N4 Vocabulary · Test 22

低い is read ひくい, meaning 'low' (in height). The sentence means 'Please lend me a slightly lower chair.'

• 1あさい is 浅い, meaning 'shallow' — not used for a chair's height.
• 3まるい is 丸い/円い, meaning 'round' — unrelated to height.
• 4かたい is 硬い/固い, meaning 'hard/stiff' — unrelated to height.

• 低ひくい — low (in height)
• 浅あさい — shallow
• 丸まるい — round
• 硬かたい — hard, stiff

貸して is the て-form of 貸す (かす), 'to lend'. The sentence means 'Please lend me a slightly lower chair.'

• 1おして is 押して (て-form of 押す), 'push' — not lending.
• 2さがして is 探して (て-form of 探す), 'look for/search' — not lending.
• 3わたして is 渡して (て-form of 渡す), 'hand over' — not lending.

• 貸かす — to lend
• 押おす — to push
• 探さがす — to search, look for
• 渡わたす — to hand over

食料品 is read しょくりょうひん, meaning 'foodstuffs/groceries'. 食(しょく)+料(りょう)+品(ひん). The sentence means 'Isn't there a store around here that sells groceries?'

• 1しゅくりょうひん — wrong reading of 食 (should be しょく, not しゅく).
• 2しょくりゅうひん — wrong reading of 料 (should be りょう, not りゅう).
• 4しゅくりゅうひん — wrong readings of both 食 and 料.

• 食料品しょくりょうひん — foodstuffs, groceries

売って is the て-form of 売る (うる), 'to sell'. The sentence means 'Isn't there a store around here that sells groceries?'

• 1かって is 買って (て-form of 買う), 'buy' — the opposite of selling.
• 2かざって is 飾って (て-form of 飾る), 'decorate/display' — not selling.
• 3おくって is 送って (て-form of 送る), 'send' — not selling.

• 売うる — to sell
• 買かう — to buy
• 飾かざる — to decorate, display
• 送おくる — to send

遠く is read とおく, meaning 'far place / distance'. The sentence means 'I'd like to go on a trip somewhere far away.'

• 1どうく — incorrect; no such reading for 遠く.
• 2とうく — incorrect; the long vowel とお is written with two kana お, not とう.
• 4どおく — incorrect; the initial consonant is unvoiced と, not ど.

• 遠とおく — far place, distance

春 is read はる (haru). It means 'spring (the season).' This is a basic kun-yomi reading of a single kanji.

• 1ふよ is not a valid reading for 春. It may be confused with 冬 (ふゆ, winter).
• 2ふゆ is the reading for 冬 (winter), not 春 (spring).
• 3はろ is not a valid reading for 春. It resembles はる but with an incorrect ending.

• 春はる — spring (season)