N1 Reading Skills

110 minutes, shared between vocabulary, grammar and reading. There is no separate clock for Reading, so you set your own pace.

Reading is scored 0–60. You need at least 19 of 60 in Reading (and in each other section) as well as 100 of 180 overall.

No. N1 requires both the overall pass mark (100/180) and at least 19 points in every scoring section, so 17 in Reading is a fail.

Six: short passages, mid-size passages, long passages, integrated comprehension, thematic comprehension and information retrieval (items 8–13 of the sitting).

Since the 2010 revision, the JLPT has not published official vocabulary, kanji or grammar lists; it describes each level with a level summary of what learners can read and hear. N1 study lists are therefore community approximations.

Read logically complex and abstract writing on many topics, such as newspaper editorials and critiques, and understand both structure and content; also read texts with deep content and grasp narratives and the writer's intent.