JLPT N3 LISTENING Sample Exam with Answers

Japanese Language Proficiency Test N3 - Listening

Here is the Listening component from the latest official JLPT N3 sample exam.

Use this to practice for the Listening part of the test. Each section contains one example question followed by the actual test questions.

Try to follow along and answer the questions without pausing the video to create or simulate real exam timing conditions. Then measure how you went against the answers at the end of the video.

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ANSWERS
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問題1
れい: 1
1: 2
2: 4
3: 1
4: 2
5: 3
6: 3

問題2
れい: 4
1: 3
2: 1
3: 4
4: 2
5: 4
6: 4

問題3
れい: 1
1: 2
2: 2
3: 4

問題4
れい: 1
1: 2
2: 3
3: 2
4: 1

問題5
れい: 2
1: 3
2: 1
3: 3
4: 2
5: 2
6: 1
7: 3
8: 2
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[japanichiwa]

Hey guys! We just noticed that the answers were left out in the video so we have included it in the description:)

[HiiiM]

会話聞いてるとアニメみたいだな〜
私も外国語を勉強しているので一緒に頑張りましょう〜！

[japaneselanguage]

0:42 もんだい１
　1:15 れい
　2:44 １ばん
　4:08 ２ばん
　5:36 ３ばん
　6:50 ４ばん
　8:02 ５ばん
　9:13 ６ばん
10:48 もんだい２
　11:29 れい
　13:19 １ばん
　15:03 ２ばん
　16:53 ３ばん
　18:25 ４ばん
　19:56 ５ばん
　21:44 ６ばん
23:20 もんだい３
　24:10 れい
　26:02 １ばん
　27:22 ２ばん
　28:51 ３ばん
30:27 もんだい４
　31:00 れい
　31:54 １ばん
　32:33 ２ばん
　33:12 ３ばん
　33:50 ４ばん
34:26 もんだい５
　35:02 れい
　35:56 １ばん
　36:28 ２ばん
　37:00 ３ばん
　37:32 ４ばん
　38:05 ５ばん
　38:36 ６ばん
　39:07 ７ばん
　39:39 ８ばん

[itsonlymel]

I'm not even close to be ready, but here I'm, training myself with 7% of N3 ready. SEnd help

[notesfromnihon]

I highly recommend trying these questions at 1.25x speed. The actual test will be a breeze then. :)

[smacrossing]

Tried the listening test for the first time. I got 21, I am so proud of myself. Self-study is life! T_T

[mew]

overall 23/27 is my score.. it gives me hope to take the n3 exam next year 😍
hopefully to memorize the n3 kanji and kotoba soon 😣

[LeroyJerez]

I tried this today and while doing it, I thought it was very hard, but I got a 20 out of 27. I can't believe it 😁❤ the more you study, the easier it becomes.

[rattiyar.]

I've got 24/27. I think the answer of 1.6 is 2 too. I have repeated questions that I got wrong and realized sometime we got misunderstand by the communicate which the sentences is not clear.

[Jeonaiko]

Just to let you know, the exam was way harder that this, this is just the (例) level, I’m not discouraging you but I don’t want someone to get shocked, I recommend practicing on this and then try practicing on a higher level as well, you don’t have to be perfect tho

[napperdog]

i think the answer for 問題１ー2ばん should be 2 since she should be looking for a place (場所をさがす)

[mindandinfinity]

PERFECT SCORE! Although 問題-6 question answer is 2.

[giga.s.o.p]

wow... can't believe I'm actually following this dialogue. thank you so much for these!

[kelly]

This is a helpful video for me! Thanks dude.
Ps. It's possible to update N2 or N1's video?

[PARDEEPYADAV-dwyz]

Thanks Dear. it's very helpful.👏👏

[melrl]

I got 24/27!! I'm ready for listening section for this years 2nd jlpt test but not the vocab and kanji XD

[TheMindofagenius]

the first "question", 6th segment, the question is "what's the first thing the woman will do?", option 2 (which is what i picked the correct answer) says "to look for a place to go to", while the answer sheet says 3, but option 3 says "to decide what will they do (at the trip)".... in the conversation, the man says to the woman she should pick a place first, THEN they'd decide what they do based on what the place was going to be, is the answer sheet wrong, or am i tripping??

[rynomoron]

EDIT
I was highly unprepared for the N3 listening section. This is MUCH EASIER than the real test.

I am absolutely shocked at the massive gap in difficulty between listening and reading for N3. Granted I live in Japan and listen all day, but still, the lack of difficulty on this is wild.

[supersamosa]

im n5 and im happy that i can understand a bit of it :D

[leontartovsky]

Thank you so much! This is really helpful!