JLPT N5: Beginner Japanese Language Test Preparation - MLC Japanese
Welcome to MLC Japanese's comprehensive JLPT N5 preparation page. Here you will find essential grammar explanations, vocabulary resources, and practice quizzes to build your foundation in Japanese. Whether you're starting from scratch or reinforcing basic skills, our materials are tailored to help you succeed.
1. Core Requirements
- Basic structures
- I you she he they we
- Yesterday, today, tomorrow
- directions
- numbers
- o'clock, minute(s), hour(s)
- day of the week, day of the month, month of the year
- 5W1H
- every ...
- ko, so, a, do
- but
- or
2. Adjectives
3. Verbs
- go, come, return, ... ni/e
- arimasu/imasu
- 40 verbs
- frequency
- give/receive
- want to ...
- Let's ...
- important strucrures of te-form, how to make te-form
- I know. I don't know.
- plain forms (dictionary form, nai-form, ta-form, nakatta-form)
4. Particles
- wa/ga
- particles
- [place]+de, [place]+ni
- ... ni aimasu/... to aimasu
- ... ni/...e
- まで until / までに by
- ～で by means of; using
5. Vocabulary
6. Kanji for N5
- Basic Kanji 120 for JLPT N5
- JLPT Kanji Quiz 100
- Kanji quiz for smartphone 150
- Kanji quiz (YouTube videos)
7. Practice & Skills
- calculation
- 1/2, 1/3 ...
- 〇△X
- modifiying the noun
- I think so.
- tomodachi, nakama, ...san, ...chan, ...kun
- compliment
- I'm sorry I'm late.
- connective/adverb
8. Listening practice
9. Additional Resources
Updated Oct 2025