Fukuoka Entrance Japanese study plan

Diagnose your baseline by completing one full-length 読解 section (three passages) under a 40-minute timer and tabulate errors by type: 漢字 reading, 語彙 substitution, 指示語 reference, 理由説明, and 主旨.

Build a spaced-repetition deck of 120 漢字 entries drawn from your diagnostic misses, entering each with on-yomi, kun-yomi, a two-kanji compound, and one original example sentence you wrote yourself.

Read four 400-character explanatory passages and underline every 接続詞 and 指示語, then draw the referent arrow for each こ・そ・あ・ど word before answering any question.

Review the deck for 15 minutes daily and record recall percentage at week end.

Increase reading speed by completing three 600-character passages at a 6-minute-per-passage pace, marking 段落番号 in the margin so each answer can be traced to a specific paragraph.

Expand the deck to 300 entries by adding 180 high-frequency 四字熟語 and カタカナ語 items, tagging each item with the passage type where it typically appears (説明文・随筆・小説・意見文).

Practice 25 語彙 questions of the 文脈規定 type, writing down why each distractor fails rather than only the correct answer.

Reread week 1 passages cold and score them again to confirm the error types you eliminated.

Map the 文法 items that decide reading questions: 接続形式, 文末表現, 敬語 direction, and 受身・使役 voice, and locate at least one real example of each inside your week 1-2 passages.

Rewrite ten long sentences from those passages into a subject-predicate skeleton to practice clause boundary detection.

Complete 40 文法選択 questions and classify every miss as either form error or meaning error.

Answer all 設問 on two 800-character passages, citing the line number that justifies each choice.

Drill 助詞 selection, 副詞 collocation, and 文の組み立て (sentence reordering) in three 20-question sets, timing each set at 15 minutes.

Write the rule behind every miss in one line, phrased as a testable rule you can apply next time.

Do one 50-minute full 読解 mock and compare the score against week 2 to measure the effect of the grammar work.

Reduce daily 漢字 review to 10 minutes of maintenance only.

Rehearse the full 読解 section twice under exam conditions (same clock, no dictionary, answer sheet only) and record the time spent per passage.

Fix the ordering problem: identify which passage type you should attack second and third, and practice that sequence twice.

Build a 30-item list of 文法 patterns that appear inside 設問 stems themselves, since misreading a question costs a point regardless of passage comprehension.

Convert every mock miss into a flashcard, capping total daily review at 20 minutes.

Practice 聴解 with 15 short 課題理解 and ポイント理解 items, taking notes only in symbols and abbreviations so you stop chasing every word.

Shadow two 3-minute audio segments aloud to train phoneme recognition, including 促音, 長音, and 縮約 forms like 〜ちゃう and 〜とく.

Re-test 100 random cards from the 300-entry deck and retire items you now recall instantly.

Do one listen-once-only set to simulate a real single-play condition rather than replaying audio.

Write five 200-character 作文 responses to prompt types common on entrance exams (意見述べ, 体験説明, 手紙文), each with a clear 結論 first sentence and two supporting reasons.

Self-edit each draft against a checklist: です・ます consistency, 助詞 accuracy, 漢字 versus ひらがな balance, and paragraph breaks.

Complete ten more 聴解 items focused on 発話表現 and 即時応答, which are the fastest scoring gains per minute.

Have one draft corrected by a teacher or exchange partner and rewrite it incorporating every correction.

Sit two complete mock exams in one week at real exam start time, scoring each section separately and mapping scores to the domain weights.

Spend study time only on the highest-weight weak point revealed by the mocks, not on comfortable review.

Re-drill the 15-rule grammar sheet and the 30-item 設問-stem list until both are recallable without notes.

Write a one-page exam-day plan covering section order, time allocations, and a rule to abandon any question that exceeds 90 seconds.