Nikyuu vocabulary list - kanji ?

[Flamehearted]

Hi all,

Just wondering, for the Vocabulary section of the nikyuu test (not the kanji section) is the candidate expected to know the 4000 or so vocab words from just the kanji alone - or is knowing the hiragana enough ?

Tx !

Martin

[Belton]

I'm not sure if it is all 4000 but kanji are used in the reading comprehension.
I presume these are from the 1000 or so you're expected to know for nikyuu.
I also presume kanji will also appear in the grammar section.
As I'm not taking the test I haven't looked too closely at the past papers, beyond the reading comprehension part.

[Javizy]

Throughout the test, only the kanji that you aren't expected to know have furigana. However, if there is a known and unknown kanji together in a compound, e.g. 蛇口, it still has furigana, so it's pretty lenient.

I've been working through the workbooks from White Rabbit Press. There is a vocabulary, grammar, and reading volume, set out as an eight week course. The first six days in each week have words, grammar, and reading articles that you need to learn with some simple questions, and the seventh day has practice questions in the style of the real test.

You might want to try some Level 3 practice tests that are floating about as well if you're not familiar with the format of the things.

[Flamehearted]

Ah thanks all but that doesn't really answer the question - anyone else know if the 4000 or so vocab words on the prescribed list need to be learn from Kanji alone ?

[Belton]

Not all of them because not all of them will use kanji just from the level 2 list.

For any that use kanji that are on the level 2 syllabus in whole or part you will need to be able to read those words from kanji. It sometimes varies as to whether they use kanji or hiragana when writing a word.
For those words or parts of words that don't use level 2 kanji, the hiragana is enough.
Any kanji used on the test that aren't in the Level 2 list will have furigana.

[Flamehearted]

Tx Belton - that's great news

[john10074]

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