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However, when studying for JLPT N1, you must go beyond your interests and hobbies and become skilled in various areas. You need to understand economic lingo, law terminology, sports-specific terms, and so on. Studying for JLPT N1 forces you out of your comfort zone and grants you the knowledge to hold your own in areas you usually wouldn’t explore, pushing you further towards that goal of Japanese fluency. The jump from JLPT N2 to JLPT N1 is as huge as leaping from being a complete beginner to passing the JLPT N2. The JLPT N1 test is so hard that some Japanese people struggle with it as well. You are required to read between the lines and understand finer touches in texts. The most difficult challenge might be to understand all the kanji that Japanese people study until university. Not only that, you need to be able to complete the test swiftly, as the time limits provide little time to stop thinking. Be able to read written materials with intense content on various topics and follow their narratives as well as understand the writer’s objective. Understand writings with logical density and/or abstract writings on a variety of issues, such as newspaper editorials and critiques, and understand both their structures and contents. Figure out orally presented materials such as logical conversations, news reports, and lectures, spoken at natural speed in a broad variety of settings. One should also understand the essential points, the logical structures, and the relationships among the people in the conversation. Reading is one of the most important things to achieve the ease required to pass the N1 test.