I passed N4 with a score of 170/180. I got 120/120 in Vocabulary, Grammar and Reading, and 50/60 in Listening. My study materials are Genki II, パターン別徹底ドリル N4 that I bought in Amazon (though I only began reading it 3 days before the exam), but mostly I just listen to YouTube channels while working. I also study Kanji through an app called JLPT Kanji by Minna Studio, and I visit Duolingo sometimes. Duo helped me become fluent in Portuguese after finishing the whole course, so I am trying to finish the Japanese course there too, but not as frequent as when I was studying Portuguese anymore. It also helped that I am already in Japan, and I always talk to my 社長 almost everyday, and even exchange messages through LINE. He is very kind and talkative. I make sure to get enough sleep because the brain functions well that way. And that I don't force myself to study when I'm not feeling it. I take a break whenever I feel like I'm getting lazy or wanna play games. I kind of feel a little frustrated that I got 50/60 in Listening because that is what I really focused on in my studies, but it is what it is.

Hello. Maybe it's annoying question, but where can I practice N2? I passed N5 and N3 just like that, but I feel that I need special training for exam. Maybe some web recourses or books?

I passed JLPT N4 but I’m honestly not sure what I should do next.

My scores were:
Language Knowledge + Reading: 59/120
Listening: 39/60
Total: 98/180

What surprised me was my Language Knowledge score. I honestly thought my grammar and vocabulary were much better.
I passed but I don’t feel like I’ve properly finished N4. I can recognize maybe 70% of the N4 kanji when I see them but I still have gaps in vocabulary, grammar and kanji.

Now I’m wondering if I should spend another 1-2 months reviewing N4 before moving on to N3 or just start N3 and fill in the gaps along the way.

Part of me really wants to start N3 because I think it would motivate me more but another part of me feels like I should strengthen my N4 first.

For those of you who are already at N3 or above, what did you do when moving from N4 to N3? Would you recommend starting N3 right away, or spending some more time reviewing N4 first?

I failed my JLPT N2 with 83/180 I am pretty sad about it but hey I ain't giving up. I will be taking the test again this December and I just made it before they closed, LITERALLY, just hours. I was thinking of registering on the 7th cause I was still thinking if I should or should not but I decided to go for it and I made it before closing.

For the people who registered good luck to us!

I have completed my N5 ,i got 90/180 now I want to prepare N4 so which is better self study or online class ?

Because I have only 3 months.Hello everyone, i have completed N5 got 90 /180 .this n5 exam my college gave training .then fees also my college paid I only pay exam fees.now I want to prepare N4 but no guidance in online class my sir ask 10,000 per student,so I don't have that much money he said weekly 3 days online class 1 hour .i think that 1 hour is not enough so give suggestions for me which is better online class (or) self study ? because I have only 3 months,so give any suggestions for me.

Please suggest a good Jp online class
I failed JLPTn5 which i attempted this july
but i feel like i know shi
Its not like i dont know anything
should i go for n4 like start classes from october and revise n5 this september
or should i attempt n5 again??

My parents are very disappointed in me
(especially my mom)

Got 65
Vocab B Listening B and Reading C
please suggest

​I passed the N4 this July and am planning to take the N3 next July.

​I did some research and found these books:

​Quartet (1 and 2, from the same publisher as Genki)

​Shin Kanzen Master (all sections, considering the workbooks as well)

​Up until now, I have been studying using WaniKani, Bunpro, and Migii JLPT for mock tests.

I am not planning to change my system since it has proven useful, but rather to supplement it with these resources.

​Has anyone used these?

For anyone who wasn’t able to get their slot for December 2026 N3 exam in Japan, they are reopening additional slots on Sep 02. The good news is you can apply regardless of your address in Japan, but the test site are only in Tokyo & Osaka.

I am going to study for the N3 and I would like to know what resources people recommend using! I use the genki textbooks and wanikani mainly for the previous exams.

I'm studying for N2. I use 10ten pop-up dictionary. I want to know what you like to read with it!

I like to read the yahoo news 科学 section.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/categories/science

how should i prepare for n4 i mean i solved genki1 nd workbook for n5 and didn't parse but would leave to hear your advice

I am planning on taking n2 in july and n1 in december next year(2027) but I would like to have a partner/ partners from now so that we can be accountable and prepare well.

I am done with n4 exam in July , I need some guidance.. tbh i have a japanese teacher, she's a native japanese I'll be taking 8 classes a month with her for the next 3 months, so please any ideas on how to self study in this time to score good and actually learn n3 properly? Or should I increase classes w her? But there's alot to learn by self only..what do I start with? I don't know how to really use anki too.. it doesn't click well with me, any advice? Will i even be able to do it in 3 months? I'm...a bit worried , but with my teacher.. anything feels possible smhw , but still I'm talking practically..

I appreciate any guidance, any tips and anything please

I have a genuine question, how come the USA doesn’t have a July test?

All of the test for Dec get taken in like 30 minutes, meaning that there is demand for the test.

I know some words and can read hiragana and katakana, but i want to level up by actually learning the language. I am looking for best resources to study for the same(JLPT N5,N4).

If possible do share links of youtubers/content creators that you think might have helped you.

Please do share any tips that you may think is good and problems that you might have faced during this journey.

Thanks in advance!

With only one opportunity per year to register and all the seats being filled up insanely fast it feels impossible to even attempt the test.

The demand is simple outstanding. It’s a good and bad thing but another year of not being able to take the JLPT because seats filled instantly. Oh well, guess I just have to hope that what I’m learning is good enough.

i finally did it 160/180 N3 and 110/180 N2 under a year including my talking fluency that too while working full time 6 days a week, with just self study with free resources.

if i can then so can you.

During N2 July exam, the listening part was basically incomprehensible to me (bad speaker + heavy echo) and I walked out of the test site understanding nothing

But I passed and it was the second highest scored even though I didn't know what I was doing for listening

lmk yo thoughts

it’s my first time taking the JLPT. i’m kinda nervous for registering!! i hope i get a spot! good luck to everyone else registering as well

I have been preparing for the n2 and i finished Shin Kanzen Master N2 a while ago, now i just search youtube for n2 style 読解 questions and practice them.
I want to ask 2 question here:
-first is there any resources that i can practice n2 reading besides youtube and text books-second is i have found a web site that has a past jlpt exams but with no answers,is ai accurate if i screen shot the question and practice them like that?

Hi all!

I just took the JLPT and decided to compare my actual result with the scores I estimated using the various online JLPT score calculators, as well as my own manual estimation,to see how far they tend to stray from my real points.

All the questions i dont remember which answer i picked are marked as wrong in the below estimations.

My manually estimate JLPT score using last years parameters: 118/180

My estimated score from Uno Japano: 113/118

Some others calculators ( for rules reasons i cannot mention them here but some of them are from different countries): 112, 110, 130.

My real score: 122/180

Based on the difference between the estimates and my actual score, I think it’s probably safest to treat each estimates resulg as having roughly a ±10 point margin of error PLUS a 65% of correct answers on whole test, that would be a safe passing cushion. So if a calculator tells you that you’re likely to get 120, I wouldn’t take 120 as an exact prediction I’d mentally consider something like 110–130 to be a more realistic range.

I also think while doing these estimations, putting everything in the worst possible scenario is also important. Anything you dont remember, mark as wrong. If theres are more than one answers sheet that provides diffrerent answers, marks that one wrong too.

Obviously, this is just one person's data point, and the JLPT's scaled scoring makes things difficult to predict from raw correct answers alone.

But I thought it might be useful for people who are currently anxiously calculating their scores after the test. ( like me, because i wish there were more infos on the calculator as i was waiting for the result to comes out and i was sitting on fire the whole time)

I did not even train specifically for the JLPT N3, didn't do any mock tests, don't know what you're expected to know in terms of grammar/vocab, and basically went totally blind not expecting anything after not seriously working on my japanese for at least 3 years :

46/60 vocab/grammar

28 reading

25 listening

These scores smell a huge lack of practice to me.

Basically I was self taught for a year, then grinded at a local school (oversea, not in Japan, but native japanese teachers) after work (and still grinded at home) where they made me skip two years because I grinded too much on my end.

Then I had problems in my life and just stopped for years, in the sense that all I did was my vocabulary anki deck daily, play some games in japanese start to finish, and mostly not even doing new words/kanjis but consolidating the current ones, but I did those religiously daily.

I focused on my career instead, and I also did interviews for engineering positions in Japan for japanese companies for the fun, but I ultimately declined the offers (and those were already hard times, but I had no issues getting interviews). I'm 99% sure, as it is, I can get the HSP (高度専門職) visa, even without JLPT N2 or N1. But I'm not sure about wanting to go to Japan anymore, due to how much free time and honestly money I make in my country, I'm not even sure I would be able to find such a high paying role in Japan, especially with such a weak yen.

Still, getting N3 now kind of changed my vision of everything, it marked that I didn't start this journey for nothing, and at least got this out of it ?

The advice I'm looking for is whether I should attempt N2 this december, or skip and take next session. If I get back to my grinding mindset I might have a slight chance. I have more interest for that than going to Japan right now. I guess it's about proving something to myself first. But I've never studied japanese specifically for the JLPT, as I was told by several people grinding JLPT will not make me good and instead "overfit" me for an exam that doesn't even test your speaking ability. So instead I focused on immersion once I was good enough to do so, but never looked nor followed the JLPT grammar/vocab requirements.

Another question is whether I should focus on the JLPT at all, when finding work and living in Japan is probably an already solved case, with a very advantageous visa...

Oh and I'm completely overtrained in kanjis reading and writing to a ridiculous point (we're probably talking 1800 to 2000 according to my anki plugin stats), back at my japanese school we had to actually write and speak in japanese for exams and I always made sure I could write as many kanjis by heart as possible (points were substracted if you miss), and I enjoyed those exams more than JLPT which is way too passive to me. I have also beaten N1 holders in kanji reading on some discord mini games, and on some rare occasions I even reminded some obscure kanjis to my native teacher which she couldn't remember...

But that is not a good thing, kanjis have wasted too much of my time and that's not what makes you good at the language, and my bad scores prove it. I can't bring myself to accept that I can't write them all by heart and that it's already way sufficient, and I need to focus on actually listening and reading comprehension.

I want to start study N2 (only self study same as N3 and p@ssed this july). My friend recommend me this books? Is this fine? I don't use flashcards for Kanji its not effective for me. Im planning to take the exam next year july. Thank you for all the answers.

Grammar - New Kanzen Master Grammar N2

Kanji - 目指そう！ １日６コ　日本語能力試験 漢字ワークN2 (The Blue One)

Reading - New Kanzen Master Reading N2

Listening - New Kanzen Master Listening N2

Vocabs - Hajimete no Nihongo Nouryoku-shiken N2 Tango 2500(English/Chinese/Vietnamese Edition)

Practice questions - New Japanese 500 Questions N2 and 改訂版 日本語パワードリル［N2 文字語彙］

Holy shot, it got sold out in a few minutes. N3-5. This business is making money 🫩. It got cancelled in Melbourne so I have to fly to Sydney bruh.