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How I Take Notes (Cram) For JLPT N3
How I Take Notes (Cram) For JLPT N3
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about how I take notes and pretty much cram for the test. I’m not focusing on
listening as in all my practice tests, listening is the best aspect, but I really do
need to work on vocabulary and Kanji. As I’ve mentioned many times before, just
making lists of words won’t help, but learning the vocabulary word or Kanji in
For that reason, I’ve made a color coding system for my notebook and it helps
sentences.
Notebooks
2. Thin Muji A5 brown notebook (from a pack of 5 with different colored spines)
The Nihongo 500-mon book, and my Kakao Friends notebook for vocab
Stationery & Color coding system
Black pens (Muji 0.35, 0.5 and Daiso pens) = Kanji and kana
Yellow marker = Highlighting words I still need to memorize after reviewing once
Process
3. Check if there are any new words, especially if I got the question wrong
6. If there are new vocab words, write them using the system above into a larger
vocabulary notebook
7. Review regularly and highlight using yellow if I still need to get the word in my
long-term memory
Other notes
I mark the pages in my test practice book with sticky notes. One note is for where
I need to summarize from (meaning put new words or grammar explanations into
my notebooks), and the other note means I still need to highlight words to be put
That’s about it for now, because I should probably get back to studying.