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N4 Vocabulary · Test 23

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  1. 1.おくじょうの プールへの いきかたを おしえて ください。

    1. 1 館上
    2. 2 屋上
    3. 3 屋所
    4. 4 館所
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    Answer: 2. 屋上

    屋上 is read おくじょう (oku-jō). It means 'rooftop, roof.' The sentence means 'Please teach me how to get to the rooftop (おくじょう) pool.' 屋 = おく (on-yomi), 上 = じょう (on-yomi).

    • 1館上 uses 館 (やかた/かん, building/hall) instead of 屋. 館上 is not a standard word and does not read おくじょう.
    • 3屋所 uses 所 (ところ, place) instead of 上. 屋所 is not a real word and would not read おくじょう.
    • 4館所 combines two wrong kanji and is not a real word.
    • 屋上おくじょう — rooftop, roof

  2. 2.おくじょうの プールへの いきかたを おしえて ください。

    1. 1 生き方
    2. 2 行き万
    3. 3 生き万
    4. 4 行き方
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    Answer: 4. 行き方

    行き方 is read いきかた (iki-kata). It means 'way to go, how to get there.' The sentence means 'Please teach me the way to get to (いきかた) the rooftop pool.' 行く → 行き (stem) + 方 (かた, way/method).

    • 1生き方 is read いきかた as well, but means 'way of living,' not 'way to go.' The kanji 生 (live) is wrong in this context — the sentence is about going somewhere, not living.
    • 2行き万 uses 万 (まん, ten thousand) instead of 方. 万 does not read かた and 行き万 is not a word.
    • 3生き万 combines both wrong kanji: 生 (live) instead of 行 (go), and 万 instead of 方. Not a valid word.
    • 行き方（いきかた） — way to go, how to get there
    • 生き方（いきかた） — way of living

  3. 3.あつい 日に いけで魚が しんで いた。

    1. 1 河
    2. 2 沼
    3. 3 池
    4. 4 洗
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    Answer: 3. 池

    The sentence means 'On a hot day, fish were dead in the pond.' The underlined いけ means 'pond,' written 池. Option 3 is correct.

    • 1河 is read かわ, meaning 'river' — a flowing body of water, not a pond.
    • 2沼 is read ぬま, meaning 'swamp/marsh' — not the same as いけ.
    • 4洗 is read せん (on) or あら(う) (kun), meaning 'wash' — unrelated and does not read いけ.
    • 池いけ — pond
    • 河かわ — river
    • 沼ぬま — swamp, marsh
    • 洗せん / あらう — wash

  1. 4.6000円のかいものをして10000円出すと、_______は4000円だ。

    1. 1 おかね
    2. 2 おさつ
    3. 3 おつり
    4. 4 おさいふ
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    Answer: 3. おつり

    The sentence says: if you buy 6000 yen worth of goods and pay with a 10000 yen bill, the _______ is 4000 yen. The change you receive back is おつり (お釣り). 10000 - 6000 = 4000. Option 3 is correct.

    • 1おかね (お金) means 'money' in general, not specifically the change returned.
    • 2おさつ (お札) means 'paper money/bill,' not the change received.
    • 4おさいふ (お財布) means 'wallet,' not change.
    • おつり — change (money returned after a purchase)
    • おかね — money
    • おさつ — paper money, bill
    • おさいふ — wallet

  2. 5.大きなにもつをはこんで_______がいたくなった。

    1. 1 うで
    2. 2 のど
    3. 3 ひげ
    4. 4 みみ
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    Answer: 1. うで

    The sentence says: I carried a large/heavy luggage and my _______ hurt. Carrying heavy things strains your arms, so うで (腕, arm) is correct. Option 1 is correct.

    • 2のど (喉) means 'throat'; it would not typically hurt from carrying luggage.
    • 3ひげ (髭) means 'beard'; it cannot 'hurt' from carrying things.
    • 4みみ (耳) means 'ear'; it would not hurt from carrying luggage.
    • うで — arm
    • のど — throat
    • ひげ — beard
    • みみ — ear

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