Keigo Resources for JLPT N1

Shaggy Logic

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• 25 Sep 2012

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I'm taking N1 this winter, and having trouble finding a good N1 keigo reference. The only relevant book I could find on Amazon was 日本語文法演習 敬語を中心とした対人関係の表現―待遇表現 上級, but it's horribly dated (June, 2003) and so I'm hoping to find something a little newer and betterーsomething that at least has N1 in the title. Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

 

Mike Cash

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• 25 Sep 2012

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I'm not aware of any changes to keigo in the last nine years....

 

Shaggy Logic

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Mike Cash said:

I'm not aware of any changes to keigo in the last nine years....

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Insightful. Can you recommend any recently published texts that specifically focus on the keigo covered in N1?

 

Mike Cash

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I've never believed in studying for tests so I don't keep up with materials designed for the purpose of passing specific exams. And N1 is over my head anyway. My Japanese isn't good enough to pass it and never will be. I do wish you the best of luck in your challenge, though. I hope you pass.

 

Shaggy Logic

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Thanks. Anyway, since we are already well off topic, is there some reason you don't believe in studying for tests?

 

nekojita

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• 25 Sep 2012

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Since there are no test specifications for the new test, there is no such thing as a list of keigo covered by N1, only guesses people have made based off the old test specifications, example questions, past tests etc. You can either assume that the old test specifications will be pretty close (and thus just go for an old JLPT book), or just go for a general keigo book/resource.

There's lots of this sort of stuff online: 正しい敬語の使い方を学ぶなら【ビジネス敬語の達人】