N5 Vocabulary · Test 30

The sentence means 'There was a word I didn't know, so I asked the teacher a question.' The noun しつもん (質問, 'question') with する becomes the verb しつもんする ('to ask a question'), and in the past tense it becomes しつもんしました. Option 1 is correct.

• 2じゅぎょう (授業) means 'class / lesson.' You do not 'do a class to the teacher' in this context; the student is the one asking, not teaching.
• 3べんきょう (勉強) means 'study.' While related to learning, you don't 'study to the teacher' (せんせいに べんきょうしました is unnatural).
• 4れんしゅう (練習) means 'practice.' You don't 'practice to the teacher' when asking about an unknown word.

• しつもん — question (質問); しつもんする = to ask a question
• じゅぎょう — class / lesson (授業)
• べんきょう — study (勉強)
• れんしゅう — practice (練習)

The sentence means 'This room is hot, so let's open the (　).' When a room is hot, the natural action is to open a window to let air in. まど (window) is the correct choice, and まどをあける (open a window) is a standard collocation.

• 1おふろ means 'bath.' You do not 'open' a bath to cool a room, and it is unrelated to the context of a hot room.
• 3エアコン means 'air conditioner.' While turning on an air conditioner would cool a room, the verb あける (to open) does not collocate with エアコン. You would use つける (turn on) instead.
• 4テーブル means 'table.' You do not 'open' a table, and it has nothing to do with cooling down a room.

• あつい — hot (temperature/weather)
• あけましょう — let's open (volitional form of あける)
• まど — window
• おふろ — bath
• エアコン — air conditioner
• テーブル — table

The sentence means 'Yesterday at school, I (memorized) a lot of kanji.' The verb おぼえる (to remember/memorize) collocates naturally with かんじ (kanji) as its object: かんじをおぼえる (memorize kanji). The past tense おぼえました fits きのう (yesterday).

• 2こまりました is the past tense of こまる (to be in trouble/be troubled). 'I was troubled by kanji' does not fit the context of learning at school, and かんじをこまる is grammatically odd — you would say かんじにこまる (troubled by kanji).
• 3もちました is the past tense of もつ (to hold/carry). 'Held a lot of kanji' makes no sense in this context.
• 4うりました is the past tense of うる (to sell). 'Sold a lot of kanji' is nonsensical in a school context.

• おぼえる — to remember, to memorize
• こまる — to be in trouble, to be troubled
• もつ — to hold, to carry
• うる — to sell
• かんじ — kanji, Chinese characters

The sentence means 'This coffee has a lot of sugar put in, so it is (sweet).' さとう (sugar) makes things sweet, so あまい (sweet) is the logical and correct adjective. The structure 〜から (because) connects the cause (lots of sugar) with the result (sweet).

• 1からい means 'spicy' or 'salty.' Sugar does not make coffee spicy or salty, so this is wrong.
• 3まるい means 'round.' This describes shape, not taste, and is irrelevant to coffee with sugar.
• 4わかい means 'young.' This describes age (of a person), not taste, and makes no sense for coffee.

• さとう — sugar
• あまい — sweet (taste)
• からい — spicy, salty
• まるい — round
• わかい — young

The sentence means 'A strong wind is (blowing).' The correct verb for wind is ふく (to blow), and its te-form ふいて is needed before います to express an ongoing action/state. 風がふく (wind blows) is the standard collocation.

• 1いそいで is the te-form of いそぐ (to hurry). 'A strong wind is hurrying' is nonsensical — wind does not hurry.
• 2はしって is the te-form of はしる (to run). 'A strong wind is running' does not make sense; はしる is for people or vehicles.
• 3とんで is the te-form of とぶ (to fly). While wind can make things fly, 風がとぶ is not a natural Japanese expression. The correct verb for wind itself is ふく.

• つよい — strong
• かぜ — wind
• ふく — to blow (wind)
• いそぐ — to hurry
• はしる — to run
• とぶ — to fly

学校 (がっこう) means 'school.' The reading is がっこう: 学 (ガク) + 校 (コウ), with the く of ガク assimilating to っ before コ. Option 3 is correct.

• 1がこう is missing the small っ (geminate consonant) and the long vowel う on こう.
• 2がこお has the long vowel (おお) but is missing the small っ and uses おお instead of こう.
• 4がっこお has the small っ but uses おお instead of こう (the correct long vowel is こう, not こお).

• 学校がっこう — school
• 学がく — study / learning
• 校こう — school (as a building)

「六本」is the counter for six long, thin objects (here, pencils). The number 六 (ろく) combines with the counter 本 (ほん/ぽん/ぼん). When the counter begins with an h-row sound and follows a number ending in く (like ろく), the く causes the following は-row to become ぱ-row (p-sound), and the く may also change to っ (small tsu). So ろく＋ほん → ろっぽん. Option 4 is correct.

• 1「ろくぼん」would be the result without rendaku/assimilation rules applied; the く of ろく should trigger a sound change, so this is wrong.
• 2「ろくぽん」applies the h→p change but does not account for the く→っ assimilation; the correct form has a small っ, so this is wrong.
• 3「ろっぼん」has the っ assimilation but uses the voiced ば-row (ぼ) instead of the ぱ-row (ぽ); counters like 本 do not become voiced here, so this is wrong.

• 六本ろっぽん — six long, thin objects (e.g., pencils, bottles)
• 六ろく — six
• 本ほん/ぽん/ぼん — counter for long, thin objects

「新聞」means 'newspaper' and is read しんぶん. The first character 新 (しん, 'new') and the second 聞 (ぶん, from the on'yomi 'to hear/news') combine to form しんぶん. Option 2 is correct.

• 1「しんむん」incorrectly voices the second character's reading to むん; the correct reading is ぶん, not むん.
• 3「しむん」uses しむ for the first character, which is not a valid reading of 新; 新 is read しん here.
• 4「しぶん」drops the ん from the first character's reading しん; the correct reading retains the ん, giving しんぶん.

• 新聞しんぶん — newspaper
• 新しん — new
• 聞ぶん — to hear / news (on'yomi)

「安い」means 'cheap/inexpensive' and is read やすい. The sentence says 'This camera is cheap,' which matches the meaning of 安い. Option 2 is correct.

• 1「たかい」(高い) means 'expensive/tall/high' — the opposite of 安い, so this is wrong.
• 3「おもい」(重い) means 'heavy' — unrelated to the price/cheapness meaning of 安い.
• 4「かるい」(軽い) means 'light (in weight)' — although it is an antonym of 重い, it is not the reading of 安い.

• 安やすい — cheap, inexpensive
• 高たかい — expensive, tall, high
• 重おもい — heavy
• 軽かるい — light (weight)

「外」means 'outside' and is read そと. The sentence says 'The umbrella is outside,' which matches the meaning of 外. Option 3 is correct.

• 1「いえ」(家) means 'house' — a different word/kanji, not the reading of 外.
• 2「なか」(中) means 'inside' — the opposite of 外, so this is wrong.
• 4「にわ」(庭) means 'garden' — a different word/kanji, not the reading of 外.

• 外そと — outside
• 家いえ — house
• 中なか — inside
• 庭にわ — garden