Levels N4
JLPT N4 practice tests — 25 free mock papers
N4 is where the sentences stop being examples. Plain form, casual speech and the first long passages: still everyday Japanese, but spoken at the speed people actually speak it.
Sit an N4 paper All 25 N4 papers
25 full N4 papers are on this site, 25 of them written here and the rest archived sittings — 2,325 questions in all. Every paper is timed like the real thing and marked section by section, and all of it is free: no account, no payment, nothing to install.
What is on the N4 paper
| Sitting time | 115 minutes |
| Pass mark | 90 / 180 |
| Scored sections | Language knowledge & Reading (0–120) · Listening (0–60) |
| Kanji · Vocabulary | ~300 · ~1,500 |
Questions on one N4 paper
| Section | Questions |
|---|---|
| Vocabulary | 30 |
| Grammar | 25 |
| Reading | 10 |
| Listening | 28 |
The 問題 an N4 paper contains
Counted across the N4 papers here. A range is where the papers differ.
- Vocabulary 文字・語彙問題1 9問題2 6問題3 10問題4 5
- Grammar & Reading 文法・読解問題1 15問題2 5問題3 5問題4 4問題5 4問題6 2
- Listening 聴解問題1 8問題2 7問題3 5問題4 8
N4 word, kanji and grammar lists
716 Vocabulary · 166 Kanji · 56 Grammar
N4 papers to sit
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Common questions about N4
How long is the JLPT N4 exam?
115 minutes in all. The papers here run to the same clock, section by section, so a practice sitting costs what the real one does.
What score do you need to pass N4?
90 out of 180 — and every scored section has its own minimum as well. One weak section fails the paper however high the total, which is why the papers here are marked section by section.
How many kanji and words does N4 need?
Around ~300 kanji and ~1,500 words. The JLPT stopped publishing its lists in 2010, so every figure you will see quoted is an estimate, this one included.
Are the N4 papers here free?
Yes, all 25 of them, with no account and nothing to pay. 25 are written for this site; the rest are archived sittings, kept so you can sit a real one.
Can I practise N4 listening?
Yes. All 700 listening questions on this level carry their script, and where the original recording is lost your own device reads that script aloud — so a listening section is never a dead page.
Pass marks and sitting times are the official figures. Kanji and word counts are estimates — the JLPT stopped publishing its lists in 2010.