Adjective Part I - JLPT N5

  Adjectives for Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level N5

（１）　i-adjectives     

Level 1			広(ひろ)い	wide, spacious
大(おお)きい	big		Level 3
小(ちい)さい	small		高(たか)い	high, tall
高(たか)い	expensive		ひくい	low
安い(やすい)	cheap		長(なが)い	long
新(あたら)しい	new, fresh		おもい	heavy
古(ふる)い	old		かるい	light
いい	good		つよい	strong
わるい	bad		よわい	weak
むずかしい	difficult		くらい	dark
やさしい	easy		あかるい	bright
とおい	far		あかるい	cheerful
近(ちか)い	near, close		かわいい	cute, pretty
おいしい	good, tasty		Level 4
まずい	bad-tasting		あまい	sweet
いそがしい	busy		からい	hot, spicy
Level 2			あつい	thick
あつい	hot		うすい	thin
さむい	cold (temperature)		うすい	weak
つめたい	cold (object)		ふとい	thick
あたたかい	warm		ほそい	thin
すずしい	cool		わかい	young
おもしろい	interesting, fun		Level 5
つまらない	boring		少(すく)ない	a few
せまい	narrow		多(おお)い	many, much
いたい	painful
きたない	dirty, messy
あぶない	dangerous
うるさい	noisy
たのしい	pleasant
ほしい	want
Others
あおい	blue
赤(あか)い	red
きいろい	yellow
くろい	black
白(しろ)い	white
ちゃいろい	brown
ぬるい	lukewarm, tepid
まるい	round, circular
大(おお)きな+ Noun	big ...
小(ちい)さな + Noun	small ...

Exam JLPT - Realy Worth?

WHY JLPT?

Who can been studying Japanese for a while chances are that you heard of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT).  While some learners jump at the chance to prove their language skills, many of you may be wondering Why you choose to study JLPT? 

If you're going to work in Japan doing something that requires Japanese ability (in other words, not teaching English), you may be strongly urged or required to take the JLPT (level 1, the hardest; some relatively simple jobs may only require the JLPT 2). It used to be that if you were going to study at the undergraduate or graduate level (not study abroad, but actually enroll in a Japanese university), you also were recommended to take the JLPT, but now there is a separate (slightly easier) test for that. Still, if you are applying for a graduate program in Japan or your home country, passing the 1kyuu can help, if passing the JLPT will have little impact on your life. Besides these two purposes, it's simply a pissing contest. Now as an intellectual contest it can be fun, but even if you enjoy tests in general, there's nothing special to like about the JLPT.

Of course, I was reading philosophy and literature, which is probably not what a lot of the people taking the JLPT are working toward, but the JLPT is not simple a test of whether you can speak, listen, read, and write Japanese. It doesn't test speaking at all, and it barely tests writing, and then only indirectly. So if you just want to speak Japanese, there's no reason to take the JLPT. And because of the way the test is structured, even passing the 1kyuu doesn't mean you're “fluent” in Japanese. If you aren't looking for work or school, of course you can still pay a lot of money and take the JLPT for fun, but if I were you I'd save my money and just buy more textbooks instead.

If you don't need a certificate saying you have a college level reading ability in Japanese, there's little reason to take the JLPT. I hear a lot of people complain that when they studied for the 1kyuu (and even the 2kyuu), they had to study a lot of things they had never seen or heard and never saw again after the test. Well, as I was preparing for the 1kyuu, I often encountered the grammar and vocabulary I was studying in the books I was reading. 

Japan - Facts

•         Raw horse meat is a popular food in Japan.
•         Sometimes the trains are so crowded railway staff are employed to cram passengers inside.
•         Many couples in Japan celebrate Christmas like Valentine's Day.  It is definitely more of a "lovers" holiday in Japan.
•         Poorly written English can be found everywhere, including T-shirts and other fashion items.
•         More than 70% of Japan consists of mountains, including more than 200 volcanoes.
•         Mt. Fuji, the tallest mountain in Japan, is an active volcano (although scientists have not reached a consensus on what defines "active").
•         Religion does not play a big role in the lives of most Japanese and many do not understand the difference between Shintoism and Buddhism.  However, there are also many Japanese who do understand the difference.
•         A nice musk melon, similar to a cantaloupe, may sell for over $300US.  For example, a nice specimen of Yubari melon.  These are often physically perfect, not like their American counterparts with dark smudges and scars.
•         There are four different writing systems in Japan; Romaji, Katakana, Hiragana, and Kanji.
•         Coffee is very popular and Japan imports approximately 85% of Jamaica's annual coffee production.
•         Japan's literacy rate is almost 100%.
•         Sumo is Japan's national sport, although baseball is also very popular.
•         Sumo wrestlers eat a stew called Chankonabe to fatten up. Many restaurants in the Ryogoku district of Tokyo serve this nabe (Japanese word for stew).
•         Most toilets in Japan have a built-in bidet system for spraying your backside.  These are known as washlets and are now the norm in homes and nicer restrooms.  However, in some train stations and other public restrooms you may still find the traditional Japanese "floor toilet".

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