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JLPT
（ JAPANESE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST ）


JLPT was created by the Japan Foundation and Japan International Education Association (now Japan Exchange and Educational Services) in 1984 to assess and certify non-native Japanese language proficiency.
Initially, about 7,000 people took the exam worldwide, and now that number has reached about 610,000 people, and it has become the largest Japanese language proficiency exam in the world.
In recent years, the Japanese Language Proficiency Exam has been used for a variety of purposes, not only for ability assessment, but also for the purpose of getting a job, salary increase, promotion, certification of competence, etc.

Can understand the Japanese language used in various circumstances.

 – Can read texts with a certain theoretical complexity and/or with a high level of abstraction, such as articles (reviews, comments) published in newspapers, understanding the structure of sentences, as well as their content.

– Is able to read articles on different subjects with deep content and follow the development of the subject, as well as understand the subtle intentions of expressions.

N1

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– Can follow and understand coherent lectures, news and conversations spoken in natural fluency on multiple occasions. Follow the flow of material, the ideas contained, the relationship between the characters, the logical construction of the content and assimilate the main points.

Can understand the Japanese language of everyday use and that used in various circumstances other than everyday to some extent.

 – Can read simpler texts from newspaper and magazine articles, such as written reviews and comments clearly and understand their content.

– Can read texts related to general subjects and understand the course of the subject, as well as the intentions of expressions.

N2

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– Can follow and understand the news and coherent conversations spoken with near-natural fluency in everyday situations. Follow the development of the idea, its content, the relationship between the characters and assimilate the main points.

Can understand, to a certain extent, the Japanese language of everyday use.

 – Can read and understand objective texts relating to an everyday subject.

– Is able to capture the general lines of information from newspaper headlines.

N3

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 – Can understand in general terms, texts of some complexity about everyday situations, provided that more simplified expressions are offered.

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Can understand basic Japanese language.

 – Can read and understand texts whose subject matter is part of their daily life written in basic vocabulary and “kanji”.

N4

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 – Is able to understand, to a certain extent, the content of a slowly spoken conversation, in everyday situations.

Can understand basic Japanese to some extent.

– Can read and understand expressions, phrases and texts in standardized forms, written using basic “hiragana”, “katakana” and “kanji” used in everyday life.

N5

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 – Can understand conversations about subjects that are often involved in their own everyday life or in classrooms and can pick up the necessary information from a short, slow-spoken conversation.

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