31Aug
I assure you, this was purely accidental.

Japan has its share of interesting bugs from nightmarish Giant Asian Hornets to extremely cool miniature tanks – Rhinoceros Beetles, or kabuto mushi as they are called in Japanese, since they resemble a samurai helmet.
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28Oct
It looks as if I have spoken to soon. JLPT2 exam is only once a year – every December. And registration for the test is available from August to September 7th of each year. So, I guess I will have to remain at level 3 for now.
So, just to summarize the requirements for JLPT2: 1000 kanji, 6000 words (equivalent to 600 hours study). The test itself consists of total 3 parts at 400 pts:
- Characters and Words – 35 minutes, total score 100 pts
- Listening – 40 minutes, total score 100 pts
- Reading and Grammar – 70 minutes, total score 200 pts
The test is absolutely not impossible, however in order to fully understand the word structure and successfully apply it one needs to think more like Japanese. So far all Western grammatical logic failed to deliver the meaning.
Time to get busy.