This is a complete list of Japanese grammar rules necessary to study for and pass the N5 Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
Although there is no official JLPT N5 grammar list 文法, most of the grammar points that have appeared in previous exams are included in this list.
Each word of the JLPT N5, is in alphabetical order romaji – English. In total, there are more than 80 grammar words that you must know to pass the N5, we share with you the 40 most repeated words in the JLPT N5 exams.
Grammar n5 / Japanese grammar n5
Let’s see as we said a list in order of N5 grammar / basic Japanese n5 grammar to pass the Jlpt N5 exam:
| # | Grammar Jlpt N5 | 文法レッスン | Meaning of the grammar Jlpt N5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cha ikenai / ja ikenai | ちゃいけない・じゃいけない | should not do (Japanese spoken) |
| 2 | da / desu | だ / です | verb to be |
| 3 | dake | だけ | only | as much as~ |
| 4 | darou | だろう | I think | it seems | probably | right? |
| 5 | de | で | in | by | with | by means of |
| 6 | demo | でも | but | however | although~ |
| 7 | deshou | でしょう | I think | it seems | probably | right? |
| 8 | donna | どんな | what type of |
| 9 | doushite | どうして | why | for what reason | how |
| 10 | douyatte | どうやって | how | by what means | with what means |
| 11 | ga | が | how | by what means | with what means |
| 12 | ga arimasu | があります | hay | es (non-living things) |
| 13 | ga hoshii | がほしい | aspire to sth. |
| 14 | ga imasu | がいます | there is | being | is (living beings) |
| 15 | hou ga ii | ほうがいい | better | would be better | should ~ |
| 16 | i-adjetivos | い-adjetivos | i-adjectives |
| 17 | ichiban | 一番（いちばん） | the most | the best |
| 18 | issho ni | 一緒に（いっしょに） | together |
| 19 | itsumo | いつも | always | usually |
| 20 | janai / dewa nai | じゃない・ではない | not to be |
| 21 | ka | か | question particle |
| 22 | ka~ka | か～か | or |
| 23 | kara | から | because | since |
| 24 | kata | 方（かた） | the way to do something | how to do |
| 25 | kedo | けど | but | however | although ~ |
| 26 | keredo mo | けれども | but | however | although ~ |
| 27 | mada | まだ | not yet |
| 28 | mada ~te imasen | まだ～ていません | have not yet ~ |
| 29 | made | まで | up to | to the extent that | up to (a measure) | even ~ |
| 30 | mae ni | 前に（まえに） | before | in front of~ |
| 31 | masen ka | ませんか | Do you want to? |
| 32 | mashou | ましょう | let’s ~ |
| 33 | mashouka | ましょうか | I shall ~ (used to offer help to the listener) |
| 34 | mo | も | also |
| 35 | mou | もう | already | more | again | another |
| 36 | na-adjetivos | な-adjetivos | na-adjectives |
| 37 | naa | なあ | sentence-ending particle | confirmation | admiration, etc. |
| 38 | naide | ないで | without doing~ | Doing [B] without doing [A] |
| 39 | naide kudasai | ないでください | please don’t do it |
| 40 | naito ikenai | ないといけない | must do | has the obligation to do |
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