漢字・kanji

今日漢字検定の本を買った。最初に手にとったのは3級で全然わからなかった。そこで5級を手にとってみたところ、結構わかったので安心していた。しかし、5級は「小学校第６学年までの学習漢字」っと記載されていて、3級は「小学校学年別」・・・って私は小学校5年生レベルの漢字しかわかっていない事が判明した。かなりがっかりした。それで私は4級を買った。でも実際ペンをとってやってみると、結構難しい。今日は、私の日本語がいかに「低レベル」っと感じた一日だった。
最近は日本語の小説や雑誌を毎日読んで、英語の方もGREのためにNewsweekやEconomistやScientific Americaなどを読んでいる。

Today I bought a Kanji Proficiently Test Prep Book. The level starts with 10 and the highest level is 1. So I picked level 3 book as a starter and glanced it inside. I didn't recognize most of the kanji and it seems really hard. So I moved to the level 5 book, I was happy to find out that i understood some of the kanji. I was feeling little relieved until i found this explanation on the test.
Level 3 : full understanding of all grades of ELEMENTARY school kanji.
Level 5 : kanji level up till 5th grade (elementary school).
So i was pretty disappointed and bought the Level 4, but as i start on page 1, it's already hard.
I knew unconsciously that I wasn't that good in Japanese, but this has giving me full proof that i SUCK at Japanese as much as ENGLISH!
I've been reading Japanese books and magazines every day. I also ready Newsweek, Economist, and Scientific America to improve my english reading for GRE.