N5 Vocabulary · Test 3

先週 (せんしゅう) means 'last week.' The reading is せんしゅう: 先 (セン) + 週 (シュウ). Option 2 matches exactly.

• 1せんしゅ is missing the long vowel う on しゅう, making it an incomplete/incorrect reading for 週.
• 3ぜんしゅ uses ぜん (a voiced reading of 先) instead of せん, and is also missing the long vowel. 先 is read セン here, not ゼン.
• 4ぜんしゅう has the wrong initial consonant (ぜ instead of せ). 先 is read セン in this word, not ゼン.

• 先週せんしゅう — last week
• 先せん — previous / ahead
• 週しゅう — week

後で (あとで) means 'after / afterwards.' In the phrase ごはんの後でさんぽします ('After eating a meal, I will take a walk'), 後 is read あと. Option 4 is correct.

• 1つぎ means 'next' (次), which does not fit the kanji 後.
• 2うしろ means 'behind / back' (後ろ), a different word using the same kanji but with the okurigana ろ. Here the okurigana is で, so the reading is あとで, not うしろ.
• 3まえ means 'before / front' (前), the opposite of 後 and a completely different kanji.

• 後あとで — after (doing something)
• 後うしろ — behind / back

言って is the て-form of 言う (いう, 'to say'). The conjugation is 言う → 言って (いって). Option 1 matches exactly.

• 2きって is the て-form of きる (切る, 'to cut') or the noun for 'stamp' (切手). It does not match the kanji 言.
• 3まって is the て-form of まつ (待つ, 'to wait'). Different verb and different kanji.
• 4たって is the て-form of たつ (立つ, 'to stand'). Different verb and different kanji.

• 言いって — say (て-form of 言う)
• 言いう — to say

山 (やま) means 'mountain.' The sentence ちかくに山があります means 'There is a mountain nearby.' Option 2 is the correct reading.

• 1かわ means 'river' (川), a different kanji and meaning.
• 3いけ means 'pond' (池), a different kanji and meaning.
• 4うみ means 'sea / ocean' (海), a different kanji and meaning.

• 山やま — mountain

多い (おおい) means 'many / a lot.' The sentence このホテルはへやが多いです means 'This hotel has many rooms.' Option 2 is the correct reading.

• 1すくない means 'few / not many' (少ない), the opposite of 多い.
• 3せまい means 'narrow / cramped' (狭い), a different adjective.
• 4ひろい means 'wide / spacious' (広い), a different adjective.

• 多おおい — many / a lot

The katakana word for 'shower' is シャワー. The stem writes it in hiragana as しゃわー, and option 1 correctly transcribes it into katakana with the long vowel marker ー.

• 2シャウー uses ウ instead of ワ for the second syllable; the correct word is シャワー, not シャウー.
• 3ツャワー uses the small ャ attached to ツ (tsya-), which is not a valid Japanese syllable sequence for this word. The first character should be シ (shi), not ツ (tsu).
• 4ツャウー combines both errors: wrong initial character ツ and wrong vowel ウ instead of ワ.

• シャワー（しゃわー） — shower

The verb のむ (to drink) in past polite form is のみました. The kanji for のむ is 飲, so the correct writing is 飲みました. The sentence means 'I drank coffee.'

• 1飯みました uses 飯 (めし/はん, meaning 'meal/cooked rice'), which is not the kanji for のむ. This is a lookalike distractor.
• 3餃みました uses 餃 (ぎょうざ, meaning 'dumpling'), which is unrelated to drinking.
• 4飼みました uses 飼 (かう, meaning 'to raise/keep (animals)'), which is a different verb entirely.

• 飲のむ — to drink
• 飲のみました — drank (polite past)

The word くるま (car) is written with the kanji 車. The sentence means 'I bought a new car.' Option 3 gives the correct kanji.

• 1卓 is a kanji meaning 'table/desk' (read たく), not くるま. It is a lookalike distractor.
• 2This is identical to option 1 (卓), which is also wrong for the same reason.
• 4This is identical to option 3 (車), which is actually the correct kanji. However, having two identical correct options is a transcription defect.

• 車くるま — car

The word えん (yen, the Japanese currency unit) is written with the kanji 円. The sentence means 'This hat is 1000 yen.' Option 4 correctly writes 1000円.

• 11000内 uses 内 (ない/うち, meaning 'inside'), which is not the currency kanji.
• 21000用 uses 用 (よう, meaning 'use/business'), which is unrelated to money.
• 31000冊 uses 冊 (さつ, the counter for books), which is a counter, not a currency unit.

• 円えん — yen (Japanese currency unit)

The underlined word "はんぶん" means "half". The correct kanji for "はん" is 半 (half) and for "ぶん" is 分 (part/amount). Therefore, the correct spelling is 半分. The sentence means "I have finished half of my homework."

• 2This option is a duplicate of option 1. While it contains the correct kanji, option 1 is the designated correct answer in this test.
• 3The first kanji 羊 means "sheep" (ひつじ) and is completely unrelated to the reading "はん". The correct kanji for "はん" is 半.
• 4Like option 3, this uses the kanji 羊 (sheep), which is incorrect for the word "はんぶん". The correct kanji is 半.

• 半分はんぶん — half
• 宿題しゅくだい — homework
• 終おわる — to finish
• 半はん — half
• 分ぶん — part, amount
• 羊ひつじ — sheep