Hey! This December I'm aiming to take the N2 exam, but I have a few concerns about my study progress. For some background, I've studied abroad in Japan before for about 2 months, and before that I self studied for about a year. Since I got back from my study abroad (around 6 months ago) I've been doing Anki daily, using the TRY! N2 textbook, using language exchange apps, listening to podcasts, youtube videos, anime, and I recently started making reading a priority. Mostly manga because the biography on 藤原道長 is still much too difficult to read.
I haven't taken the JLPT before, but I've been using the practice questions on their website to study and gauge my level. The N3 sample questions are a breeze, and I have no issue with them, but the N2 sample questions (especially the reading section) are extremely challenging, and after doing some test correction I'm barely scoring 30%. The biggest problem for me is the massive amount of vocab I have to learn, in comparison to other languages I've learned in the past there is so little transferrable vocab from English to Japanese so I'm really struggling retaining more technical terms like 業績不振 that I don't really use all that frequently in daily life. I've been watching and reading news more often as well, but so many of these terms don't seem to stick.
by Expert-Estate6248