JLPT guide

JLPT guides

How the exam works, written out in full.

Three pages on how the exam itself works - the scoring, the step people find hardest, and how to choose a level. Everything here is about the JLPT as an exam rather than about Japanese.

• How the JLPT is scoredEvery level is out of 180 — and the total is not the rule that fails people.
• N4 to N3: the biggest jump in the JLPTThe kanji doubles. The thing that actually fails people is that reading becomes its own section.
• Which JLPT level should you take?Start from what the certificate is for — then check your guess against a real paper.