N4 Vocabulary · Test 78

門 is read もん, meaning 'gate.' The sentence means 'This gate cannot be opened by a child's strength.' The correct reading is もん.

• 1と (戸) means 'door' (a smaller door), not a gate (門).
• 2はこ (箱) means 'box,' an unrelated kanji misread.
• 3まど (窓) means 'window,' another unrelated building-related word used as a distractor.

• 門もん — gate
• 開あける — to open (something)

力 is read ちから, meaning 'strength / power.' The sentence means 'This gate cannot be opened by a child's strength.' The correct reading is ちから.

• 2ちがら is not a valid reading of 力; it is a distractor with a voiced consonant.
• 3つから is not a valid reading of 力; it uses the wrong initial consonant.
• 4つがら is not a valid reading of 力; it combines the wrong consonant with voicing.

• 力ちから — strength, power

開ける (あける, 'to open something') in potential negative polite form becomes 開けられません (あけられません). The sentence means 'This gate cannot be opened by a child's strength.' The correct reading is あけられません.

• 2うけられません is 受けられません ('cannot receive/accept'), a different verb.
• 3かけられません is 掛けられません ('cannot hang/put on'), a different verb.
• 4つけられません is 付けられません ('cannot attach/turn on'), a different verb.

• 開あける — to open (transitive)
• 開あけられる — can open (potential form)

The underlined word is 考えて (て-form of 考える, 'to think/consider'). Its reading is かんがえて. The sentence means 'Please think carefully and then answer the question.' Option 3 is the correct reading.

• 1おぼえて is the て-form of おぼえる (覚える, 'to memorize/remember'). It does not match 考えて.
• 2つたえて is the て-form of つたえる (伝える, 'to convey/tell'). It does not match 考えて.
• 4まちがえて is the て-form of まちがえる (間違える, 'to make a mistake'). It does not match 考えて.

• 考かんがえる — to think, consider
• 覚おぼえる — to memorize, remember
• 伝つたえる — to convey, tell
• 間違まちがえる — to make a mistake

The underlined word is 質問 ('question'). Its reading is しつもん. The sentence means 'Please think carefully and then answer the question.' Option 1 is correct.

• 2せつめい is 説明 ('explanation'), a lookalike compound with the same second kanji 問. It does not match 質問.
• 3せんもん is 専門 ('specialty/major'), which shares the kanji 門 but is unrelated.
• 4しょうめい is 証明 ('proof/certification'), an unrelated word.

• 質問しつもん — question
• 説明せつめい — explanation
• 専門せんもん — specialty, major
• 証明しょうめい — proof, certification

「着物」is read「きもの」. 「着」is「き」and「物」is「もの」. It means 'kimono' (traditional Japanese clothing).

• 2「きもん」drops the「の」and ends in ん, which is incorrect.
• 3「つきもの」adds an extra「つ」at the beginning.
• 4「つきもん」adds an extra「つ」and ends in ん.

• 着物きもの — kimono, traditional Japanese clothing

「有名」is read「ゆうめい」. 「有」is「ゆう」(long vowel) and「名」is「めい」. It means 'famous, well-known'.

• 1「ゆめ」drops the long vowel and the second kanji's reading entirely.
• 2「ゆめい」drops the long vowel う in「ゆう」.
• 3「ゆうめ」drops the い at the end of「めい」.

• 有名ゆうめい — famous, well-known

「楽しい」is read「たのしい」. It is an i-adjective meaning 'fun, enjoyable, pleasant'. The sentence means 'Fun work progresses quickly and finishes soon.'

• 1「かくしい」uses the wrong initial consonant (か instead of た).
• 2「がくしい」uses voiced「が」and wrong consonant, resembling「楽」's on-yomi「がく」but incorrect here.
• 3「たぬしい」has the wrong middle consonant (ぬ instead of の).

• 楽たのしい — fun, enjoyable, pleasant

進む（すすむ）means 'to advance/make progress.' In the て-form, 進む becomes 進んで（すすんで）. The sentence means 'Fun work progresses steadily and finishes quickly.' Option 4 すすんで is the correct reading.

• 1しんで is not a valid reading of 進む. It may be confused with 死んで（しんで, 'to die'）or 進む with an incorrect small す.
• 2すんで is not a valid reading of 進む. It may be confused with 住む（すむ, 'to live') → 住んで（すんで）.
• 3ししんで is not a valid reading of 進む; it has an extra し syllable and does not correspond to any word.

• 進すすむ — to advance, to make progress
• どんどん — steadily, rapidly, one after another

出発（しゅっぱつ）means 'departure.' The reading is しゅっぱつ, with a small っ (sokuon) and a pa-row sound ぱ. Option 4 is correct.

• 1しゅはつ lacks the sokuon (っ) and uses は instead of ぱ, so it is an incorrect reading.
• 2しゅぱる lacks the sokuon and ends in ぱる, which is not a valid reading for 出発.
• 3しゅっはつ has the sokuon but uses は instead of ぱ; the correct second character reading is ぱつ, not はつ.

• 出発しゅっぱつ — departure
• 間に合う（まにあう） — to be in time for, to make it in time