Overwhelmed by Kanji
Lately I've been starting to study for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, which I will be taking in December. I'm taking the "level 3," test, which is second to lowest. It basically gets you nowhere in terms of a job or whatever, but it'll be nice to know where my level is. I was emphatically assured by a number of people that I could ease through level 3 without a problem. Apparently they didn't know how bad my Kanji study has been.
I know nothing! Yipe! The upcoming months should prove interesting ...
Though in to be fair, 300 to memorize out of the 40,000-50,000 total doesn't seem so bad.
Comments
Well, that 30-40,000 is the number used in Chinese.
Studying Japanese, you're good with about 10,000, they say.
Posted by: roy | October 18, 2005 7:22 PM
10,000? No sweat!
Posted by: Justin | October 18, 2005 8:00 PM