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Nice!! 頑張って👍！
Good luck for the next 3 years.
Good luck~- We are going to come back to this post some time.
GOODLUCCKKKK
me, too! I just passed the 2016 December N2. If I study hard maybe I can do N1 this December.
I know one American that spend 10 years from N5 to N1. It will be a long road!
hahaha it doesn't need to be a 10 year road, jeeeez- If you study consistently and don't take entire semesters off then it will not take 10 years.
- If you're Chinese and grew up watching anime and/or Japanese dramas, it should take about a year. Maybe two years max.
- @ IJamLegend Depends how people do that. If not professional than 10 years and not less =D
- @ wigglysquire for Chinese that it pretty simple they already can write and know how it works. All what they need just to learn the different meaning and some changes. Not all Kanji are the same. That is basically all. Also learn Hiragana and Katakana.
I know another American that live in Japan since 5 years and he still didn't pass N2. It is not clear, everyone is different. But 5 years in Japan and as you can see N3 only. =D I have used even his Kanji list for N4. So it looks like that person really want, but for now can't. - It also depends on your skill level prior to coming here. I passed N3 before coming to Japan and it took me 9 months of living here to pass N2.
- But yea, Chinese people are lucky. They know most of the kanji already. They just need some listening skills, Hiragana, and katakana.
- Ah, living in the country of a language one is studying doesn't give much to them, who don't want to learn or who don't push themselves when needed. You have to be sure you progress. Else, it doesn't matter if you live in the country for 2 years, 6 years... 25 years 0-0
I've recently found a video, where a girl living in Japan took N2 after 2 years. I was kind of impressed and it also inspired me to work harder. Although she wasn't sure she passed, because it was difficult, and she said she will re do the test. But still inspiring. - Lincolnonion
Actually it is one of the easiest ways to learn the language. I know one woman, she is 60 years old. One day she decided to move to Spain. Do you think she could speak? No, hell no. She could do nearly anything. Language level was 0. But living in Spain and get used to it makes a great success.
Now she can speak and have no problem with Spanish. Many people do the same thing. Then that is natural and people not only learn, they use what they learned and mostly that is not even recognise like a learning.
When person needs to go to the doctor, major words are must be learned. Then it will be convenient. When person does not need it and just sit at home and thinking so many stupid words. Maybe I need them or maybe not. It will be twice harder. In the country it will be easy, because when person wants to survive it should be learned.
But somehow it does not work in Japan.
