Fukui Entrance Japanese study plan
Fukui Entrance Japanese · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Reading comprehension
Work through 8 untimed reading passages and label every question as detail, reason, referent, or main-idea to build a question-type map
Read 10 passages of 400–600 characters under an 8-minute timer and log completion time and accuracy for each one
Mark the exact source line for every answer you choose in 5 passages, then re-check each wrong answer against the text
Start a running word list, adding 8–10 unknown items per passage with reading, meaning, and the sentence they came from
Your checkpoint
A reading log covering 10 timed passages with per-passage time and accuracy, plus an 80-item personal vocabulary list
Reading comprehension & Vocabulary and kanji
Cut median time per 500-character passage to 7 minutes while holding accuracy at or above 60 percent
Drill 30 kanji compounds that recur in opinion and explanation passages by writing each one into an original sentence
Answer 20 referent questions by underlining the antecedent in the text before looking at the options
Summarize 5 passages in two Japanese sentences each without looking back at the source
Your checkpoint
Five two-sentence Japanese summaries plus a self-scored 30-item kanji quiz at 80 percent or better
Reading comprehension & Listening comprehension
Complete 6 timed reading sets of two passages each within 20 minutes per set
Listen to 12 dialogues of 1–2 minutes, answer one task question each, and note the single keyword that decided the answer
Shadow 3 clips of about 2 minutes three times each and record which sounds or endings you dropped
Take two-column who/what notes on 5 monologues of 3 minutes and rebuild the main point from notes alone
Your checkpoint
A listening log of 12 items with accuracy and keyword, plus notes-only summaries of 5 monologues
Listening comprehension
Run 4 listening sets under exam timing: preview the question, single play, immediate marking
Compress note-taking to 5–7 keywords per sentence across 10 dialogues and check afterwards whether the notes still answer the question
Rank your three weakest listening task types from the log and drill 10 items of each
Give a 10-minute spoken recap in Japanese of a 3-minute news clip without using notes
Your checkpoint
A timed listening log of 40 or more items with accuracy broken down by task type, plus a drill record for the three weakest types
Grammar and sentence structure & Listening comprehension
Drill 15 high-frequency sentence patterns by writing 3 original sentences for each one
Convert 20 active sentences into passive and causative forms and back, checking particle choice at every step
Complete 40 sentence-ordering items and write down why each rejected order fails
Keep listening warm with 10 short dialogues answered under single-play conditions
Your checkpoint
A grammar notebook of 45 original sentences plus a 40-item ordering set scored at 75 percent or better
Grammar and sentence structure & Written expression
Write 3 opinion essays of 400 characters in 25 minutes each on prompts phrased like exam tasks
Edit each essay against a 6-point checklist covering particles, tense consistency, and paragraph order
Rewrite the 20 most frequent errors logged in weeks 1–5 as corrected sentences
Combine 16 short sentences into 8 longer complex sentences using conjunctions and relative clauses
Your checkpoint
Three timed 400-character essays with completed checklists and a rewritten 20-item error list
Written expression & Reading comprehension
Write 4 essays of 400–500 characters in 20 minutes each using a clear introduction, body, and conclusion
Rewrite 2 of those essays after review, cutting 10 percent of the characters without losing content
Pull 5 reusable expressions from each of 5 passages into a phrase bank for your own writing
Answer 6 reading sets to keep pace at 7 minutes 30 seconds or faster per passage
Your checkpoint
A final 500-character essay written in 20 minutes plus a 30-item phrase bank organized by function
Reading comprehension & Listening comprehension
Sit two full timed mocks under exam conditions and score both with the same rules
Tag every wrong answer as vocabulary, grammar, reading, or listening to locate your largest error cluster
Re-drill the 50 items you missed most often across all four skill areas
Rehearse exam-day time allocation for reading and single-play discipline for listening
Your checkpoint
Two marked full mocks with an error-tag table and a one-page final review sheet
Milestones
Week 4: Timed reading and listening mock: reading accuracy at or above 60 percent with a median of 7 minutes 30 seconds or less per passage, listening at or above 55 percent. If either falls short, flag it and move one hour per week from written expression practice into that domain for weeks 5–6.
Week 6: Grammar and writing check: 40-item ordering set at 75 percent or better, and three timed 400-character essays where the checklist shows no repeated particle or tense error from the week 5 log.
Week 8: Final mock comparison: second mock must beat the first in at least two of the four skill areas, with the error-tag table showing the biggest cluster has shrunk by half.