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Key Facts: Akita Entrance Japanese Exam
60 min / 100 points
Length and maximum score of the Akita kokugo paper, including a listening section of about 10 minutes
Akita Prefectural Board of Education selection outline
5 subjects / 500 points
Japanese, mathematics, English, science and social studies are sat by every applicant in the single first-round recruitment
Akita R5 (2023) selection reform outline
JPY 2,200
Entrance examination fee for the full-time course
Akita Prefectural High School Tuition and Fees Collection Ordinance
100
Free original MCQ practice questions in this study bank
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The Akita public high school entrance kokugo paper is a 60-minute, 100-point written exam set by the Akita Prefectural Board of Education, opening with a 10-minute listening section and covering modern and literary reading, kobun, kanbun, kanji, and composition from the MEXT junior-high curriculum. This page offers 100 original practice questions with explanations as a study aid — original items, not official past papers, and no substitute for the listening or composition sections.
Sample Akita Entrance Japanese Practice Questions
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1「桜」の読み方として正しいものを一つ選びなさい。 / Choose the correct reading (yomikata) of 「桜」.
2「深刻」の読み方として正しいものを一つ選びなさい。
3「しゅっちょう」という語を漢字で書くとき、正しいものを一つ選びなさい。
4「状況」の読み方として正しいものを一つ選びなさい。
5「雰囲気」の読み方として正しいものを一つ選びなさい。
6「相撲」の読み方として正しいものを一つ選びなさい。
7送り仮名（おくりがな）の付け方が正しいものを一つ選びなさい。
8「あたたかいスープ」の「あたたかい」を漢字で書くとき、最も適切なものを一つ選びなさい。
9「充実」の読み方として正しいものを一つ選びなさい。
10四字熟語「切磋琢磨（せっさたくま）」の意味として最も適切なものを一つ選びなさい。
About the Akita Entrance Japanese Exam
The Akita Public High School Entrance Examination Japanese paper (kokugo) is one of the five subject papers in the prefecture-wide academic examination administered by the Akita Prefectural Board of Education for admission to prefectural public high schools. Since the R5 (2023) reform Akita runs a single first-round recruitment in early March in which the tokushoku (specialty) and ippan (general) selections share the same five-subject academic examination: Japanese, mathematics, and English in 60 minutes each, science and social studies in 50 minutes each, every subject scored out of 100 points. The kokugo paper opens with a listening (kiku koto) assessment of about 10 minutes and follows the MEXT Course of Study for junior high school, covering modern informational and literary reading, classical Japanese (kobun) and kanbun, kanji and vocabulary, grammar, and composition. Results are combined with the junior-high school report (chousasho, weighted across all three school years) and an interview; there is no single passing score. This page provides 100 original English-language practice items as a study adaptation — original items, not official past problems, and no substitute for the official listening section or handwritten composition practice.
Assessment
The real Akita kokugo subject is one of the five academic subjects (kokugo, shakai, suugaku, rika, eigo) of the prefecture-wide entrance examination administered in a single first-round recruitment (ichiji boshuu) in early March. Since the R5 (2023) reform the tokushoku and ippan selections share the same problems on the same day. The kokugo paper lasts 60 minutes, opening with a listening (kiku koto) section of about 10 minutes, and is scored out of 100 points. It covers modern informational and literary reading, classical Japanese (kobun), kanbun, kanji and language knowledge, and composition. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation aligned to the same curriculum content; the items are original and are not official past problems, and they do not reproduce the official audio section or the handwritten composition work.
Time Limit
60 minutes for the Japanese subject paper, including a listening (kiku koto) section of about 10 minutes at the start (unchanged in the published R9 / 2027 question-creation policy)
Passing Score
No fixed pass mark; each subject paper is scored out of 100 points and admission combines the academic test total with the junior-high school report (chousasho) and an interview through each school's correlation table (soukan-hyou)
Exam Fee
JPY 2,200 entrance examination fee for the full-time course; JPY 950 for the part-time course (Akita Prefectural High School Tuition and Fees Collection Ordinance) (Akita Prefectural Board of Education)
Akita Entrance Japanese Exam Content Outline
Modern Reading
Informational and essay passages testing paragraph structure, connectives, evidence tracking, and identification of the author's claim.
Literary Reading
Fiction and narrative essays testing scene comprehension, character emotion, narration viewpoint, and the effect of expressions.
Classical Japanese and Kanbun
Kobun auxiliary verbs and classical vocabulary, plus simple kanbun passages read with return marks (kaeriten).
Kanji, Vocabulary and Grammar
Kanji reading and writing, word usage, parts of speech, and sentence structure across the junior-high kokugo curriculum.
Writing and Listening Strategies
Planning accurate written responses and the comprehension decisions the kiku koto listening section demands.
How to Pass the Akita Entrance Japanese Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: No fixed pass mark; each subject paper is scored out of 100 points and admission combines the academic test total with the junior-high school report (chousasho) and an interview through each school's correlation table (soukan-hyou)
- Assessment: The real Akita kokugo subject is one of the five academic subjects (kokugo, shakai, suugaku, rika, eigo) of the prefecture-wide entrance examination administered in a single first-round recruitment (ichiji boshuu) in early March. Since the R5 (2023) reform the tokushoku and ippan selections share the same problems on the same day. The kokugo paper lasts 60 minutes, opening with a listening (kiku koto) section of about 10 minutes, and is scored out of 100 points. It covers modern informational and literary reading, classical Japanese (kobun), kanbun, kanji and language knowledge, and composition. This local bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation aligned to the same curriculum content; the items are original and are not official past problems, and they do not reproduce the official audio section or the handwritten composition work.
- Time limit: 60 minutes for the Japanese subject paper, including a listening (kiku koto) section of about 10 minutes at the start (unchanged in the published R9 / 2027 question-creation policy)
- Exam fee: JPY 2,200 entrance examination fee for the full-time course; JPY 950 for the part-time course (Akita Prefectural High School Tuition and Fees Collection Ordinance)
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is the real Akita kokugo entrance paper multiple-choice?
No. The official paper mixes selected-response items with written constructed responses and composition, and it opens with a listening (kiku koto) assessment. The MCQs here are an English-language study adaptation for practising reading judgment, vocabulary, grammar, and error diagnosis — not a simulation of the official format.
How long is the Akita Japanese paper and how is it scored?
The kokugo paper lasts 60 minutes, including a listening section of about 10 minutes at the start, and is scored out of 100 points. Admission combines all five subject results (500 points in total) with the junior-high school report (chousasho) and an interview through each school's correlation table; there is no fixed passing score.
Why are some questions written in Japanese?
For a kokugo exam the Japanese language itself is the skill being tested, so stems and options that test kanji, grammar, and reading are kept in Japanese with English explanations. This is a study adaptation, not an official translation.
Who administers the exam and what does it cost?
The Akita Prefectural Board of Education administers the selection. The entrance examination fee set by the prefectural ordinance is JPY 2,200 for the full-time course and JPY 950 for the part-time course.
How is admission decided in Akita?
Since the R5 (2023) reform, Akita holds a single first-round recruitment in early March: the tokushoku and ippan selections share the same five-subject examination on the same day. Each high school admits applicants using a correlation table (soukan-hyou) that combines the academic test total with the chousasho report — which counts grades from all three junior-high years — plus an interview.