JLPT N5 grammar
The 70 grammar points the course's N5 lessons teach, in the order they first come up. Each is taught in the lesson whose dialogue first uses it, with that line as its example, and a linked point has a page of its own: its meaning, the lines of the course that use it, and practice questions.
The JLPT publishes no grammar list for N5 or any level, so this list is the course's own. N5 papers ask grammar in the part they share with reading: choosing the form that fits a sentence, putting a sentence's pieces in order, and choosing what fills the gaps in a passage.
| Point | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 〜は | topic: as for … |
| 〜で | where an action happens; by means of |
| 〜の〜 | of: possession, belonging, description |
| 〜から (起点) | from (a place or time) |
| 〜です | is, am, are (polite) |
| 〜を | object of an action; the place moved through |
| 〜だ | is (plain) |
| 〜た | did (plain past) |
| 〜ではありません / じゃありません | is not (polite) |
| 〜ます | polite verb ending |
| 〜て、〜 | and (then), joining actions |
| 〜に | time; destination; the person given to; where something is |
| 〜が | subject: the one who / that which |
| 〜が (逆接) | but |
| 〜んです / 〜のです | explaining: it's that … |
| 〜があります / います | there is, there are; to have |
| 何か / 誰か / どこか | something / someone / somewhere |
| 〜や〜 | and (listing some of several) |
| 〜か。 | question marker |
| 〜ました | did (polite past) |
| 〜も | also, too |
| 〜ない | does not (plain) |
| 〜よ | I tell you (asserting something new) |
| 〜ている | is doing; is in the state of having done |
| 〜まえに | before doing … |
| 〜より | than (comparison) |
| 〜ね | isn't it? (seeking agreement) |
| 〜へ | towards (a direction or destination) |
| 〜くなる / 〜になる | become, get to be |
| 〜と | and (listing all); together with |
| そして / それから | and, and then |
| 〜たい | want to do … |
| 〜をください | please give me … |
| 〜くて / 〜で (形容詞) | and (joining descriptions) |
| 〜だけ | only, just |
| 〜な + 名詞 | な-adjective describing a noun |
| 〜でしょう | probably; …, right? |
| 〜つもり | intend to |
| 〜が好き / 嫌い / 上手 / 下手 | like / dislike / good at / bad at |
| 〜より〜のほうが | … is more … than … |
| 〜ませんか | won't you …? (inviting); isn't it …? (asking with a negative) |
| 〜に行く / 来る | go / come to do … |
| 〜ながら | while doing … |
| 〜まで | until; as far as |
| 〜てください | please do … |
| 〜から (理由) | because, so |
| 〜ましょう | let's |
| 〜ません | does not (polite) |
| 〜ずつ | each, at a time |
| 〜でいちばん / いちばん〜 | the most (superlative) |
| でも、〜 | but, however (starting a sentence) |
| 〜たあとで / 〜のあとで | after … |
| 〜く / 〜に + 動詞 | adverb from an adjective |
| 〜てもいい | may, it's all right to |
| 何も / 誰も〜ない | nothing / nobody (with a negative) |
| 〜てはいけない | must not |
| 〜でした | was (polite) |
| 〜てから | after doing … |
| 〜がほしい | want (a thing) |
| 〜たり〜たりする | do things like … and … |
| 〜しか〜ない | nothing but, only (with a negative) |
| 〜ぐらい / くらい | about, approximately |
| 〜ましょうか | shall I / shall we |
| 〜かった | was (い-adjective past) |
| 〜ないでください | please don't … |
| 〜など | and so on, such as |
| 〜ませんでした | did not (polite past) |
| 〜くない | is not (い-adjective) |
| 〜か〜 | or |
| 〜くなかった | was not (い-adjective past negative) |