N5 Vocabulary · Test 26

The underlined sentence is きのうせんたくしました (Yesterday I did laundry). せんたく (洗濯) means washing clothes, so option 2 — きのうようふくをあらいました (Yesterday I washed clothes) — is the correct paraphrase.

• 1きのうへやにきれいにしました means 'Yesterday I cleaned my room.' This describes そうじ (掃除, cleaning), not せんたく (laundry).
• 3きのうりょうりをつくりました means 'Yesterday I cooked.' This describes りょうり (料理, cooking), not laundry.
• 4きのうほんをかいました means 'Yesterday I bought a book.' This is shopping, unrelated to laundry.

• せんたく — laundry, washing clothes
• ようふく — Western-style clothes
• あらう — to wash

The underlined sentence is いそがしいからしんぶんをよみません (Because I'm busy, I don't read the newspaper). Being busy means you don't have time, so option 3 — しんぶんはよむじかんがありません (There is no time to read the newspaper) — is the correct paraphrase.

• 1しんぶんはすきではありません means 'I don't like newspapers.' The original sentence gives busyness as the reason, not dislike.
• 2しんぶんはつまらなくありません means 'Newspapers are not boring.' This is about interest level, not about 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 a newspaper.' The original sentence mentions being busy, not lacking money.

• いそがしい — busy
• しんぶん — newspaper
• じかん — time

The underlined sentence is リーさんはにほんごをならっています (Lee is learning Japanese). ならう (習う) means to learn/study under someone, so option 4 — リーさんはにほんごをべんきょうしています (Lee is studying Japanese) — is the correct paraphrase.

• 1いれています means 'is putting in.' This is unrelated to learning a language.
• 2おしえています means 'is teaching.' Lee is the one learning, not teaching.
• 3やめています means 'is quitting.' This is the opposite of learning.

• ならう — to learn, to study (from someone)
• べんきょうする — to study
• おしえる — to teach
• やめる — to quit, to stop

The underlined sentence is おてあらいはあちらです (The restroom is over there). おてあらい (お手洗い) is a polite word for toilet/restroom, which corresponds to トイレ. So option 1 — トイレはあちらにあります (The toilet is over there) — is correct.

• 2プール means 'pool.' A pool is not the same as a restroom.
• 3ホテル means 'hotel.' A hotel is a whole building, not a restroom.
• 4デパート means 'department store.' This is a store, not a restroom.

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

The underlined sentence says いま、2001ねんです (It is now 2001) and さらいねんがいこくにいきます (The year after next I will go abroad). さらいねん (再来年) means 'the year after next.' If the current year is 2001, next year is 2002 and the year after next is 2003. So option 2 — 2003ねんにがいこくにいきます — is correct.

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

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

The underlined sentence means 'My grandmother's birthday is October 5th.' A birthday is the day someone was born, so the correct paraphrase is option 1: 'My grandmother was born on October 5th.'

• 2しにました means 'died.' A birthday does not indicate death.
• 3けっこんしました means 'got married.' Birthday is not the marriage date.
• 4はじまりました means 'began.' People are not 'begun' on their birthday.

• たんじょうび — birthday
• うまれました — was born
• しにました — died
• けっこんしました — got married
• はじまりました — began

The underlined sentence means 'My parents are out (not at home).' りょうしん (parents) refers to one's father and mother, so the correct paraphrase is option 3: 'Neither my father nor my mother is at home.'

• 1あね (older sister) and いもうと (younger sister) are sisters, not parents.
• 2あに (older brother) and おとうと (younger brother) are brothers, not parents.
• 4おば (aunt) and おじ (uncle) are aunt and uncle, not parents.

• りょうしん — parents
• でかけています — is out, has gone out
• ちち — father (one's own)
• はは — mother (one's own)

The underlined sentence means 'The weather is good today.' Good weather corresponds to clear/sunny weather, so the correct paraphrase is option 4: 'It is sunny today.'

• 1くもっています means 'it is cloudy.' Cloudy is not good weather.
• 2あめがふっています means 'it is raining.' Rain is not good weather.
• 3ゆきがふっています means 'it is snowing.' Snow is not good weather.

• てんきがいい — good weather
• はれています — it is clear/sunny
• くもっています — it is cloudy
• あめがふっています — it is raining
• ゆきがふっています — it is snowing

The stem says the room is dark (へやが くらい) and asks someone to make it bright (あかるくして ください). To make a dark room bright, you turn ON the lights. Option 2, でんきを つけて ください ('Please turn on the lights'), is the correct action. つける means 'to turn on (a switch/appliance).'

• 1でんきを けして ください means 'Please turn OFF the lights.' 消す (けす) means 'to turn off / extinguish.' This would make the room darker, the opposite of what is needed.
• 3でんきを けさないで ください means 'Please don't turn off the lights.' While this keeps the lights on, it does not actively make the room brighter as requested by あかるくして ください.
• 4でんきを つけないで ください means 'Please don't turn on the lights.' This is the opposite of the needed action.

• くらい（暗い） — dark
• あかるくする（明るくする） — to make bright
• でんき — electricity; lights
• つける（点ける） — to turn on (a light/appliance)
• けす（消す） — to turn off / extinguish

たなか asks 「あのひとは どなたですか」('Who is that person?'). どなた is the polite form of だれ ('who'), used to ask about someone's identity. Asking 'Who is that person?' is equivalent to saying you do not know that person's name. Option 2, たなかさんは あのひとの なまえが わかりません ('Tanaka doesn't know that person's name'), correctly restates the situation.

• 1たなかさんは あのひとの いえが わかりません means 'Tanaka doesn't know that person's house.' どなた is asking about identity, not location of residence.
• 3たなかさんは あのひとの しごとが わかりません means 'Tanaka doesn't know that person's job.' どなた asks 'who,' not 'what kind of work.'
• 4たなかさんは あのひとの くにが わかりません means 'Tanaka doesn't know that person's country.' Again, どなた asks about identity/name, not nationality.

• どなた — who (polite form of だれ)
• あのひと（あの人） — that person
• なまえ — name
• わかる（分かる） — to understand / to know
• いえ — house
• しごと — job / work
• くに — country