N4 Vocabulary · Test 69

かった is the past tense of かう (買う), meaning 'to buy.' The sentence says Yamada-san bought a watch at a department store, so 買った is correct. 買 (ばい/かう) means 'to buy.'

• 1売った (うった) is the past tense of 売る (うる), meaning 'sold.' This is the opposite action — Yamada-san bought, not sold.
• 3置った is not standard. 置く (おく) means 'to put/place,' and its past tense is 置いた (おいた), not 置った. This is a distractor using a lookalike kanji.
• 4貸った is not standard. 貸す (かす) means 'to lend,' and its past tense is 貸した (かした), not 貸った. This is a distractor using a lookalike kanji.

• 買かう — to buy
• 買かった — bought (past tense)
• 売うる — to sell
• 貸かす — to lend

The word じゅうしょ means 'address,' and the correct kanji writing is 住所. 住 is read じゅう (on'yomi) and 所 is read しょ (on'yomi). Option 2 correctly writes this. The sentence means 'Please teach me how to write addresses in Japanese.'

• 1任所 is not a valid word. 任 (にん, 'responsibility/duty') looks similar to 住 (じゅう) but is a different kanji with a different meaning. This is a deliberate lookalike distractor.
• 3彳主 is not a valid kanji or word. It appears to be a garbled transcription — 彳 is the radical (ぎょうにんべん) of 住, and 主 is the phonetic component, but written separately they do not form the kanji 住.
• 4往所 is not a valid word. 往 (おう, 'to go/to proceed') shares the same radical as 住 and looks similar, but it is a different kanji. This is a deliberate lookalike distractor.

• 住所じゅうしょ — address
• かきかた — way of writing, how to write
• おしえる — to teach, to tell

The word あかるく is the adverbial form of あかるい (明るい, 'bright'). The correct kanji is 明, giving 明るく. Option 1 correctly writes this. The sentence means 'The wind died down and the sky became bright.'

• 2月日るく is not a valid kanji writing. It appears to be a garbled transcription — 月日 are the components of 明 (日 + 月), but written separately they do not form the kanji 明.
• 3赤るく is not valid. 赤 is read あか ('red'), and while あかるく and あか share the initial あか sound, 赤るく is not a real word. This is a deliberate phonetic distractor.
• 4赤字上面三行るく is not a valid kanji writing. This appears to be a garbled transcription or textual description of a kanji component.

• 明あかるい — bright, well-lit, cheerful
• 風かぜ — wind
• そら — sky

かった is the past tense of かう (買う), meaning 'to buy.' The sentence says Yamada-san bought a watch at a department store, so 買った is correct. 買 (ばい/かう) means 'to buy.'

• 1売った (うった) is the past tense of 売る (うる), meaning 'sold.' This is the opposite action — Yamada-san bought, not sold.
• 3置った is not standard. 置く (おく) means 'to put/place,' and its past tense is 置いた (おいた), not 置った. This is a distractor using a lookalike kanji.
• 4貸った is not standard. 貸す (かす) means 'to lend,' and its past tense is 貸した (かした), not 貸った. This is a distractor using a lookalike kanji.

• 買かう — to buy
• 買かった — bought (past tense)
• 売うる — to sell
• 貸かす — to lend

The word じゅうしょ means 'address,' and the correct kanji writing is 住所. 住 is read じゅう (on'yomi) and 所 is read しょ (on'yomi). Option 2 correctly writes this. The sentence means 'Please teach me how to write addresses in Japanese.'

• 1任所 is not a valid word. 任 (にん, 'responsibility/duty') looks similar to 住 (じゅう) but is a different kanji with a different meaning. This is a deliberate lookalike distractor.
• 3彳主 is not a valid kanji or word. It appears to be a garbled transcription — 彳 is the radical (ぎょうにんべん) of 住, and 主 is the phonetic component, but written separately they do not form the kanji 住.
• 4往所 is not a valid word. 往 (おう, 'to go/to proceed') shares the same radical as 住 and looks similar, but it is a different kanji. This is a deliberate lookalike distractor.

• 住所じゅうしょ — address
• かきかた — way of writing, how to write
• おしえる — to teach, to tell

うるさい means 'noisy/annoying.' The speaker was talking in a loud voice and got warned (注意された). The natural warning would be 'You're being noisy!' so うるさい fits.

• 2あぶない (危ない) means 'dangerous.' Speaking loudly is not typically described as dangerous, so this doesn't fit the context of being warned about noise.
• 3がんばって means 'Do your best / hang in there.' This is encouragement, not a warning or reprimand, so it makes no sense as something you'd be cautioned about.
• 4しっかり means 'firmly / reliably.' This is used to urge someone to be steady or careful, not as a complaint about loud talking.

• うるさい — noisy, annoying
• 危あぶない — dangerous
• 頑張がんばって — do your best
• しっかり — firmly, reliably
• 注意ちゅういされる — to be warned, to be cautioned

やくそく (約束) means 'promise / appointment.' The sentence says 'Even though we made a ____ to meet at 5, my friend didn't come.' A promise/appointment to meet is やくそく, and the verb あう (会う) pairs naturally with やくそくする (to make a promise to meet).

• 1よしゅう (予習) means 'preparation (studying ahead).' This is about studying material before class, unrelated to meeting someone.
• 2よやく (予約) means 'reservation.' You reserve things like hotel rooms or tickets, not a meeting with a friend.
• 3よほう (予報) means 'forecast' (e.g., weather forecast). This has nothing to do with making plans to meet someone.

• 約束やくそく — promise, appointment
• 予習よしゅう — preparation, studying ahead
• 予約よやく — reservation
• 予報よほう — forecast

しらべて (調べて) means 'investigate / look up / check.' The sentence says 'For words you don't understand, please ____ in the dictionary.' Looking up unknown words in a dictionary is しらべる, so しらべて fits perfectly.

• 1よんで (読んで) means 'read.' You don't simply 'read' a dictionary for a specific unknown word; you look it up.
• 2きめて (決めて) means 'decide.' Deciding in a dictionary makes no sense in this context.
• 4くらべて (比べて) means 'compare.' Comparing in a dictionary doesn't fit the context of finding the meaning of an unknown word.

• 調しらべる — to investigate, to look up
• 読よむ — to read
• 決きめる — to decide
• 比くらべる — to compare
• 辞書じじょ — dictionary

しゅうかん (習慣) means 'habit / custom.' The sentence says 'For me, walking every morning is my ____.' Walking every morning as a regular routine is a habit, so しゅうかん fits: 毎朝さんぽするのが習慣です (walking every morning is my habit).

• 2れんしゅう (練習) means 'practice.' Walking every morning is not typically called practice unless training for something specific, and the sentence doesn't suggest that context.
• 3せいかつ (生活) means 'life / lifestyle.' Saying 'walking every morning is my lifestyle' is unnatural; せいかつ refers to one's overall way of living, not a single daily activity.
• 4きょうみ (興味) means 'interest.' This would require the pattern きょうみがあります (have interest), not きょうみです, so it is grammatically wrong here.

• 習慣しゅうかん — habit, custom
• 練習れんしゅう — practice
• 生活せいかつ — life, lifestyle
• 興味きょうみ — interest

そろそろ means 'soon / it's about time.' The sentence says 'I'm hungry. ____ shall we go eat?' When you're hungry and it's getting to be mealtime, そろそろ naturally expresses 'it's about time we went to eat,' so it fits perfectly.

• 1だんだん means 'gradually.' This describes a gradual change, not the feeling that it's time to do something soon.
• 3なかなか means 'quite / considerably' or 'not easily.' It doesn't fit the context of suggesting it's time to go eat.
• 4どうどう is not a common adverb meaning in this context. It does not express the idea of 'it's about time.'

• そろそろ — soon, it's about time
• だんだん — gradually
• なかなか — quite, not easily
• 食事しょくじ — meal