N3 Grammar Alternate Answers Update!

Hey Everyone! :wave:

Today, I would like to make an announcement regarding the N3 grammar hints!


Unique Hints :memo:

Over the past few month, we have gone through a large number of attempted answers for N3 grammar and added a bout 12,000-ish new hints.

These new hints have been written in a way that better guides learners to the answer we are looking for.

For example, for the grammar point γ‚ˆγ†γ¨γ—γͺい, if the answer we are looking for is θ«¦γ‚γ‚ˆγ†γ¨γ—γͺい and a student submits あきらめそうもγͺい, it would trigger a hint that says 'This indicates some particular action doesn’t seem likely. We’re looking for a grammar point that uses the volitional form, expresses strong reluctance, and means β€˜makes no attempt to do (A)’ or β€˜is not willing to do (A)’.

As with the N4 hint update, we decided to write new unique hints instead of solely relying on our standard hints so that you can clearly tell which grammar point we are looking for, instead of getting stuck in a loop of potentially similar answers.


Clear distinction between Alternate and Wrong answers :man_shrugging:

We followed the same criteria as we did when we created the new N4 hints when writing the N3 hints.

:warning: Alternate answers :warning::

  • Correct grammar and conjugation, but tense or politeness is off
    Example: ι£ŸγΉγ‚‹ instead of ι£ŸγΉγΎγ™.
  • Not the targeted grammar point, but meaning is close
    Example: くらい instead of ι ƒ. (This is a grey area, but if it makes sense in the context of the sentence, we count it as an alternate answer, but if it does not we count it as a wrong answer).
  • Slight entry errors
    Example: けゆう instead of けゅう.

:x: Wrong Answers :x::

  • Incorrect grammar usage
    Example: Using にくい when やすい should be used.
  • Ungrammatical answers
    Example: Incorrect conjugation and ungrammatical use of grammar points.

Final Notes :pencil2:

With this update, we only added hints for attempted answers that currently lacked hints, and did not make changes to already existing hints. However, we will likely go through existing hints to β€˜fine tune’ them so that they follow the same format, and to improve our hint system for grammar points that have less helpful hints even further.

We will also go through attempted answers for other N levels and add hints for those in the near future. Look out for another post when some of those are done!


Thank you for your continuous support and feedback that helps make Bunpro a great learning tool! We hope that this update improves your learning journey!

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Great stuff! Thank you to the team :smiley:

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I think we must be the most spoiled app users ever. Thank you bunpro team!

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The hints are so great, especially for grammar points that are really similar in meaning but with slightly different nuances. I really appreciate this. Thanks!

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This sounds amazing, thank you! The amount of work you do to improve the service and never stop is baffling. I wish more services were like you

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Awesome! Much appreciated!

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This is great! I really appreciated the changes to N4 grammar, as I often had very similar grammar reviews, and before the changes I would just try each one until one worked.

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I’ve been noticing these new hints lately. Also some really helpful hints for the N1 and N2 grammar points too. Thank you so much!

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Beautiful stuff

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Always great.

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I’m pretty sure I hit the example one you gave just an hour or so ago lol, thanks for going back through existing grammar’s and continuing to improve it! <3

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Is good. Starting from N3, I feel like many grammar points have the same global meaning but the nuances are different. They are important but I feel like in English or other Latin languages we wouldn’t pay that much attention.

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