N4 Vocabulary · Test 82

好き is the correct kanji for すき, meaning 'liking/fond of'. The sentence means 'People in the past liked the moon and made up various stories.'

• 1妨き is not a real word; 妨 is used in 妨害(ぼうがい) etc., read さまた- in verb form 妨げる, not すき.
• 2好色 is read こうしょく and means 'lascivious'; wrong reading and meaning.
• 4奴き is not a real word; 奴 is read やつ/ぬ, not used for すき.

• 好すき — liked, fond of

話 is the correct kanji for はなし, meaning 'story/tale'. The sentence means 'People in the past liked the moon and made up various stories.'

• 1言 is read こと/げん and means 'word/speech'; not はなし.
• 2詰 is read きつ/づめ and means 'stuffed/tight'; not はなし.
• 3語 is read ご/かた(る) and means 'language/to tell'; as a noun it can mean 'language/word' but is not read はなし.

• 話はなし — story, talk

作った is the correct kanji for つくった (past of 作る), meaning 'made/created'. The sentence means 'People in the past liked the moon and made up various stories.'

• 2任った would be read まかった (from 任せる); not つくった and not a standard form.
• 3昨った is not a real word; 昨 is read さく/ゆうべ, not used as a verb つくる.
• 4旺った is not a real word; 旺 is read おう, used in 旺盛(おうせい), not つくる.

• 作つくった — made, created (past of 作る)

病院 is the correct kanji for びょういん, meaning 'hospital'. The sentence means 'At this hospital, the doctors are kind.'

• 1症院 is not a real word; 症 is used in 症状(しょうじょう, symptom), not びょう.
• 2症員 is not a real word; combines 症 with 員(member), meaningless here.
• 4病員 is not a real word; 員 means 'member/personnel', not 院(institution).

• 病院びょういん — hospital

Option 4 (医者) is the correct kanji for the reading いしゃ, meaning 'doctor.' The sentence means 'At this hospital, the doctors are kind.'

• 1匠者 is not a real word. 匠 (たくみ) means 'craftsman/master' and is unrelated to medicine.
• 2医看 is not a standard word. While 医 relates to medicine, 看 (かん) appears in words like 看護 (nursing), but 医看 is not a valid compound.
• 3匠看 is not a real word; it combines 'craftsman' and 'nursing' kanji nonsensically.

• 医者いしゃ — doctor
• 病院びょういん — hospital
• 親切しんせつ — kind, thoughtful

The sentence means 'In this country, even in winter it can get above 20 degrees.' The underlined 「ふゆ」 is 「冬」, 'winter', so option 2 is correct.

• 1「春（はる）」 means 'spring', not ふゆ.
• 3「夏（なつ）」 means 'summer', not ふゆ.
• 4「秋（あき）」 means 'autumn', not ふゆ.

• 冬ふゆ — winter

「20ど」 means '20 degrees (temperature)'. The kanji for degrees is 「度」, so option 2 is correct.

• 1「広」 is read 「ひろ/こう」 and means 'wide'; it is not used for degrees.
• 3「庄」 is not used for temperature degrees.
• 4「席」 means 'seat' and is unrelated to degrees.

• 度ど — degree(s) (of temperature/angle)

「いじょう」 is written 「以上」, meaning '...or more / above (a level)'. In the sentence, 「20度以上」 means '20 degrees or above', so option 2 is correct.

• 1「比上」 is not a real word; it uses the kanji 比（ひ）to mimic the shape of 以.
• 3「似上」 is not a real word; 似（に）is a lookalike for 以.
• 4「批上」 is not a real word; 批（ひ）is a lookalike for 以.

• 以上いじょう — ...or more, above (a threshold)

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