JLPT Kanji
The Kanji and vocabulary section is the easiest section on the test. In level 4 you only have 100 kanji characters or so to master. This can be easily done with some good old study. The test questions of the three practice tests we have provided should give you more than sufficient practice. If you know your Kanji you can pass this section easily. We have provided you with a list of the 100 Kanji you are expected to know for the test.
Kanji Questions
Let's have a look at a question now. Try answering the example question below as quickly as you can.
Did you try reading the sentence several times before looking at the Kanji readings. I am guessing you didn't. The way the questions are written often make students focus only on the Kanji and neglect the whole question. Students all too often try to answer or guess the readings of the Kanji without spending enough time on reading the question. This is the wrong way to approach the Kanji and vocabulary questions. Two things are important for these questions, the content of the question and your first impression of the Kanji.
Read or try to read the question first before looking at answering the hiragana readings. Do this several times. If you can read it then you know you will be spot on and then you just choose the correct readings. If you understand only half of the question you then have a good chance of working out the rest from context. For example、in the question above if you knew the Kanji 食べる（たべる ) meant 鍍o eat you then would have realized the other two Kanji 肉 and 魚to represent something that is eaten. If you allow your mind to work a little you have better chances of recalling Kanji readings