{"id":26083,"date":"2025-02-04T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/?p=26083"},"modified":"2025-02-27T14:01:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T05:01:56","slug":"how-to-build-a-solid-foundation-for-the-jlpt-n5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/ja\/how-to-build-a-solid-foundation-for-the-jlpt-n5\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Solid Foundation for the JLPT N5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"26083\" class=\"elementor elementor-26083\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a399a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c1a399a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a29ce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a29ce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-04-181747-768x574.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-26085\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-04-181747-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-04-181747-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-04-181747-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-04-181747-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/toranomon-ls.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-04-181747.png 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-708a1eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"708a1eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div><p>If you&#8217;re just starting your Japanese language journey, the <strong>JLPT N5<\/strong> is the ideal place to begin. 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