This is an ideal textbook for self-study. Grammar is well-explanined not only in Japanese but also in English and Chinese.
Example sentences are worth reading many times because they include essential vocabulary as well as grammar.

After you have understood particles and grammar by this book, you need one more book to practice with.

This is a complete book of kanji tested in JLPT N5. 

After you have completed this book, you wouldn't see any other new kanji  for JLPT N5. However, if you are confident with kanji, it is not necessary to use this book. 

This book consists of 3 parts, namely:

1. Word list (with many pictures)

2. Exercises

3. Mock test

At first, read through the entire list of vocabulary. And just 'see' words that you don't know everyday for at least 3 weeks. After doing so, you should be able to remember all of them.

Practice what you have learned with this book. With this book, you can try every part of JLPT N5 one by one.

1. Vocabulary

2. Kanji

3. Grammar

4. Listening 

5. Grammar

This book consists of mock tests. As it's possibly your first time to take JLPT, please try mock tests or past year papers at least 3 times so that you will feel more confident when taking JLPT.

Strictly speaking, this is a dictionary and not a textbook.

When you have any questions about particles, please refer to this dictionary. But the best way to improve your understanding of particles is to ask your teacher many questions =)

This is an ideal reference book to learn grammar by yourself. The explanation is clearly described not only in Japanese but also in English and Chinese.

Each example sentece is worth reading out many times, so you will learn not only gramamr but also important vocabulary .

Most people can read kanji for JLPT N4, but if you would like to get a perfect score in kanji section, please use this book.

Though there are just 300 words required to pass JLPT N5, you need to know 1500 words to pass JLPT N4. Howeverm typically, students who have completed an intermediate-level class can remember about 1000 vocabularies and they pass JLPT N4 without focusing on vocabulary. If you think that you don't remember the words in your textbook, then this book is a good way to improve your vocabulary.

Learning Japanese is fun, isn't it? Many students like to speak Japanese, but what about reading?

Now you can read not only textbooks but also interesting stories in Japanese!
 

Japanese Graded Readers Level 2 contains 5 books, and each of the books contains 4 to 6 stories. Each story is very interesting and you won't feel stressed to read them in Japanese!

In this book, there are 3 questions in one page, which are questions on:

1. Kanji

2. Vocabulary

3. Grammar

Then on next page is explanation of the questions in English. It does not take long to complete this book (less than 4 weeks) and you will feel confident with kanji and vocabulary. And when you read out sentences many times in the grammar section, you can feel confident in scoring well for the grammar section too!

If you need more practice, then try this exercise book to improve every section in JLPT, including kanji, Vocabulary, Listening, Grammar and Reading

This book contains 3 mock tests with detailed explanation in English and Chinese. Most questions in JLPT N4 are very similar to the ones in this book, so don't be surprised to see similar questions when you are taking the exam.

This is a dictionary for grammar. Everytime you see an unknown grammar, consult this dictionary. There are many example sentences and that might make you understand grammar more.

This is an ideal reference book to learn grammar by yourself. Explanation is clearly described not only in Japanese but also in English and Chinese.

Each example sentece is worth reading out many times. So you will learn not only gramamr but also important vocabulary.
And please check other grammar dictionary if you have any doubt.

The most challenging part of JLPT 2 is the Reading section because there are many more passages than in JLPT 3, and some of them are in very formal Japanese.

This book is ideal for you to improve your reading skill. There are many types of passages for JLPT 2.

You can improve not only reading skill but also vocabulary by its good vocabulary list.

How can you improve your listening skill?

FIrst, it's very important to speak a lot in class, becuase speaking skill improves your listening skill, too. But if you are studying Japanese by yourself. please follow to steps bellow.

1. Listen to CD without script

2. Listen to CD, reading script

3. Read out the script

4. Listen to CD without script again

5. Try the questions of the listening section while listening to CD

6. Remember the conversational expressions in this book

Though there are 6000 words that you need to know to pass JLPT 2, you probably know more than half of them by the time you are preparing for JLPT N2. And there are some very rare words within the 6000 words. Remember unknow words in this book and that would be sufficient to pass JLPT N2. To help yourself remember the words better:

After you've checked each word, mark with a tick next to the word.

1. Read examples sentences of unknown words and imagine the situation stated in the sentence.

2. It's also very important and effective to imagine the situation stated in the sentence to remember words.

3. Simply read all the unknown words; you don't need to try to remember them, but just see them many times

4. Listen to audio files of every example sentences to remember words and improve your listening skill

It's not difficult to master keigo at all. Many people think they are weak in keigo probably because they have not learned keigo systematically .

Now, to pass JLPT N2, it's time to learn keigo well.

You need to learn keigo not only for Grammar section but also Listening section. It's important to master keigo if you want to pass JLPT N2 because you need to guess who is a speaker by keigo.

You can master keigo with very practical passages in this textbook. And as most involve two persons, it's effective to practice with a friend.

If you need one more exercise book for listening and reading, this book is highly recommended.

The explanation for each question is very detailed.

There are many vocabulary that you need to know to pass JLPT N2, but there are some very common words in vocabulary section.

This book is not for improving your vocabulary for reading . This is for you to get a higher score in the vocabulary questions in the reading section.

You can improve your Japanese by trying many questions of JLPT N2. After trying, please don't forget to understand the questions you did not get right.

 
You can still improve your reading and listening skills by mock tests. Also, read out the reading passages and listen to the CD for the listening section many times.

If you still have time after you have finished some mock tests, then please try more mock test papers in this book.

この本は同じ意味の文法を一緒に勉強できます。例えば依頼の表現の「〜していただけませんか」「〜してもらえませんか」など。

だから今までたくさん勉強してきた文法を復習するときにとても役に立ちます。頭の中がすっきりします。

できれば授業で使えればいいんですが、一人でもできます。その時は、自分の先生にたくさん質問してくださいね。

JLPT１の文法を全部勉強することはできませんが、この本の文法をちゃんと勉強すれば、文法の問題の８０％はわかるようになります。

JLPTは読解の量が多いです。

でも練習の時はゆっくりと読んでください。

１）辞書を使わずに最後まで一度読む

２）もう一度読む

３）分からない単語本に書いている単語リストを見て、もう一度読む

４）辞書を使いながら読む

５）辞書を使わないで読む６）問題を解く

７）わからないところは先生に聞く８）声を出して読む５回読む

JLPT 1 で一番簡単なセクションは聴解です。

JLPTのpreparation course ではなく、ちゃんと会話のクラスで日本語を勉強してきた人は、特別な準備をしなくても半分ぐらいの点数を聴解で取ることができます。

しかし、更に点数が欲しい人やあまり会話の勉強を学校で勉強してこなかった人は、この本を使って聴解の練習をしましょう。

この本はJLPT　N1の読解で必要な単語を

2000集めています。この本の単語をちゃんと覚えると、読解で分からない単語はあまり見なくなります。でも、この本の単語は読解のためです。「文字・語彙」の問題で得点を取るためには、他の単語の本も使ってください。

この本はJLPTの読解と語彙で必要な漢字が1017もあります。

でも全部覚えるのは本当に難しいと思います。５００ぐらい覚えるだけで十分合格できます。

この本は読解のためではなく、「文字、語彙」の問題のためです。JLPT　１では似た意味の単語や副詞の問題が本当にたくさんあります。そしてそれが一番難しい。その問題で点数を取るために、此の本で勉強しましょう。

単語集を使って単語を覚えたら、この本を使って練習問題をしてみましょう。

この本はJLPTの２ヶ月ぐらい前から始めるといいです。１年前から始めても、JLPTの時には忘れているかもしれませんから。