JLPT N5 Practice Questions

Exam-style N5 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.

🎧 N5 listening practice · ⏱ Timed N5 mock test · 🗂 Grammar flashcards

What the JLPT N5 tests

The N5 tests language knowledge (vocabulary and grammar), reading and listening. They are scored as two parts: language knowledge and reading together, and listening. Language knowledge and reading are two sittings, 60 minutes in all, then comes listening. Out of 180, you pass with a total of at least 80 and every part at or above its minimum:

Part	Score	Minimum
Language knowledge & reading	0–120	38
Listening	0–60	19

What's here (513 questions)

Every item type on the test, listening included, written from scratch in the real format:

Kanji reading · 漢字読み — 41
Writing · 表記 — 31
Word in context · 文脈規定 — 41
Paraphrase · 言い換え類義 — 21
Grammar form · 文の文法1 — 168
Sentence order ★ · 文の文法2 — 74
Grammar in a text · 文章の文法 — 26
Short passages · 内容理解（短文） — 11
Mid-length passages · 内容理解（中文） — 12
Finding information · 情報検索 — 8
Task-based listening · 課題理解 — 20
Listening for the point · ポイント理解 — 20
What do you say? · 発話表現 — 20
Quick response · 即時応答 — 20

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 N5; grammar and reading carry 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 N5 mock test: the real structure and timing, with an estimated score.

N5 grammar lessons

Every grammar question is tied to a grammar point in one of these lessons. Full list: N5 overview.