JLPT N5 list of kanji is WK wich level?

Hi there,

I’d like to know which level (in WK) is equal to the list of kanji of JLPT N5.

Same question for N4 please ?

Thank you for your help

John

This website wkstats will give you the information. Probably by around level 8 you have enough kanji to pass N5, if not before then

Waouw thanks a lot ! That’s exactly what i needed

There is also the newer https://wanilog.com.

Also, in case you haven’t come across it before, note that there aren’t JLPT lists anymore and everything is a guess based on past tests. The tests can add content that isn’t usually considered to be that level, but it’s a bit less of an issue on earlier levels. So, it’s good to know a bit more than the typical JLPT level lists

Oh wow, they expect that little in N5? o.0 I’ve never explicitly studied for the test (been passively learning on and off for years) but I didn’t realize N5 was that approachable. Then again, last October I almost passed a Bunpro mock N5 after taking it on a whim (I got around 60% in each category), so I’m already almost there I guess

(Edit, looked again and I recognize all the kanji in Wanilog’s N5 that I’ve yet to unlock so maybe I’m already there o.0)

The biggest hurdle in N5 is getting used to the language at all.
Making out the sounds for the listening portion, not getting confused by SOV versus SVO, learning 3 whole new scripts, the way relative clauses work. All that is quite challenging on its own, so they don’t expect too much when it comes to content you need to know.

I think that’s a fair tradeof for N5. If you are good at studying and have a lot of free time you can probably easily clear these hurdles quiet fast, which is why some people recommend going for N4 directly.
It is generally said that the required time from one level to the other roughly doubles with each level.

A pass score on the jlpt n5 is 55%, so you’re probably already able to clear it if you got 60% area on the bunpro tests. It never hurts to be over prepared, though. There are the random kanji that could show up and everyone seems to complain about people being noisy in the listening sections, lol.

I agree with downtimes that n5 test isn’t really worth taking. It’s mostly nice just to know what to work towards and have something to track progress.

Hey, I’m in the process to prepare for the N5 test in December. Do we want to study together? We could do the mock tests, compare answers and work on the mistakes together.

I’m sorry :sweat_smile: I’m not really one to study for tests and I pop into WK/Japanese study kind of randomly

Also I didn’t realize the pass threshold was so low (used to US letter grade systems :fearful: ) but that’s good to know. I know WK isn’t a one stop shop so I need to pick grammar back up eventually. I learned the basics from outlining Tae Kim’s Guide to Japanese Grammar years ago (made it half-way through Chapter 4) so one day I’ll have to go back and keep going, it was really helpful for me