How is my Japanese level measured?

You answer 10 quick multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty, drawn from real Japanese vocabulary with native audio. Your score maps to an approximate CEFR level from A1 to B1. It's a fast self-check, not an official exam.

Is the Japanese level test free?

Yes — completely free and no sign-up required to take it. Afterwards you can start speaking Japanese with an AI tutor, also free for 5 minutes a day.

Japanese · free placement test

What's your Japanese level?

Ten quick questions with native audio to estimate your CEFR level — no sign-up to try. Takes about two minutes.

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What does this Japanese word mean?

こんにちは

konnichiwa

Words appear as they are genuinely written — kana and kanji mixed, no romaji crutch. Recognising 食べる on sight is part of the vocabulary item, not a separate skill bolted on.

What each level means in Japanese

The CEFR bands are the same everywhere. What sits inside them is not — A2 in Japanese asks for things A2 in another language never mentions. Here is what your result actually describes.

Complete beginner

Kana are readable, greetings and numbers are solid, and you can produce "これは…です". Counters have begun to reveal themselves as a problem with no shortcut in it.

Elementary

Te-form conjugation works, は and が are usually the right particle, and you can join clauses. A couple of hundred kanji are recognisable in context, if not in isolation.

Intermediate

Plain and polite registers are a choice rather than an accident, transitive and intransitive verb pairs are distinguished, and you can read signage and menus without reaching for a camera app.

The way Japanese learners misread their own level

Japanese results split hard along the script line. If you have listened for years and never studied kanji, this test will read you as considerably lower than you actually speak.

Worth remembering either way: a multiple-choice test measures recognition. Speaking is a different muscle, and it is the one that decides whether a conversation happens.

After the test

Knowing your level is the easy part — improving it means speaking. AvalaVoice pairs you with an AI tutor that holds real Japanese conversations, corrects your pronunciation in your own language, and adapts to exactly where you are. Free to start, five minutes a day.

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Questions about the Japanese level test

How is my Japanese level measured?: You answer 10 quick multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty, drawn from real Japanese vocabulary with native audio. Your score maps to an approximate CEFR level from A1 to B1. It's a fast self-check, not an official exam.
Is the Japanese level test free?: Yes — completely free and no sign-up required to take it. Afterwards you can start speaking Japanese with an AI tutor, also free for 5 minutes a day.