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JLPT N5 · NAT 5Q

The first step: basic Japanese you meet in class and daily life.

JLPT N5NAT-TEST 5Q

What you can do at N5

From the official JLPT level summary.

Reading

Read typical words and sentences written in hiragana, katakana and basic kanji.

Listening

Follow short, slowly spoken conversations about everyday and classroom topics, and pick out the key information.

The test paper

90 minutes in three parts. JLPT N5 and NAT 5Q use the same split.

  • Vocabulary: 20 minutes
  • Grammar & Reading: 40 minutes
  • Listening: 30 minutes

To pass the JLPT N5

Score at least 80 / 180 overall, and reach every section minimum:

  • Vocabulary, Grammar & Reading: 38 / 120
  • Listening: 19 / 60
about 100kanji
about 800words
150 – 300study hours

Kanji, word and hour figures are common study targets, not official lists. Pass marks are from jlpt.jp; NAT-TEST scoring is set by the NAT-TEST office.

N5 study checklist

Tick each one off as you go. Your ticks are saved in this browser.

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Key grammar for N5

A starting set, not the full list. Each point comes with an example you can copy into your notebook.

〜は 〜です
わたしは がくせいです。
I am a student.
〜ではありません
これは わたしの ほんでは ありません。
This is not my book.
〜か (questions)
たなかさんは せんせいですか。
Is Tanaka-san a teacher?
これ・それ・あれ・どれ
それは だれの かさですか。
Whose umbrella is that?
〜が あります／います
こうえんに いぬが います。
There is a dog in the park.
〜ます／ません／ました
きのう えいがを みました。
I watched a film yesterday.
〜たいです
にほんへ いきたいです。
I want to go to Japan.
〜てください
ここに なまえを かいて ください。
Please write your name here.
〜ています
いま、ごはんを たべて います。
I'm eating now.
〜ても いいですか
しゃしんを とっても いいですか。
May I take a photo?
〜ませんか／〜ましょう
いっしょに いきませんか。
Would you like to go together?
Joining adjectives: 〜くて
この へやは ひろくて きれいです。
This room is big and clean.

N5 kanji you can practise here

52 of the usual N5 kanji are in our free kanji lesson, with readings and stroke order.

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Free lessons for N5

Everything in our Learn section is N5 material. Work through it in order.

HiraganaAll 46 letters with soundKatakanaLetters for foreign wordsNumbers & timeDates, days and the clockEssential kanjiWith stroke orderParticlesは, が, を, に, で and moreGreetings & phrasesWith audio Official sample questions jlpt.jp, with audio

N5 practice quiz

Grammar and kanji questions, a new random set every time. Get 8 of 10 to pass.

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