Free CEFR Placement Test

Test Your Japanese Level日本語レベルテスト

Find out your level of Japanese grammar and vocabulary with this easy 5-minute placement test. Use it to join the correct group class or assess your baseline before starting private lessons.

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What's Your Level? あなたのレベルは?

Beginner Intermediate Advanced
A1
You can understand and use basic expressions and phrases.
A2
You can communicate in a simple way and perform routine tasks.
B1
You can understand and use sentences on familiar or personally interesting topics.
B2
You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity with native speakers.
C1
You can use the language flexibly and effectively for social, academic, and professional purposes.
C2
You easily understand what you hear or read and express yourself fluently and precisely.
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Test Instructions テスト説明

For accurate results, only answer questions you actually know. Skip anything you'd have to guess on, and click "Finish" once it gets too hard.

  1. No guessing. The results will not be accurate if you guess. Only answer questions you are sure of, otherwise skip.
  2. Answer what you can. If the test gets too hard, click "Finish" to end the test — that's how it knows your level.
  3. Be honest. Make sure your answers are real to get the most out of the test.
  4. Check your results. After the test, you will get an evaluation of your current CEFR level.
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Japanese Level Test (CEFR)日本語能力テスト

Free 5-min Online Japanese CEFR Level Placement Test

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Japanese Level Test (CEFR)

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does the Japanese word "arigatou" mean?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

How do you say "good morning" in Japanese?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does the Japanese word "oishii" mean?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does the hiragana word ねこ mean?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

Which hiragana word means "water"?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does this sentence mean? わたしは アメリカじん です。

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does the kanji compound 日本 mean?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does this sentence say? わたしは まいにち 学校に いきます。

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Category: Japanese Vocab

Choose the correct particle: わたし____学生です。

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Category: Japanese Vocab

Choose the correct way to say "I drank coffee yesterday." (きのう = yesterday)

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What is the correct te-form (て-form) of the verb 食べる (taberu, "to eat")?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

Which sentence uses passive voice (受身) correctly?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

Which is the most appropriate honorific (尊敬語) form of 食べる when speaking about a customer or guest?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

Which sentence uses 〜たばかり correctly to mean "just (recently completed)"?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does this newspaper-style sentence mean? 経済の悪化により失業者が増えている。

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does the four-character idiom 換骨奪胎 (kankotsu-dattai) mean?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

Which is grammatically correct AND stylistically appropriate as the wording on an official Japanese public warning sign meaning "Do not enter"?

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Category: Japanese Vocab

What does the kotowaza 「他山の石」 (tazan no ishi) figuratively mean?

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