N5 Vocabulary · Test 25

The correct option is 2. The underlined word せんたく (洗濯) means 'laundry' or 'washing clothes'. Option 2 says 'きのうようふくをあらいました' (Yesterday I washed clothes), which perfectly defines the underlined sentence.

• 1きのうへやにきれいにしました means 'Yesterday I cleaned the room'. Cleaning a room is 掃除 (そうじ), not せんたく.
• 3きのうりょうりをつくりました means 'Yesterday I cooked'. Cooking is 料理 (りょうり), not せんたく.
• 4きのうほんをかいました means 'Yesterday I bought a book'. Buying is 買う (かう), not せんたく.

• 洗濯せんたく — laundry, washing clothes
• 洋服ようふく — Western clothes
• 洗あらう — to wash

The correct option is 3. The underlined sentence means 'I don't read the newspaper because I am busy.' Being busy (いそがしい) implies a lack of time. Option 3 says 'しんぶんはよむじかんがありません' (There is no time to read the newspaper), which accurately paraphrases the original sentence.

• 1しんぶんはすきではありません means 'I don't like the newspaper'. The original sentence says the reason is being busy, not a lack of liking it.
• 2しんぶんはつまらなくありません means 'The newspaper is not boring'. This is unrelated to the reason of being busy.
• 4しんぶんをかうおかねがありません means 'I don't have money to buy the newspaper'. The original sentence gives the reason as being busy, not a lack of money.

• 忙いそがしい — busy
• 新聞しんぶん — newspaper
• 読よむ — to read
• 時間じかん — time

The stem says リーさんはにほんごをならっています (Lee is learning Japanese). ならう means 'to learn/study,' so the closest paraphrase is option 4, which uses べんきょうしています (is studying). Note: the には in the options is grammatically unusual and may be a transcription issue, but among the choices, べんきょうする is the only synonym for ならう.

• 1いれています means 'putting in' — unrelated to learning.
• 2おしえています means 'teaching' — the opposite perspective; the stem says Lee is learning, not being taught by the speaker.
• 3やめています means 'quitting' — the opposite of learning.

• ならう（習う） — to learn (from someone); to take lessons
• べんきょうする（勉強する） — to study
• おしえる（教える） — to teach

おてあらい (お手洗い) is a polite word for 'restroom/toilet.' The stem says 'The restroom is over there,' which matches option 1: 'The toilet is over there (あります).'

• 2プール means 'pool' — not a synonym for restroom.
• 3ホテル means 'hotel' — not a synonym for restroom.
• 4デパート means 'department store' — not a synonym for restroom.

• おてあらい（お手洗い） — restroom, toilet (polite)
• トイレ — toilet, restroom (loanword)
• あちら — that way, over there (polite)

The stem says it is currently 2001 and that the speaker will go abroad さらいねん (the year after next). The year after next from 2001 is 2003, so option 2 is correct.

• 12002 is らいねん (next year), not さらいねん (the year after next).
• 32004 is three years later — too far.
• 42005 is four years later — too far.

• さらいねん — the year after next
• らいねん — next year
• がいこく — foreign country

The sentence means 'Put a stamp on the envelope and send it.' The verb for affixing a stamp is はる (貼る), so はって (te-form) is correct: ふうとうにきってをはってだします.

• 1おいて (置いて) means 'placing' — you don't 'place' a stamp on an envelope in Japanese; you 'stick' it.
• 2かいて (書いて) means 'writing' — you don't write a stamp.
• 4みせて (見せて) means 'showing' — unrelated to affixing a stamp.

• ふうとう — envelope
• きって — postage stamp
• はる（貼る） — to stick, paste, affix
• だす（出す） — to send (a letter), to put out

はじめまして (How do you do / Nice to meet you) is conventionally followed by どうぞよろしく (Please treat me well / I look forward to our relationship). This is a standard set greeting in Japanese.

• 1ありがとうございます means 'thank you' — not used in a first-meeting greeting.
• 2こんにちは means 'hello' — a general daytime greeting, not the conventional follow-up to はじめまして.
• 3すみません means 'excuse me / I'm sorry' — not used in a first-meeting greeting.

• はじめまして — How do you do; Nice to meet you (first-meeting greeting)
• どうぞよろしく — Please treat me well; I look forward to our relationship (conventional follow-up to はじめまして)

The sentence means 'Usually I walk, but sometimes I go by bus.' たいてい (usually) contrasts with ときどき (sometimes), making option 3 the natural fit.

• 1いつも means 'always' — contradicts たいていはあるいていきます (usually walking); saying 'always walk, but always go by bus' is illogical.
• 2いろいろ means 'variously / in various ways' — does not fit as a frequency adverb contrasting with たいてい.
• 4だんだん means 'gradually' — describes a gradual change, not a frequency, and does not fit here.

• たいてい — usually, mostly
• ときどき — sometimes, occasionally
• いつも — always
• だんだん — gradually, little by little