N4 Vocabulary · Test 71

The underlined word is 工場, meaning 'factory.' Its correct reading is こうじょう, which is option 4. Both kanji use long vowels: 工 = こう and 場 = じょう.

• 1こじょう is missing the long う on 工 (should be こう, not こ).
• 2こうじょ is missing the long う on 場 (should be じょう, not じょ).
• 3こじょ is missing both long vowels (should be こうじょう).

• 工場こうじょう — factory
• 特別とくべつ — special
• 機械きかい — machine

The underlined word is 特別な, meaning 'special.' Its correct reading is とくべつな, which is option 3. The adjective is 特別 (とくべつ) plus the particle な.

• 1ときべちな has both とく→とき (wrong) and つ→ち (wrong).
• 2とくべちな has つ→ち, which is incorrect; the correct kana is つ.
• 4ときべつな has とく→とき, which is incorrect; the correct reading starts with とく.

• 特別とくべつ — special
• 特別とくべつな — special (na-adjective form)

去年 is read きょねん, meaning 'last year'. The sentence means 'Spring came earlier than last year.'

• 1きゅねん — incorrect; there is no long vowel and the wrong vowel is used.
• 2きゅうねん — incorrect; this uses the wrong vowel きゅう.
• 4きょうねん — a common misreading that inserts the う of 今日(きょう), but it is not a valid reading.

• 去年きょねん — last year

早く is read はやく, the adverbial form of 早い (early/fast). The sentence means 'Spring came earlier than last year.'

• 1ほやく — incorrect; wrong initial consonant.
• 3ほゆく — incorrect; wrong consonants throughout.
• 4はゆく — incorrect; wrong second kana; the correct form is はやく.

• 早はやく — early; quickly

春 is read はる (haru). It means 'spring (the season).' This is a basic kun-yomi reading of a single kanji.

• 1ふよ is not a valid reading for 春. It may be confused with 冬 (ふゆ, winter).
• 2ふゆ is the reading for 冬 (winter), not 春 (spring).
• 3はろ is not a valid reading for 春. It resembles はる but with an incorrect ending.

• 春はる — spring (season)

The sentence is なつのあおいうみがすきだ. The underlined あおい means 'blue' and is written 青い. Option 2 is correct.

• 1肯い is not a standard word; 肯 is read いなむ/こう and means 'agree/approve,' not あおい.
• 3育い is not a standard word; 育 is read そだつ/いく and means 'raise/grow,' not あおい.
• 4背い is not a standard word; 背 is read せ/せい and means 'height/back,' not あおい.

• 青あおい — blue

The sentence is なつのあおいうみがすきだ. The underlined うみ means 'sea/ocean' and is written 海. Option 1 is correct.

• 2波 is read なみ and means 'wave,' not うみ.
• 3湖 is read みずうみ and means 'lake,' not うみ.
• 4洋 is read よう and means 'ocean/Western' (used in compounds, not read うみ alone).

• 海うみ — sea, ocean
• 波なみ — wave
• 湖みずうみ — lake
• 洋よう — ocean/Western-style