Reading · N5 to N2 · answers explained
JLPT reading practice for every level from N5 to N2
Pick your level. Each page has real reading passages from the practice sets on this site, short ones first, with every answer behind a tap and one line on why it is right.
Reading shares a timed section with grammar (and with vocabulary at N2), so the minutes below are for the whole section, not reading alone.
JLPT reading by level
| Level | Test section | Section time | Practice here |
|---|---|---|---|
| N5 | Language Knowledge (Grammar) and Reading | 40 min | 5 passages, 6 questions |
| N4 | Language Knowledge (Grammar) and Reading | 55 min | 5 passages, 11 questions |
| N3 | Language Knowledge (Grammar) and Reading | 70 min | 5 passages, 9 questions |
| N2 | Language Knowledge (Vocabulary/Grammar) and Reading | 105 min | 5 passages, 7 questions |
JLPT N5 reading practice
- Shopping for a DVD (short passage, 1 question)
- A memo on the desk (short passage, 1 question)
- Getting to school (short passage, 1 question)
- The free umbrella box (mid-size passage, 2 questions)
- The company president's schedule (information retrieval, 1 question)
JLPT N4 reading practice
- Ice cream in winter (short passage, 1 question)
- A black eraser (short passage, 1 question)
- An email from a teacher (short passage, 1 question)
- Someone I met at Tokyo Station (mid-size passage, 4 questions)
- A week at a hotel in the mountains (mid-size passage, 4 questions)
JLPT N3 reading practice
- A meeting and a typhoon (short passage, 1 question)
- A karaoke contest notice (short passage, 1 question)
- Coffee before a nap (short passage, 1 question)
- Growing spinach indoors (mid-size passage, 3 questions)
- Mechanical pencils in Japan (mid-size passage, 3 questions)
JLPT N2 reading practice
- Defining your words (short passage, 1 question)
- A railway maintenance notice (short passage, 1 question)
- A business email about samples (short passage, 1 question)
- Living with too much information (mid-size passage, 2 questions)
- What makes someone good at their job (mid-size passage, 2 questions)
Preparing for N1? Try the N1 reading guide and the N1 past exam sets.
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