What is JLPT?

Japanese Language Proficiency Test
JLPT will be held twice a year. Respectively early July and early December.
N1
  • 900 learning hours
  • about 2,000Kanji characters
  • 10,000 words
JLPT study plan - N1N1 study plan
N2
  • 600 learning hours
  • about 1,000-1200Kanji characters
  • 6,000 words
N2 JLPT study plan - N2N2 study plan
N3
  • 450 learning hours
  • about 600-700Kanji characters
  • 3,500 words
N3 JLPT study plan - N3 N3
N4
  • 300 learning hours
  • about 300Kanji characters
  • 1,500 words
N4
N5
  • 150 learning hours
  • about 100 Kanjicharacters
  • 800 words
N5
JLPT official practice workbook

Instead of past paper, a JPLT mock examination booklet has been published in 2012. The questions published in this booklet are a mixture of the past paper questions extracted from JPLT 2010 /2011 while new designed questions are also be inserted. This mock examination booklet carries the same format and has same amount of questions as in the actual JPLT.