N4 Vocabulary · Test 48

The underlined kanji 雲 is read くも, meaning 'cloud'. The sentence means 'I was looking at the clouds from the window the whole time.' Option 3 gives the correct reading くも.

• 1ほし (星) means 'star'. This is a different word from 雲.
• 2ゆき (雪) means 'snow'. This is a different word from 雲.
• 4そら (空) means 'sky'. This is a different word from 雲, though related in meaning.

• 雲くも — cloud
• 星ほし — star
• 雪ゆき — snow
• 空そら — sky

急行 is read きゅうこう. It means 'express' (a fast train that skips some stations). The sentence means 'That train is an express.' Option 4 correctly gives きゅうこう.

• 1きゅこ is wrong: it drops the long vowel う from both きゅう and こう. The correct reading has two long vowels.
• 2きゅうこ is wrong: it keeps the long vowel in きゅう but drops the う in こう. The second character 行 here is read こう, not こ.
• 3きゅうこ is wrong: it keeps the long vowel in きゅう but drops the う in こう. The second character 行 here is read こう, not こ.

• 急行きゅうこう — express (train)
• 電車でんしゃ — train

写さないで comes from the verb 写す (うつす), meaning 'to copy'. The negative te-form is 写さないで. The sentence means 'Please don't copy this.' Option 2 correctly gives うつさないで.

• 1おさないで is wrong: it would come from 押す (おす, to push) or 治す (なおす), not 写す. The correct reading starts with うつ.
• 3けさないで is wrong: it would come from 消す (けす, to erase), not 写す.
• 4おとさないで is wrong: it would come from 落とす (おとす, to drop), not 写す.

• 写うつす — to copy, to photograph

反対 is read はんたい. It means 'opposition' or 'to be against something'. The sentence means 'I am against that opinion.' Option 1 correctly gives はんたい.

• 2ほんたい is wrong: it uses ほん for 反, but 反 is read はん in this word. This is a deliberate lookalike using the dakuten variation.
• 3はんだい is wrong: it uses はん correctly for 反 but gives だい for 対, when 対 is read たい here.
• 4ほんだい is wrong: it uses ほん for 反 and だい for 対, both incorrect readings.

• 反対はんたい — opposition, to be against
• 意見いけん — opinion

The underlined word is しあい, meaning 'match/game.' The correct kanji is 試合 (試 = test/try, 合 = join/fit). The sentence means 'Tomorrow there is a soccer match.'

• 1誠会 — 誠 (まこと/せい) means 'sincerity'; 会 (かい) means 'meeting'; not a real word for しあい.
• 2誠合 — combines 誠 and 合; not a real word.
• 3試会 — combines 試 (し) and 会 (かい); not the standard word for 'match.'