N5 Vocabulary · Test 29

The kanji 空 means 'sky' and is read そら. The sentence means 'The sky is beautiful, isn't it?'

• 1にわ means 'garden' (庭), not 'sky'.
• 2うみ means 'sea' (海), not 'sky'.
• 4いえ means 'house' (家), not 'sky'.

• 空そら — sky

百人 is read ひゃくにん (hyakunin), meaning 'one hundred people'. 百 is ひゃく (one hundred) and 人 is にん (counter for people).

• 1びゃくじん uses the wrong reading for 百 (びゃく instead of ひゃく) and the wrong reading for 人 (じん instead of にん).
• 2びゃくにん uses the wrong reading for 百 (びゃく instead of ひゃく). The reading びゃく occurs in words like 六百 (ろっぴゃく), but here it is incorrect.
• 3ひゃくじん has the correct reading for 百 but the wrong reading for 人 (じん instead of にん).

• 百人ひゃくにん — one hundred people
• 百ひゃく — one hundred
• 人にん — person (counter)

魚 is read さかな, meaning 'fish'. The sentence says 'There are a lot of fish.'

• 2いぬ means 犬 (dog), a completely different word.
• 3とり means 鳥 (bird), a completely different word.
• 4ねこ means 猫 (cat), a completely different word.

• 魚さかな — fish

半分 is read はんぶん, meaning 'half'. 半 is はん (half) and 分 is ぶん (part/share).

• 1ほんふん uses the wrong reading for both characters (ほん instead of はん, ふん instead of ぶん).
• 2ほんぶん uses the wrong reading for 半 (ほん instead of はん).
• 3はんふん has the correct reading for 半 but the wrong reading for 分 (ふん instead of ぶん).

• 半分はんぶん — half
• 半はん — half
• 分ぶん — part, share

間に is read あいだに, meaning 'between'. 間 is あいだ (between/space between). The sentence says 'There is a narrow path between the bank and the supermarket.'

• 1あいた is not a valid reading for 間 in this context; it looks like a conjugated form but is not the dictionary noun reading.
• 3どなり means 隣り (next door/neighbor), a different word.
• 4となり means 隣 (next to/neighbor), a different word.

• 間あいだ — between, space between
• 隣となり — next to, neighbor

会社 (option 4) is the correct kanji for かいしゃ, meaning 'company.' 会 means 'gather/meeting' and 社 means 'company/firm.' The sentence means 'Yesterday I took the day off from work (company).' Note: The stem is missing a final period (。) after やすみました, but this does not affect answering.

• 1公仕 is not a real word. 公 (こう) and 仕 (し) are wrong kanji choices that share components with the correct ones.
• 2会仕 is not a real word. 会 is correct but 仕 (し, 'serve/work') is the wrong second kanji; the correct one is 社.
• 3公社 is read こうしゃ, meaning 'public corporation.' This is a real word but does not match the reading かいしゃ.

• 会社かいしゃ — company, firm
• 公社こうしゃ — public corporation
• 休やすむ — to take a day off, to rest

The underlined word is いわないで, the negative te-form of the verb 言う (いう, 'to say'). In kanji this is written 言わないで. The sentence means 'Please don't say (it) yet.' Option 3 correctly writes this verb.

• 1立わないで uses the kanji 立 (たつ, 'to stand'), but the reading いわないで does not match; 立つ would become たたないで, not いわないで.
• 2行わないで uses the kanji 行 (いく, 'to go'), but the reading いわないで does not match; 行く would become いかないで.
• 4食わないで uses the kanji 食 (たべる/くう, 'to eat'), but the reading いわないで does not match; 食べる would become たべないで.

• 言いう — to say; to tell
• 言いわないで — please don't say (negative te-form + ください)

The underlined word is らいげつ, meaning 'next month'. In kanji this is written 来月 (来 = らい, 月 = げつ). The sentence means '(I) will get married next month.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1今月 is read こんげつ and means 'this month', not らいげつ.
• 3今週 is read こんしゅう and means 'this week', not らいげつ.
• 4来週 is read らいしゅう and means 'next week', not らいげつ.

• 来月らいげつ — next month
• 今月こんげつ — this month
• 今週こんしゅう — this week
• 来週らいしゅう — next week