N3 lessons
N3 Japanese lesson catalogue
Browse all published N3 Japanese lessons in the Readnihongo catalogue, then pair each concept with related reading practice.
How the N3 path helps
N3 lessons focus on the sentence patterns and reading habits that make intermediate material easier to process.
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60 N3 lessons
Open full catalogueWritten vs Spoken Japanese
Foundations
Learn to tell written-style Japanese from spoken-style Japanese so you can switch reading expectations quickly.
Sentence Enders and Speaker Attitude
Foundations
Use sentence-ending expressions to read confidence, softness, hesitation, and character voice in dialogue.
Casual Contractions in Dialogue
Foundations
Decode spoken shortcuts like てる, ちゃう, じゃ, and なくちゃ when they appear in dialogue.
Indirect Quotes and Reported Speech
Reading skills
Track who said what, how certain it is, and how the report is framed in connected text.
Reading Nominalized Sentences
Sentence building
Handle の, こと, and ということ so you can read clauses that behave like nouns.
Reading Long Relative Clauses
Reading skills
Learn how to unpack long noun-modifying clauses without losing the head noun or the main meaning.
Cause and Effect Across Sentences
Foundations
Learn to track cause, result, reason, and response even when they are split across multiple sentences.
Organizing Ideas: つまり / たとえば / 一方で
Particles
Use discourse markers to follow summary, illustration, and contrast at the paragraph level.
Formal Written Connectors: しかし / ところが / そのため
Sentence building
Read formal connectors accurately so you can follow contrast, surprise, and consequence across sentences.
ところ Review: About To, In Progress, Just Finished
Foundations
Master ところ across three time frames so you can read actions right before, during, and right after they happen.
Nothing But / Doing Nothing But: 〜ばかり
Foundations
Read ばかり as imbalance, excess, or negative evaluation rather than a neutral 'only.'
Results and Arrangements: ことにする / ことになる Review
Foundations
Review decision, result, and arrangement patterns so you can tell who decided what in context.