N4 Vocabulary · Test 77

進みます is read すすみます (susu-mimasu). The verb 進む (すすむ) means 'to advance/proceed/move forward.' The ます-stem form is 進みます. The sentence means 'This insect moves toward the light.'

• 1こみます comes from 込む (こむ, 'to be crowded/to pack into'), which is unrelated to 進む.
• 2ふみます comes from 踏む (ふむ, 'to step on'), which is a different verb with a different meaning.
• 3たのみます comes from 頼む (たのむ, 'to ask/request/rely on'), which is unrelated to advancing.

• 進すすむ — to advance, to proceed, to move forward
• 込こむ — to be crowded, to pack into
• 踏ふむ — to step on, to tread
• 頼たのむ — to request, to ask, to rely on

短い is read みじかい (mijikai), meaning 'short' (in length or time). The sentence means 'It was a short time, but it was fun.'

• 1こわい (怖い) means 'scary, frightening,' which is unrelated to 短い.
• 2うるさい (煩い/五月蝿い) means 'noisy, annoying,' which is unrelated to 短い.
• 4いそがしい (忙しい) means 'busy,' which is unrelated to 短い.

• 短みじかい — short (in length or duration)
• 怖こわい — scary, frightening
• うるさい — noisy, annoying
• 忙いそがしい — busy

楽しかったです is read たのしかったです (tanoshi-katta desu). The adjective 楽しい (たのしい, 'enjoyable/fun') has the past tense form 楽しかった (たのしかった). The sentence means 'It was a short time, but it was fun.'

• 1うれしかった is the past tense of うれしい (嬉しい, 'glad/happy'), which is a different adjective. 嬉しい describes one's personal feeling of gladness, not an enjoyable experience.
• 3すばらしかった is the past tense of すばらしい (素晴らしい, 'wonderful/splendid'), which is a different word from 楽しい.
• 4よろこばしかった is not a valid Japanese word. The verb 喜ぶ (よろこぶ, 'to rejoice') exists, but よろこばしい is not a standard adjective form, and よろこばしかった is incorrect.

• 楽たのしい — fun, enjoyable
• 嬉うれしい — glad, happy (personal feeling)
• 素晴すばらしい — wonderful, splendid
• 喜よろこぶ — to rejoice, to be delighted

昼 means 'noon/daytime' and is read ひる. The sentence means 'Tanaka-san will arrive tomorrow during the day.'

• 1ごご means 午後 (afternoon); it is a valid reading for a time-of-day word but not the reading of 昼.
• 3ゆう (夕) means 'evening'; not the reading of 昼.
• 4あさ (朝) means 'morning'; not the reading of 昼.

• 昼ひる — noon, daytime

着きます is read つきます and means 'to arrive'. The sentence means 'Tanaka-san will arrive at noon tomorrow.'

• 1おきます is 起きます (to wake up/get up) or 置きます (to place); wrong verb.
• 2すきます is 透きます/空きます (to become empty/to have a gap); wrong verb.
• 4うきます is 浮きます (to float/to stand out); wrong verb.

• 着つきます — to arrive

仕事 is read しごと, meaning 'work/job'. Note the rendaku (voicing) of こと to ごと. The sentence means 'I finally finished work.'

• 2しこと — incorrect; missing the voicing (rendaku) on the second kana.
• 3じごと — incorrect; し becomes voiced じ, which is wrong.
• 4じこと — incorrect; both wrong voicing and missing voicing.

• 仕事しごと — work; job

終わった is read おわった, the past tense of 終わる (to finish/end). The sentence means 'I finally finished work.'

• 2まわった — this is 回った (to go around), a lookalike distractor.
• 3かわった — this is 変わった (to change), a lookalike distractor.
• 4さわった — this is 触った (to touch), a lookalike distractor.

• 終おわった — finished; ended (past tense of 終わる)

世話 is read せわ, meaning 'care/looking after'. The sentence means 'I will take care of the child, so please don't worry.'

• 1せいはなし — incorrect; this looks like a confusion with 話 (はなし) plus せい, not a real word.
• 2せはなし — incorrect; similarly mixes はなし into the reading.
• 3せいわ — incorrect; this is the reading of 誠和 or similar, not 世話.

• 世話せわ — care; looking after (someone)

安心 is read あんしん (an-shin). It means 'peace of mind, relief, feeling at ease.' The sentence means 'I will take care of the children, so please feel at ease (安心してください).'

• 1やすこころ is an incorrect attempt to read the kanji individually using kun-yomi. 安 can be read やす(い), but this compound uses on-yomi あん, and 心 is しん here, not こころ.
• 3やすごころ is another wrong kun-yomi attempt. The same issue applies: this jukugo uses on-yomi あんしん.
• 4あんじん is close in sound but wrong. The second kanji 心 has the on-yomi しん (shin), not じん (jin).

• 安心あんしん — peace of mind, relief, feeling at ease

台所 is read だいどころ (dai-dokoro). It means 'kitchen.' The sentence means 'The kitchen (台所) of this apartment is spacious, isn't it.' 台 is read だい (on-yomi) and 所 is read どころ (a voiced rendaku of ところ).

• 2だいところ fails to apply rendaku. The second element 所 should become どころ in this compound.
• 3たいどころ uses the wrong reading for 台 (たい instead of だい) and also has the correct rendaku, but the first kanji reading is wrong.
• 4たいところ uses the wrong reading for 台 (たい instead of だい) and also fails to apply rendaku to 所.

• 台所だいどころ — kitchen