N4 Vocabulary · Test 95

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