N4 Vocabulary · Test 60

旅行 is read りょこう, meaning 'travel/trip'. 旅(りょ)+行(こう). The sentence means 'I'd like to go on a trip somewhere far away.'

• 1りょうこう is 良好, meaning 'good/excellent' — a different word with similar kanji readings.
• 3りようこう — incorrect insertion of りよう; not a valid reading of 旅行.
• 4りよごう — incorrect readings of both characters.

• 旅行りょこう — travel, trip
• 良好りょうこう — good, satisfactory

The underlined word is 古い, meaning 'old.' Its reading is ふるい, which is option 3. The sentence means 'I began research on old buildings in Japan.'

• 1うつくしい is 美しい, meaning 'beautiful.' It does not match the kanji 古い.
• 2すごい (凄い) means 'amazing/terrible.' It does not match the kanji 古い.
• 4めずらしい (珍しい) means 'rare/unusual.' It does not match the kanji 古い.

• 古ふるい — old
• 建物たてもの — building
• 研究けんきゅう — research

The underlined word is 建物, meaning 'building.' Its reading is たてもの, which is option 2. The sentence means 'I began research on old buildings in Japan.'

• 1おくりもの is 贈り物, meaning 'gift/present.' The kanji do not match 建物.
• 3しなもの is 品物, meaning 'goods/articles.' The kanji do not match 建物.
• 4くだもの is 果物, meaning 'fruit.' The kanji do not match 建物.

• 建物たてもの — building

The underlined word is 研究, meaning 'research.' Its correct reading is けんきゅう, which is option 1. The long vowel う at the end is essential.

• 2けんぎゅう has the wrong middle kana — き should not become ぎ. There is no dakuten in the correct reading.
• 3けんきゅ is missing the final う, making the long vowel incorrect.
• 4けんきゅ is identical to option 3 and also missing the final う.

• 研究けんきゅう — research

The underlined word is 始めました, the past polite form of 始める ('to begin'). Its reading is はじめました, which is option 1. The sentence means 'I began research on old buildings in Japan.'

• 2ほめました is 褒めました ('praised'), from 褒める. The kanji 始 does not read ほ.
• 3とめました is 止めました ('stopped'), from 止める. The kanji 始 does not read と.
• 4あつめました is 集めました ('collected'), from 集める. The kanji 始 does not read あつ.

• 始はじめる — to begin
• 始はじめました — began (past polite)

The sentence means 'On a hot day, fish were dead in the pond.' The underlined しんで is the te-form of 死ぬ (to die), written 死んで. Option 3 is correct.

• 1夜んで is not a valid word. 夜 is read よる/や, and there is no verb yielding 'よんで' in this context that fits 'fish dying.'
• 2忘んで is incorrect okurigana for 忘れる (わすれる); the te-form is 忘れて, not 忘んで.
• 4亡んで would come from 亡ぶ (ほろぶ), read ほんで — not しんで. It does not match the reading.

• 死しぬ — to die
• 死しんで — dying, died (te-form)
• 忘わすれる — to forget
• 亡ほろぶ — to fall, to be ruined

The sentence means 'Citizens often come to this grove to see small birds.' The underlined はやし means 'woods/grove,' written 林. Option 1 is correct.

• 2柱 is read はしら, meaning 'pillar/post' — does not read はやし.
• 3材 is read ざい, meaning 'lumber/material' — does not read はやし.
• 4森 is read もり, meaning 'forest' — a larger, denser wooded area; it does not read はやし.

• 林はやし — woods, grove
• 柱はしら — pillar, post
• 材ざい — lumber, material
• 森もり — forest

The sentence means 'Citizens often come to this grove to see small birds.' The underlined しみん means 'citizens (of a city),' written 市民. Option 2 is correct.

• 1都民 is read とみん, meaning 'citizens of a metropolis (esp. Tokyo)' — does not read しみん.
• 3町民 is read ちょうみん, meaning 'town citizens' — does not read しみん.
• 4県民 is read けんみん, meaning 'prefectural citizens' — does not read しみん.

• 市民しみん — city citizens
• 都民とみん — metropolitan citizens (esp. Tokyo)
• 町民ちょうみん — town citizens
• 県民けんみん — prefectural citizens

The sentence means 'Citizens often come to this grove to see small birds.' The underlined ことり means 'small bird,' written 小鳥. Option 2 is correct.

• 1島 is read しま, meaning 'island' — does not read ことり.
• 3少鳥 is not a standard Japanese word; 少 means 'few/little' but this compound is not used for 'small bird.'
• 4小島 is read こじま, meaning 'small island' — a lookalike that swaps 鳥 for 島; it does not read ことり.

• 小鳥ことり — small bird
• 島しま — island
• 小島こじま — small island

This is the same sentence as the earlier Q33: なつのあおいうみがすきだ (I like the blue sea of summer). The underlined span here is なつの, but the tested kanji is still 夏 (なつ, summer). Option 3 is correct.

• 1真 is read ま/しん and means 'true/real'; it is not read なつ.
• 2秩 is read ちつ and means 'order/rank'; it is not read なつ.
• 4秋 is read あき and means 'autumn'; it is a plausible seasonal distractor but not なつ.

• 夏なつ — summer