N4 Vocabulary · Test 11

指 is read ゆび, meaning 'finger'. The sentence means 'I injured my finger.' Option 3 is the correct reading.

• 1はな means 'nose' (鼻), a different body part.
• 2あたま means 'head' (頭), a different body part.
• 4うで means 'arm' (腕), a different body part.

• 指ゆび — finger
• けが — injury

旅行 is read りょこう, meaning 'travel/trip'. The sentence means 'Last month I traveled with my friend.' Option 2 is the correct reading.

• 1りょこ is missing the long vowel う — an incomplete/incorrect reading.
• 3りょうこ has an extra small ゃ, making it wrong; this resembles 料 (りょう).
• 4りょうこう has both the extra small ゃ and the long vowel, resembling 旅行 but with wrong first kanji reading.

• 旅行りょこう — travel, trip
• 先月せんげつ — last month

急がなくても comes from 急ぐ (いそぐ, 'to hurry'). In the negative form it becomes いそがなくても, meaning 'you don't have to hurry.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1さわがなくても would come from 騒ぐ (さわぐ, 'to make noise'), a different verb.
• 3およがなくても would come from 泳ぐ (およぐ, 'to swim'), a different verb.
• 4ぬがなくても would come from 脱ぐ (ぬぐ, 'to take off clothes'), a different verb.

• 急いそぐ — to hurry
• 急いそがなくてもいい — no need to hurry

工場 is read こうじょう, meaning 'factory'. The sentence means 'There is no one in the factory.' Option 4 is the correct reading.

• 1おくじょ is a wrong reading mixing up the kanji; 屋 is sometimes read おく, but this is not the correct reading for 工場.
• 2おくじょう is wrong; it resembles a reading for 屋上 (おくじょう, 'rooftop'), not 工場.
• 3こうじょ is missing the long vowel う, making it an incorrect reading.

• 工場こうじょう — factory

妹 is read いもうと, meaning 'younger sister'. The sentence means 'My younger sister lives in Japan.' Option 1 is the correct reading.

• 2あね means 'older sister' (姉), a different family member.
• 3おとうと means 'younger brother' (弟), a different family member.
• 4あに means 'older brother' (兄), a different family member.

• 妹いもうと — younger sister

はんたい means 'opposition/against' and is written 反対. 反(はん) means 'anti/oppose' and 対(たい) means 'opposite/against'. The sentence means 'I am against that opinion.'

• 2半対 uses 半(はん, half) instead of 反; not a real word.
• 3反体 uses 体(たい/からだ, body) instead of 対; not a real word.
• 4半体 uses both wrong kanji; not a real word.

• 反対はんたい — opposition, against
• 意見いけん — opinion

ひらいて is the te-form of ひらく (開く, to open). The sentence means 'Please open page 10 of the textbook.' 開く is the correct kanji.

• 1関いて uses 関(かん, relate) — not a valid reading for ひらく.
• 2閉いて uses 閉(と/し, close) — opposite meaning and wrong reading.
• 3閑いて uses 閑(かん, leisure) — not a valid word.

• 開ひらく — to open (something)

あかい means 'red' and is written 赤い. The sentence means 'Whose red bicycle is this?'

• 1黒い is くろい (black) — wrong color.
• 2青い is あおい (blue) — wrong color.
• 4白い is しろい (white) — wrong color.

• 赤あかい — red
• 自転車じてんしゃ — bicycle

はしって is the te-form of はしる (走る, to run). The sentence means 'I run for 30 minutes every day.' 走る is the correct kanji.

• 1足って uses 足(あし, foot/leg) — not the verb はしる.
• 3是って uses 是(ぜ, right/correct) — not a valid word here.
• 4定って uses 定(てい/さだ, decide) — not a valid word here.

• 走はしる — to run

くらい means 'dark' and is written 暗い. The sentence means 'This room is dark, isn't it?'

• 2明るい is あかるい (bright) — opposite meaning.
• 3暑い is あつい (hot, weather) — different word with similar reading.
• 4寒い is さむい (cold, weather) — different word.

• 暗くらい — dark