Free JLPT N5 Mock Test
This is a timed mini mock exam for JLPT N5. It mixes the written question types in real exam style so you can rehearse the experience that matters most: making good decisions under the clock. You have 20 minutes for 30 questions across two sections.
How to use it
Work at exam pace — don't linger on a hard item; pick your best guess, move on, and come back if time allows. When you submit (or the timer runs out), you'll get a section-by-section breakdown and a link to the guide for every point you missed, so the test doubles as a study plan.
A note on what's included: this mini mock covers 文字・語彙 (vocabulary) and 文法 (grammar). Reading (読解) and listening (聴解) sections are coming as those question types are added. Scoring here is a simple percentage — the real JLPT uses scaled scoring with a sectional minimum, which we explain in the JLPT overview.
Vocabulary (文字・語彙)
1. How do you read 「お兄さん」?
お兄さん
(someone else's) older brother (formal)
2. How do you read 「兄」?
兄
(my) older brother (humble)
3. How do you read 「外国」?
外国
foreign country; abroad
4. How do you read 「方」?
方
-- honorific form for 人 (ひと) --; way of doing
5. How do you read 「熱い」?
熱い
hot (objects)
6. How do you read 「読む」?
読む
to read
7. Which is the correct way to write 「おにいさん」?
おにいさん
(someone else's) older brother (formal)
8. Which is the correct way to write 「はたらく」?
はたらく
to work
9. Which is the correct way to write 「うる」?
うる
to sell (v.t.)
10. Which is the correct way to write 「もつ」?
もつ
to hold, to carry; to possess
11. Choose the word that best fits the blank.
＿＿＿は目を大きく開いた。
His mother opened her eyes wide.
12. Choose the word that best fits the blank.
＿＿＿の皮は毛でおおわれている。
The skin of animals is covered with hair.
13. Choose the word that best fits the blank.
＿＿＿は生徒でいっぱいだった。
The classroom was full of pupils.
14. Choose the word that best fits the blank.
いかほどの金額でも＿＿＿です。
Any amount of money will do.
15. Which word is closest in meaning to 「すぐに」 in this sentence?
すぐに巡査が呼びにやられた。
A policeman was sent for at once.
16. Which word is closest in meaning to 「吸う」 in this sentence?
彼はたばこを吸う習慣をやめた。
He got out of the habit of smoking.
17. In which sentence is 「お母さん（おかあさん）」 used correctly?
mother (formal)
18. In which sentence is 「教室（きょうしつ）」 used correctly?
classroom
Grammar (文法)
1. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
さすがに偉大な学者＿＿＿あって、彼はその問いに容易に答えた。
Like the great scholar that he was, he answered the question easily.
2. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
こういう特典に対して私達は＿＿＿代償を支払わなければならないのか。
What price do we have to pay for these advantages?
3. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
あいつはクラスで＿＿＿のまぬけだ。
He is the dumbest kid in the class.
4. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
「騙された」と言ってしまえばそれ＿＿＿ですが、「うまい話」に乗った当人であることは間違いありません。
If you say "I was tricked," well that's certainly so but there's no mistaking that you were the one who signed up on a "sweet deal".
5. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
私の女友達は今頃＿＿＿ここに来ているはずだ。
My girl friend ought to be here by this time.
6. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
ひょっとすると夕方前に雨に＿＿＿かもしれない。
It might rain before evening.
7. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
彼は＿＿＿上手です。
He is good at swimming.
8. Choose the grammar pattern that best completes the sentence.
これを＿＿＿。
Could you look at this for me?
9. Arrange the fragments. Which one goes in the ★ (third) slot?
＿＿ ＿＿ ★ ＿＿ ぞ
You won't get it so easily.
10. Arrange the fragments. Which one goes in the ★ (third) slot?
＿＿ ＿＿ ★ ＿＿
These flowers bloom in spring.
11. Arrange the fragments. Which one goes in the ★ (third) slot?
＿＿ ＿＿ ★ ＿＿ 会いましょう
I hope I'll see you again soon.
12. Arrange the fragments. Which one goes in the ★ (third) slot?
＿＿ ＿＿ ★ ＿＿ ややこしい
The relationships among those five people are complicated.