JLPT N5 practice questions

When someone asks for permission with 〜てもいいですか, answer with ええ to say “yes” before offering it with どうぞ.

"May I use this pen?" "Yes, go ahead."

It is cold (さむい), and the verb 着てください means "please put on" or "wear" clothing, so コート fits.

A: "It is cold, isn't it?" B: "Please put on a coat."

日 is read か for calendar days, as in 七日 (なのか, seventh day). Watch out for the long sound よう, not よっ.

I will go out with my father on the eighth of next month.

はじまります means "starts," so クラス (class) naturally fits as something that begins starting tomorrow.

A new class starts tomorrow.

The speaker predicts tomorrow's weather. Add でしょう after a plain verb like なる to express a polite guess, meaning “probably”.

Tomorrow's weather will probably be good.

B names a person, あね (older sister), so use the polite question word どなた (who) to ask about a person.

A: Who is the person going on the trip with you? B: My older sister.

ひをつける means to light a fire. A マッチ is used to light it.

I lit a fire with a match.

晩 is ばん, as in 今晩 (こんばん, tonight). Add ご飯 (ごはん, meal) for the evening meal.

Tonight’s dinner is curry.

You call or hail (よびます) transportation like a タクシー in front of a store.

I will call a taxi in front of the store.

Days of the month use special readings: the tenth day is read とおか rather than using じゅう.

I will return to my home country on the tenth.

B gives an impression (おいしい, delicious), so ask どう (how) to inquire how the tea is.

A: How is this tea? B: It is very delicious.

砂 (さ, sand) + 糖 (とう, sugar): sand-like grains of sugar.

I put a little sugar in my coffee.

You drink or eat soup with a spoon, so スプーン fits with で to show the eating utensil.

I drink soup with a spoon.

Add はいけません after the て-form とって to say someone must not take photos here.

You must not take photos here.

You ask about the meaning (いみ) of a word in a book. ことば means "word".

I asked my teacher about the meaning of a word in this book.

Use どれ to ask "which one" by itself before です. どの must be followed directly by a noun.

A: Which is our bus? B: It's that blue bus over there.

Use もっと to mean "more" when expressing a desire to do an action further, like sleeping more.

I want to sleep more.

大 is だい, as in 大好き (だいすき, liking very much), and 学 is がく, as in 学生 (がくせい, student): big + study form a place of higher learning.

My older brother goes to university every morning.

ごみをすてる means to throw away rubbish.

I throw out the trash in the morning.

たべました means "ate", so you need a food like ケーキ.

We ate cake together.

Kimura is in primary school, while the other person is at university. An older sister fits that age relationship.

Kimura, a primary-school student, went shopping with their older sister, who is at university.

電 (でん, electricity) + 話 (わ, talk) can help you remember a telephone call: talking using electricity.

I got a phone call from a friend last night.

The past verb 食べました needs a past time word. けさ refers to this morning in the past, while the others are future.

I ate bread this morning.

かう + つもりです means “plan to buy”. Use the verb form かう before つもりです to state an intention for tomorrow.

I plan to buy a book tomorrow.

かさをさす means to put up or hold an umbrella open.

It started raining, so I walked with an umbrella up.

After らいげつの (next month's), you need a specific day of the month like いつか (the 5th).

I will return on the fifth of next month.

一 is ひと, as in 一月 (ひとつき, one month), counting a single item.

I ate one piece of bread for breakfast.

かわいいですね compliments something cute, which naturally describes an item of clothing like a スカート.

A: "That skirt is cute, isn't it?" B: "Thank you very much."

Use the activity followed by が上手 to say someone is good at it.

My older sister is good at cooking.

カメラをかいました means bought a camera. を marks the thing being bought.

I bought a new camera.

父 is read ちち by itself in 父 (ちち, father), but here it takes the polite reading とう with お and さん.

Tomorrow, I am going to school with my father.

きます means to wear clothes on the upper body, so セーター (sweater) fits naturally.

I wear a warm sweater.

Add から directly after たかい to give the reason: "because it is expensive."

A: "Why aren't you buying that bread?" B: "Because it's a bit expensive, I'll buy a different one."

さいふ (wallet) is where you keep money, so おかね fits naturally.

There is no money at all in my wallet.

たべましたか asks what was eaten. なに means "what" as the direct object marked by を.

What did you eat for breakfast?

ドアをあける means to open a door. The sentence describes opening the door to a room.

I opened the room's door.

今日 (きょう, today) → 明日 (あした, tomorrow): the next day.

Tomorrow, I’m going out with a friend in the morning.

The speaker thanks this person for giving birth to them. That identifies their mother, rather than a sibling.

Tanaka said to their mother, “Thank you for giving birth to me.”

やすみました means took time off, so a duration like みっか (three days) fits.

I took three days off.

かわいい describes the dog's appearance as cute.

My younger sister's dog is very cute.

Add か at the end of a polite sentence to turn it into a question.

Did you eat breakfast?

掃 (そう, sweep) + 除 (じ, remove): clearing away dirt. The word covers cleaning a room, not just sweeping the floor.

I clean my room every morning.

あいます means to meet someone, and 先生 (せんせい, teacher) is a person you meet.

I will meet my teacher tomorrow.

へ いきました shows the destination you went to, so a place like デパート fits naturally.

I went to a department store with my mother.

The sentence describes where a window is located, so the direction みなみ (south) fits with にあります.

The window of my room is on the south side.

料 (りょう, materials) + 理 (り, arrangement): preparing ingredients to make a dish. 料理 can mean cooking or a prepared dish.

This dish is sweet and delicious.

テレビのおと is the sound of the television. うるさい describes it as annoyingly loud.

The television is noisy.

げんきです describes a living person being healthy and energetic, so おばあさん (grandmother) fits.

My grandmother is doing well.

つくえの そば means beside or near the desk, describing where the chair is located.

There is a chair beside the desk.

ききながら combines listening with another action happening at the same time. Remove ます from ききます and add ながら.

I read a book while listening to music.

なまえを 書きます means writing your name, so you need a writing tool like ボールペン.

I will write my name with a ballpoint pen.

週 has the long vowel sound しゅう, as in 今週 (こんしゅう, this week). 毎 (every) + 週 (week): every week.

I clean my room every week on Sunday.

Use とても before an adjective like あついです to say something is very hot today.

Today, the room is very hot.

てがみをだす means to send a letter. You put the letter in a ポスト to send it.

I want to send a letter, so I'll put it in the mailbox on that corner.

あたらしい means "new", which naturally describes newly bought shoes (くつ).

I bought new shoes.

先 is せん, as in 先週 (せんしゅう, last week). Combined with 月 (month), it means the previous month.

Last month, I bought a new television.

Turning it on in a room refers to the light rather than electricity in general.

I turned on the light in the room.

ばんごはんを たべます means to eat dinner, so a dining place like レストラン fits the action.

I will eat dinner at a restaurant.

Use a verb's ない-form followed by でください to ask someone not to do something.

Please do not open the room's door.

Eating bread is a daily breakfast habit, so the time word あさ fits the sentence naturally.

In the morning, I eat bread.