The 8 Weekends
Saturday = new material. Sunday = reinforcement. Tick things off as you go.
๐๏ธ Weekday micro-habit
10 minutes of Anki only โ no new material. Tap a day when you've done it. This is what makes the weekends actually stick.
โ Self-check before exam day
Kanji note: N5 has no officially published list, so counts differ by source โ you'll see 100, 103 (the old Level 4 list) or 110. This app teaches all 110, which is a superset of every common list (22 per weekend, W3โW7). N5 tests recognition, not hand-writing, so reading them fast matters more than perfect strokes.
Kana Trainer
Weekend 1 & 2 material. Type the romaji, or flip the mode around.
What is this kana?
Charts
Kanji Flashcards
All 110 N5 kanji, 22 per weekend from Weekend 3. Click a card to flip it.
Vocabulary Quiz
N5 core words, grouped by theme. Pick the right meaning.
What does this mean?
Word list
Grammar Cheat Sheet
Every core N5 point in the plan, grouped by the weekend it appears.
What the N5 Exam Actually Is
Scope, sections, timing and the scoring rules that decide pass or fail.
๐ Scope you're expected to cover
๐ Test day structure
Total test time: 90 minutes, plus breaks between sections.
๐ฏ Scoring & pass mark
๐ก Things people fail on
Study Timer
A 2-hour weekend block = 4 ร (25 min focus + 5 min break).
Focus
Pomodoro 1 of 4 โ put the phone face down ๐ธ
How each session works
- Saturday (2 hrs) โ new material: 1 hr grammar/vocab, 1 hr kanji/writing.
- Sunday (2 hrs) โ reinforcement: 1 hr drills on Saturday's material, 1 hr reading/listening + Anki setup.
Weekend-only survival tips
- Review your "confusing points" notes first thing Saturday instead of re-reading everything.
- Never trade the Sunday reinforcement hour for more new material โ retention lives in the second pass.
- Missed a whole weekend? Don't double up. Resume the schedule and push the missed part into weekday Anki.
Confusing Points Notebook
Anything that trips you up during the week. Dump it here, review it Saturday morning.