JLPT N5 · Beginner

JLPT N5 Grammar List

All 92 N5 grammar points with meanings and 542 audio example sentences. Your first step into Japanese: core particles, basic verbs, and everyday words. Tap any point for full notes and examples.

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Basic 87

は Topic Marker 6 ex.
が Subject Marker 4 ex.
を Object Marker 3 ex.
に Location/Time/Direction 6 ex.
で Location of Action/Means 5 ex.
へ Direction 4 ex.
の Possessive/Modification 2 ex.
と And/With 5 ex.
だい Question Marker 6 ex.
も Also/Too 6 ex.
ましょう Let's 6 ex.
下さい・ください Please do 4 ex.
ている Progressive/State 5 ex.
てから After doing 5 ex.
ても Even if 11 ex.
いる Exist (Animate) 4 ex.
ある Exist (Inanimate) 5 ex.
たい Want to 6 ex.
欲しい・ほしい Want (object) 5 ex.
ことが出来る・できる Can do 4 ex.
好きだ・すきだ Like 3 ex.
嫌いだ・きらいだ Dislike 3 ex.
分かる・わかる Understand 5 ex.
要る・いる Need 4 ex.
くらい About/Approximately 5 ex.
ごろ Around (time) 4 ex.
しか Only (with negative) 11 ex.
そして And then 4 ex.
それから And then/After that 7 ex.
が But/However 3 ex.
どう How 4 ex.
より Than/More than 10 ex.
ほうがより More (in comparison) 9 ex.
一番・いちばん Most/Best 4 ex.
前に・まえに Before 6 ex.
あとで After 6 ex.
から From/Since 7 ex.
まで Until 9 ex.
間・あいだ(に) During/While 7 ex.
あまり Not very/Not much 3 ex.
ね Sentence-final confirmation particle 4 ex.
な Negative imperative (don't) 5 ex.
なさい Polite imperative 4 ex.
など And so on / etc. 6 ex.
もう Already / no longer 5 ex.
まだ Still / not yet 5 ex.
か Or (either A or B) 7 ex.
か(どうか) Whether or not 4 ex.
に Indirect object marker (to/for) 6 ex.
に Location of existence (in/at) 8 ex.
に Direction marker (to/toward) 4 ex.
に On/onto (surface contact) 5 ex.
を Path of motion (through/along/across) 5 ex.
で By/using/with (instrument/means) 7 ex.
こと Nominalizer (that/to/doing) 6 ex.
方・かた How to / way of doing 4 ex.
来る・くる Come / visit 6 ex.
する Do / make / play 12 ex.
たりたりする Do things like X and Y 7 ex.
て And / -ing (connective te-form) 10 ex.
時・とき When / at the time of 7 ex.
と Quotation / sound / manner particle 7 ex.
あげる Give (to social equal or out-group) 3 ex.
で And; because of; due to (te-form of です) 5 ex.
で At; in; on (time of termination/limit) 4 ex.
行く・いく Go; move away from speaker 6 ex.
か Whether; if (embedded question) 8 ex.
かい Casual yes/no question particle 7 ex.
かしら I wonder (female speech) 4 ex.
こと Intangible thing; matter; fact 6 ex.
毎・まい Every; per 5 ex.
も Even; as many/much as; not even one 10 ex.
もも Both ~ and ~; neither ~ nor ~ 8 ex.
に By; from (agent/source in passive & causative) 9 ex.
の Indefinite pronoun (one; thing) 4 ex.
の Nominaliser: that ~; to do ~; doing ~ 5 ex.
の | It is that Sentence-final: it is that ~ (female/child) 8 ex.
お Honorific/polite prefix 10 ex.
を Start-point of movement (out of; through; along) 4 ex.
多い・おおい Many; a lot of; much 4 ex.
Relative Clause Modifying noun with a verb clause 8 ex.
少ない・すくない Few; little; scarce 4 ex.
する Have (a semi-permanent attribute) 3 ex.
と With; as; from (reciprocal/accompanying) 5 ex.
とか And; or; something like (listing) 5 ex.
屋・や Store; shop; dealer suffix 1 ex.
や And; or (non-exhaustive listing particle) 4 ex.

Intermediate 4

Advanced 1

いくら How much 16 ex.