N4 Vocabulary · Test 2

The sentence means 'Hearing that Sato-san got injured, everyone became worried.' しんぱい (心配) means 'worry/anxiety' and as a verb しんぱいします means 'to worry.' Hearing about someone's injury naturally causes worry, so this fits perfectly.

• 2けいけん (経験) means 'experience.' You don't 'experience' upon hearing about an injury — it makes no sense in context.
• 3しつれい (失礼) means 'rudeness' or 'impoliteness' (しつれいします = 'excuse me'). Hearing about an injury doesn't make people 'do rudeness.'
• 4おじぎ (お辞儀) means 'bow.' While people might bow in sympathy, おじぎします doesn't fit the emotional reaction of hearing bad news.

• 心配しんぱい — worry, anxiety; to worry (しんぱいします)
• 怪我けが — injury
• 経験けいけん — experience
• 失礼しつれい — rudeness, impoliteness
• お辞儀（おじぎ） — bow

The sentence means 'I have a dream that I will become a singer in the future.' ゆめ (夢) means 'dream' — both a sleeping dream and an aspiration/goal. The pattern ゆめがあります ('I have a dream (of)…') with という connecting the content is natural and correct.

• 1けしき (景色) means 'scenery/landscape.' You don't 'have scenery that you will become a singer' — it doesn't collocate with あります in this way.
• 3おもいで (思い出) means 'memory/reminiscence.' Becoming a singer in the future is a future aspiration, not a past memory.
• 4せわ (世話) means 'care/looking after.' せわがあります is not a natural collocation, and it doesn't fit the meaning of having an aspiration.

• 夢ゆめ — dream (aspiration or sleeping dream)
• 将来しょうらい — future
• 歌手かしゅ — singer
• 景色けしき — scenery, landscape
• 思い出（おもいで） — memory, reminiscence
• 世話せわ — care, looking after

The sentence means 'Lee-san, please definitely come to the next party too.' ぜひ (是非) means 'by all means / definitely' and is used to express a strong desire or request, pairing naturally with ～てください. It conveys the speaker's earnest wish for Lee to attend.

• 1ひじょうに (非常に) means 'very / extremely.' While you can say ひじょうに来てください grammatically, it sounds unnatural as a request modifier — ひじょうに modifies adjectives/verbs descriptively, not requests. ぜひ is the standard word for earnest invitations.
• 3じゅうぶん (十分) means 'enough / sufficiently.' 'Please come sufficiently' is unnatural in this context.
• 4いつも (always) means 'always.' 'Please always come' doesn't fit — this is about one specific upcoming party, not a habitual action.

• 是非ぜひ — by all means, definitely (used for strong requests/wishes)
• 非常ひじょうに — very, extremely
• 十分じゅうぶん — enough, sufficiently
• いつも — always

The sentence means 'I will now explain how to use the machine, so please listen carefully.' せつめい (説明) means 'explanation,' and せつめいします means 'to explain.' Explaining how to use a machine before asking people to listen is the natural action.

• 1じゅんび (準備) means 'preparation.' じゅんびします = 'to prepare.' You don't 'prepare how to use a machine' — you prepare the machine itself or for an event.
• 2りよう (利用) means 'use/utilization.' りようします = 'to use.' The sentence already mentions つかいかた (how to use), so saying 'I will use how to use' is redundant and unnatural.
• 4せいさん (生産) means 'production/manufacturing.' せいさんします = 'to produce.' Explaining how to use a machine is not production.

• 説明せつめい — explanation; to explain (せつめいします)
• 機械きかい — machine
• 使い方（つかいかた） — how to use, way of using
• 準備じゅんび — preparation
• 利用りよう — use, utilization
• 生産せいさん — production, manufacturing

The sentence means 'Because my teeth are bad, I can't eat hard things.' かたい (硬い) means 'hard/firm.' If your teeth are bad, you cannot eat hard foods — this is the logical and natural pairing.

• 1きびしい (厳しい) means 'strict/severe.' 'Strict things' doesn't describe food texture and makes no sense here.
• 3はやい (早い/速い) means 'early/fast.' 'Fast things' or 'early things' doesn't describe food you can or can't eat due to bad teeth.
• 4ふかい (深い) means 'deep.' 'Deep things' doesn't describe food in this context.

• 硬かたい — hard, firm (for objects/food texture)
• 歯は — tooth/teeth
• 厳きびしい — strict, severe
• 早い/速い（はやい） — early, fast
• 深ふかい — deep

アルバイトをしています means 'is doing a part-time job.' The closest paraphrase is option 2, はたらいています (is working), because doing an arubaito is a form of working.

• 1まっています means 'is waiting,' which is unrelated to working at a café.
• 3コーヒーを飲んでいます means 'is drinking coffee,' describing a customer, not someone working there.
• 4友だちと話しています means 'is talking with a friend,' which is not the meaning of doing a part-time job.

• アルバイト — part-time job
• 働はたらく — to work
• 喫茶店きっさてん — café

すいえい means 'swimming.' The paraphrase is option 2, およぐのがすきです (likes swimming), since およぐ is the verb 'to swim.'

• 1はしるのがすきです means 'likes running,' a different activity.
• 3ごはんを食べるのがすきです means 'likes eating meals,' unrelated to swimming.
• 4本を読むのがすきです means 'likes reading books,' unrelated to swimming.

• 水泳すいえい — swimming
• 泳およぐ — to swim
• 走はしる — to run

びっくりしました means 'was surprised.' The closest paraphrase is option 4, おどろきました (was surprised), which is a near-synonym of びっくりする.

• 1わらいました means 'laughed,' not 'was surprised.'
• 2こまりました means 'was troubled/in a bind,' not 'was surprised.'
• 3おこりました means 'got angry,' not 'was surprised.'

• びっくりする — to be startled/surprised
• 驚おどろく — to be surprised
• 困こまる — to be troubled
• 怒おこる — to get angry

うつくしい means 'beautiful.' The closest paraphrase is option 1, きれいですね (is beautiful/pretty), since きれい is a common synonym for うつくしい when describing appearance.

• 2元気ですね means 'is energetic/healthy,' not 'beautiful.'
• 3おもしろいですね means 'is interesting/funny,' not 'beautiful.'
• 4わかいですね means 'is young,' not 'beautiful.'

• 美うつくしい — beautiful
• 綺麗きれい — beautiful; clean
• 元気げんき — energetic; healthy
• 若わかい — young

ゆにゅうしてします means 'is importing.' Importing means buying goods from another country, so option 3, ほかの国から買っています (is buying from other countries), is the closest paraphrase.

• 1ほかの国にうっています means 'is selling to other countries,' which is the opposite (exporting, ゆしゅつ).
• 2ほかの国からもらっています means 'is receiving from other countries,' implying getting something for free rather than purchasing it.
• 4ほかの国にあげています means 'is giving to other countries,' which is the opposite direction of import.

• 輸入ゆにゅう — import
• 輸出ゆしゅつ — export
• 米こめ — rice