Illustration: In a Japanese examination room, adult candidates sit at evenly separated desks, each working alone on a paper with a pencil. Their papers angle away from view, while spare pencils and erasers sit neatly beside them. An invigilator walks slowly between the rows, and bags remain beneath the desks.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

筆ひっ記き試し験けん

hikkishiken

written exam

Example sentences

  1. 松竹大船撮影所しょうちくおおふなさつえいしょの戦後第せんごだい1回助監督募集かいじょかんとくぼしゅうの試験しけんの時とき、中平なかひらは筆記試験ひっきしけんでは極きわめて優秀ゆうしゅうな成績せいせきであったが、論文ろんぶんだけは最低点さいていてんだった。

    When Nakahira took an exam for the first recruitment of assistant director for Shochiku Ofuna Studios after the war, he achieved brilliant results except for an essay question, in which he got the worst score.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 免許めんきょを取とる前まえに筆記試験ひっきしけんを受うけます。

    I’ll take a written exam before getting my license.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 今日きょうの筆記試験ひっきしけんは思おもったより難むずかしかった。

    Today’s written exam was harder than I expected.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 筆記試験

  • 筆writing brush; writingOnヒツKunふで
  • 記scribe; accountOnキKunしるす
  • 試test; tryOnシKunこころみる・ためす
  • 験verification; effectOnケン・ゲンKunあかし・しるし・ためす

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