JLPT N4 · Elementary
Understands basic Japanese.
- Questions
- 85
- Papers
- 3
- Sitting time
- 115 min
- Pass mark
- 90/180
Papers
言語知識（文字・語彙）
Language Knowledge (Vocabulary)
25 min · 28 questions
言語知識（文法）・読解
Language Knowledge (Grammar) / Reading
55 min · 29 questions
聴解
Listening
35 min · 28 questions
Scoring
言語知識・読解 120
聴解 60
- 言語知識（文字・語彙・文法）・読解 Language Knowledge / Reading0–120 · at least 38
- 聴解 Listening0–60 · at least 19
90/180 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）
25 min · 28 questions
Vocabulary
- 問題1漢字読み Kanji reading7 items4 choices
- 問題2表記 Orthography5 items4 choices
- 問題3文脈規定 Contextually-defined expressions8 items4 choices
- 問題4言い換え類義 Paraphrases4 items4 choices
- 問題5用法 Usage4 items4 choices
言語知識（文法）・読解
55 min · 29 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 composition4 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)3 items4 choices
- 問題5内容理解（中文） Comprehension (mid-size passages)3 items4 choices
- 問題6情報検索 Information retrieval2 items4 choices
聴解
35 min · 28 questions
Listening
- 問題1課題理解 Task-based comprehension8 items4 choices
- 問題2ポイント理解 Comprehension of key points7 items4 choices
- 問題3発話表現 Utterance expressions5 items3 choicesimage
- 問題4即時応答 Quick response8 items3 choices
Mock tests
No tests published for N4 yet.