Minna no Nihongo

Unofficial supplementary practice for learners following the Minna no Nihongo textbook series. Not affiliated with or endorsed by 3A Corporation or the official publishers. Practice vocabulary, grammar, and conversation with structured lessons and quizzes.

JLPT levels: N5, N4

Who this course is for

This course is designed for self-learners preparing JLPT N5, N4 with structured lessons and guided practice. Study at your own pace with free previews and interactive quizzes on Minna Nihongo.

What you will learn

Work through 50 published lessons covering vocabulary, kanji recognition, reading practice, and exam-style review for JLPT N5, N4. Each lesson links to focused exercises so you can reinforce what you study immediately.

Lessons

  1. はじめまして — Greetings and self-introduction — Greetings and self-introduction.
  2. これから　お世話に　なります — Confirming information and describing objects — Confirming information and describing objects.
  3. これを　ください — Ordering and shopping requests — Ordering and shopping requests.
  4. そちらは　何時までですか — Asking time and daily schedules — Asking time and daily schedules.
  5. この電車は　甲子園へ　行きますか — Movement and transportation — Movement and transportation.
  6. いっしょに　行きませんか — Invitations and daily activities — Invitations and daily activities.
  7. いらっしゃい — Welcoming guests and giving/receiving — Welcoming guests and giving/receiving.
  8. そろそろ　失礼します — Adjectives and polite conversation endings — Adjectives and polite conversation endings.
  9. 残念ですが — Preferences, abilities, and regret — Preferences, abilities, and regret.
  10. ナンプラー、ありますか — Shopping and asking for items — Shopping and asking for items.
  11. これ、お願いします — Counting quantities and buying/selling — Counting quantities and buying/selling.
  12. 祇園祭は　どうでしたか？ — Sensations and evaluating experiences — Sensations and evaluating experiences.
  13. 別々に　お願いします — Ordering food and separate bills — Ordering food and separate bills.
  14. みどり町まで　お願いします — Directions and taking a taxi — Directions and taking a taxi.
  15. ご家族は？ — Family and life experiences — Family and life experiences.
  16. 使い方を　教えて　ください — Permission and how-to instructions — Permission and how-to instructions.
  17. どう　しましたか？ — Health check-ins and obligations — Health check-ins and obligations.
  18. 趣味は　何ですか — Hobbies and ongoing actions — Hobbies and ongoing actions.
  19. ダイエットは　あしたから　します — Personal opinions and near-future plans — Personal opinions and near-future plans.
  20. いっしょに　行かない？ — Future plans and invitations — Future plans and invitations.
  21. わたしも　そう　思います — Expressing opinions and agreement — Expressing opinions and agreement.
  22. どんな　部屋を　お探しですか — Finding housing and explaining reasons — Finding housing and explaining reasons.
  23. どうやって　行きますか — Asking directions and giving guidance — Asking directions and giving guidance.
  24. 手伝いに　行きましょうか — Offering help and gratitude — Offering help and gratitude.
  25. いろいろ　お世話に　なりました — N5 communication review — N5 communication review.
  26. ごみは　どこに　出したら　いいですか — Daily rules and states of affairs — Daily rules and states of affairs.
  27. 何でも　作れるんですね — Skills and habitual actions — Skills and habitual actions.
  28. 出張も　多いし、試験も　あるし･･･ — Work and compound reasons — Work and compound reasons.
  29. 忘れ物を　して　しまったです — Forgotten items and daily mishaps — Forgotten items and daily mishaps.
  30. 非常袋を　準備して　おかないと — Preparation and group plans — Preparation and group plans.
  31. 料理を　習おうと　思って　います — Study intentions and relaying messages — Study intentions and relaying messages.
  32. 無理を　しない　ほうが　いいですよ — Advice and health care — Advice and health care.
  33. これは　どういう　意味ですか — Asking meaning and hypothetical conditions — Asking meaning and hypothetical conditions.
  34. わたしが　した　とおりに、して　ください — Work procedures and instructions — Work procedures and instructions.
  35. どこか　いい　所、ありませんか — Describing feelings and sensory experiences — Describing feelings and sensory experiences.
  36. 毎日　運動するように　して　います — Commands, prohibitions, and formal requests — Commands, prohibitions, and formal requests.
  37. 金閣寺は　14世紀に　建てられました — Passive voice and events — Passive voice and events.
  38. 片づけるのが　好きなんです — Causative forms in family and work — Causative forms in family and work.
  39. 遅れて、すみません — Apologies and quoting opinions — Apologies and quoting opinions.
  40. 友達が　できたか　どうか、心配です — Conjecture and worry — Conjecture and worry.
  41. ご結婚　おめでとう　ございます — Congratulations and advanced give/receive verbs — Congratulations and advanced give/receive verbs.
  42. ボーナスは　何に　使いますか — Cause, effect, and change — Cause, effect, and change.
  43. 毎日　楽しそうです — Explaining reasons and viewpoints — Explaining reasons and viewpoints.
  44. この写真みたいに　して　ください — Detailed instructions following examples — Detailed instructions following examples.
  45. コースを　まちがえた　場合は、どう　したら　いいですか — Complex hypothetical conditions — Complex hypothetical conditions.
  46. 先週　直して　もらった　ばかりなのに、また･･･ — Action results and consequences — Action results and consequences.
  47. 婚約したそうです — Hearsay and team coordination — Hearsay and team coordination.
  48. 休ませて　いただけませんか — Polite requests at work — Polite requests at work.
  49. よろしく　お伝え　ください — Storytelling and relaying messages — Storytelling and relaying messages.
  50. 心から　感謝いたします — N4 communication review — N4 communication review.

Sample vocabulary from this course

  • これ: this (thing here)
  • ここ: here, this place
  • おきます (起きます): get up, wake up
  • わたし: I
  • いきます (行きます): go
  • それ: that (thing near you)
  • きます (来ます): come
  • あなた: you
  • そこ: there, that place near you
  • ねます (寝ます): sleep, go to bed
  • はたらきます (働きます): work
  • あのひと (あの人): that person, he , she
  • あれ: that (thing over there)
  • あそこ: that place over there
  • かえります (帰ります): go home, return
  • あのかた (あの方): that person, he , she (あの　かた is the polite equivalent of あの　ひと)
  • がっこう (学校): school
  • この～: this∼, this∼here
  • やすみます (休みます): take a rest, take a holiday
  • どこ: where, what place
  • こちら: this way, this place (the polite equivalent of ここ)
  • ～さん: Mr., Ms. (suffix added to a name for expressing politeness)
  • スーパー: supermarket
  • べんきょうします (勉強します): study
  • その～: that∼, that∼near you
  • ～ちゃん: (suffix added to a child's name instead of ～さん)
  • そちら: that way, that place near you (the polite equivalent of そこ)
  • えき (駅): station
  • あの～: that∼, that∼over there
  • おわります (終わります): finish
  • ほん (本): book
  • あちら: that way, that place over there (the polite equivalent of あそこ)
  • ひこうき (飛行機): airplane
  • ～じん (～人): Suffix meaning ' a national of'; e.g. アメリカじん, an American
  • デパート: department store
  • ふね (船): ship
  • せんせい (先生): Teacher, instructor ( not used when referring to one’s own job)
  • じしょ (辞書): dictionary
  • ぎんこう (銀行): bank
  • どちら: which way, where (the polite equivalent of どこ)

Sample kanji from this course

  • 本 ほん: book
  • 教室 きょうしつ: classroom
  • 行きます いきます: go
  • あの人 あのひと: that person, he , she
  • 起きます おきます: get up, wake up
  • あの方 あのかた: that person, he , she (あの かた is the polite equivalent of あの ひと)
  • 食堂 しょくどう: the dining hall, canteen
  • 辞書 じしょ: dictionary
  • 来ます きます: come
  • 寝ます ねます: sleep, go to bed
  • 事務所 じむしょ: office
  • 帰ります かえります: go home, return
  • ～人 ～じん: Suffix meaning ' a national of'; e.g. アメリカじん, an American
  • 雑誌 ざっし: magazine
  • 働きます はたらきます: work
  • 会議室 かいぎしつ: conference room, assembly room
  • 休みます やすみます: take a rest, take a holiday
  • 新聞 しんぶん: newspaper
  • 先生 せんせい: Teacher, instructor ( not used when referring to one’s own job)
  • 学校 がっこう: school
  • 教師 きょうし: Teacher, instructor
  • 受付 うけつけ: reception desk
  • 勉強します べんきょうします: study
  • 手帳 てちょう: pocket notebook

Practice quizzes included

  • Minna no Nihongo Lesson 04 Review
  • Minna no Nihongo Lesson 3 Review
  • Minna no Nihongo Lesson 2 Review
  • Minna no Nihongo Lesson 1 Review
  • Minna no Nihongo Lesson 5 Review

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