N4 Vocabulary · Test 81

The word あかるく is the adverbial form of あかるい (明るい, 'bright'). The correct kanji is 明, giving 明るく. Option 1 correctly writes this. The sentence means 'The wind died down and the sky became bright.'

• 2月日るく is not a valid kanji writing. It appears to be a garbled transcription — 月日 are the components of 明 (日 + 月), but written separately they do not form the kanji 明.
• 3赤るく is not valid. 赤 is read あか ('red'), and while あかるく and あか share the initial あか sound, 赤るく is not a real word. This is a deliberate phonetic distractor.
• 4赤字上面三行るく is not a valid kanji writing. This appears to be a garbled transcription or textual description of a kanji component.

• 明あかるい — bright, well-lit, cheerful
• 風かぜ — wind
• そら — sky

かった is the past tense of かう (買う), meaning 'to buy.' The sentence says Yamada-san bought a watch at a department store, so 買った is correct. 買 (ばい/かう) means 'to buy.'

• 1売った (うった) is the past tense of 売る (うる), meaning 'sold.' This is the opposite action — Yamada-san bought, not sold.
• 3置った is not standard. 置く (おく) means 'to put/place,' and its past tense is 置いた (おいた), not 置った. This is a distractor using a lookalike kanji.
• 4貸った is not standard. 貸す (かす) means 'to lend,' and its past tense is 貸した (かした), not 貸った. This is a distractor using a lookalike kanji.

• 買かう — to buy
• 買かった — bought (past tense)
• 売うる — to sell
• 貸かす — to lend

安心 is read あんしん (an-shin), meaning 'peace of mind' or 'relief.' The kanji 安 is read あん and 心 is read しん. Option 4 correctly gives this reading.

• 1しいぱい is not a valid reading for any common word. It appears to be a scrambled version of しんぱい.
• 2しんぱい (心配) means 'worry/anxiety' — the opposite of 安心. This is a deliberate distractor using the same 心 kanji.
• 3あんしい is an incorrect reading. The kanji 心 is read しん (on'yomi) here, not しい.

• 安心あんしん — peace of mind, relief, reassurance

The word じゅうしょ means 'address,' and the correct kanji writing is 住所. 住 is read じゅう (on'yomi) and 所 is read しょ (on'yomi). Option 2 correctly writes this. The sentence means 'Please teach me how to write addresses in Japanese.'

• 1任所 is not a valid word. 任 (にん, 'responsibility/duty') looks similar to 住 (じゅう) but is a different kanji with a different meaning. This is a deliberate lookalike distractor.
• 3彳主 is not a valid kanji or word. It appears to be a garbled transcription — 彳 is the radical (ぎょうにんべん) of 住, and 主 is the phonetic component, but written separately they do not form the kanji 住.
• 4往所 is not a valid word. 往 (おう, 'to go/to proceed') shares the same radical as 住 and looks similar, but it is a different kanji. This is a deliberate lookalike distractor.

• 住所じゅうしょ — address
• かきかた — way of writing, how to write
• おしえる — to teach, to tell

The word あかるく is the adverbial form of あかるい (明るい, 'bright'). The correct kanji is 明, giving 明るく. Option 1 correctly writes this. The sentence means 'The wind died down and the sky became bright.'

• 2月日るく is not a valid kanji writing. It appears to be a garbled transcription — 月日 are the components of 明 (日 + 月), but written separately they do not form the kanji 明.
• 3赤るく is not valid. 赤 is read あか ('red'), and while あかるく and あか share the initial あか sound, 赤るく is not a real word. This is a deliberate phonetic distractor.
• 4赤字上面三行るく is not a valid kanji writing. This appears to be a garbled transcription or textual description of a kanji component.

• 明あかるい — bright, well-lit, cheerful
• 風かぜ — wind
• そら — sky

去年 is most commonly read きょねん, meaning 'last year'. This is the standard reading tested at this level.

• 1きょうねん is not a valid reading for 去年; it may be confused with 今日 (きょう, today).
• 2さくねん is not a standard reading; the correct form with さく would be 昨年 (さくねん), a different kanji.
• 3さっねん is not a valid reading; it resembles a geminated form that does not exist for this word.

• 去年きょねん — last year
• 昨年さくねん — last year (formal)

多く is read おおく, meaning 'many/much' (the adverbial/continuative form of 多い). Option 4 matches exactly.

• 1おそく (遅く) means 'late' — the adverbial form of 遅い, a lookalike in hiragana.
• 2おもく (重く) means 'heavily' — the adverbial form of 重い, another plausible 〜く ending.
• 3おおきく (大きく) means 'largely/biggly' — the adverbial form of 大きい; it contains おお but is a different word.

• 多おおく — many, much (adverbial form of 多い)

店 is read みせ here, meaning 'shop/store'. In the sentence その店の主人は…, みせ is the common kun'yomi reading.

• 1てん is the on'yomi of 店, used in compounds like 店員 (てんいん) or 店内 (てんない), but not as a standalone word in this context.
• 2こや (小屋) means 'hut/shack' — a different word entirely.
• 4うち (家) means 'house/home' — a different kanji (家) and meaning.

• 店みせ — shop, store
• 主人しゅじん — master of the house, owner, husband
• 着物きもの — kimono, Japanese clothing

主人 is read しゅじん, meaning 'husband' (one's own) or 'master/owner.' The correct option is 1.

• 2しゅうじん (囚人) means 'prisoner.' This is a deliberate lookalike distractor with a long vowel and different kanji meaning.
• 3しゅにん (主任) means 'person in charge / chief.' Same first kanji 主 but different second kanji 任.
• 4しゅうにん (就任) means 'assuming a post / taking office.' Again a long-vowel distractor with a different second kanji.

• 主人しゅじん — husband (humble, one's own); master, owner

着物 is read きもの, meaning 'kimono' (traditional Japanese clothing). The verb 着る (きる, to wear) gives the reading き. The correct option is 2.

• 1おきもの (置物) means 'ornament / figurine.' Uses 置 (おく, to place) instead of 着.
• 3はきもの (履物) means 'footwear.' Uses 履 (はく, to put on lower-body clothing/shoes).
• 4かきもの (書物) means 'book / document.' Uses 書 (かく, to write).

• 着物きもの — kimono, traditional Japanese garment