N4 Vocabulary · Test 83

間に合わない is the negative form of 間に合う（まにあう, 'to be in time for'). The correct reading is まにあわない. Option 1 is correct.

• 2まにやわない replaces あ with や, which is not the correct reading of 間に合う.
• 3まにおわない uses おわない (終わない, 'not finish') instead of あわない; this is a lookalike distractor.
• 4まによわない uses よわない (弱ない, not a valid form) instead of あわない; this is a distractor.

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

かんじ is written 漢字. 漢（かん）means 'Han/Chinese' and 字（じ）means 'character.' The sentence means 'Please answer this kanji question.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1漢宇 uses 宇（う）instead of 字（じ）; 宇 means 'eaves/space' and does not read じ.
• 3漠宇 uses 漠（ばく, 'vague/desert') instead of 漢, and 宇 instead of 字; both characters are wrong.
• 4漠字 uses 漢's lookalike 漠（ばく）instead of 漢; the first character is wrong.

• 漢字かんじ — kanji, Chinese character
• 問題もんだい — problem, question
• 答こたえる — to answer

もんだい is written 問題. 問（もん）means 'question' and 題（だい）means 'theme/topic.' Together they mean 'problem/question.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1門題 uses 門（もん, 'gate') instead of 問（もん）; although both read もん, 門 is the wrong kanji here.
• 3門頭 uses 門 instead of 問 and 頭（あたま/とう, 'head') instead of 題; both characters are wrong.
• 4問頭 uses the correct 問 but replaces 題 with 頭（とう）, which is the wrong kanji.

• 問題もんだい — problem, question
• 漢字かんじ — kanji, Chinese character
• 答こたえる — to answer

答えて is the correct kanji writing for こたえて, meaning 'to answer' (a question, phone, etc.). At the 3kyuu level, 答える is the more basic and commonly tested form. Note: without the original reading passage, both option 1 (応えて) and option 3 (答えて) are valid kanji for こたえて; the intended answer depends on context. 答えて is the more likely intended answer at this level.

• 1応えて is also a valid reading of こたえて, but it means 'to respond to / to live up to (expectations, requests)' and is typically used in different contexts (e.g., 期待に応える). Without a passage providing context, this is a plausible but less likely answer at 3kyuu.
• 2応たえて is not a valid kanji form. The kanji 応 does not take the okurigana たえる.
• 4答たえて is not a valid kanji form. The kanji 答 does not take the okurigana たえる.

• 答こたえる — to answer (a question, phone, etc.)
• 応こたえる — to respond to, to live up to (expectations, requests)

The reading しんせつ corresponds to 親切 (kind, helpful). In the sentence, Kobayashi kindly drew a map for the speaker, so 'kindly' is the intended meaning.

• 1新切 is not a real word; it uses the kanji 新 (new) with an unrelated second kanji.
• 2新劫 is not a real word; 劫 (calpa/eon) is unrelated and not read せつ.
• 4新肋 is not a real word; 肋 (rib) is unrelated and not read せつ.

• 親切しんせつ — kind, helpful; kindness

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)

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)