N4 Vocabulary · Test 14

The reading あおい means 'blue.' The correct kanji representation is 青い (あおい). Suzuki-san is wearing a blue shirt.

• 2黒い reads くろい, meaning 'black' — a different color entirely.
• 3赤い reads あかい, meaning 'red' — a different color.
• 4白い reads しろい, meaning 'white' — a different color.

• 青あおい — blue
• 黒くろい — black
• 赤あかい — red
• 白しろい — white

The reading ばしょ means 'place / location.' The correct kanji is 場所 (ばしょ). The sentence asks to be told the location of the meeting.

• 1揚所 is not a valid word. 揚 (あげ/よう) is used in words like 揚げる (to fry) and does not combine with 所 to mean 'place.' This appears to be a distractor using a look-alike kanji for 場.
• 2This option is identical to option 4 (場所), which is the correct answer. This is a transcription defect — the original exam would have had a distinct distractor here.
• 3This option is identical to option 1 (揚所), also not a valid word. This is a transcription defect.

• 場所ばしょ — place, location
• 会議かいぎ — meeting, conference

The underlined word is 「あるいて」, which is the te-form of the verb 「あるく」 (to walk). The correct kanji for 「あるく」 is 「歩く」. To make the te-form of godan verbs ending in 「く」, you change 「く」 to 「い」 and add 「て」, resulting in 「歩いて」. Therefore, option 4 is the correct spelling.

• 1「走て」 is not a valid word. The kanji 「走」 is used for the verb 「はしる」 (to run). Furthermore, the te-form of 「走る」 is 「走って」, not 「走て」.
• 2「走いて」 is not a valid word. The kanji 「走」 is for 「はしる」 (to run), and its te-form is 「走って」, not 「走いて」.
• 3「歩て」 uses the correct kanji 「歩」 for 「あるく」, but the te-form is incorrect. The correct te-form is 「歩いて」, not 「歩て」.

• 歩あるく — to walk
• 歩あるいて — walking (te-form of 歩く)
• 走はしる — to run
• 走はしって — running (te-form of 走る)

The reading べんり means 'convenient / handy.' The correct kanji is 便利 (べんり). The subway was built and it became convenient.

• 1便宜 reads びんぎ, a different word meaning 'convenience' in a formal/legal sense (as in 便宜上). It does not read べんり and does not fit this sentence.
• 2便理 is not a real word. 理 (り) is used in words like 理由 (りゆう, reason) but does not combine with 便 to mean 'convenient.'
• 3便立 is not a real word. 立 (りつ/たつ) is used in many compounds but 便立 does not exist in Japanese.

• 便利べんり — convenient, handy
• 地下鉄ちかてつ — subway

The reading ねむかった is the past tense of ねむい (sleepy), written in kanji as 眠い. The past form drops the い and adds かった: 眠かった. The sentence means 'I was very sleepy, so I drank coffee.'

• 1睡むかった is invalid. 睡 is used in nouns like 睡眠 (すいみん, sleep) but is not used as an i-adjective stem. There is no verb/adjective 睡むい in Japanese.
• 2睡かった is invalid for the same reason — 睡 is not used as the kanji for ねむい. The correct kanji is 眠.
• 3眠むかった is invalid. The i-adjective is 眠い (ねむい), not 眠むい. The extra む is incorrect.

• 眠ねむい — sleepy
• 眠ねむかった — was sleepy (past tense of 眠い)

The sentence means 'The clothes I washed this morning are still not dry.' かわいていません is the negative ています form of かわく (to dry), describing the state of not yet being dry. This fits perfectly after まだ～いません ('still not～').

• 1ひえて (from 冷える, to get cold) — clothes drying is not about temperature; 'not yet cold' doesn't fit the context of laundry.
• 2なおって (from 直る, to be fixed/repaired) — clothes that were just washed don't need 'fixing'; semantically irrelevant.
• 3ぬれて (from 濡れる, to get wet) — washed clothes ARE wet, so saying 'not yet wet' contradicts the situation; the natural concern is whether they have dried.

• かわく — to dry (intransitive)
• ひえる — to get cold / to cool down
• なおる — to be fixed / to be repaired
• ぬれる — to get wet

The sentence means 'Smith always studies enthusiastically.' ねっしんに (熱心に) is an adverb meaning 'enthusiastically / with great dedication,' and it naturally modifies べんきょうしています (is studying).

• 1だいじに (from 大事, important) — だいじ is typically used as a na-adjective (だいじな) meaning 'important/valuable'; だいじに as an adverb modifying a study verb is not natural.
• 2たいせつに (from 大切, important/precious) — while たいせつに can mean 'carefully,' it is more about treating something preciously; it doesn't naturally collocate with べんきょうする the way ねっしんに does.
• 4まっすぐに (from まっすぐ, straight) — means 'straight/directly,' used for physical direction or honesty, not for describing how one studies.

• ねっしんに — enthusiastically / with dedication (熱心に)
• たいせつに — carefully / preciously (大切に)
• まっすぐに — straight / directly

The sentence means 'I have an interest in Japanese manga.' きょうみ (興味) is the correct noun for the set phrase きょうみがある ('to have interest in～'), which takes に to mark the object of interest: まんがに きょうみがある.

• 1きぶん (気分, mood/feeling) — きぶんがある is not a standard expression, and 'mood in manga' doesn't make sense.
• 3こころ (心, heart/mind) — こころがある can mean 'to have a heart/intention,' but it doesn't collocate with に～が in the sense of interest in a topic.
• 4しゅみ (趣味, hobby) — しゅみ is used as しゅみは～です ('my hobby is～'), not as しゅみがある with に marking the topic; the pattern doesn't fit.

• きょうみ — interest (興味); きょうみがある = to be interested in
• きぶん — mood / feeling (気分)
• しゅみ — hobby (趣味)

The sentence means 'I don't know the rules of tennis well.' ルール (rules) is the natural word that collocates with テニスの and the verb しる (to know). テニスのルールをよくしりません = 'I don't know the tennis rules well.'

• 1アイディア (idea) — 'ideas of tennis' is not a natural thing one knows or doesn't know about a sport.
• 3あんない (案内, guidance/guide) — あんない is about guiding someone somewhere; 'guidance of tennis' doesn't fit.
• 4せつめい (説明, explanation) — while you could hear an explanation, テニスのせつめいをしらない ('don't know the explanation of tennis') is unnatural; the expected knowledge is the rules.

• ルール — rule(s) (loanword)
• あんない — guidance / guide (案内)
• せつめい — explanation (説明)

The sentence means 'Have you finished preparing the luggage for the trip?' ようい (用意, preparation) is the correct noun: よういできる (to be able to prepare / to finish preparing) is a standard expression. りょこうのにもつをよういする = 'to prepare the luggage for a trip.'

• 1やくそく (約束, promise) — やくそくできる means 'can make a promise'; 'promise the luggage' makes no sense.
• 2りよう (利用, use) — りようできる means 'can use'; 'use the luggage' doesn't fit the context of getting luggage ready.
• 3せわ (世話, care/looking after) — せわ is used as せわをする (to take care of someone); 'take care of luggage' is not the right expression for packing/preparing it.

• ようい — preparation (用意); よういする = to prepare
• やくそく — promise (約束)
• りよう — use / utilization (利用)
• せわ — care / looking after (世話)