Practise beginner Japanese: reading, meaning, and sentences
Use three Japanese examples to check what you can read, recall, and explain.
Start with a few entries and check reading, meaning, and sentence use separately. These examples come from Mocavoca’s 50-entry beginner Japanese selection. This is not a complete or official JLPT N5 syllabus.
Read the word before looking at the answer
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 猫 | ねこ | cat |
| 犬 | いぬ | dog |
| 魚 | さかな | fish |
Cover the reading and meaning columns. Say the reading, then explain the meaning. Record which task you missed.
Read the whole example
猫は魚が大好きです。
Cats love fish.
Identify 猫 and 魚, then check what 大好きです adds. Recognising the two nouns is only part of understanding the sentence.
Keep the next session specific
If the reading was wrong, practise the kana and reading again. If the meaning was missing, hide the English and recall it. If you could not explain the sentence, study its structure before repeating the vocabulary task.
These tasks can be done from this page or on paper. Listening requires a separate audio exercise; looking at kana does not test whether you can recognise a spoken word.
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The N5 selection preview shows the scope and examples. Check your installed app’s wordbook list for availability. A small vocabulary selection does not cover all JLPT grammar, reading, or listening tasks.
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