This quiz will help you learn how to ask basic questions in Japanese, such as "Do you see something from the window?" Practice your skills in asking questions like these, and your Japanese conversation will sound more natural and polished.
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Japanese is full of jukugo, words built from two or more Kanji characters. In most cases, jukugo are read using the on-yomi (Chinese-style pronunciation), but there are exceptions—some jukugo are pronounced with kun-yomi (Japanese-style pronunciation), while others mix on-yomi and kun-yomi to create 重箱読み (on followed by kun) and, less frequently, 湯桶読み (kun followed by on).
Here's another intermediate Japanese dialog between a mother and her son—excellent listening comprehension practice for everyday Japanese among family members.
Here's an excellent listening quiz to test your skills in understanding weather forecasts in Japanese. Two sound clips (one for questions 1-3, another for questions 4-5) are offered—try listening to each sound clip just once, and see if you can answer all the questions.
Do you know how to count things in Japanese? It's more than knowing ichi, ni, san, etc. When you count certain things, you use different words for the numbers: hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, and so on. Try this free Japanese quiz to test your counting skills!
Here's another intermediate Japanese dialog between a mother and her son—excellent listening comprehension practice for everyday Japanese among family members.
The JLPT N1 examination is the advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 2,000 Kanji, with most Kanji-related questions involving reading jukugo (Kanji compounds).
If you are just starting out to learn Japanese, you are no doubt trying hard to learn Japanese vocabulary. This free quiz is here to help, with five introductory Japanese vocabulary words.
Here are more useful grammar expressions for JLPT N3 learners. Whether you plan to take the JLPT N3 or are just studying Japanese for fun, N3-level grammar is essential in everyday conversation in Japanese.
JLPT N1 is the top level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and requires knowledge of about 2,000 kanji. Test your knowledge of just a few of those kanji with this free, advanced Japanese quiz.
If you're starting to learn Japanese, learning to say words like "I" and "you" is important to making yourself understood in the language. Here's a fun, free Japanese quiz to check your knowledge of these basic Japanese words.
The JLPT N5 is the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. To master the grammar portion of the JLPT N5, one good study technique is to try as many sample test questions as possible. Not only will you gradually learn the various JLPT N5 grammar forms, but you will get comfortable with the kinds of questions you'll find on the real JLPT exam.
To read real Japanese, you need to memorize the readings (pronunciations) of the Kanji used in written Japanese. Even if you don't plan to take the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) N2, your Japanese reading skill will improve the more reading practice you get.
If you have ever been stumped by an advanced Japanese idiom or vocabulary word, this is the quiz for you. Understanding and using idioms like these will make your Japanese conversation more natural and expressive.
Can you say dates in Japanese? Thankfully, the months are easy: ichigatsu, nigatsu, and so on. The days are a little trickier: One through ten uses special words, and there are a few other special cases sprinkled in, too.
The JLPT N5 is the introductory level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 600 basic Japanese vocabulary terms, and about 40 grammar forms. Can you use this vocabulary and grammar in correct Japanese sentences?
The JLPT N3 is the middle, or lower intermediate, level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 3,000 Japanese vocabulary terms (including words from the beginner JLPT N4 and JLPT N5 tests).
Just starting out learning Japanese? Then give this free Japanese vocabulary quiz a try! It's got five words to add to your Japanese vocabulary—even if you don't know these words yet, check out the answers page, and then take the quiz again!
The JLPT N2 examination is the upper intermediate level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 5,000 vocabulary terms (including about 3,000 Japanese words from the JLPT N3, N4, and N5 exams).
Do you know the busiest train station in Japan? How about which of Japan's prefectures has the shortest river? Learn the answers with this fun, free Japanese quiz.
The JLPT N2 is the upper intermediate level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The examination covers about 1,000 Kanji (including Kanji from the JLPT N3, N4, and N5 tests), so it is essential to learn how to read Kanji characters and Kanji words (jukugo) correctly.
Can you ask someone's name in Japanese? Try this fun, free Japanese quiz, and see how many useful Japanese phrases you know. Maybe you'll find a couple of new ones, and impress your Japanese friends!
The JLPT N4 is the second level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. One of the grammar forms you'll need to master is the -te form of Japanese verbs.
The JLPT N3 is the middle, or lower intermediate, level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 150 Japanese grammar forms (including grammar from the beginning JLPT N4 and JLPT N5 tests).
Just starting out learning Japanese? Then give this free Japanese vocabulary quiz a try! It's got five words to add to your Japanese vocabulary—even if you don't know these words yet, check out the answers page, and then take the quiz again!
The "-te" form of Japanese verbs is one of the most important forms to learn early in your Japanese study. This form occurs almost everywhere in written and spoken Japanese sentences. With the "-te" form, you can express "doing" something continuously, doing a sequence of things, or even asking someone to do something for you in Japanese.
The JLPT N1 examination is the advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 2,000 Kanji, with most Kanji-related questions involving reading jukugo (Kanji compounds).
Learning to read hiragana is your first step in learning to read Japanese. Each hiragana letter has a certain sound. Practice reading hiragana letters over and over until the pronunciation sticks in your head, and you will master all hiragana in no time.
The JLPT N2 examination is the upper intermediate level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 5,000 vocabulary terms (including about 3,000 Japanese words from the JLPT N3, N4, and N5 exams).
The JLPT N1 examination is the advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 2,000 Kanji, with most Kanji-related questions involving reading jukugo (Kanji compounds).
If you are just starting out to learn Japanese, you are no doubt trying hard to learn Japanese vocabulary. This free quiz is here to help, with five introductory Japanese vocabulary words.
The JLPT N3 is the upper beginner/lower intermediate level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. At this level, you need to learn about 3,000 Japanese vocabulary terms (including about 1,000 covered on the JLPT N4 and N5 tests).
The JLPT N3 is the lower intermediate level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The examination covers about 600 Kanji (including Kanji from the JLPT N4 and N5 tests), so it is essential to learn how to read Kanji characters and Kanji words (jukugo) correctly.
If you have just started to learn Japanese, don't forget to study Japanese writing, too! To learn hiragana well, the key is to practice reading Japanese every day. Try this Japanese quiz and see how fast you can match the hiragana reading (pronunciation) to the correct hiragana letter.
If you are learning Japanese, you are probably studying (or should be studying!) Kanji, too. If you plan to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT), or just read some Japanese for pleasure, learning to read Kanji is essential.
The JLPT N3 is the middle level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and covers about 60 intermediate Japanese grammar forms. To learn how to use this grammar, practice reading, speaking, and writing Japanese whenever you have time—just a few minutes of daily study will make a dramatic difference in your comprehension level of Japanese.
Do you know many Japanese yoji-jukugo, or 4-character idiomatic expressions? As an advanced student of Japanese, memorizing yoji-jukugo will help you understand the nuanced meanings of Kanji characters, as well as give you more insight into Japanese culture.
Just starting out learning Japanese? Then give this free Japanese vocabulary quiz a try! It's got five words to add to your Japanese vocabulary—even if you don't know these words yet, check out the answers page, and then take the quiz again!
If you just started learning Japanese, this quiz is for you: You can practice building some of the most basic, most important Japanese sentences, involving "... wa ... desu" or "... wa ... ja arimasen".
Here's an excellent listening quiz to test your skills in understanding weather forecasts in Japanese. Two sound clips (one for questions 1-3, another for questions 4-5) are offered—try listening to each sound clip just once, and see if you can answer all the questions.
If you are just starting out to learn Japanese, you are no doubt trying hard to learn Japanese vocabulary. This free quiz is here to help, with five introductory Japanese vocabulary words.
The JLPT N4 is the second level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. At this level, you learn over 150 new verbs—absolutely essential vocabulary at the beginner Japanese level. Here's a free Japanese quiz to help you memorize these verbs.
If you're an advanced student of Japanese, you already know that spoken Japanese is replete with idioms, proverbs, and figures of speech. Japan's long history, centuries of interaction with China and the Chinese language, the philosophical mixture of Shintoism and Buddhism—to say nothing of the Japanese penchant for having the perfect phrase for any situation—have given risen to many Japanese idioms.
By learning the Japanese words for who, what, which, where, and so on, you can make all kinds of sentences in Japanese. These basic words show up all the time in spoken Japanese, but using the wrong one can make your sentence hard to understand.
Test your Japanese listening skills with this free quiz between two people talking about sports. Two dialogs are presented, each about one minute long. Try listening to each dialog just once, and see if you can answer all the questions.
Here's an excellent listening quiz to test your skills in understanding weather forecasts in Japanese. Two sound clips (one for questions 1-3, another for questions 4-5) are offered—try listening to each sound clip just once, and see if you can answer all the questions.
Learning how to read Kanji correctly is key to success on the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT). At the N4 level, you need to learn about 150 new Kanji in addition to 80 Kanji on the JLPT N5.
The JLPT N5 is the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. To master the grammar portion of the JLPT N5, one good study technique is to try as many sample test questions as possible. Not only will you gradually learn the various JLPT N5 grammar forms, but you will get comfortable with the kinds of questions you'll find on the real JLPT exam.
Here's a fun, free Japanese quiz to test your listening skills in a family situation. A mother and her son are talking, so you'll hear everyday Japanese as it is spoken among family members.
If you are just starting out to learn Japanese, you are no doubt trying hard to learn Japanese vocabulary. This free quiz is here to help, with five introductory Japanese vocabulary words.
Are you planning to take the JLPT N5? N5 the introductory level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and covers about 400 vocabulary terms. That's a lot of Japanese words to learn, but if you learn just one or two words every day, you'll master all the JLPT N5 vocabulary in no time.
Here's another fun listening quiz for intermediate learners of Japanese. Try your skills at understanding real Japanese spoken in the casual style. If you get a perfect score here, conversing in Japanese (...
The JLPT N3 is the middle, or lower intermediate, level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 150 Japanese grammar forms (including grammar from the beginning JLPT N4 and JLPT N5 tests).
The JLPT N1 is the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, intended for advanced students of Japanese. At this level of Japanese study, you encounter many Kanji having the same reading but with different meanings.
Just starting out learning Japanese? Then give this free Japanese vocabulary quiz a try! It's got five words to add to your Japanese vocabulary—even if you don't know these words yet, check out the answers page, and then take the quiz again!
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If you are learning intermediate Japanese, you know that there are a lot of Kanji that look similar or have similar meanings (that's where the pun in the title comes from).
How many Japanese yoji-jukugo, or 4-character idioms, do you know? As an advanced student of Japanese, you can gain impressive insight into the nuances of Kanji meanings by memorizing yoji-jukugo.
Do you know the days of the week in Japanese? Try this free Japanese quiz to test your ability. Learn Japanese just a few minutes every day, and your language ability will soar!
If you're planning to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT N3), this free Nihongo quiz will help you test your knowledge of JLPT Kanji and vocabulary.
If you are just starting to learn Japanese, you might feel overwhelmed at learning Japanese vocabulary, grammar, hiragana, and Kanji all at once. Don't worry—step back and focus on learning just one Japanese thing every day.
The JLPT N5 is the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. To master the grammar portion of the JLPT N5, one good study technique is to try as many sample test questions as possible. Not only will you gradually learn the various JLPT N5 grammar forms, but you will get comfortable with the kinds of questions you'll find on the real JLPT exam.
Aizuchi is the uniquely Japanese custom of interjecting words of agreement or acknowledgment as someone speaks to you, or of responding to the other party's statement.
Test your Japanese listening skills with this free quiz between two people talking about sports. Two dialogs are presented, each about one minute long. Try listening to each dialog just once, and see if you can answer all the questions.
Learning Kanji isn't difficult—it just takes practice, patience, and perseverance. Spend just a few minutes every day reading Japanese, and your Kanji skills will improve quickly.
Here's another chat with Tanaka-sensei, who is talking with you about your weekend. See if you can fill in the blanks and make the Japanese conversation flow!
The JLPT N1 examination is the advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 2,000 Kanji, with most Kanji-related questions involving reading jukugo (Kanji compounds).
If you have just started to learn Japanese, don't forget to study Japanese writing, too! To learn hiragana well, the key is to practice, practice, practice. Even if you have only a few minutes, practice reading Japanese every day.
The JLPT N5 is the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. To master the grammar portion of the JLPT N5, one good study technique is to try as many sample test questions as possible. Not only will you gradually learn the various JLPT N5 grammar forms, but you will get comfortable with the kinds of questions you'll find on the real JLPT exam.
The JLPT N2 is the second most advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. JLPT N2 vocabulary spans about 6,000 terms, including several hundred adjectives.
JLPT N1 is the highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and covers about 2,000 Kanji characters. To memorize Kanji readings, aim to spend at least a few minutes every day reading Japanese.
The JLPT N3 is the middle, or lower intermediate, level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 150 Japanese grammar forms (including grammar from the beginning JLPT N4 and JLPT N5 tests).
The JLPT N1 is the most advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. JLPT N1 grammar includes many grammar forms used in formal Japanese writing and literature, as well as some forms you'll find in everyday Japanese conversation.
Can you say dates in Japanese? Thankfully, the months are easy: ichigatsu, nigatsu, and so on. The days are a little trickier: One through ten uses special words, and there are a few other special cases sprinkled in, too.
The JLPT N5 is the starting level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. You'll need to be able to read hiragana, katakana, and about 100 Kanji characters. Here are a few JLPT N5 Kanji to practice reading.
JLPT N2 is the next-to-the-highest level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. To pass the grammar portion of the test, you need to master upper intermediate level Japanese grammar. Even if you don't plan to take the JLPT, this free Nihongo grammar quiz will help you in spoken and written Japanese.
The JLPT N1 examination is the advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 2,000 Kanji, with most Kanji-related questions involving reading jukugo (Kanji compounds).
The JLPT N2 is the upper intermediate level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 200 Japanese grammar forms (including grammar from the JLPT N3, N4, and N5 tests).
JLPT N5 is the first level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. Even if you don't plan to take the JLPT, this basic Japanese vocabulary is important as you learn to speak Japanese. Try this free Nihongo quiz, and see how many Japanese words you already know.
The JLPT N1 examination is the advanced level of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. The test covers about 2,000 Kanji, with most Kanji-related questions involving reading jukugo (Kanji compounds).