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Why JLPT N5 learners mix up 勉強 (べんきょう, “study”) and 練習 (れんしゅう, “practice”).
Both involve learning. 勉強 is the general act of academic study or effort, while 練習 specifically refers to the repetitive practice of a physical skill, like sports or a musical instrument.
On JLPT N5, this pair shows up as a vocabulary meaning question. You see one word and pick its English equivalent from four options — one of which will be the other word in this pair, chosen as a distractor precisely because of the overlap.
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