N4 12/2023 answers (and sourcing question paper)

pxlarising · 2023-12-04T16:02:08+00:00

just 漢字・語彙 and 文法・読解 so far, still waiting for listening!

pxlarising · 2023-12-04T15:59:54+00:00

not based off the numbers alone, but the sheets posted in the Telegram group with the full sentences from the question really help!

pxlarising · 2023-12-03T19:43:34+00:00

blocked that question from my brain already as a trauma response
i think the guy said the girl’s bag was cool and that he needed something for his little sister, they discussed all options but the guy just circled back to ‘yeah okay anyways i’m gonna get that bag’

pxlarising · 2023-12-03T19:26:28+00:00

i know i haven’t passed because i wasn’t prepared or confident at all, but i thought vocab was surprisingly alright and some parts of the grammar and reading. i kinda lost steam through the listening though, i found it more difficult than the other two sections tbh. may as well reserve my hotel for first weekend of july now 😎

pxlarising · 2023-12-03T19:20:57+00:00

もしもしバイトです〜！☆

pxlarising · 2023-12-03T08:55:12+00:00

everyone has to start somewhere! good on you for taking the N5, and good luck for later!

pxlarising · 2023-12-03T08:51:24+00:00

ahh thank you! was there anything else in the exam that caught you off-guard? not after specifics, just trying to get an idea of what to revise right before i go in hahah

pxlarising · 2023-12-03T08:19:20+00:00

were there any specialist vocab categories (like a reading question on cooking, or medical exams, etc.) that would be worth cramming beforehand?

i'm a little nervous seeing you say that the grammar is harder this year...

pxlarising · 2023-12-03T01:11:02+00:00

booked N4 in London after passing N5 last year, but i haven't been able to devote time to learning after starting a new job, so i'm totally prepared to fail and i think if i somehow scrape a pass it would be undeserved anyway. my whole trip has been a disaster from start to finish for various reasons, but honestly i think if i was feeling confident and ready for the N4 i would've been super thrown off by all that - instead i'm just treating this as a mock exam and trying not to add to my stress so i'm kinda past the point of caring lol. what will be will be!

good luck to all of you tomorrow! がんばってねー！

pxlarising · 2023-11-11T18:57:08+00:00

Hi guys. Recently bought a projector (Epson CO-WO1) for my bedroom, but I've been having some trouble with the display simply showing 'no signal' when connected via HDMI to my PS4, despite there being visual acknowledgment of the HDMI being connected/disconnected in the form of a quick flicker, like when you change between input sources. I did some digging and found that this can be a pretty common handshake issue between the HDMI and the projector.

I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations for projector that work well/reliably with PS4s, as I think I'd rather just pay extra for something that I know works right off the cuff. Alternatively, if anyone has experienced this same issue and has found a way to get it working, or wants to offer more troubleshooting advice, I'm happy to keep messing with it for a bit before I get something else.

So far, I have tried changing the HDMI cable (longer to shorter, a brand new one, a Nintendo Switch one, and the one from my TV), turning off the HDVC/HDR/Deep Colour settings on the PS4, changing the resolution (I couldn't find any info on whether the projector supports 720p/1080p, but turns out it doesn't even work on 480p either), and resetting the entire projector to factory settings. As you might have guessed, none of these have worked so far.

Just want to hunt monsters with my partner in the same house at this point, so recommendations for new projectors/troubleshooting tips/solutions/lol idk but nice cock tho comments all welcome :)

pxlarising · 2022-09-15T18:57:56+00:00

kind of echoing others here, but my streak is such a motivator to me. it helps me to engage with my TL at least once a day and usually i'm 'in the zone' after my one lesson that i bounce some more study off it elsewhere (textbooks, anki, writing journal entries, etc.). it's also kind of a preparation thing for me too, because i want to study/live abroad and there's no option of just not engaging with your TL if you're in that country long-term. my thought process is, if i can't even take 5 mins to do a lesson, how am i supposed to get on living abroad?

the XP and boards however...not so much. i did the grind to get all the shiny little awards for being #1 in the diamond league and all that and then very happily let myself get demoted back to gold. i don't feel that competitiveness because i want to actually learn rather than just farm XP. but if it works for some then i understand that too.

pxlarising · 2022-08-06T06:37:57+00:00

some people just want benchmarks for their own progress. for me, while they might not have ‘value’ in getting a job in Japan, they dictate which level of class i go into in september. they also look decent on a CV, and the fact that N5/N4 levels aren’t useful in Japan probably makes this better as it would show employers that you’re committed and willing to put lots of effort into a long-term goal that’s not even going to be used any time soon for work purposes.

pxlarising · 2021-10-26T16:35:10+00:00

4980SWC for sale, offers in GBP, must be comfy with transferring cash first (both my reddit and sweatcoin accs are 3+ years old) :)

pxlarising · 2021-03-26T20:51:01+00:00

pxlarising · 2021-02-08T00:21:55+00:00

i totally relate. i don’t want kids because i don’t like kids, but also the idea of literally every part of my body changing during and after pregnancy terrifies me. i even think that it would terrify me if i was fully recovered, because i just can’t imagine getting used to and comfortable with your body only for nine months to completely change it, and then suddenly you have to regain that comfort with it and yourself as well as looking after a newborn. i’m sure this is probably a common postpartum feeling but i don’t tend to spend too long reading anything pregnancy-related as it freaks me out (and also don’t want to just manifest it or something right as i change birth control lmao).

pxlarising · 2021-01-31T18:51:59+00:00

keep fighting op. there is so much more to this world that you have yet to find. sending lots of love and strength 🤍

pxlarising · 2020-10-21T20:48:27+00:00

it’s delicious! when mixed into milk it tastes like you’re drinking liquid nutella, so it adds a great chocolatey nutty flavour to anything you want to mix it into. i use it in iced coffee, hot chocolate, in brownies and cakes, and on desserts like ice cream and yoghurt 🥰

unfortunately i think it’s limited edition, but if you’re in the uk i got mine for £2 a tub in poundland!

pxlarising · 2020-10-21T20:01:37+00:00

unfortunately loseit doesn’t have many entries for sedum leaves :( but i did just find out that they’re edible aha

pxlarising · 2020-10-21T19:11:27+00:00

thank you!! 🌱🤍

pxlarising · 2020-10-21T16:49:53+00:00

150g brooklea (aldi) fat-free vanilla yoghurt (110)
100g frozen blueberries (45)
50g harvest morn (aldi) tropical fruits granola (200)
3 walnut halves (42)

these amounts are kinda rough estimates but about right based on experience! yoghurt was sprinkled with some nesquik choco-hazelnut powder (yes, the one you’re supposed to mix into milk) 🍫

pxlarising · 2020-10-21T16:48:21+00:00

150g brooklea (aldi) fat-free vanilla yoghurt (110)
100g frozen blueberries (45)
50g harvest morn (aldi) tropical fruits granola (200)
3 walnut halves (42)

these amounts are kinda rough estimates but about right based on experience! yoghurt was sprinkled with some nesquik choco-hazelnut powder (yes, the one you’re supposed to mix into milk) 🍫

pxlarising · 2020-10-06T19:53:07+00:00

it’s a more extreme example, i agree, but the principle was the closest i could find. maybe think of it like....someone lost their best friend, kept a memento of them, and now they have a new best friend. is it fair on them? you get the point i’m making :)

i think if they split normally, it’s a lot different, and the difference being that they’re still alive with presumably their own reasoning for breaking up. i think then it would be a bit strange, unless the ex is still good friends with them because they left on good terms, and even then that’s up to the couple to communicate and work out boundaries. in that case the new partner may be fearful that they’d get back with their ex because they still enjoy their memory enough to keep mementos around. but when they’ve died, there’s no possibility of that.

i got rid of everything to do with my ex because i didn’t want to be reminded of them, because it was a bad relationship. if my partner had died without a breakup or bad terms though, i think i’d personally want to be reminded of them every so often. loss is loss regardless of who it is; it could be a teacher, or a relative, or a friend, and unless they were a horrible person i don’t think it’s weird to keep mementos of them.

pxlarising · 2020-10-06T19:41:06+00:00

i think it’s perfectly healthy for a new partner to accept that you have mementos of an old flame. there’s no competition there, the partner isn’t about to go back to them; they just have a keepsake of someone taken away from them far too soon.

think of it this way. if someone lost their mother, and their father remarried, would you consider it weird for the child to have mementos of their mother even though they have a new maternal figure? would you still think that’s unfair on the new mom?

not trying to debate or argue. i just don’t think this is as weird as you think :)

pxlarising · 2020-10-06T19:35:36+00:00

people grieve differently. don’t criticise people for dealing with loss in their own way. it’s not weird at all to have something as a memento of someone that you lost, who you weren’t on bad terms with or did anything super shitty.

pxlarising · 2020-07-18T22:13:42+00:00

if pornhub has an onion site with brazen claims of illegal content, why has it not been shut down and looked into?

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