What level of Japanese is equivalent to Japanese?

The Japanese proficiency test is divided into five grades: N5 to N 1, N5 being the lowest grade and N 1 being the highest grade.

First, N 1 can understand Japanese in various scenes.

1. Read newspaper editorials, comments and other articles with strong logic and high abstraction to understand the composition and content of the articles. Be able to read the reading materials on various topics in depth, understand the context and specific expression intention.

2. Listen to more coherent dialogues, news and lectures that can understand the approximate speed of speech in various occasions, understand the context, the relationship between people and the logical composition of the content in detail, and grasp the main idea.

Secondly, N2 can understand Japanese in daily life, and also can understand Japanese in various scenes to some extent.

1. Read articles with clear arguments, such as newspaper and magazine reports, explanations and simple comments on various topics. Be able to read books on general topics, understand the context and express intentions.

2. Listening to Japanese in daily life, you can understand the coherent dialogue and news of various scenes close to the general speed, understand the contextual meaning, the relationship between people who appear, and grasp the general idea.

N3 can understand Japanese in daily life to some extent.

1. Read the articles that express specific content in daily topics, and get the general content of the articles through newspaper headlines. In daily life, we can understand the general idea of a slightly more difficult article by explaining or changing the expression.

2. Listen to the coherent dialogue about daily life at a speed close to the average speed, and get a general understanding of the specific content of the dialogue and the relationship between the characters who appear.

N4 can read basic Japanese.

1. Read articles about daily life topics written with basic vocabulary and Chinese characters.

2. Listen to some conversations about daily life, which can be roughly understood at a slower speed.

Fifthly, N5 can understand basic Japanese to some extent.

1. Read and understand idioms, sentences and articles written in hiragana, katakana and basic Chinese characters used in daily life.

2. Listen and understand the slow classroom language and simple conversations in daily life language.

Extended data:

Certificate purpose

1. When recruiting foreign students, most universities in Japan are required to submit candidates' N 1 certificates as the basis of their language proficiency.

2. Japanese universities require registered international students to submit proof of N/KLOC-0 and/or N2.

3. Japan requires relevant international exchanges or some labor importers to submit corresponding grade certificates.

Some Japanese-funded enterprises in China require their job seekers to submit corresponding grade certificates.

5. The certificates of N1,N2, N3, N4 and N5 are all valid for a long time.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Japanese proficiency test