THE COURSE, OPENLY

Your N5 coverage map.

Every module links to real, available lessons. This is an independent preparation curriculum based on the skills tested at N5, with some supporting beginner material. Level assignments are estimates: JLPT does not publish a definitive modern word, kanji or grammar list.

basic hiragana characters, plus extended sound lessons

basic katakana characters, plus extended sound lessons

891

distinct word–reading entries

119

kanji

grammar lessons / objectives

unique recordings

reading

Reading and listening

8 short texts, 8 longer passages and 8 information-retrieval notices. All have questions and explanations tied to the text.

task: 8 new tasks
key-point: 8 new tasks
expression: 8 new tasks
response: 8 new tasks

Plus 30 introductory recordings. Situational-expression practice uses written scenarios rather than exam illustrations. Audio is synthesized with the Mei voice. Original teaching material is AI-authored and reference-checked; it has not been reviewed by a native-speaker editor.

Practice and assessment

291 roadmap lessons across 21 modules, including 18 checkpoints and three final revision lessons. A separate 67-question N5 mock exam follows the roadmap, with 20/40/30-minute sections. The library also preserves earlier starter lessons. Repeated assessment questions are not counted as new vocabulary, kanji, passages or recordings.

Checkpoints use an 80% revision target and teach after each answer. The exam hides answers until the entire attempt is submitted and reports raw accuracy for every question type. These are original course assessments, not official questions, JLPT scaled scores or pass predictions.

Grammar inventory

Introduce yourself with は and です Ask a question with か Say what something is not Connect nouns with の This, that and that over there Point to a specific noun Include someone with も Mark the object with を Go somewhere with に and へ Where an action happens: で Polite verbs and negatives Talk about the past Describe things with い-adjectives Make an い-adjective negative Describe things with な-adjectives There is: あります and います Say when with に Connect people and things with と Make a request with てください Say what you want to do Past nouns Polite and plain nouns Identify with が Here and there Polite directions Question words in context List examples with や From and until Means and tools Clock readings and に Calendar dates General counters People and ages Common counters Duration and frequency Adjectives in the past Past and negative な-adjectives Verb groups and dictionary forms Plain negative verbs Make the て-form Plain past verbs Plain past negatives Actions in progress Connect actions After doing something Permission Prohibition Ask someone not to act Obligation No obligation Likes and dislikes Skills and understanding Wanting a thing Wishes in the negative and past Invite with ませんか Suggest with ましょう Purpose of movement Giving and receiving Compare two things Choose between two Superlatives Reasons with から Contrast with が and けど Connect adjectives Adverbs from adjectives Changes of state Before an action After an action When and time clauses Ability with ことができる Describe a noun with a clause Only and approximately Someone and no one Sentence endings ね and よ Negative adjective connections List example actions Experience Activities as nouns Not yet and already Less than a comparison Advice If a condition is met A probable outcome

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Official reference: JLPT test sections and skills.