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Give status updates with 〜るところ, 〜ているところ and 〜たところ, say what should happen with 〜はずです, start, finish and continue actions with ます-stem + 始める / 終わる / つづける / 出す, talk about other people’s feelings with 〜がる and 〜たがる, and read names on the shift board — kanji 田, 野, 歌, 教, 音 and 楽.
November 8, 2026 6 min read
A 30-question N4 practice test written by TalkToJapan, in four JLPT-style parts — kanji, vocabulary, grammar and reading — with an explanation for every answer, a review table and a printable version with an answer sheet. It is a practice test only, not official JLPT material.
November 8, 2026 4 min read
Say what something looks like with 〜そうです, pass on news with 〜そうです and 〜によると, guess from what you see with 〜ようです and 〜みたい, use 〜らしい, understand the weather forecast — and learn the kanji 世, 界, 海, 洋 and 有.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Learn the words for registering a new address at the ward or city office, say why you do something with 〜ために and 〜ように, talk about decisions with 〜ことにしました and 〜ことになりました, and read the kanji 住, 建, 公, 館 and 堂.
November 8, 2026 6 min read
Give your opinion with plain form + と思います, say “I don’t think …” the Japanese way, pass on messages with と言っていました, name things with という and talk about a topic with について — plus the kanji 思, 考, 意 and 味.
November 8, 2026 4 min read
Talk about your day and your shifts: 〜た後で (after doing), 〜ながら (while doing) and 〜までに (by a deadline), with words for early, day and night shifts — plus the first N4 kanji 朝, 昼, 夜, 夕 and 起.
November 8, 2026 5 min read
Learn your first 15 hiragana — the five vowels あいうえお and the か and さ rows — and start reading real words like すし, えき and かさ.
November 7, 2026 5 min read
Learn the next 15 hiragana — the た, な and は rows — including the special sounds ち (chi), つ (tsu) and ふ (fu), and read words like ねこ, いぬ and さかな.
November 7, 2026 4 min read
Finish the basic hiragana chart with the ま, や, ら and わ rows and ん, then learn how the small marks ゛ and ゜ turn か into が and は into ば or ぱ.
November 7, 2026 5 min read
Meet katakana, the Japanese script for foreign words and names. Learn the 46 basic characters by linking them to the hiragana you already know, and read words like カメラ, テレビ and パン.
November 7, 2026 4 min read
Read real katakana words from menus, shops and signs: learn the long-vowel mark ー, the small ッ, combined sounds like シャ and ジュ, and special pairs such as ティ and ファ.
November 7, 2026 3 min read
Count from 0 to 10,000, read prices in yen and say phone numbers. Learn the numbers with two readings (4, 7, 9), the sound changes in 300, 600 and 800, and the number kanji 一 to 十, 百, 千, 万 and 円.
November 7, 2026 3 min read
