The JLPT has five levels: N1, N2, N3, N4 and N5. The easiest level is N5 and the most difficult level is N1.


N5 (Easy) → N4 → N3 → N2 → N1 (Difficult)


N4 and N5 measure the level of understanding of basic Japanese mainly learned in class. N1 and N2 measure the level of understanding of Japanese used in a broad range of scenes in actual everyday life. N3 is a bridging level between N1/N2 and N4/N5.

N5 (Basic Japanese)

N4 (Pre-Intermediate)


N3 (Intermediate Japanese)

N2 (Pre Advance-Japanese)

N1 (Advance Japanese)