Internet Resources

http://www.iijnet.or.jp/jpf/jlpt/contents/main-e.html--This
is the official homepage or the JLPT but except for listing
the official test dates and application deadlines, it is
almost completely useless.

http://www.thbz.org/kanjimots/jlpt.php3--vocabulary lists

http://www.thejapanesepage.com/kanji/jlpt.htm--A good essay

about the JLPT. The Japanese Page
(http://www.thejapanesepage.com) is an excellent resource
with lists of Kanji and vocabulary that you need to know
for the test.

http://rikai.com--Rikai.com is one of the most impressive

sites on the internet. If you cannot read some kanji on a
web page, just enter the URL of the homepage you want to
read, and Rikai will open it up for you. Then, whenever you
run your cursor over a Kanji, its pronunciation will be
displayed along with a definition in English. Rikai even
does place and family names! You can also paste text into
Rikai and it will allow you to read it. Somebody should
give David Ruddick a medal.

http://www.kanjistep.com--This is another very good place

to study kanji online.

http://www.kanjisite.com/index.html--A list of kanji you

need for the 2kyuu--very impressive.

http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp--This is the homepage of

Meguro Language Centre. They have lists of all the
vocabulary, kanji, and grammatical expressions that you
need to know for the JLPT.

http://www.geocities.com/easykanji/--E-Kanji is a website
designed to help students of Japanese improve their
reading. It consists of reading passages, in which every
Kanji is hyper-linked to a pronunciation key and a
definition of the word to make reading easy. No more Kanji
dictionaries. No more giving up on a reading because of one
or two difficult kanji.

　
APPENDIX 2: Grammar structures that have appeared more than
three times on the 2kyuu test:

kara to itte, arinagara, no sei de, okagede, ni taishite, o

megutte, dake atte

…tokorode, sae, ireba, uchi ni, to itte, you ni, tame ni,
kara to itte, ni kanshite wa, wake ni wa ikenai, toshitara,
dakara to itte, ni hanshite, no sei ka

toshite, kara ni wa, wake, …zu ni (eg. shirazu ni), nagara

mo, …mo…nara,…mo…da

toshite mo, dokoro ka, nai koto ni wa, koto ni wa, dake
atte, toshite mo

You should also know mono vs. koto vs. wake (and all their
various forms like kotonara vs. mononara, koto vs. koto da,
etc) cold.

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