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AP Japanese Language and Culture flashcards

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Written against: College Board AP Japanese Language and Culture Course and Exam Description: the decks follow the six themes of the CED used through 2025–26; the revised CED takes effect in fall 2026 (six thematic units, first revised exam May 2027). Updated 2026-10-10.

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Every deck follows the course outline, with tags you can study or suspend topic by topic. Open a deck to study its free sample right here.

Learn · 1 deck · 79 cards

Concepts, mechanisms and the questions a course or exam asks about them.

Language and Culture Vocabulary for AP Japanese reading, listening and writing, grouped by the six course themes used through 2025–26, plus keigo pairs and email and letter formulas, and the customs (お盆, 年賀状, 七五三) behind questions on cultural practices and perspectives. Every word shows its reading. 10 free · 79 cards in the app

Practice · 1 deck · 50 questions

Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, with the reasoning.

Practice Questions Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on AP Japanese theme vocabulary and particles in context, short reading texts, keigo and register, and cultural practices. Theme items are grouped by the six course themes used through 2025–26. 6 free · 50 questions in the app

Study guide

Topics covered

The decks follow the order of the course outline. Numbers are cards per topic.

  • Families and Communities 15
  • Personal and Public Identities 15
  • Beauty and Aesthetics 14
  • Science and Technology 14
  • Contemporary Life 14
  • Global Challenges 15
  • Keigo and Register 23
  • Cultural Practices 19

A study plan

  • 5 new cards a day covers everything in a month, leaving the last weeks for review.

Willys schedules reviews for you (FSRS spaced repetition), so the daily number above is only for new cards; reviews of what you have learned come back on their own. Study a topic's cards right after you meet it in class, suspend topics you have not reached yet, and use the app's quiz mode in the final two weeks.

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  3. Study. The exam comes in as its own collapsible folder, every card scheduled by FSRS spaced repetition. Nothing you already have is changed.

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About these cards

Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.

Checked against:

  • Topic outline follows the six themes of the College Board's AP Japanese Language and Culture Course and Exam Description in use through 2025–26 (the AP name is used nominatively; no course or exam text reproduced). The revised course framework takes effect in fall 2026, with the first revised exam, given in Bluebook, in May 2027.
  • Readings, meanings and keigo usage checked against Daijirin (Sanseido), Digital Daijisen (Shogakukan), Nihon Kokugo Daijiten and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), with kanji and readings against the Agency for Cultural Affairs' jōyō kanji table (2010); customs checked against Japan Post (年賀状), the Association of Shinto Shrines (七五三) and the Nipponica encyclopedia (Shogakukan) (reference only; no text copied). Most words go beyond the JLPT N5 and N4 decks; a few, such as the keigo verbs 伺う, ご覧になる and 拝見する, also appear in the JLPT N4 decks. All example sentences are original.
  • Readings, meanings and keigo usage checked against Daijirin (Sanseido), Digital Daijisen (Shogakukan) and JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), with kanji against the Agency for Cultural Affairs' jōyō kanji table (2010); customs checked against Japan Post (年賀状), the Association of Shinto Shrines (七五三) and the Nipponica encyclopedia (Shogakukan), and Japan's energy imports against the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy's 2026 energy trends report (reference only; no text copied).

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