N4 Vocabulary · Test 52

The sentence means 'Please check once more whether the Japanese is correct.' チェック (check) means 'to verify/inspect,' which fits the context of confirming whether something is correct. もういちど チェックする = 'check one more time.'

• 2コピー (copy) means 'to copy/photocopy.' Copying doesn't verify correctness; it just duplicates.
• 3スタート (start) means 'to begin.' Starting again doesn't match the idea of verifying correctness.
• 4サイン (sign) means 'to sign (one's name).' Signing doesn't check whether the Japanese is correct.

• チェック — check / verify
• コピー — copy / photocopy
• スタート — start
• サイン — sign (one's name) / signature

The sentence means 'I asked everyone in the class for their (　) about where to go on the trip, and then decided.' The correct word is 意見 (いけん, 'opinion'). You ask people for their opinions (意見を聞く) when deciding something together.

• 1そうだん (相談, 'consultation/discussion') — While 相談する means 'to consult,' the pattern 相談を聞く is unnatural. You would say 相談する (do a consultation), not 聞く 相談. The natural collocation here is 意見を聞く ('ask for opinions').
• 2さんせい (賛成, 'agreement/approval') — 賛成 means agreeing with a proposal. You don't 聞く ('listen to') 賛成; you would say 賛成する ('to agree'). Also, the class hasn't decided yet, so there's nothing to agree to.
• 3しつもん (質問, 'question') — 質問を聞く means 'listen to a question,' which doesn't fit. The speaker is gathering input about a destination, not answering questions.

• 意見いけん — opinion
• 相談そうだん — consultation, discussion
• 賛成さんせい — agreement, approval
• 質問しつもん — question
• 旅行りょこう — trip, travel

The sentence means 'My parents are coming from my home country, so I'm going to the airport to (　) them.' The correct word is 迎え (むかえ, from 迎える 'to meet/pick up someone'). Going to the airport to meet arriving family is 迎えに行く.

• 2さそい (誘い, from 誘う 'to invite') — 誘いに行く means 'to go invite someone (out).' The parents are already coming; the speaker isn't inviting them somewhere.
• 3あんない (案内, 'guidance/tour guide') — 案内に行く means 'to go guide someone around.' While you might guide visitors, the natural action at an airport for arriving parents is picking them up (迎え), not guiding.
• 4じゅんび (準備, 'preparation') — 準備に行く means 'to go do preparations.' You don't go to the airport 'to do preparation'; you go there to meet people.

• 迎むかえ — picking up (someone), meeting (someone arriving)
• 誘さそい — invitation
• 案内あんない — guidance, showing around
• 準備じゅんび — preparation
• 空港くうこう — airport
• 両親りょうしん — parents

The sentence means 'This meat is tough, so please (　) it well before eating.' The correct word is 噛んで (かんで, from 噛む 'to chew'). Tough meat needs to be chewed well.

• 2こわして (壊して, from 壊す 'to break/destroy') — You don't 'break' meat before eating it. 壊す is for objects/machines/buildings.
• 3ふんで (踏んで, from 踏む 'to step on') — Stepping on meat before eating makes no sense in this context.
• 4おして (押して, from 押す 'to push') — Pushing meat doesn't make it easier to eat. The logical action for tough food is chewing it well.

• 噛かんで — chew (te-form of 噛む)
• 壊こわして — break, destroy (te-form of 壊す)
• 踏ふんで — step on (te-form of 踏む)
• 押おして — push (te-form of 押す)
• 硬かたい — hard, tough

The sentence means 'There's a party today, so I (　) flowers on the table.' The correct word is 飾りました (かざりました, from 飾る 'to decorate'). Decorating a table with flowers for a party is the natural action.

• 1かけました (掛けました, from 掛ける 'to hang') — 掛ける means to hang something on/over something. You might hang flowers in a vase in some contexts, but the standard expression for arranging flowers as decoration is 飾る.
• 2おくりました (送りました, from 送る 'to send') — 送る means to send something to someone. You don't 'send' flowers to a table.
• 4たてました (立てました, from 立てる 'to stand something up') — While you can stand flowers up in a vase, the natural verb for decorating with flowers is 飾る. 立てる focuses on the physical act of standing something upright, not on decoration.

• 飾かざりました — decorated (past tense of 飾る)
• 掛かけました — hung (past tense of 掛ける)
• 送おくりました — sent (past tense of 送る)
• 立たてました — stood up (past tense of 立てる)
• 花はな — flower(s)

The correct reading for 今度 is 「こんど」. The sentence means 'I will return to my country next Sunday.'

• 1「こんどう」is an incorrect reading.
• 3「こんと」is an incorrect reading.
• 4「こんとう」is an incorrect reading.

• 今度こんど — this time, next time

営業 is read えいぎょう and means 'business operations' or 'sales/business activities'. The sentence means 'Tomorrow's business operations start at 9 AM, right?' Option 3 is the correct reading.

• 1じゅぎょう is the reading of 授業 (class/lesson). The kanji 営 and 業 look similar to 授 and 業, making this a deliberate distractor, but it is the wrong word.
• 2えいきょう is the reading of 影響 (influence/effect). It shares the first kanji sound えい and looks similar, but it is a different word.
• 4じゅきょう is not a standard reading for 営業; it may evoke words like 受講 (じゅこう, taking a class) and is a fabricated distractor.

• 営業えいぎょう — business operations; sales; opening for business
• 授業じゅぎょう — class; lesson
• 影響えいきょう — influence; effect

雲 is read くも and means 'cloud'. The sentence means 'I was looking at the clouds from the window the whole time.' Option 1 is correct.

• 2ほし means 星 (star). It is a plausible distractor because both are things you might see looking out a window, but it is not the reading of 雲.
• 3つき means 月 (moon). Another sky-related distractor, but not the reading of 雲.
• 4そら means 空 (sky). Semantically related to clouds, but it is not the reading of the kanji 雲.

• 雲くも — cloud
• 星ほし — star
• 月つき — moon
• 空そら — sky

近所 is read きんじょ and means 'neighborhood' or 'vicinity'. The sentence means 'Every morning I jog in the park in my neighborhood.' Option 1 is the correct reading.

• 2ちかじょ incorrectly uses the kun'yomi of 近 (ちか) combined with じょ. This is a common wrong-reading distractor, but the correct jukugo uses the on'yomi きん.
• 3きんじょう has the wrong long vowel (じょう instead of じょ). This is a subtle sound-alike distractor.
• 4ちかじょう combines both errors: the wrong kun'yomi ちか and the wrong long vowel じょう.

• 近所きんじょ — neighborhood; vicinity