N5 Vocabulary · Test 12

れいぞうこ (冷蔵庫) means 'refrigerator.' A refrigerator is where you store food and drinks, so ぎゅうにゅう (牛乳, 'milk') is the correct item to put inside: ここに ぎゅうにゅう を いれます ('I put milk in here').

• 1くるま (車, 'car') — a car is far too large and is not stored in a refrigerator.
• 2かさ (傘, 'umbrella') — an umbrella is not something you keep in a refrigerator.
• 4ようふく (洋服, 'Western-style clothes') — clothes are not stored in a refrigerator.

• 冷蔵庫れいぞうこ — refrigerator
• 入いれる — to put in, to insert
• 牛乳ぎゅうにゅう — cow's milk
• 車くるま — car
• 傘かさ — umbrella
• 洋服ようふく — Western-style clothes

でかけます (出かけます) means 'to go out / to leave the house.' If you are going out tomorrow, it means you will NOT be at home: あしたは いえに いません ('Tomorrow I will not be at home'). This is the correct paraphrase.

• 1いえに います ('I will be at home') — this is the opposite of 出かけます.
• 3いえに かえります ('I will return home') — returning home is not the same as going out; it describes coming back, not leaving.
• 4いえに かえりません ('I will not return home') — while you might not return, this does not capture the meaning of 出かけます (going out). The key point is that you are not staying home.

• 出でかける — to go out, to leave home
• 家いえ — house, home
• いる — to be (present), to stay
• 帰かえる — to return home

たのみました (頼みました) means 'I asked / I requested.' The sentence わたしは さいとうさんに コピーを たのみました means 'I asked Saito-san to make copies.' The corresponding direct speech is 「さいとうさん、これを コピーして ください。」('Saito-san, please copy this.'). 〜て ください is the pattern for making a request.

• 1コピーしないで ください ('Please do NOT copy this') — this is a request NOT to copy, the opposite of what was asked.
• 2コピーしましょうか ('Shall I copy this?') — this is Saito-san offering to copy, not the speaker requesting it.
• 3コピーしましたか ('Did you copy this?') — this is a question about whether copying was done, not a request.

• 頼たのむ — to ask, to request, to entrust
• コピー（こぴー） — copy
• 〜てください — please do ~ (request pattern)

The word 友だち (ともだち) means 'friend.' The correct reading is ともだち, which is option 1. The kanji 友 is read とも (とも), and だち is the okurigana portion written in hiragana.

• 2どもだち uses a dakuten (voiced) ど on the first syllable. The kanji 友 does not become voiced here; the correct first syllable is と, not ど.
• 3どむだち inserts an extra む sound. There is no む in the reading of 友だち.
• 4とむだち also inserts an extra む sound. The correct reading is simply ともだち with no む.

• 友ともだち — friend

The word 外国 means 'foreign country.' The correct reading is がいこく (option 3). 外 is read がい (on'yomi) and 国 is read こく (on'yomi), forming the compound がいこく.

• 1がいごく voices the second character's reading to ごく. The kanji 国 is read こく here, not ごく.
• 2かいこく uses かい for 外. The on'yomi of 外 in this compound is がい, not かい.
• 4かいごく combines both errors: かい for 外 and ごく for 国. Neither voicing nor the initial k→g change is correct.

• 外国がいこく — foreign country

The word 四月 means 'April.' The correct reading is しがつ (option 2). The number four, 四, is read し in this context, and 月 (month) is read がつ, giving しがつ.

• 1よんげつ uses よん for 四 and げつ for 月. While よん is a valid reading for 四 in counting, months use the しがつ pattern, not よんげつ.
• 3よんがつ uses よん for 四. Month names do not use the よん reading; April is always しがつ.
• 4しげつ uses げつ for 月 instead of がつ. In month names, 月 is read がつ, not げつ.

• 四月しがつ — April

The word 毎朝 means 'every morning.' The correct reading is まいあさ (option 2). 毎 is read まい and 朝 is read あさ, forming まいあさ.

• 1めえさき is not a valid reading. It does not correspond to the kanji 毎朝 at all.
• 3まえあさ swaps the order, using まえ (前) instead of まい for 毎. 毎 is read まい, not まえ.
• 4めいあさ uses めい for 毎. The correct reading of 毎 in this word is まい, not めい.

• 毎朝まいあさ — every morning

The word 飲んで is the te-form of 飲む (のむ, 'to drink'). The correct reading is のんで (option 3). The kanji 飲 is read の, and the okurigana んで gives the te-form conjugation.

• 1たのんで is the te-form of 頼む (たのむ, 'to request/ask'). The kanji 飲 is not read たの.
• 2すんで is the te-form of 住む (すむ, 'to live'). The kanji 飲 is not read す.
• 4やんで is not a standard reading for 飲む. The kanji 飲 is read の, not や.

• 飲のむ — to drink
• 飲のんで — drinking (te-form of のむ)