JLPT N2 Practice Questions
Exam-style N2 questions in every format of the test, listening included. Answer, see why each option is right or wrong, and the ones you miss come back a few days later.
🎧 N2 listening practice · ⏱ Timed N2 mock test · 🗂 Grammar flashcards
What the JLPT N2 tests
The N2 tests language knowledge (vocabulary and grammar), reading and listening. They are scored as three parts. Language knowledge and reading are one 105-minute sitting, then comes listening. Out of 180, you pass with a total of at least 90 and every part at or above its minimum:
| Part | Score | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Language knowledge | 0–60 | 19 |
| Reading | 0–60 | 19 |
| Listening | 0–60 | 19 |
What's here (833 questions)
Every item type on the test, listening included, written from scratch in the real format:
- Kanji reading · 漢字読み — 70
- Writing · 表記 — 60
- Word formation · 語形成 — 40
- Word in context · 文脈規定 — 70
- Paraphrase · 言い換え類義 — 50
- Usage · 用法 — 40
- Grammar form · 文の文法1 — 218
- Sentence order ★ · 文の文法2 — 100
- Grammar in a text · 文章の文法 — 30
- Short passages · 内容理解（短文） — 14
- Mid-length passages · 内容理解（中文） — 24
- Comparing two texts · 統合理解 — 12
- The author's argument · 主張理解（長文） — 12
- Finding information · 情報検索 — 12
- Task-based listening · 課題理解 — 13
- Listening for the point · ポイント理解 — 15
- Listening for the gist · 概要理解 — 13
- Quick response · 即時応答 — 29
- Integrated listening · 統合理解 — 11
How it works
- Daily set: a short mixed set of vocabulary, grammar and reading each day.
- By question type: drill one format, such as sentence order (★) or information retrieval.
- Explanations: after each answer, why the right option is right and why each wrong one is wrong, with a link to the lesson that teaches the point — and an AI explanation of the option you picked.
- Review list: questions you miss, mark “I don’t know”, or flag “I guessed” after getting right come back the same day, after 3 days and after 7 days, until you get them right.
- Progress stays in this browser; no account needed.
Questions
- Is it free?
- Yes — no ads and no sign-up.
- How close is it to the real JLPT?
- Item types, layout and difficulty follow the real N2; there's no furigana, as on the test. All questions are original, not past papers.
- Is there listening?
- Yes. Play the recording (as often as you like), answer, then read the transcript with furigana and a translation, and replay any line on its own.
- Want a timed run?
- Take the N2 mock test: the real structure and timing, with an estimated score.
N2 grammar lessons
Every grammar question is tied to a grammar point in one of these lessons. Full list: N2 overview.
- Lesson 59 — 逆接 — からといって/つつも/にしろ
- Lesson 60 — 原因・理由 — あまり/ばこそ/だけに
- Lesson 61 — 程度・限定① — に過ぎない/にほかならない
- Lesson 62 — 程度・限定② — はもとより/のみならず
- Lesson 63 — 時間 — にあたって/に先立って/を機に
- Lesson 64 — 主張・判断① — わけがない/はずがない
- Lesson 65 — 主張・判断② — ということだ/ないものか
- Lesson 66 — 対比・関係 — に反して/一方で/につれて
- Lesson 67 — 話題・立場 — をめぐって/を問わず/に応じて
- Lesson 68 — 感情・不可抗 — てしょうがない/てはいられない
- Lesson 69 — 書面表現 — に沿って/を踏まえて/上で
- Lesson 70 — 仮定・条件 — ものなら/ことだ/に越したことはない
- Lesson 71 — 関係・結果 — あげくに/ところだった
- Lesson 72 — 強調・限定 — だけのことはある/まい
- Lesson 73 — 接続・転折 — それにしても/したがって
- Lesson 74 — 高頻出 — げ/抜く/次第/きり/ぶりに
- Lesson 75 — N2文法総復習
These earlier lessons teach some N2 grammar ahead of time; their questions are here too: