Japanese grammar Jlpt n5 (文法) | Japanese Grammar

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