- Can understand virtually everything heard or read.
- Can summarise information from different?sources, reconstructing arguments and accounts in a coherent presentation.
- Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in more complex situations.

Can read and understand Japanese news paper, Understand Japanese TV program such as news and technical program. Can understand technical manual and books.

- Can understand longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning
- Can express him/herself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions
- Can produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects

Understand almost all news paper column, news, story, movie, and manual.
Listen to lectures in the class room and can ask related question and/or hold related debate.

- Can produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects
- Can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without strain for either party.

Understand almost all news program on TV, drama, anime, and movies.
Read and understand story, essay, and manga.
Understand almost all own technical field of lectures and can ask related question.

- Can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters
- Can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in Japan.
- Can describe experiences and events briefly, give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans

Understand the point and story of TV show, TV drama, manga, anime, and movies.
Can discuss the topic related to him or her self with native Japanese speaker.

- Can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate relevance
- Can describe and communicate in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

Be able to find information from interested pamphlet, menu, advertisement, and station announcement.
Understand TV drama, anime, manga but not perfectly. Be able to communicate in short sentence with Japanese native speaker.

- Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions
- Can introduce him/herself and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details
- Can interact in a simple way provided the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help

Understand some part of conversation or phrase from poster, catalog, TV drama, movie, and anime.
Can speak about relatively easy personal details to Japanese native speaker.