N5 Vocabulary · Test 11

The correct reading for 学校 is がっこう. The kanji 学 is read as がく and 校 as こう, but when combined, the く becomes a small っ (sokuon) due to compound word pronunciation rules, resulting in がっこう.

• 1がくこう is incorrect because it is missing the small っ (sokuon) in the middle, which is necessary for the correct pronunciation of this compound word.
• 2がっごう is incorrect because the second character should be read as こう, not ごう (with a dakuten).
• 3がくごう is incorrect because it lacks the small っ and incorrectly uses a dakuten on the second part.

• 学校がっこう — school

The correct reading for 古い is ふるい, which means 'old' (for things, not people).

• 2ふろい is incorrect; it is a common misreading where the 'ru' sound is voiced to 'ro', but the correct reading uses 'ru'.
• 3くるい is incorrect; it might be confused with 狂い (くるい, madness/mistake), but the kanji 古 is never read this way.
• 4くろい is incorrect; it is the reading for 黒い (くろい, black), which is a different kanji entirely.

• 古ふるい — old (things)

The correct reading for 午後 is ごご, meaning 'PM' or 'afternoon'.

• 2こぜん is incorrect; it has the wrong rendaku (voicing) for the first character and is a distractor based on 午前 (ごぜん, AM).
• 3ここ is incorrect; it lacks the long vowel and is just a partial/wrong reading.
• 4ごぜん is incorrect; it is the reading for 午前 (ごぜん), which means 'AM' or 'morning', the opposite of what is written in the stem.

• 午後ごご — PM, afternoon

The correct reading for 買い is かい. This is the stem (masu-form) of the verb 買う (かう, to buy), used here with the particle に to indicate the purpose of going (買いにいきます, 'going to buy').

• 2ならい is incorrect; it is the stem of 習う (ならう, to learn), which has a different kanji.
• 3つかい is incorrect; it is the stem of 使う (つかう, to use), which has a different kanji.
• 4あい is incorrect; it is the stem of 会う (あう, to meet), which has a different kanji.

• 買かい — buying (stem of 買う)

The correct reading for 半分 is はんぶん, meaning 'half'. 半 is read as はん and 分 as ぶん.

• 1ほんぶん is incorrect; the first character is read as はん, not ほん. This might be confused with 本分 (ほんぶん).
• 3ほんぷん is incorrect; it has the wrong first character reading and uses a handakuon (ぷ) instead of a dakuten (ぶ).
• 4はんぷん is incorrect; the second character should be read with a dakuten as ぶん, not a handakuon ぷん.

• 半分はんぶん — half

The sentence means 'Please ____ a stamp on the envelope.' Option 4, はって (貼って, te-form of 貼る 'to stick/paste'), is the correct verb: ふうとうに きってを はってください = 'Please stick a stamp on the envelope.' Stamps are attached to envelopes with the verb 貼る.

• 1おして (押して, te-form of 押す 'to push/press') is plausible because stamps can be 'pressed on,' but the standard verb for affixing a stamp to an envelope is 貼る, not 押す.
• 2まって (待って, te-form of 待つ 'to wait') makes no sense — you do not 'wait' a stamp on an envelope.
• 3けして (消して, te-form of 消す 'to erase/turn off') is the opposite of what you want — you do not erase a stamp onto an envelope.

• 貼はる — to stick, to paste (e.g., a stamp)
• 封筒ふうとう — envelope
• 切手きって — postage stamp
• 押おす — to push, to press

The sentence means 'Who is the person wearing the red ____?' The verb はいて (te-form of はく 'to wear on the lower body') requires a lower-body garment. Option 2, スカート (skirt), is the only lower-body item: あの あかい スカートを はいている ひとは だれですか = 'Who is the person wearing that red skirt?'

• 1コート (coat) is worn on the upper body using the verb 着る (きる), not はく, so it does not pair with はいて.
• 3めがね (glasses) are worn with the verb かける, not はく.
• 4ぼうし (hat) is worn with the verb かぶる, not はく.

• スカート — skirt
• 履はく — to wear (on the lower body: pants, skirt, shoes)
• コート — coat
• 帽子ぼうし — hat
• 眼鏡めがね — glasses

The sentence means '____ I went to bed at 11.' The verb ねました is past tense, so the time word must refer to a past time. Option 2, ゆうべ (夕べ, 'last evening/last night'), fits: ゆうべ 11じに ねました = 'Last night I went to bed at 11.'

• 1ゆうはん (夕飯) means 'dinner.' It is a noun for a meal, not a time expression, so it cannot fill the blank before '11時にねました.'
• 3こんばん (今晩) means 'tonight' (a future/present time word). Using it with the past tense ねました ('went to bed') creates a tense contradiction.
• 4こんな means 'such/this kind of.' It is a pre-noun adjectival and cannot stand alone as a time expression before a sentence.

• 夕ゆうべ — last evening, last night
• 寝ねる — to go to sleep, to go to bed
• 夕飯ゆうはん — dinner (evening meal)
• 今晩こんばん — tonight

でも means 'but/however' and expresses contrast. The first sentence says the room is very narrow (せまい), and the second says it is very clean (きれい) — an opposing/contrasting idea. The sentence means 'Katou-san's room is very small. But it is very clean.'

• 1じゃ is a casual 'then/well then' used to move to a next action or conclusion, not to express contrast.
• 2それでは means 'then/in that case' (used to shift topics or conclude), not contrast.
• 4そうして (そして) means 'and then' (addition/sequence), not contrast; it would imply the smallness and cleanliness are simply added facts, but the intended nuance is contrastive.

• でも — but, however
• 狭せまい — narrow, cramped
• きれい — clean, pretty
• じゃ — then (casual)
• それでは — then, in that case
• そうして — and then, and

The sentence means 'Every night I do ____ by myself.' Option 1, りょうり (料理, cooking), fits perfectly: まいばん じぶんで りょうりして います = 'Every night I cook by myself.' The pattern ～して います indicates an ongoing/habitual action, and cooking is something one does every night.

• 2びょうき (病気) means 'sickness/illness.' You cannot 'do sickness by myself every night' — 病気する is not a normal collocation, and it makes no sense as a nightly habit.
• 3けっこん (結婚) means 'marriage.' While 結婚する is valid, you do not get married 'every night by myself.' It does not fit まいばん (every night).
• 4りゅうがく (留学) means 'studying abroad.' 留学する is valid, but it is not something done 'every night by myself.'

• 料理りょうり — cooking, cuisine
• 毎晩まいばん — every night
• 自分じぶん — oneself