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日本語総まとめN3 文法

Nihongo So-matome N3 Grammar

佐々木仁子 · 松本紀子 — Ask Publishing, 2022 · Revised & expanded edition

N3GrammarNihongo So-matome seriesIn-depth analysis · 2026-08-26

Verdict

Six printed weeks to the N3 grammar section — a sprint, honestly labeled.

Ignore the cover boilerplate: this is a six-week calendar, not eight — the book's own table of contents runs week one through week six and then the mock tests. Three or four grammar items a day with English, Chinese and Korean under every example, a weekly review day that drip-feeds keigo, and — since the 2022 revision — two mock tests, translated drills in the booklet and free audio. The honest frame is the community's own: a hand-holding introduction and a superb review layer that gets finished, not a course that teaches why look-alike patterns differ. Passes on this book plus TRY! are documented; so is a fail-then-switch.

Best for

  • Six-week runways — the calendar matches the time you actually have
  • Learners who want translations under everything, including Korean — the fullest coverage of any N3 option
  • Reviewing grammar you've already met once, on a daily two-page habit

Not ideal for

  • Learning N3 grammar for the first time as your only book — the attested failure mode
  • Anyone who needs look-alike patterns distinguished — the series deliberately doesn't
  • Learners who want strategy, not lists — there's no technique layer here

Workload 学習量

Pages
132, plus a 28-page booklet with translated drills and explained answers
Structure
6 weeks × 7 days, two pages a day — day seven is review, keigo and a test
Coverage
3–4 grammar items per day · two mock tests (added 2022)
Language
English, Chinese and Korean under every example
Audio
free download and podcast feed — the grammar volume is the only one in the series with it

What's inside 目次

  1. 01第1週〜第6週Weeks 1–6 · the daily calendar
    • Days 1–6 teach three or four items grouped by similar form; day 7 reviews the week with a keigo section and an exam-format test
  2. 02模擬試験 第1回・第2回Two mock tests (added in the 2022 revision)
  3. 03別冊28-page booklet · drill translations and explained answers

Strengths & weaknesses 長所と短所

  • The calendar is real and short — six weeks of two-page days is the most finishable N3 grammar plan in print, and it's shorter than the N2 volume's eight.
  • The 2022 revision quietly fixed the old gaps — mock tests, explained answers, audio — while most English reviews still describe the 2010 edition.
  • Full trilingual coverage down to the drill translations, which no rival matches at this level.
  • It lists forms rather than teaching differences — the series states the exam doesn't test subtle distinctions, which is honest, and still leaves production gaps.
  • Documented as risky alone at N3 — an attributed fail-with-So-matome, pass-after-Shin-Kanzen report exists alongside the success stories.
  • Answers to each day's drills sit at the end of the next day's lesson — a quirk that annoys self-checkers until they adjust.
The full N3 series decision — where the six-week calendar wins, and where it doesn't.Read the comparison →

Bibliographic details 書誌情報

書名Title日本語総まとめN3 文法
著者Authors佐々木仁子・松本紀子
出版社Publisherアスク (Ask Publishing)
発行PublishedMay 2022 · Revised & expanded edition
頁数Pages132 pp.
定価List price¥1,200 + tax
ISBNISBN978-4-86639-490-9

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