N5 Mock Exams
15 full-length practice exams and 5 mini tests.
Each full test follows the real JLPT format - 81 questions in 90 minutes.
81
Questions / test
90 min
Per test
80/180
Pass mark
3
Sections
Test 1
81 Q·90 minTest 2
81 Q·90 minTest 3
81 Q·90 minTest 4
81 Q·90 minTest 5
81 Q·90 minTest 6
81 Q·90 minTest 7
81 Q·90 minTest 8
81 Q·90 minTest 9
81 Q·90 minTest 10
81 Q·90 minTest 11
81 Q·90 minTest 12
81 Q·90 minTest 13
81 Q·90 minTest 14
81 Q·90 minTest 15
81 Q·90 minMini Tests
Around half the length of a full paper, so you can fit one into a single sitting. Vocabulary, grammar and reading only - no listening section.
What the N5 paper looks like
N5 is the shortest paper on the ladder. Language Knowledge and Reading are marked together as one 120-point block, and Listening is a separate 60-point block. You need 80 of 180 overall, and the December 2024 sitting passed 49.5% of candidates.
The mistake that fails people who knew the material
The sectional minimum catches people who never practise listening. You must score at least 19 of 60 on Listening and at least 38 of 120 on the combined Language Knowledge and Reading block, at the same time as clearing 80 overall. A candidate who scores 110 on the written half and 15 on listening fails.
How to use these papers
Most N5 candidates finish the written sections with time to spare, so the useful thing to rehearse is not speed but the audio. Take at least three of these papers with the listening section run once through, no pausing and no replaying, because that is how the real exam works.
A mock paper is only worth the time if you sit it the way you would sit the real thing: one go, clock running, no dictionary. Scoring well on a paper you paused halfway through tells you nothing useful about whether you are ready.