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JFT Basic PDF and cheat sheets (free download)

Free printable PDFs and images for the JFT-Basic: hiragana and katakana charts, a kanji list, a vocabulary list, grammar cheat sheets, a reviewer with 77 questions and answers, and a 12-week study plan. Every file is A4, built from the same checked data as our tools, and free to download and share. No sign-up.

Start here: kana

  • Hiragana chart with all 46 basic hiragana, dakuten, handakuten and yōon, each with romaji
    Free PDF cheat sheetHiragana chartAll 46 basic hiragana plus dakuten, handakuten and yōon, with romaji.Open the sheet PDF
  • Katakana chart with all 46 basic katakana, dakuten, yōon and loanword sounds, each with romaji
    Free PDF cheat sheetKatakana chartAll katakana with romaji, plus loanword sounds like ファ and ティ and everyday words.Open the sheet PDF

Grammar, numbers and phrases

  • Japanese numbers and counters chart: numbers 1 to 10,000 with readings and counters つ, 人, 本, 枚, 個, 台, 匹, 冊, 杯, 階, 歳 from 1 to 10
    Free PDF cheat sheetNumbers & counters chart1 to 10,000, prices and 11 counters with every sound change in red.Open the sheet PDF
  • Japanese time chart: hours, minutes, months, days of the week and dates 1 to 31 with readings, irregular readings in red
    Free PDF cheat sheetTime, days & months chartHours, minutes, the days of the week, months and all 31 dates, irregulars in red.Open the sheet PDF
  • Japanese particles cheat sheet: は, が, を, に, へ, で, と, も, の, から, まで, や, か, ね, よ with example sentences
    Free PDF cheat sheetParticles cheat sheet25 particle uses with example sentences, and に/で, は/が explained.Open the sheet PDF
  • Japanese verb conjugation chart: group 1, 2 and 3 verbs in ます, ません, ました, ない, て and た forms, plus adjectives
    Free PDF cheat sheetVerb conjugation chart14 verbs in ます, ない, て and た forms, the て-form rules and adjectives.Open the sheet PDF
  • Japanese greetings chart: everyday greetings, thanks and apologies, home and meal phrases and work phrases with kana and romaji
    Free PDF cheat sheetGreetings chart28 greetings and set phrases with romaji and when to say them.Open the sheet PDF
  • First page of the SSW workplace Japanese PDF: polite work phrases with kana readings and English
    Free PDF cheat sheetSSW workplace Japanese PDF226 polite work phrases by SSW field, with readings and meanings.Open the sheet PDF

Lists, reviewer and plan

  • First page of the JFT-Basic reviewer PDF: grammar questions with four options in Japanese
    Free PDF cheat sheetReviewer: questions and answers77 original grammar and expression questions with an answer key.Open the sheet PDF
  • First page of the JFT-Basic kanji list PDF: kanji with on and kun readings, meanings and example words
    Free PDF cheat sheetKanji list PDF300 everyday kanji by topic, with readings, meanings and example words.Open the sheet PDF
  • First page of the JFT-Basic vocabulary list PDF: Japanese words with kana readings and English meanings by topic
    Free PDF cheat sheetVocabulary list PDF554 daily-life and work words by topic, with kana and meanings.Open the sheet PDF
  • 12-week JFT-Basic study plan PDF: weekly task lists with tick boxes from kana to full mock tests
    Free PDF cheat sheet12-week study plan PDFA printable week-by-week plan with tick boxes, from kana to full mock tests.Open the sheet PDF

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How we make these sheets

  • Same data as our tools. The kana charts come from the kana quiz, the numbers from the listening trainer, the reviewer from the grammar quiz, and verb forms are checked by automated tests.
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  • Honest labels. The kanji and vocabulary lists are our own selection: the Japan Foundation publishes no official list.

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