Ibaraki Entrance Japanese study guide
Ibaraki Entrance Japanese · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Topics on this exam: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary and Kanji, Grammar and Sentence Structure, and Writing and Expression. The Ibaraki Entrance Japanese study guide has 4 sections and about 1,157 words.
01Reading Comprehension（読解）
The Ibaraki 国語 paper sets an explanatory or argumentative text (説明文・論説文), a literary text (小説 or 随筆), and a short classical passage (古文). The same question types return: 指示語の指す内容, 接続語の空欄補充, 理由説明, 心情把握, 要旨把握, and 条件付き記述 (for example, 「～こと」で終わる三十字以内で書きなさい). 指示語 : 「こ」 usually points forward to what the writer is about to say, 「そ」 back to what was just said, 「あ」 to something further back. Answer with a noun phrase ending in 「～こと」 or 「～もの」.
318 words, about 2 min02Vocabulary and Kanji（語句・漢字）
漢字の読み書き (the 配当漢字 of the 中学校学習指導要領), 語句の意味, 慣用句・ことわざ・四字熟語, 類義語・対義語, and 敬語. These come as short standalone items, and the same knowledge is folded into the reading passage, where a kanji is printed in kana or a 語句 must be explained. 同音異義語 decide most spelling items: 関心／感心, 対象／対照, 回答／解答, 観賞／鑑賞, 機械／器械. The verb and the collocation pick the winner.
279 words, about 1 min03Grammar and Sentence Structure（文法・文の構成）
文節と単語の認定, 品詞分類, 活用, 助詞の働き, 文の成分, 単文・複文, and the 古文 basics the paper uses: 歴史的仮名遣い and 係り結び. Items are short but unforgiving, because one mis-cut changes the whole answer. Test a cut by inserting 「ね」「よ」「さ」; if it still sounds natural, the cut is a 文節 boundary. 単語 : the smallest unit.
270 words, about 1 min04Writing and Expression（作文・表現）
条件作文 (課題作文): a short essay, usually around 200字, written to explicit conditions - state a position, give reasons, include an experience, use a given word, respect the 字数, and match the 文体. Marks come from satisfying every condition while keeping a visible argument. Number the conditions in the margin and tick each one off before you stop writing. Structure: 主張 (私は～と考える) → 理由① → 理由② or 体験 → まとめ (だから～したい／べきだ).
290 words, about 1 min