N5 Vocabulary · Test 1

The kanji 雨 means 'rain' and is read あめ. The sentence means 'Will it be rain tomorrow?' Option 2 (あめ) is the correct reading.

• 1ゆき means 'snow' (雪), a different weather word.
• 3くもり means 'cloudy' (曇り), a different weather word.
• 4はれ means 'clear/sunny' (晴れ), a different weather word.

• 雨あめ — rain

The kanji 書いて is the te-form of 書く (かく, 'to write'), so it is read かいて. The sentence means 'Please write (it) in the classroom.'

• 1はいて is the te-form of 履く (to put on shoes) or 掃く (to sweep), not 'to write'.
• 2きいて is the te-form of 聞く (to listen/ask), not 'to write'.
• 4ひいて is the te-form of 引く (to pull), not 'to write'.

• 書かいて — write (te-form of 書く)
• 書かく — to write

The kanji 中 means 'inside/middle' and is read なか. The sentence means 'The photograph is inside the box.'

• 1よこ means 'side' (横), not 'inside'.
• 3そと means 'outside' (外), the opposite of what is needed.
• 4そば means 'next to/beside' (傍/側), not 'inside'.

• 中なか — inside, middle

The kanji 小さい is an i-adjective meaning 'small' and is read ちいさい. The sentence means 'This chair is small.'

• 1しいさい is an incorrect reading; there is no such common word.
• 2しさい is an incorrect reading; しさい would be a different word (e.g., 細細), not 'small'.
• 4ちさい is missing the long vowel い; the correct form is ちいさい.

• 小ちいさい — small

The kanji 火よう日 means 'Tuesday' and is read かようび. The sentence means 'Tomorrow is Tuesday.'

• 2どようび means 'Saturday' (土よう日), a different day.
• 3すいようび means 'Wednesday' (水よう日), a different day.
• 4にちようび means 'Sunday' (日よう日), a different day.

• 火よう日（かようび） — Tuesday

ワイシャツ (option 2) is the correct katakana spelling for 'dress shirt.' The word is written in katakana and ends with ツ.

• 1ワイシャソ uses ソ instead of ツ. ソ and ツ look similar, but the correct character is ツ.
• 3ウイシャソ starts with ウ instead of ワ, and uses ソ instead of ツ — both are wrong.
• 4ウイシャツ starts with ウ instead of ワ. The correct first character is ワ.

• ワイシャツ — dress shirt, business shirt

川 (option 1) is the correct kanji for かわ, meaning 'river.' The sentence says 'There are many rivers in my country.'

• 2木 is read き, meaning 'tree.' It does not match かわ.
• 3山 is read やま, meaning 'mountain.' It does not match かわ.
• 4花 is read はな, meaning 'flower.' It does not match かわ.

• 川かわ — river
• 木き — tree
• 山やま — mountain
• 花はな — flower

The underlined word is がっこう (gakkou), which means 'school'. The correct kanji writing for this word is 学校. The first kanji 学 means 'study' or 'learning', and the second kanji 校 means 'school'.

• 1宇枚 uses completely different kanji that do not match the reading or meaning of がっこう.
• 3宇校 uses the wrong first kanji (宇) instead of 学.
• 4学枚 uses the wrong second kanji (枚) instead of 校.

• 学校がっこう — school
• 学がく — study, learning
• 校こう — school

見て (option 1) is correct. The verb 見る (みる, 'to see/look') in て-form is 見て. The sentence means 'Please look at this magazine.'

• 2買て is invalid. The verb 買う (かう, 'to buy') has the て-form 買って, not 買て.
• 3目て is invalid. 目 (め) means 'eye' and is a noun; it cannot take て-form.
• 4貝て is invalid. 貝 (かい) means 'shellfish' and is a noun; it cannot take て-form.

• 見みる — to see, to look
• 見みて — please look (て-form + ください)
• 買かう — to buy
• 雑誌ざっし — magazine

高い (option 3) is correct, read たかい, meaning 'expensive' (also 'high/tall'). The sentence means 'This camera is expensive.'

• 1古い is read ふるい, meaning 'old (thing).' It does not match たかい.
• 2新しい is read あたらしい, meaning 'new.' It does not match たかい.
• 4安い is read やすい, meaning 'cheap.' This is the opposite of たかい.

• 高たかい — expensive, high, tall
• 古ふるい — old (thing)
• 新あたらしい — new
• 安やすい — cheap