Regarding the grammar used in vocabulary example sentences

[discopatrick]

I’m curious as to whether the grammar used in the example sentences for vocabulary items matches the JLPT level of the vocabulary itself.

For example, do N5 vocabulary items have example sentences that use only N5 grammar?

[IcyIceBear]

Yes but also no

@Asher

I can’t read the example sentences…

Don’t worry! This is something we have accounted for. The first 2 sentences are always designed to use N5 grammar. The 3rd and 4th sentences are designed to be a little bit longer, and use grammar from the same N-level as that word appears in. The 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th sentences are where things start to get tricky, but have the most value.

When asking our writers to make these last 4 sentences, we had one request, ‘say what you would say in real life, or hear/read in real news/books’. We want you guys to be exposed to these words in the most natural usages possible.

What this means is that (by the end of N5), there should be at least 2 to 4 sentences in every word card that you will be able to read.

Even better than that, you will be able to come back to these words in the future as you are SRS’ing them, to test if you can read the more difficult sentences, and learn new nuances.

[discopatrick]

Thank you for the link! This is useful to know.

Presumably the vocabulary reviews will iterate over these example sentences in the same order. Meaning the vocabulary will get progressively harder the more times I see the vocab item appear in my reviews.