ミニストーリーで覚える JLPT日本語能力試験ベスト単語N3 合格2100 JLPT日本語能力試験ベストシリーズ

Great way to boost your vocabulary

I really recommend this one. The book presents vocabulary with small storys, that are usually 2-4 sentence long. The new words are highlighted in red and underlined (which is nice to read on computer, but difficult if you have a kindle with a black-and-white-screen). Directly under the story, you’ll find the new vocabulary listed alongside with the translations. Sometimes additional vocabulary (like synonyms or antonyms) are listed as well. The translation oft he short story can be found below the vocabulary list. The short storys are grouped into topics, like „school“, „work“, „animals“, „weather“, etc. You can find a JLPT-style tests for every topic ond the publishers website (the japan times publishing book club nihongo), which is a great way to check if you got all the vocabulary for one chapter/topic. On the publishers website you will also find the audio for all the short storys in the book (both can be downloaded for free). Overall, I really enjoy learning new vocabulary this way. Just repeating words without context isn’t the right way for me. The audio also helps with my poor listening skills. However, some oft he translations are a bit… strange, but still easy to understand. I picked up the book after barely passing the N3 half a year ago, to close some gaps. I knew about 40% oft he vocab (and used the free tests on the website to determine whether it’s worth trying this book), so using this as a preperation fort he N3 should defenitly do the trick.