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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.

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Practice deck · part of AP Japanese Language and Culture · 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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  1. 「父も母も会社で働いているので、うちは（　　）です。平日は祖母が弟を迎えに行ってくれます。」
    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 子育て
    B) 共働き
    C) 親戚
    D) 一人っ子
    B) 共働き

    共働き (ともばたらき) means both parents work: うちは共働きです — "both my parents work." 一人っ子 (only child) cannot be right, because the writer mentions a younger brother (弟).
    Families and Communities
  2. 「毎日遅くまで練習したので、明日の試合には（　　）があります。」
    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 自信
    B) 性格
    C) 個性
    D) 地震
    A) 自信

    自信がある means to be confident: "I practiced late every day, so I feel confident about tomorrow's match." 地震 (earthquake) has the same reading, じしん, but makes no sense here.
    Personal and Public Identities
  3. 「分からない言葉があったら、スマホで（　　）してみてください。」
    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 検索
    B) 留学
    C) 開発
    D) 発明
    A) 検索

    検索する (けんさくする) means to look something up online: "If there's a word you don't know, try looking it up on your phone."
    Science and Technology
  4. 「父は毎日、電車で一時間かけて会社に（　　）しています。」
    Which word best completes the sentence?

    A) 通勤
    B) 就職
    C) 通学
    D) 受験
    A) 通勤

    通勤 (つうきん) is commuting to work: "My father commutes to his company by train, an hour each way." 通学 is commuting to school, which does not fit 会社, and 就職 means getting a job, not the daily trip.
    Contemporary Life
  5. 「先生、来週の月曜日に職員室へ（　　）もよろしいでしょうか。」
    Which form best completes the request?

    A) いらっしゃって
    B) 伺って
    C) お越しになって
    D) 来られて
    B) 伺って

    伺う (うかがう) is humble language for your own visit to a superior: "Sensei, may I come to the teachers' room next Monday?" いらっしゃる, お越しになる and 来られる are respectful forms that raise the person who acts, so they cannot describe your own visit.
    Keigo and Register
  6. 「八月の中ごろ、親戚が祖父母の家に集まって、みんなでお墓参りに行きます。」
    Which custom does this describe?

    A) 七五三
    B) 初詣
    C) 花見
    D) お盆
    D) お盆

    お盆 (おぼん), held in mid-August in most regions, honors the spirits of ancestors; families gather and visit the family grave (お墓参り).
    Cultural Practices

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  • 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) 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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