日本語 Three scripts, polite levels and a lot of fun words.
N5 is the easiest and N1 the hardest: the order is the reverse of HSK.
The Japanese-Language Proficiency Test has five levels, from N5 (basic) to N1 (advanced). It tests vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening; there is no speaking or writing paper.
5 levels · 4 open
A free beginner Japanese course: hiragana, katakana, the 79 kanji and 750 words and grammar of the JLPT N5 level, in 70 short daily lessons with audio.
70 days · 750 words · 27 writing & speaking tasks · 2 practice exams
Start the course →A free Japanese course at the JLPT N4 level: 166 kanji, 659 words and the grammar of plain forms, keigo and conditionals, in 47 short daily lessons with audio.
47 days · 659 words · 21 writing & speaking tasks · 2 practice exams
Start the course →A free Japanese course at the JLPT N3 level: 367 new kanji, 1667 words and 95 grammar patterns, in 99 daily lessons with audio and practice exams.
99 days · 1,671 words · 35 writing & speaking tasks · 2 practice exams
Start the course →A free Japanese course at the JLPT N2 level: 367 new kanji, 1780 words and 106 grammar patterns, in 114 daily lessons with audio and practice exams.
114 days · 1,786 words · 50 writing & speaking tasks · 2 practice exams
Start the course →The top JLPT level: read editorials, essays and complex texts, and follow lectures, debates and the news at natural speed.
About this level →New to Japanese? Start with Japanese N5 in 70 days. Each level builds on the one before: its words come back in the next course without being taught again, so you can also jump in at your own level.
Every course is free, with no sign-up: your progress stays in this browser.
Each day is a dot on your path. Join them up and watch the picture grow.
A day is about 14 bites of 1–3 minutes: a warm-up, words, quick quizzes, writing, a sentence, a game. Stop between any two.
Cards come back just before you forget them. Games and real dialogues make it stick.
Every course has printable PDFs with words, patterns and practice.