N4 Vocabulary · Test 70

Option 2 is correct. 「通って」 is read as 「かよって」 (kayotte), the te-form of 「通う」 (kayou). In this context, it means 'to commute to' (a school or workplace) regularly.

• 1「とおって」 (tootte) is the te-form of 「通る」 (tooru), meaning 'to pass through' a place, not to commute to it regularly.
• 3かえって (kaette) is the te-form of 「帰る」 (kaeru), meaning 'to return' or 'to go home'.
• 4いって (itte) is the te-form of 「行く」 (iku), meaning 'to go'.

• 通かよう — to commute to, to go to regularly

Option 3 (あね) is correct. 姉 (あね) means 'older sister.' The sentence says 'My older sister always prepares meals for me,' so the reading must match 'older sister.'

• 1いもうと means 'younger sister' (妹). This is a different family member.
• 2おとうと means 'younger brother' (弟). This is a different family member and also a different gender.
• 4あに means 'older brother' (兄). This is the same relative age but wrong gender.

• 姉あね — older sister

Option 1 (しょくじ) is correct. 食事 (しょくじ) means 'meal' and is a common N4-level compound. The sentence says 'My older sister always prepares meals for me.'

• 2しょうじ is not a standard reading for 食事; it may be confused with words like 承知 (しょうち) or 床上.
• 3そくじ (即示) is not a standard word; this is a distractor with a similar sound.
• 4そうじ (掃除) means 'cleaning,' a completely different word that happens to sound similar.

• 食事しょくじ — meal

Option 2 (ようい) is correct. 用意 (ようい) means 'preparation.' The sentence says 'My older sister always prepares meals for me,' so 用意をします means 'to make preparations.'

• 1よい (良い) means 'good' and is a completely different word.
• 3よじ is not a standard reading for 用意; it is a fabricated distractor.
• 4ようじ (用事) means 'business/errand/task,' a real word with similar kanji but a different meaning.

• 用意ようい — preparation

Option 3 (でんわだい) is correct. 電話代 (でんわだい) means 'telephone charges/bill.' 代 (だい) is a suffix meaning 'charge/fee/cost.' The sentence says 'Telephone charges are cheaper at night and on Sundays.'

• 1でんわちん is not a valid reading; ちん (賃) is used in words like 家賃 (やちん, rent), not for 電話代.
• 2でんわきん is not a valid reading; きん (金) is used in words like 入場金, but the standard word is 電話代 (でんわだい).
• 4でんわりょう is not a valid reading; りょう (料) is used in words like 入場料 (にゅうじょうりょう), but the standard word is 電話代 (でんわだい).

• 電話代でんわだい — telephone charge/bill

運動(うんどう) means 'exercise/physical movement'. The correct reading is うんどう (option 4), with long とう. The sentence means 'If you feel unwell, please stop exercising.'

• 1うんてん(運転) means 'driving (a vehicle)', a different word with similar kanji.
• 2うんでん is not a valid reading; it is a distractor with wrong voicing/long vowel.
• 3うんとう is not a valid reading; it lacks the long vowel う of どう.

• 運動うんどう — exercise, physical movement
• 運転うんてん — driving (a vehicle)

中止(ちゅうし) means 'cancellation/stopping'. 中止して means 'stop and (do this)'. The correct reading is ちゅうし (option 3), with ちゅう (long vowel) and し.

• 1じゅうし(重視) means 'emphasis/priority', a different word with similar sounds.
• 2じゅうと is not a valid reading; it is a distractor mixing sounds of 重視/中途.
• 4ちゅうと(中途) means 'midway/halfway', a different word; 中止 reads ちゅうし, not ちゅうと.

• 中止ちゅうし — cancellation, stopping
• 重視じゅうし — emphasis, priority
• 中途ちゅうと — midway, halfway

産業 is read さんぎょう (san-gyō). The kanji 産 has the reading サン (san), and 業 has the reading ギョウ (gyō). The consonant of the second kanji becomes voiced (rendaku), giving さんぎょう. The sentence means 'Industry has a deep relationship with geography.'

• 1さんきょう would be 産業 without rendaku (voicing). rendaku commonly applies in this compound, so this is incorrect.
• 3ざんきょう uses ザン for 産, which is wrong. 産 is read サン, not ザン.
• 4ざんぎょう has both the wrong initial reading (ザン instead of サン) and is otherwise implausible.

• 産業さんぎょう — industry, manufacturing/business sector
• 地理ちり — geography
• ふかい — deep (深い)
• かんけい — relationship, connection (関係)

地理 is read ちり (chi-ri). 地 has the reading チ (chi) and 理 has the reading リ (ri). The sentence means 'Industry has a deep relationship with geography.'

• 2じり uses ジ for 地, which is wrong. 地 is read チ in this compound, not ジ.
• 3ちいり inserts an extra い, which is incorrect. The correct reading is simply ちり.
• 4じいり has both the wrong reading for 地 (ジ) and an extra い, making it doubly wrong.

• 地理ちり — geography

光 is read ひかり (hikari) when used as a noun meaning 'light.' The sentence means 'This insect moves toward the light.' Here 光 is functioning as a noun (光のほう = 'the direction of the light'), so the noun reading ひかり is correct.

• 1あかり (明かり) means 'light/illumination' but is written with 明, not 光. It is a different word.
• 2あかる is not a valid noun reading for 光. The verb form is あかるい (明るい, 'bright'), written with 明.
• 4ひかる (光る) is the verb 'to shine,' but here 光 is used as a noun (光のほう), so the noun reading ひかり is needed, not the verb stem.

• 光ひかり — light (noun)
• 光ひかる — to shine, to emit light (verb)
• むし — insect, bug (虫)
• 進すすみます — to advance, to proceed (進む)