Exam facts
The Japanese subject is offered only in Japanese, unlike the other basic academic subjects.
- Scoring
- Reading and listening total 0–400; writing is scored 0–50.
- Order
- Writing comes first, then reading, then listening.
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EXAM KNOWLEDGE MAP
This subject tests not how much grammar you know but whether you can process academic Japanese under time pressure. The twelve chapters follow the syllabus's four sections: the reading chapters match the drills now open, while the listening-reading, listening, and writing chapters are marked as official scope with their banks still in preparation.
Written from the four sections of JASSO's Japanese syllabus. The current bank leads with reading; the listening-reading, listening, and writing chapters describe official scope while their drills are added in later batches.
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FINAL REVIEW BOARD
The Japanese subject is offered only in Japanese, unlike the other basic academic subjects.
Even when you cannot finish, these three still carry most of the marks.
Thirty minutes leaves no room to rewrite, so write once through a fixed frame.
SOLVING METHODS
Keep reading, calculation, verification, and review procedures in one place. Choose the format, then check only the steps you need.
SYLLABUS AT A GLANCE
The time and weighting of each section, switching between them, the answer sheets, and the review routine.
Previewing questions, matching keywords, the main point, paragraph roles, titles, and passages with figures.
Connectives, demonstratives, causation, contrast, concrete versus abstract, and sentence insertion.
Where the claim sits, stance in sentence endings, fact versus opinion, concession and rebuttal, paraphrase, and overstatement.
OFFICIAL REFERENCE
The format, previewing the graph, syncing audio to figure, numbers, elimination, and notes.
Lecture structure, signposting, technical terms, examples, conclusions, and recovering from a gap.
The format, where the question falls, speaker positions, negation and correction, quantities, and contractions.
Symbol notes, structuring, balancing writing against listening, when to commit, switching, and daily practice.
The format, prompt types, making the position explicit, outlining, pacing, and assessment criteria.
The three-part structure, connectives, consistent style, manuscript rules, support, and common errors.
Abstract nouns, expository verbs, Sino-Japanese and native pairs, collocations, field vocabulary, and adverbs.
Nominalization, the passive and objectivity, modality, conditionals, concession, and focus particles.