N4 Vocabulary · Test 79

ふとくて is the て-form of ふとい (太い, thick/fat). The sentence says the uncle's neck is thick and short. Option 2 太くて is correct.

• 1犬くて is not a valid word; 犬(いぬ) means 'dog' and has no て-form adjective.
• 3天くて is not a valid word; 天(てん) means 'sky/heaven' and cannot form this adjective.
• 4丈くて is not a valid word; 丈(じょう/たけ) means 'height/length' and does not produce ふとくて.

• 太ふとい — thick, fat (of objects or body parts)

みじかい is written 短い and means 'short (in length/time)'. The sentence says the uncle's neck is thick and short. Option 1 短い is correct.

• 2短るい is an invalid kanji form; the adjective is 短い, not 短るい.
• 3失い（うしない）is the ます-stem of 失う (to lose), a lookalike with a different meaning and reading.
• 4矢い is not a real word; 矢(や) means 'arrow' and cannot form this adjective.

• 短みじかい — short (in length or duration)

かりる means 'to borrow' and is written 借りる. The sentence says 'When borrowing money, it is better to think carefully.' Option 3 借りる is correct.

• 1賃りる is not a valid word; 賃(ちん) relates to 'rent/fare' and is a lookalike distractor.
• 2買いる is not a valid word form; 買う (to buy) does not conjugate to 買りる.
• 4代りる is not a valid word; 代(だい/かわる) relates to 'substitute/price' and is a lookalike distractor.

• 借かりる — to borrow

ふとくて is the て-form of ふとい (太い, thick/fat). The sentence says the uncle's neck is thick and short. Option 2 太くて is correct.

• 1犬くて is not a valid word; 犬(いぬ) means 'dog' and has no て-form adjective.
• 3天くて is not a valid word; 天(てん) means 'sky/heaven' and cannot form this adjective.
• 4丈くて is not a valid word; 丈(じょう/たけ) means 'height/length' and does not produce ふとくて.

• 太ふとい — thick, fat (of objects or body parts)

みじかい is written 短い and means 'short (in length/time)'. The sentence says the uncle's neck is thick and short. Option 1 短い is correct.

• 2短るい is an invalid kanji form; the adjective is 短い, not 短るい.
• 3失い（うしない）is the ます-stem of 失う (to lose), a lookalike with a different meaning and reading.
• 4矢い is not a real word; 矢(や) means 'arrow' and cannot form this adjective.

• 短みじかい — short (in length or duration)

The correct reading of 不便 is ふべん. The sentence means 'The library is in an inconvenient location.'

• 1ふびん is the reading of a different word, 不憫 (compassion/pity), not 不便.
• 2ぶびん incorrectly applies rendaku (voicing) to ふ; the correct reading is ふべん.
• 4ぶべん incorrectly applies rendaku to both syllables; the correct reading is ふべん.

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

The correct reading of 場所 is ばしょ. The sentence means 'The library is in an inconvenient location.'

• 2ばしょう incorrectly adds a long vowel う to しょ.
• 3じょうしょ uses the on'yomi じょう for 場, but in this common word the reading is ばしょ.
• 4じょうしょう uses the on'yomi for both characters, which is incorrect for this word.

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

The correct reading of 自転車 is じてんしゃ. The sentence means 'I rode a bicycle through the forest.'

• 2じりんしゃ uses りん for 転, which is incorrect; the correct reading of 転 here is てん.
• 3ちてんしゃ uses ち for 自, but the correct reading here is じ.
• 4ちりんしゃ has both errors: ち for 自 and りん for 転.

• 自転車じてんしゃ — bicycle
• 森もり — forest
• 通とおる — to pass through

森 is read もり, meaning 'forest.' The sentence means 'I rode my bicycle through the forest.' Option 4 is the correct reading.

• 1えだ means 'branch' (枝), an unrelated word.
• 2き means 'tree' (木), a plausible but wrong reading.
• 3はやし is an alternative/older reading sometimes associated with forest-related words, but 森 is simply もり.

• 森もり — forest

通りました is read とおりました, from the verb 通る (とおる, 'to pass through'). The long vowel お is correctly represented as おお in the okurigana. The sentence means 'I passed through the forest by bicycle.'

• 1とうりました uses とう, which is the wrong vowel length/spelling — the correct form has a long 'o' written as とお.
• 2どうりました uses ど (dakuten) and う, both incorrect — the consonant is unvoiced and the vowel is written with おお.
• 4どおりました uses ど (voiced) — 通る is unvoiced と, so this is wrong.

• 通とおる — to pass through