Foundations
The writing system and the core grammar patterns. These are worth knowing on their own, and every JLPT level from N5 upward assumes you already do.
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Kana
Hiragana and Katakana — the two syllabaries Japanese is written with, plus the marks and combinations built on them.
Katakana carries more forms because it adds the extended combinations used for foreign words.
113formsHiragana136formsKatakanaKanji
Kanji meanings and readings, learned through real vocabulary rather than in isolation.
The JLPT does not publish a fixed modern Kanji list. These level groupings are estimates used to organize study.
79charactersN5-alignedGrammar basics
The machinery N5 Grammar builds on: plain forms, the polite past, and putting a modifier in front of a noun.
Signed in, answers here build your Foundations record, which is kept separate from your N5 Grammar record.
4basicsPrerequisite skills