N3 Vocabulary · Test 62

豆 is read まめ, meaning 'bean(s).' Option 4 is correct.

• 1こな means 'powder/flour' (粉) — a different word entirely.
• 2いも means 'potato/taro' (芋) — a different food item.
• 3かい means 'shell' (貝) — a different word entirely.

• 豆まめ — bean(s)
• 粉こな — powder, flour
• 芋いも — potato, tuber
• 貝かい — shell, shellfish

共通 is read きょうつう. 共(キョウ) + 通(ツウ). It means 'common' or 'shared'. 社会には共通のルールがあります means 'There are common rules in society.' Option 3 matches this reading.

• 1きょうつ is missing the second long vowel (う) in 通(ツウ).
• 2こうつう has the wrong initial consonant for 共 (should be キョウ, not コウ).
• 4こうつ combines both errors: wrong initial consonant for 共 and missing the long vowel in 通.

• 共通きょうつう — common, shared, mutual
• 社会しゃかい — society
• ルール（るーる） — rule

税金 is read ぜいきん. 税(ゼイ) + 金(キン). It means 'tax'. 来年から税金が上がるそうだ means 'I hear that taxes will go up from next year.' Option 1 matches this reading.

• 2ぜっきん inserts a small っ and drops the い, a plausible misreading of the long vowel in 税(ゼイ).
• 3せいきん uses the wrong initial consonant for 税 (should be ザ/ゼ line, not サ/セ line).
• 4せっきん combines both errors: wrong initial consonant and inserted っ with dropped い.

• 税金ぜいきん — tax, taxes
• 来年らいねん — next year
• 上あがる — to rise, to go up

「ねむって」corresponds to 眠って（ねむって）, the te-form of 眠る（ねむる）, meaning 'to sleep.' The sentence 'The baby is being held by its mother and sleeping' is natural with 眠る.

• 1寝って（ねって）is the te-form of 寝る（ねる）, meaning 'to lie down/sleep.' The reading ねって does not match ねむって.
• 2宿って（やどって）is the te-form of 宿る（やどる）, meaning 'to lodge/dwell.' The reading やどって does not match ねむって.
• 3眼って is not a valid word. 眼（がん/め）does not read ねむ, and 眼る is not a real verb.

• 眠ねむる — to sleep
• 寝ねる — to lie down, to go to sleep
• 宿やどる — to lodge, to dwell
• 抱だく — to hold, to embrace