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JPLT N levels counter

Quick question: If I wanted to say “JLPT N4” in japanese, what’s the counter I should use?

ex: 日本語能力試験の四（何）が合格したいんです

I need to explain to japanese teachers what my aims are, and they’ve told me the counter in the past but the conversation moved on before I was able to note it down.

Google search results just return a slew of things relating to counter vocab listing for various JLPT levels, but not the counter for the JLPT levels themselves. The JLPT site just refers to them as N1, N2, etc. or just 「レベル」, but I’ve heard a specific counter as well.

Currently at the N5 level working towards N4, so apologies if this is a super simple question.

6 comments

  2. 日本語能力試験 N1

    日本語能力試験 N2

    ​

    and so on. it’s how i write them in my CVs too.

    there is also 級, as in 1級 2級 but that might make some people (just some btw, most people will understand right away) misunderstand that it’s from the old 4-level system.

  3. i’ve heard 何レベル＝なにレベル

    何級＝なんきゅう might work as well, though i haven’t heard it personally

  4. I would sayレベル. 級 might be the more natural counter, but that was used for the old leveling system (1級=N1・2級=N2・3級=N4・4級=N5) and has the possibility to cause confusion.

  5. Just a small correction: 日本語能力試験の4級”に”合格したいです。

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