01
The 60-Day Plan
Day 1 to Day 60, already scheduled. You open the day and study it — you never decide what to do next.
KEIRO 経路 · 60-Day Plan
Day 23
DAY 20
Reading — Pack 2
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DAY 21
Vocabulary — Block 6
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DAY 22
Listening — Dialogue 8
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DAY 23
Vocabulary — Block 7
DAY 24
Grammar — Guide 4
DAY 25
Listening — Dialogue 9
DAY 26
Reading Practice — Pack 3
DAY 27
Weekly Check Test
★★★★★ 4.9/5 · 2400+ students
The exam has a date.
Now your studying has one too.
The JLPT N5 is on December 6, 2026. In the US it runs once a year — there is no July session. Miss it and the next sitting is December 2027.
KEIRO 経路 · 60-Day Plan
Day 23
DAY 20
Reading — Pack 2
✓
DAY 21
Vocabulary — Block 6
✓
DAY 22
Listening — Dialogue 8
✓
DAY 23
Vocabulary — Block 7
DAY 24
Grammar — Guide 4
DAY 25
Listening — Dialogue 9
DAY 26
Reading Practice — Pack 3
DAY 27
Weekly Check Test
✔ 60-day plan, already scheduled — Day 1 to Day 60. You never decide what to study.
✔ 22 single-listen audio dialogues — trained the way the exam plays it: once, no replay.
✔ Every N5 grammar pattern + 488 words — in the order you'll actually meet them.
✔ Weekly Check Tests — every 7 days you know exactly where you stand.
✔ 3 exam bonuses — survival sheet, night-before checklist, audio glossary.
✔ Instant download · 35 PDFs + 22 MP3s · 7-day money-back guarantee.
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It's not about studying more.
It's about studying right.
Most people study Japanese for months
and never feel like they're getting anywhere.
The ones who succeed have one thing in common:
a clear method and a daily structure.
The ones who succeed have one thing in common:
a clear method and a daily structure.
★★★★★
Finally a clear path
"I tried Duolingo, textbooks, YouTube.
Nothing stuck. KEIRO gave me a clear
path for the first time. I know exactly
what to do every day."
★★★★★
Perfect for busy people
"I study on my lunch break and 20
minutes before bed. The 60-day plan
tells me exactly what to open.
No thinking, just studying."
★★★★★
Listening that finally clicks
"The listening audio files are incredible.
I finally understand what N5 listening
actually sounds like. Worth every cent."
★★★★★
I actually finished it
"I followed the 60-day plan exactly
and finished on Day 60 — the first thing
I've ever completed.
I can read menus
and follow simple conversations now."
What's Inside
Everything the N5 asks for. Nothing it doesn't.
The exam tests three things: vocabulary and grammar, reading, listening. It does not test speaking and it does not test writing — at any level. Every file in here is built for one of those three, and scheduled across 60 days.
02
22 Listening Dialogues
Audio only — no subtitles, no images to lean on. Built to be understood on the first play, because that's all the exam gives you.
03
488 Words in Blocks
The words the N5 draws from — which are simply the most common words in Japanese. Grouped so each block reinforces the last.
04
Every N5 Grammar Pattern
Explained once, in plain English, with the particle traps the exam actually uses. No textbook language.
05
Weekly Check Tests
Every 7 days, a short test in exam format. You know whether you'd pass today — not how you feel about it.
The 60-Day Plan
Everyone tells you what to study. This tells you when.
Sixty numbered days, built around one hour: 20 minutes grammar, 20 vocabulary, 20 audio. You don't build a schedule, you don't pick a resource, you don't decide whether today counts. You open the day.
01
Foundations
Kana locked in cold, then the first kanji and the first word blocks. Everything the other three sections stand on — nothing here is optional at N5.
02
Core Vocabulary
All 488 words, in thematic blocks: numbers, time, food, travel, people. Each block reinforces the one before it, so nothing arrives out of nowhere.
03
Grammar & Reading
Eight guides covering every N5 pattern, plus the short passages the reading section actually uses — 100 to 200 words, with furigana. You practise the format, not just the grammar.
04
Listening & Final Review
The 22 dialogues, played once each — no rewind, the way the room will play them. Then a full practice test in exam format and your final review. By Day 60 you've already sat one.
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Day 60
You walk in having already done it once. That's the whole point.
The plan runs 60 days from the day you start.
The Exam
Three sections, ninety minutes. Speaking isn't one of them.
Most people put off the N5 because they can't hold a conversation yet. That's not what's on the paper. Here is exactly what the N5 asks you to do — and what it never asks.
語
Vocabulary
20 minKanji readings, word choice, paraphrase. Recognition, not recall — you pick from four options.
文
Grammar & Reading
40 minSentence patterns, particles, then short passages. Nothing longer than a notice board at this level.
聴
Listening
30 minShort dialogues, studio-recorded and clearly spoken. Played once. There is no replay.
What the N5 does not test
Speaking. Writing. Not at N5, not at any level up to N1. If you've been telling yourself you're not ready because you'd freeze in a conversation — you're marking yourself down on a paper that doesn't exist.
Exam day
Sunday, December 6, 2026
In the US
Once a year. No July session, no late entry, no waiting list.
If you miss it
The next sitting is December 2027 — a full year.
Exam structure and dates are set by the Japan Foundation and JEES. US sittings are administered by AATJ.
Why KEIRO Works
You've already tried something. Here's what it was missing.
Not because those tools are bad — most of them are good at what they were built for. None of them were built to get you to a date.
| KEIRO | Flashcard apps |
Text books |
Free videos |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Has a last day | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✕ |
| Tells you what to study today | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Covers all three exam sections | ✓ | ✕ | ~ | ✕ |
| Trains listening at single play | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Review load that stops growing | ✓ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tells you weekly if you'd pass | ✓ | ~ | ✕ | ✕ |
| Fits one hour after work | ✓ | ~ | ✕ | ~ |
A review app is maintenance — by design it never reaches an end, and the count comes back every night. A textbook has an end but no schedule. Videos have neither.
KEIRO is the only one of the four with a Day 60 and a date it was built backwards from.
✓ yes · ~ partly · ✕ no
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You want to learn Japanese.
But life keeps getting in the way.
You are not lazy. You are not bad at languages.
You've just never had a date that made the decision for you.
- You've started more than once. January. September. Last January.
- The app kept score. It never said you were done.
- The textbook made it to page 40 and stopped there.
- Every time you asked, someone kind said "go at your own pace."
And every year, quietly: "there's always next year."
Which was true — until you looked it up.
Here is the part nobody mentions
✓Everything you've ever finished had a date someone else set — the degree, the deadline, the tax return
✓Everything you abandoned had no date at all. You're not inconsistent. You're normal.
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No deadline
Studying "when you can" has no end, so it never gets priority over anything else in the week. December 6 does.
🧩
No structure
Apps hand you words. Books hand you theory. Nobody hands you the hour — what to open tonight, and in what order.
📈
No proof
You study for a week, stop for two, and can't tell whether you moved. Without a measure, "am I ready?" is only a feeling — so you say no.
Meet KEIRO 経路
Keiro means route. Not a method — a route to one date.
Not an app. Not a textbook. Not a playlist you'll open twice.
Tokyo · 東京
The thing that actually stops people:
Deciding.
- Which file to open tonight
- Whether to review or move forward
- How long it should take
- Whether you're on track for December
Four decisions, every evening, before you've studied a word.
KEIRO makes all four in advance. You just open the day.
01
日
A day, not a menu
Open Day 23 and it's already decided: 20 minutes grammar, 20 vocabulary, 20 audio. That's the hour, and that's the whole hour.
02
試
A weekly verdict
Every 7 days, a check test in exam format. Not "do I feel ready" — a score, and the two things to redo before you move on.
03
路
A route with an end
Day 60 is the last file. Not a suggested goal — the material runs out, because it was measured backwards from December 6.
This is the part you were missing.
Not more discipline. A date, and sixty days that lead to it.
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3 Bonus Guides — free
The 60-day plan gets you through the syllabus. These three are for the last week and the morning itself — the part nobody prepares for, and the part everyone panics about.
BONUS 1試
N5 Exam Survival Sheet
The 50 most tested words, 10 grammar patterns and the 5 particle traps that catch people every year. One page. Print it, carry it, read it on the train.
BONUS 2夜
Night Before Checklist
What to bring, what to review, what to leave alone. December 5 is not the night to learn anything new — it's the night to stop making decisions.
BONUS 3音
Listening Audio Glossary
Every word and phrase from your 22 dialogues, written out. Read what you couldn't catch — that gap is the fastest thing in the exam to close.
ALL 3 INCLUDED — NO EXTRA COST
Why It Works
Built for the hour you actually have. Aimed at the date you can't move.
Nothing here depends on motivation, on a free weekend, or on you deciding anything at nine in the evening.
KEIRO 経路 · 60-Day Plan
Day 23
DAY 20
Reading — Pack 2
✓
DAY 21
Vocabulary — Block 6
✓
DAY 22
Listening — Dialogue 8
✓
DAY 23
Vocabulary — Block 7
DAY 24
Grammar — Guide 4
DAY 25
Listening — Dialogue 9
DAY 26
Reading Practice — Pack 3
DAY 27
Weekly Check Test
01
時
One hour, on a weekday
No marathon Sundays, no catch-up weeks. Day 45 takes the same hour as Day 5.
02
道
Zero decisions
Open the day, do the day. The order was worked out once, so you never do it again.
03
式
Exam format from week one
Four options, same question types. December 6 shouldn't be the first time you see the layout.
04
聴
Listening at single play
22 dialogues, one pass each. You've trained hearing it twice. The room gives you once.
05
点
A score, every 7 days
Not a feeling. A number, and the exact two things to redo before you move on.
06
合
You've already sat one
Day 60 is a full practice test. You walk in having done the thing once already.
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FAQ
Questions before December 6
The ones people actually ask before they register.
The N5 asks for roughly 800 words, 100 kanji and the basic grammar patterns — it's the entry level, and it's designed to be reachable in a few months of consistent study. The plan runs 60 days at one hour a day. The honest answer is that it depends on when you start: the 60-day plan above tells you exactly where Day 60 lands if you begin today, and how many days of revision that leaves you before the exam.
You'll know long before December. The Weekly Check Tests are in exam format, so by week four you can already see whether you're on track — not in November, when it's too late to do anything about it. And if you decide to sit it out, nothing is wasted: the material is yours permanently, there's no subscription to cancel, and the next US sitting is December 2027. Most people who skip a year skip it because they never had a plan, not because the plan failed.
Yes — vocabulary, grammar, reading and listening, which are the four things the exam draws from. 488 words, every N5 grammar pattern, reading passages in exam format and 22 audio dialogues, spread across the 60 days so nothing is left to the last week. What it doesn't include is speaking and writing practice, because the N5 doesn't test either.
Registration is handled by AATJ, not by us — you apply directly on their site and choose your test site. Two things worth knowing: the registration window closes well before the exam, and there is no late entry and no waiting list. Check aatj.org for this year's dates and don't leave it to the last week — sites do fill.
N5 is the beginner level — it exists precisely for people at the start. The plan assumes no prior knowledge: it begins with kana and builds from there, in English, one step at a time. What it assumes is the hour, not the background.
One hour: 20 minutes grammar, 20 vocabulary, 20 audio. Built for people with a full-time job, not for full-time students. Day 45 takes the same hour as Day 5 — the review load is planned in advance rather than generated by an algorithm that doesn't know your schedule.
35 PDFs and 22 MP3s — the 60-day plan, vocabulary blocks, grammar guides, reading packs, weekly check tests, plus three exam bonuses: the N5 survival sheet, the night-before checklist and the listening glossary. Instant download after purchase, on any device. Nothing to install.
No subscription. €34.90 once, yours permanently, no upsells inside. If it isn't what you expected, there's a 7-day money-back guarantee — one email and it's done.
December 6, 2026 · one sitting a year in the US
The date isn't moving. Everything else is a choice.
You can spend the next two months studying the way you have been, and find out in December whether it worked. Or you can open Day 1 tonight and know by week four.
€34.90
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✓60-Day Study Plan
✓Reading Practice Packs
✓16 Vocabulary PDFs — 488 words
✓22 MP3s + full transcripts
✓8 Grammar Guides
✓Weekly Check Tests
✓Quick Reference Sheet
✓3 Exam Bonuses — free
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