N4 Vocabulary · Test 74

着く（つく, to arrive）is a godan verb. Its ます-form is 着きます（つきます）. The sentence means '...you will arrive in Tokyo by evening.' Option 4 つきます is correct.

• 1いきます is 行きます（いきます, to go）—semantically close but a different kanji/verb, not 着く.
• 2ききます is 聞きます（ききます, to listen/ask）, unrelated to 着く.
• 3すきます is 空きます（すきます, to become empty/free）, unrelated to 着く.

• 着つく — to arrive
• 行いく — to go

世界（せかい, the world）is read せかい, a standard on'yomi compound. Option 1 is correct. The phrase 世界の地理 means 'the geography of the world.'

• 2せいかい is the reading of 正解（せいかい, correct answer）, a different word.
• 3せっかい is the reading of 石灰（せっかい, lime/calcium）, a different word.
• 4せいっかい is not a valid reading for any common word and has an impossible 促音 placement.

• 世界せかい — the world
• 地理ちり — geography
• 研究けんきゅう — research

The correct reading of 地理 is ちり. The word 地理 means 'geography.' The sentence means 'Professor Hayashi is researching world geography.'

• 1じり is an incorrect reading; the first character 地 is read ち here, not じ.
• 3じりい is not a valid reading for 地理; it adds an extra い and uses the wrong initial consonant.
• 4ちりい is not a valid reading; it adds an unnecessary い at the end.

• 地理ちり — geography
• 世界せかい — world
• 研究けんきゅう — research

The correct reading of 研究 is けんきゅう, with a long きゅう. The sentence means 'Professor Hayashi is researching world geography.'

• 1けんきゅ is missing the long vowel う; the correct reading requires けんきゅう.
• 3けんちゅ uses ちゅ instead of きゅう, which is incorrect.
• 4けんちゅう uses ちゅう instead of きゅう, which is incorrect.

• 研究けんきゅう — research
• 地理ちり — geography

The correct reading of 図書館 is としょかん. The sentence means 'The library is in an inconvenient location.'

• 1とうしょかん incorrectly adds a う after と.
• 2とうしよっかん has multiple errors: an extra う after と, a split しよ, and a small っ that does not belong.
• 4としよっかん incorrectly splits しょ into しよ and adds a small っ that does not belong.

• 図書館としょかん — library
• 不便ふべん — inconvenient
• 場所ばしょ — place, location

The underlined sentence is あさの電車はこんでいます, meaning 'The morning trains are crowded.' こむ (込む) means to be crowded/packed with people. Option 1 says 'There are many people on the morning trains,' which is the correct paraphrase of 'crowded.'

• 2This says 'There are not many people on the morning trains,' which is the opposite of こんでいます (crowded).
• 3This says 'The morning trains don't come easily (なかなかきません),' which is about trains being late or infrequent, not about being crowded.
• 4This says 'The morning trains come immediately (すぐにきます),' which is about punctuality, not about crowding.

• 込む（こむ）（こむ） — to be crowded, to be packed
• 混んでいる（こんでいる）（こんでいる） — is crowded

The underlined sentence is 父はらいしゅうたいいんします, meaning 'My father will leave the hospital next week.' たいいん (退院) specifically means 'to be discharged from/leave the hospital.' Option 4 says 'My father will come back from the hospital next week,' which correctly paraphrases leaving the hospital.

• 1This says 'My father will go to a foreign country next week.' 退院 has nothing to do with going abroad.
• 2This says 'My father will come back from a foreign country next week.' Again, 退院 is about leaving a hospital, not returning from abroad.
• 3This says 'My father will go to the hospital next week.' This is the opposite of 退院 (leaving the hospital); going to the hospital would be 入院 (にゅういん).

• 退院（たいいん） — to be discharged from the hospital, to leave the hospital
• 入院（にゅういん） — to be hospitalized, to enter the hospital