--- In edict-jmdict@yahoogroups.com, Jim Breen wrote:
>
> As some of you will know, the JLPT has changed from having 4 levels
> of tests to 5 levels. The actual change involved inserting a new intermediate
> level below level 2, and renumbering the lower levels; 3->4 and 4->5.
>
> At the same time, they announced they were no longer going to publish
> lists of kanji and vocab for each level - "Therefore, we decided that
> publishing
> "Test Content Specifications" containing a list of vocabulary, kanji
> and grammar
> items was not necessarily appropriate."
> See: http://www.jlpt.jp/e/faq/index.html#anchor28
>
> At present in Kanjidic I have tags assigning kanji to the old levels
> 1-4. It would
> be easy to amend the levels 3 and 4 tagging, but there is no clean solution
> for splitting the 739 kanji which were listed for level 2. Some sites
> are offering
> lists for the 5 levels, but it seems the people running the sites are
> making their
> own split. Nothing authoritative is available.
>
> Since a lot of apps, etc. draw on kanjidic, I think it's important not
> to put out
> misleading information. I'm also reluctant to withdraw the lists entirely.
>
> What I could do is renumber them thus:
>
> 1 - 1
> 2 - 23
> 3 - 4
> 4 - 5
>
> and make clear in the docs that they are the 2010 lists retagged, and that no
> later lists are officially available.
>
> Alternatively, I could just leave the old lists there with a note about why they
> are not updated.
>
> I think I favour the first approach. Any comments?
>
> Cheers
>
> Jim
>
> --
> Jim Breen
> Adjunct Snr Research Fellow, Japanese Studies Centre, Monash University
>