N4 Vocabulary · Test 54

待って is the て-form of 待つ (まつ, 'to wait'), so it is read まって. The sentence means 'Please wait a moment.' Option 1 is the correct reading.

• 2もって is the て-form of 持つ (もつ, 'to hold/possess'), a different verb.
• 3とって is the て-form of 取る (とる, 'to take'), a different verb.
• 4たって is the て-form of 立つ (たつ, 'to stand'), a different verb.

• 待まつ — to wait
• 待まって — wait (て-form)

The underlined word is 強く (つよく), the adverbial form of 強い (つよい, 'strong'). The sentence means 'The wind became a little stronger.' Option 3 つよく is the correct reading.

• 1あたたかく is the adverbial form of あたたかい ('warm'). It does not match the kanji 強く and would describe temperature, not wind strength.
• 2よわく is the adverbial form of よわい ('weak'). It is the opposite meaning of 強く and uses different kanji (弱く).
• 4つめたく is the adverbial form of つめたい ('cold'). It does not match the kanji 強く and describes temperature, not strength.

• 強つよい — strong
• 強つよく — strongly (adverbial form)
• 風かぜ — wind
• 少すこし — a little
• 弱よわい — weak
• 暖あたたかい — warm
• 冷つめたい — cold

The underlined word is 駅員, read えきいん, meaning 'station staff (member).' 駅 is えき ('station') and 員 is いん ('member/staff'). Option 4 えきいん is correct. The sentence means 'I asked a station staff member for directions.'

• 1てんにん would correspond to 店人, which is not a real word. It misreads 駅 as てん, confusing it with 店 (てん, 'shop').
• 2えきにん misreads 員 as にん instead of いん. While 人 can be にん, 員 is read いん in this compound.
• 3てんいん (店員, 'shop clerk') is a real word but uses different kanji. It misreads 駅 as てん, confusing 駅 with 店.

• 駅員えきいん — station staff
• 駅えき — station
• 員いん — member, staff
• 店員てんいん — shop clerk, store employee
• 道みち — road, way, directions
• 聞きく — to ask; to listen

The underlined word is 医者, read いしゃ, meaning 'doctor.' 医 is い ('medical/medicine') and 者 is しゃ ('person'). Option 2 いしゃ is correct. The sentence means 'I want to become a doctor in the future.'

• 1いじゃ incorrectly voices the second character (rendaku), turning しゃ into じゃ. The established reading of 医者 is いしゃ, not いじゃ.
• 3いいじゃ inserts an extra い and also applies incorrect rendaku. Neither matches the standard reading.
• 4いいしゃ inserts an extra い. The character 医 is read い (one syllable), not いい.

• 医者いしゃ — doctor
• 医い — medicine, medical
• 者しゃ — person (in compounds)
• 将来しょうらい — the future
• なる — to become

やさい means 'vegetable(s)' and is written 野菜. 野(や, field) + 菜(さい, vegetable/greens). The sentence means 'I always buy vegetables at that supermarket.'

• 1理薬 uses 理(り, reason) + 薬(やく, medicine) — not a real word.
• 2野薬 uses 野(や) + 薬(やく, medicine) — not a real word.
• 3理菜 uses 理(り) + 菜(さい) — not a real word.

• 野菜やさい — vegetable(s)