Have you ever taken any level of JLPT before? Are you currently studying for the text now? Hope you are enjoying the preparation process. I'm enjoying working on N1 reading with my students.

This episode's vocab list:

イニシャル initial

受験(じゅけん) taking an exam

読解(どっかい) reading comprehension

問題集(もんだいしゅう) a collection of questions

文章(ぶんしょう) sentences; writing

抜(ぬ)き取(と)る to pick out; to extract

4問(もん) 4 questions

どれも everything

硬(かた)い表現(ひょうげん) stiff/bookish expressions

内容(ないよう) story; contents

あぁ、なるほど～。 Oh, I see. That’s why.

あぁ、そうゆうことだったんですね～。 Oh, I see. That makes a sense now.

考(かんが)えさせられる to let me think well

と言(い)いながら Although I have told that

物足(ものた)りない to lack something; to miss something