N1 2016-12 — audit report
70 questions (問題1–13, the non-listening half). Generated from the OCR and correction audit trails.
Published officially by JEES as 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018) — the jlpt-official-2018-* PDFs (split by section) are the authoritative text. The re-typeset and jlpt-freq copies, dated December 2016, match it end to end.
Text fidelity
This sitting's text was first transcribed from third-party retypes (the OCR pipeline used for the other sittings), then checked in full against the official publication's text layer; every divergence was reconciled in favour of the official text (see Corrections applied below), so the OCR-time transcription risks no longer apply.
Corrections applied (20)
Evidence-based reconstructions of the original exam text. This section is the canonical correction log for the sitting.
- 問8 q46
passage: 「場合がある。 いつも話し続けるのが」 → 「場合がある。いつも話し続けるのが」- Extra space inserted between the full stop and 「いつも」 mid-paragraph is a format artifact; verified anomalous (only 1 of 5 full stops in the passage has a trailing space).
- evidence: Internal consistency: 4 of 5 sentence boundaries in the same passage have no space after 「。」; Google Books N1 source snippet reads 「場合がある。いつも話し続けるのが…」 with no space. [correct-retypes workflow (propose + adversarial verify), 2026-06-17]
- 問12 q68
passage: 「とどまる固有に情報といってもよい」 → 「とどまる固有の情報といってもよい」- 「固有に情報」 is ungrammatical; the adnominal 「固有の情報」 is required (information unique to one's own body). Clear に/の retype slip.
- evidence: Grammar: 固有 modifying 情報 requires の, not に; Google Books 縮刷版 snippet reads 「身体だけにとどまる固有の情報といってもよい。」 [correct-retypes workflow (propose + adversarial verify), 2026-06-17]
- 問12 q65
passage: 「旧来の経験側では難しくなってきている」 → 「旧来の経験則では難しくなってきている」- 「経験側」 is a non-word; intended term is 経験則, which appears correctly earlier in the same passage (「経験則によって裏付けられた」). 則→側 homophone retype error.
- evidence: Internal consistency: same passage uses 経験則 correctly; 経験側 is not a word. [correct-retypes workflow (propose + adversarial verify), 2026-06-17]
- 問5 q28
question: 「それは去年企画チームのリーダーになって始めて気づいたことですが」 → 「それは去年企画チームのリーダーになって初めて気づいたことですが」- はじめて meaning 'for the first time' is conventionally written 初めて, not 始めて (which is the 連用形 of 始める, 'to begin'). The same passage elsewhere in this exam correctly writes 初めて (初めて汽車が走った in Q29), confirming the internal inconsistency is a retype error.
- evidence: Category homophone, confidence high. [retype-corrections-pass2 (propose + adversarial verify), 2026-06-20]
- 問8 q46
passage: 「いつも話し続けるのがコミュニケーションでない。」 → 「いつも話し続けるのがコミュニケーションではない。」- Contrastive negation 「〜のがコミュニケーションではない」 requires the topic/contrast particle は; 「コミュニケーションでない」 after a nominalized clause is ungrammatical/unnatural here. The transcriber explicitly flagged the missing は (quirk notes 16-17). The contrast with the following 「沈黙し」「待つ」 confirms the intended ではない.
- evidence: Category dropped-char, confidence high. [retype-corrections-pass2 (propose + adversarial verify), 2026-06-20]
- 問9 q56
passage: 「科学ジャーナリズム科学者集団のたんなる宣伝係で仕事をした気になってしまう」 → 「科学ジャーナリズムが科学者集団のたんなる宣伝係で仕事をした気になってしまう」- Two nouns 科学ジャーナリズム and 科学者集団 are juxtaposed with no particle, which is ungrammatical. The subject 科学ジャーナリズム needs を-marker が (it is the entity that comes to feel like a mere PR agent). The transcriber flagged this dropped particle (quirk note 18).
- evidence: Category dropped-char, confidence high. [retype-corrections-pass2 (propose + adversarial verify), 2026-06-20]
- 問9 q0
passage: 「(注1)にかかわる」」 → 「にかかわる(注1)」」- (注N)note marker repositioned to follow its glossed term (the retype placed the marker before the word).
- evidence: Marker-only move; the marker-stripped text is byte-identical. [note-marker relocation pass, 2026-06-20]
- 問12 q0
passage: 「(注4)の図」 → 「の(注4)図」- (注N)note marker repositioned to follow its glossed term (the retype placed the marker before the word).
- evidence: Marker-only move; the marker-stripped text is byte-identical. [note-marker relocation pass, 2026-06-20]
- 問9 q0
passage: 「科学ジャーナリズムが科学者集団」 → 「科学ジャーナリズムは科学者集団」- Particle correction. The retype dropped the particle; the pass-2 edit guessed が, but the official exam text reads は (科学ジャーナリズムは科学者集団).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問8 q0
passage: 「コミュニケーションではない」 → 「コミュニケーションでない」- Reverts a pass-2 over-correction: でない was changed to ではない, but the official exam text reads でない (valid as printed).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問11 q0
passageA: 「意見を軽い気持ちで述べる」 → 「意見を軽い気分で述べる」- Mis-transcribed word: the official exam text reads 軽い気分で, not 軽い気持ちで.
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問4 q23
answers[0]: 「<u>内訳</u>を認識したが」 → 「<u>内訳</u>を確認したが」- Mis-transcribed verb in a 問題4 distractor: the official exam text reads 内訳を確認したが, not 認識したが.
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問13 q0
passage: 「往復送料は全額」 → 「往復送料などは全額」- Dropped word: the official exam text reads 往復送料などは (など omitted in our copy).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問13 q0
passage: 「複写料金、送料は全額」 → 「複写料金、送料などは全額」- Dropped word: the official exam text reads 送料などは (など omitted in our copy).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問12 q0
passage: 「『建築のはじまりに向かって』による」 → 「『建築のはじまりに向かって』王国社による」- Restore publisher dropped from the source citation (official: 王国社).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問8 q0
passage: 「多文化共生への課題』による」 → 「多文化共生への課題』くろしお出版による」- Restore publisher dropped from the source citation (official: くろしお出版).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問9 q0
passage: 「『弱者の戦略』による」 → 「『弱者の戦略』新潮社による」- Restore publisher dropped from the source citation (official: 新潮社).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問9 q0
passage: 「幸福そうな顔』による」 → 「幸福そうな顔』フレーベル館による」- Restore publisher dropped from the source citation (official: フレーベル館).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問11 q0
passageA: 「「雑談力」』による」 → 「「雑談力」』新講社による」- Restore publisher dropped from the source citation (official: 新講社).
- evidence: Confirmed against the official JEES publication 日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 (2018), input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-*.pdf. [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
- 問9 q50
question: 「謎が多いとあるが、謎に合うのはどれか。」 → 「<u>謎が多い</u>とあるが、謎に合うのはどれか。」- Restore the underline on the referenced phrase 謎が多い in the 問題9 stem. The third-party retype dropped it (OCR verified no underline in the retype image), but the official exam underlines 謎が多い.
- evidence: Official 公式問題集 第二集 問50 (input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-reading.pdf p.16). [official-text cross-check, 2026-06-21]
Answer Confidence
70 high · 0 medium · 0 low · 0 unresolved (of 70).
Generated from answer-audit.json at build time. Questions listed below are below high confidence or have source disagreement.
Answer Sources
hujiang (沪江网校 名师回忆版 answer cards, via studyinjapan.in Drive folder)(key) — https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UjKMm_1yNnZY7nUtsd8gRbaighzjH0BN (studyinjapan.in N1 folder) — files input/N1_2016-12/studyinjapan-answer-key-{1,2,3}.jpg; images are 沪江网校 (class.hujiang.com) 名师回忆版 answer cardsjlpt-freq/extracted_text/N1/2016/2016.12_n1-2016.12真题+答案+听力原文.txt(key) — github.com/5Mcv4He/jlpt-freq extracted_text/N1/2016/2016.12_n1-2016.12真题+答案+听力原文.txtsolver-1(solver)solver-2(solver)jlpt-official-2018 (日本語能力試験公式問題集 第二集 正答表)(key) — input/N1_2016-12/jlpt-official-2018-answers.pdf — jlpt.jp/samples/sample2018/pdf/N1answer.pdf
Questions Needing Attention
| Question | Chosen | Confidence | Notes | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| q42 | 1 | high | hujiang=4, jlpt-freq/text/N1/2016/2016.12_n1-2016.12真题+答案+听力原文=1, solver-1=1, solver-2=1, jlpt-official-2018=1 |