these. The first question was pretty easy , but the second when I was like oh shit. But when that kid broke each answer down I learned a lot. Props to him, he explained it really well.　 Edit: I got to the third one, read that entire paragraph to get to "araware , another word I barely studied. Along with "hazu", an even rarer word for me. Needless to say I needed to wait for that kid to drop his knowledge on me again. Dude seriously come here and teach japanese lol. Hes going to teach throughout the whole vid isnt he. Anyway this one was super helpful for learning.

It looks like a very difficult language tp learn the written part more so but I love Japan especially Osaka.

I had the first 3 right, just by feel more or less. I didn't read the whole text. Didn't think it was necessary. I skipped the fourth one. Didn't want to put too much effort into it just now. My reading skills have deteriorated a lot, since I never use it. I have the old 3kyū, which would now be N4.

Wow. I feel happy that I can understand as much as the kids do at least. I feel like at least that gives you a big foundation to stand on to improve. (Also maybe I'm just a good guesser)

This was quite an eye opener as I got them all right despite not knowing some of the kanji. I suppose there will be harder questions than this in the actual exam, but I think if you apply common sense and expose yourself enough to the language you can at the very least take very educated guesses. As soon as I passed N4 I stopped studying cause I got lazy, but maybe it's time to continue.

These kids are adorable

I took N3 a couple years ago and I plan to take N2 this year, but I learned quite a lot from the detailed explanations. They expressed very clearly the nuances of phrases where even if I got the answer right I wasn't necessarily 100% sure.

Lol jlpt n3 feels like a pipe dream to me and these kids out here sounding like they have PhDs and teach college XD

@souplover947

4 жыл бұрын

jlpt n3 isn't even hard at all. spend an hour a day reading native writing in japanese starting from easy stuff, an hour listening to japanese people talking (anime is ok too), and 20 minutes reviewing vocabulary in anki. and you could pass n3 in less than a year with only about 2 hours a day of investment. just for a comparison, most people spend over 4 hours a day on social media or watching netflix. so its very possible and not a pipe dream at all. you just have to invest your time in the right things.

@promisedlan2985

4 жыл бұрын

N3 is the revised exam to bridge the obsolete 2kyuu and 3kyuu due to the striking difference of difficulty between the 2 level, hence the current N5 and N4 is equivalent to obsolete 4kyuu and 3kyuu respectively. So N3 shouldn't be that hard depends on the amount of time you have committed in the study and usage.

@Dropkickurteacher

3 жыл бұрын

@@souplover947 Would haven’t the Romanji and English translation help?

Everyone: *gets correct* I was struggling between option 1 or 3! Spec kid in blue sweater: *always correct* THERE IS ONLY A ONE TRUTH! Man, he just gave the answer and doesn't bother to explain most of the time. Why bother to explain to the pleb when there is only true answer?

@SAIMONch

4 жыл бұрын

The description "spec kid in blue sweater" fits conan tbh

Only tripped up on the last one. That was fun though. I feel somewhat validated that I got the same score as a couple of the kids haha.

Just how i used to do in my english test....."oh ...cause it doesn't feel righr here in the sentence so it should be wrong" 😁😁😂

thanks for sharing sir,

Love the post. Interesting to see how Japanese kids react to being stopped on the street and given a test (like they don't get enough in school!). I think here in the US stopping random kids and asking similar questions (in English of course) would not have as successful an outcome. Culturally I don't think we prize education in the same way as it is help in esteem in Japan.

i've already learned N5, but I don't practicing again and again same one cause it feels interesting, vocabulary isn't that tough once you fully know entire N5 kanji list. 私は勉強しています。well I found different vocabulary words from different kanji level. I might try and forming more grammatical sentences since i'm still learning to form sentences. (it's really fun to learn once you've learned how to read and write them)

I am studying for N4, but I tried to answer all the questions on my own in this video, and I was pleasantly surprised to get many of them correct. The Mt. Fuji paragraph was the perfect level for me, and I got the question right. It made me so happy because recently I have been demotivated. 😊🥰

God bless these cute, polite children.

they are so cuteeee

The first question about 今ごろ; it seems a lot of English materials are incorrectly or only partially explaining it as "these days", but based on the question featured, as well as other Japanese examples online, 今ごろ means more of a supposition. The answer translates roughly to "the cherry blossoms should be blooming in Tokyo around this time", but a person who was told that 今ごろ means "nowadays" would choose number 3, roughly meaning "there aren't a lot of purchases made using cash these days". It's interesting because the question stumped the kids more than the others.

I love YOU Yuta mwah mwah mwah

Didn’t know what I was expecting but there voices were really different then I expected

Thanks for this video, it has been pretty informative. I do agree that adults are probably less trained to be doing tests like that on a basis which is why they may score worst on N1 based on scores alone. Additionally, I feel that this video also kinds of confirm my thoughts that N3 is roughly the level of middle school students. あぁ、もっと頑張なければなりませんね。

that kid with the glasses is so precious

I just signed up to take N3 in July (assuming it doesn't get cancelled). I got all 3 questions in this right, but not with 100% certainty. That makes me a bit nervous for the test.

I am currently studying for the JLPT N4 exam, and I've seen this video before but looking back at it now, it's good to see I was able to answer the first 3 questions correctly. I was able to read the first short passage about the mountain climbing and understand it wholly but queation 4, the last short passage was where my limited kanji knowledge became an obstacle. As Japanese language learners from outside, we usually wonder how Japanese people learn Japanese and how much could they understand at certain ages. These are elementary kids, they were able to answer the questions correctly, but some of them were unsure and some got them wrong. They use the same thinking of, "This is the correct answer because: a. They know for sure how the word is used, b. They know for sure the others choices are how not the word is used and c. The other choices sound weird. This just tells me not to get too hasty with learning, because even Japanese people had to learn these as well. But they have the advantage of time and opportunity to always learn and practice in everyday life.

3:48 the left kid be like "told ya"

私がインタビューされたら、 11歳で6年生です。 算数と英語です。

@katelyn3369

4 жыл бұрын

図工も*

2:24 "Yay. Yatta."

Oh boy, I'm kinda nervous to watch this. I've passed JLPT N4 last year and I felt like I got away with murder on that one. Still need to work, my kanji knowledge SUCKS. SO bad. But yeah I feel like if I pass N3 one day and I do it convincingly, I'll be quite satisfied.

Wow

these kids are awesome the US has a lot of work to do on its education system I read we are like 2-3 years behind other countries

now I'm curious if they'd have any more difficulty with N2. I'm making my way through the N2 grammar right now and it's really not that different from the N3 grammar. There is a bit more nuance but most it doesn't seem like a big leap from N3 to N2, at least as far as grammar.

I would like to see Japanese people try the JLPT N1 listening questions. You know the really long ones at the end of the test that you have to listen to the 4 different answers because it’s not written down.