JLPT N3 · Intermediate
Understands everyday Japanese to a certain degree.
- Questions
- 101
- Papers
- 3
- Sitting time
- 140 min
- Pass mark
- 95/180
Papers
言語知識（文字・語彙）
Language Knowledge (Vocabulary)
30 min · 35 questions
言語知識（文法）・読解
Language Knowledge (Grammar) / Reading
70 min · 38 questions
聴解
Listening
40 min · 28 questions
Scoring
言語知識 60
読解 60
聴解 60
- 言語知識（文字・語彙・文法） Language Knowledge0–60 · at least 19
- 読解 Reading0–60 · at least 19
- 聴解 Listening0–60 · at least 19
95/180 overall, and every band must clear its own minimum. Missing one minimum fails the exam whatever the total.
Scaled scores shown anywhere on this site are estimates. The real exam equates scores using IRT, which cannot be reproduced from raw counts.
問題 breakdown
Every 問題 in the exam, in order. Numbering restarts at 1 in each paper, which is how the real paper is printed.
言語知識（文字・語彙）
30 min · 35 questions
Vocabulary
- 問題1漢字読み Kanji reading8 items4 choices
- 問題2表記 Orthography6 items4 choices
- 問題3文脈規定 Contextually-defined expressions11 items4 choices
- 問題4言い換え類義 Paraphrases5 items4 choices
- 問題5用法 Usage5 items4 choices
言語知識（文法）・読解
70 min · 38 questions
Grammar
- 問題1文法形式の判断 Selecting grammar form13 items4 choices
- 問題2文の組み立て Sentence composition5 items4 choices
- 問題3文章の文法 Text grammar4 items4 choices
Reading
- 問題4内容理解（短文） Comprehension (short passages)4 items4 choices
- 問題5内容理解（中文） Comprehension (mid-size passages)6 items4 choices
- 問題6内容理解（長文） Comprehension (long passages)4 items4 choices
- 問題7情報検索 Information retrieval2 items4 choices
聴解
40 min · 28 questions
Listening
- 問題1課題理解 Task-based comprehension6 items4 choices
- 問題2ポイント理解 Comprehension of key points6 items4 choices
- 問題3概要理解 Comprehension of general outline3 items4 choices
- 問題4発話表現 Utterance expressions4 items3 choicesimage
- 問題5即時応答 Quick response9 items3 choices
Mock tests
No tests published for N3 yet.