N1
- You are required to have the level of Japanese which is equivalent to what Japanese high school students acquire by the end of Year 12.
- For example, N1 reading texts are as hard as those for university entrance exams in Japan.
- You should be able to understand by reading difficult texts in Japanese including newspaper, novels, essays with no trouble of Kanji characters and listening to difficult news in Japanese.
N2
- You are required to have the level of Japanese which is equivalent to what Japanese junior high school students acquire by the end of Year 9.
- For example, N2 reading texts are as hard as those for high school entrance exams in Japan.
- You should be able to understand by reading texts in Japanese including newspaper, novels, essays with no trouble of Kanji characters and listening to Japanese news.
N3
- Polite Form (です、ます) and Plain Form for reading and listening
- Honorifics
- There is no space between words in a sentence.
N4
- Polite Form (です、ます) for reading
- Polite Form (です、ます) and Plain Form for listening
- Some basic Kanji characters are written without Furigana.
- There is no space between words in a sentence.
N5
- Polite Form (です、ます)
- All Kanji characters are written with Furigana.
- Very basic words are written in Kanji. Not very basic, but still basic ones are written in Hiragana.
- There is a space between words in a sentence.
