N4 Vocabulary · Test 89

売店 (ばいてん) means 'kiosk/shop/stand,' a small retail shop often found in train stations. The sentence says 'I bought a newspaper at the ばいてん in the station.' 売 (ばい) relates to selling (売る, うる), and 店 (てん) means shop.

• 1買店 – 買 (ばい) means 'to buy' (買う, かう). While 'buy-shop' might seem plausible, the established word for a station kiosk is 売店 (selling shop), not 買店.
• 3購店 – 購 (こう) means 'to purchase' as in 購買 (こうばい, purchasing). This is not a real word; the correct term is 売店.
• 4飯店 – 飯 (はん/めし) means 'meal/cooked rice.' 飯店 is not a standard Japanese word (it resembles Chinese for 'restaurant' but is not used in Japanese this way).

• 売店ばいてん — kiosk, small shop/stand (e.g. at a station)

席 (せき) means 'seat.' The sentence says 'The seats on the train were not open, so I read while standing.' 席 is the correct kanji for せき in the sense of a seat.

• 1度 (ど) means 'degree/times/temperature' as in 温度 (おんど) or 一度 (いちど); it is not read せき and does not mean 'seat.'
• 2座 (ざ) means 'to sit' as in 座る (すわる); as a standalone kanji it is not read せき and does not mean 'seat' by itself.
• 3庄 (しょう) appears in names or 庄屋 (しょうや, village headman); it is not read せき and does not mean 'seat.'

• 席せき — seat
• 電車でんしゃ — train (electric train)

空いて (あいて) is the te-form of 空く (あく), meaning 'to become empty/be vacant.' The sentence says 'The seats on the train were not vacant (あいていなかった), so I read while standing.' 空く describes a seat or space becoming available/empty.

• 1開いて (あいて) is the te-form of 開く (あく, to open), used for doors, windows, or events opening. A seat being 'open/available' uses 空く (empty), not 開く (open).
• 4合いて is not a valid Japanese word form. 合う (あう, to match/suit) has the te-form 合って (あって), not 合いて.

• 空あく — to become empty, be vacant/available
• 開あく — to open (door, window, etc.)

立った (たった) is the past tense of 立つ (たつ), meaning 'to stand.' The sentence says 'The seats were not vacant, so I read while standing (たったまま).' 立つ is the correct verb for standing upright.

• 1足った (たった) is the past tense of 足る (たる), meaning 'to be sufficient.' While it reads the same, it means 'was sufficient,' not 'stood,' and does not fit the context of reading while standing.
• 2発った (たった) is the past tense of 発つ (たつ), meaning 'to depart/set out.' It reads the same but does not mean 'to stand.'
• 4建った (たった) is the past tense of 建つ (たつ), meaning 'to be built/erected' (for buildings). It does not mean 'to stand' in the sense of a person standing up.

• 立たつ — to stand (upright)
• 足たる — to be sufficient
• 発たつ — to depart, set out
• 建たつ — to be built, be erected (building)

始まり (はじまり) is the noun form of 始まる (はじまる), meaning 'to begin/start.' The sentence says 'The concert begins at 7:00.' 始まる is the correct intransitive verb for an event starting.

• 1開まり is not a valid word. 開く (あく/ひらく) means 'to open,' and its noun form would be 開き (あき/ひらき), not 開まり. The kanji 開 is not used for はじまる.
• 2発まり is not a valid word. 発 (はつ/ほつ) relates to departing or issuing, and does not combine with まり to form a meaningful word.
• 3初まり is not a standard word. 初 (はじ/しょ) means 'first/beginning' as an adjective/noun prefix, but the verb 'to begin' is written 始まる, not 初まる.

• 始はじまる — to begin, start (intransitive)
• 音楽会おんがくかい — concert (music concert)
• 急行きゅうこう — express train

The underlined word いぬ means 'dog.' The correct kanji is 犬 (option 3). The sentence means 'A dog came running.'

• 1半 (はん) means 'half' — a completely different word, not a reading of いぬ.
• 2牛 (うし/ぎゅう) means 'cow/ox' — a different animal entirely.
• 4太 (たい/ふと) means 'thick/fat' or appears in names — unrelated to いぬ.

• 犬いぬ — dog

The underlined word はしって is the te-form of はしる (走る, 'to run'). The correct kanji writing is 走って (option 4). The sentence means 'A dog came running.'

• 1歩って — 歩く (あるく, 'to walk') has the te-form 歩いて, not 歩って. This is both the wrong verb and an impossible conjugation.
• 2足って — 足 (あし) means 'foot/leg'; 足る (たる) means 'to suffice' but its te-form would be 足って, which does not mean 'running.'
• 3従って (したがって) means 'therefore/following' — a conjunction, not the te-form of 'to run.'

• 走はしる — to run
• 走はしって — running (te-form of 走る)

The underlined word あね means 'older sister.' The correct kanji is 姉 (option 3). The sentence means 'I learned English from the same teacher as my older sister.'

• 1妹 (いもうと) means 'younger sister' — a different word from あね.
• 2娘 (むすめ) means 'daughter' — not あね.
• 4姑 (しゅうとめ) means 'mother-in-law' — unrelated to あね.

• 姉あね — older sister
• 妹いもうと — younger sister

The underlined word ならった is the past tense of ならう (習う, 'to learn (from someone)'). The correct kanji is 習って→習った (option 3). The sentence means 'I learned English from the same teacher as my older sister.'

• 1学った — 学ぶ (まなぶ) means 'to study/learn' in a general sense, but its past tense is 学んだ, not 学った. Also, ならう specifically implies learning from a teacher, which matches 習う.
• 2練った — 練る (ねる) means 'to knead/to polish/to train'; 練った does not mean 'learned.'
• 4勉った — 勉強 (べんきょう) means 'to study,' but 勉った is not a valid word or conjugation.

• 習ならう — to learn (from a teacher/instructor)
• 習ならった — learned (past tense of 習う)