N4 Vocabulary · Test 29

もんだい is written 問題. 問（もん）means 'question' and 題（だい）means 'theme/topic.' Together they mean 'problem/question.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1門題 uses 門（もん, 'gate') instead of 問（もん）; although both read もん, 門 is the wrong kanji here.
• 3門頭 uses 門 instead of 問 and 頭（あたま/とう, 'head') instead of 題; both characters are wrong.
• 4問頭 uses the correct 問 but replaces 題 with 頭（とう）, which is the wrong kanji.

• 問題もんだい — problem, question
• 漢字かんじ — kanji, Chinese character
• 答こたえる — to answer

答えて is the correct kanji writing for こたえて, meaning 'to answer' (a question, phone, etc.). At the 3kyuu level, 答える is the more basic and commonly tested form. Note: without the original reading passage, both option 1 (応えて) and option 3 (答えて) are valid kanji for こたえて; the intended answer depends on context. 答えて is the more likely intended answer at this level.

• 1応えて is also a valid reading of こたえて, but it means 'to respond to / to live up to (expectations, requests)' and is typically used in different contexts (e.g., 期待に応える). Without a passage providing context, this is a plausible but less likely answer at 3kyuu.
• 2応たえて is not a valid kanji form. The kanji 応 does not take the okurigana たえる.
• 4答たえて is not a valid kanji form. The kanji 答 does not take the okurigana たえる.

• 答こたえる — to answer (a question, phone, etc.)
• 応こたえる — to respond to, to live up to (expectations, requests)

習って is the correct kanji writing for ならって (te-form of ならう, 'to learn/take lessons'). The sentence means 'I am learning to drive a car.' The kanji 習 is used for learning from a teacher or through practice. NOTE: The option as transcribed says 習った (past tense, ならった) rather than 習って (te-form, ならって). This appears to be a transcription error — the intended correct option should be 習って. Despite this, option 2 is clearly the intended correct answer because it has the right kanji.

• 1勉って is not a valid word. 勉 (べん) appears in 勉強 (べんきょう, 'study') but is not used with the reading ならう.
• 3強って is not a valid form for ならう. 強 is read つよ(い), ごわ(い), or し(いる), not なら.
• 4練って would be read ねって (from 練る, 'to knead/train/refine'), not ならって. The reading does not match.

• 習ならう — to learn (from someone), to take lessons
• 運転うんてん — driving
• 自動車じどうしゃ — automobile, car

夕方 is the correct kanji for ゆうがた, meaning 'evening.' 夕 (ゆう) means 'evening' and 方 (がた) means 'direction/side/time.' The sentence means 'Yesterday evening a typhoon came.'

• 1夕万 uses 万 (まん, 'ten thousand') instead of 方. This is not a real word.
• 3多方 uses 多 (おお/た, 'many') instead of 夕. This is not a real word and does not read ゆうがた.
• 4多方 is the same as option 3 and is not a valid writing for ゆうがた.

• 夕方ゆうがた — evening
• 台風たいふう — typhoon

台風 is the correct kanji for たいふう, meaning 'typhoon.' 台 (たい) + 風 (ふう/かぜ, 'wind'). The sentence means 'Yesterday evening a typhoon came.'

• 1太凧 uses 太 (たい/ふと) and 凧 (たこ, 'kite'). This is not a real word.
• 2太風 uses 太 (たい/ふと) instead of 台. This is not the correct kanji compound for typhoon.
• 3台凧 uses 凧 (たこ, 'kite') instead of 風 (wind). This is not a real word.

• 台風たいふう — typhoon
• 夕方ゆうがた — evening

早く is the correct kanji writing for はやく, meaning 'quickly / early.' The sentence means 'Please send the photo quickly.' 早 (はや) means 'early/fast' and く is the adverbial okurigana.

• 2卓く is not a valid word. 卓 (たく) means 'table/eminent' and does not read はや.
• 3旱く is not a standard word. 旱 (かん) means 'drought' and does not read はや.
• 4阜く is not a valid word. 阜 (ふ) means 'hill/mound' and does not read はや.

• 早はやく — quickly, early
• 写真しゃしん — photograph
• 送おくる — to send

写真 is the correct kanji for しゃしん, meaning 'photograph.' 写 (しゃ) means 'to copy/photograph' and 真 (しん) means 'truth/reality.' The sentence means 'Please send the photo quickly.'

• 1曷真 uses 曷 (かつ), which is not the correct kanji for しゃ. This is not a real word.
• 2曷頁 uses both 曷 (かつ) and 頁 (ページ/けつ, 'page'), neither of which is correct. This is not a real word.
• 4写頁 uses 頁 (ページ/けつ, 'page') instead of 真 (しん). This is not a real word.

• 写真しゃしん — photograph, photo
• 早はやく — quickly, early
• 送おくる — to send