N5 Vocabulary · Test 32

The kanji 南 is read みなみ and means 'south'. The full word 南がわ (みなみがわ) means 'south side'. The sentence means 'There is a park on the south side of the apartment building.' Option 2 (みなみがわ) is the correct reading.

• 1ひがしがわ means 'east side' (東側) — a different direction.
• 3きたがわ means 'north side' (北側) — a different direction.
• 4にしがわ means 'west side' (西側) — a different direction.

• 南みなみ — south
• 南みなみがわ — south side
• アパート（あぱーと） — apartment building
• こうえん — park

出て is read でて (dete). The verb 出る (でる, 'to go out / to exit') in its て-form becomes 出て (でて). The sentence means 'Please go outside.'

• 1だて is an incorrect reading. The kanji 出 does not read だ in this context; this is a distractor using the wrong initial consonant.
• 3でして is the て-form of です (the copula), not the verb 出る. It does not match the kanji 出.
• 4だして would be the て-form of 出す (だす, 'to take out / to produce'), a different verb. The kanji is the same but the reading and meaning do not fit here.

• 出でる — to go out, to exit
• 出でて — go out (て-form of 出る)

女の子 is read おんなのこ (onnanoko), meaning 'girl.' The sentence means 'That girl is 5 years old.'

• 1おんなのこう adds an extra う at the end, which is incorrect. 子 in this word is read こ, not こう.
• 3おなのこ drops one ん from おんな. The correct reading has a double ん: おんなのこ.
• 4おなのこう combines both errors: it drops one ん and adds an extra う.

• 女の子（おんなのこ） — girl

何人 is read なんにん (nannin) when asking 'how many people' with the counter 人 (にん). The sentence means 'How many Japanese-language teachers are there?'

• 1なんひと uses ひと as the reading for 人, but the counter 人 is read にん here, not ひと.
• 2なににん uses なに for 何, but in this counter compound the correct reading is なん, not なに.
• 4なにひと combines both wrong readings: なに for 何 and ひと for 人.

• 何人なんにん — how many people

八百円 is read はっぴゃくえん (happyakuen), meaning '800 yen.' 八 (8) + 百 (100) undergoes a sound change: はち + ひゃく → はっぴゃく (the ち becomes っ and ひ becomes ぴ).

• 1はちぴゃくえん has the correct rendaku ぴゃく but fails to apply the ち→っ sound change; it should be はっ, not はち.
• 2はっひゃくえん applies the ち→っ change but fails to apply rendaku; ひゃく should become ぴゃく.
• 4はちひゃくえん applies neither the ち→っ change nor the rendaku ひ→ぴ.

• 八百円はっぴゃくえん — 800 yen

らいねん is written 来年, meaning 'next year'. 来 reads らい in this compound, and 年 reads ねん.

• 2今年 reads ことし, meaning 'this year' — different reading and meaning.
• 3来月 reads らいげつ, meaning 'next month' — correct kanji 来 but wrong second kanji (月 instead of 年).
• 4今月 reads こんげつ, meaning 'this month' — different reading and meaning.

• 来年らいねん — next year

The word みせ means 'shop/store.' The correct kanji is 店, which is option 2. The sentence means 'This shop opens at 10 o'clock.'

• 1庄 is a kanji meaning 'level/grade' or used in names, read as しょう. It is not read as みせ and does not mean 'shop.'
• 3居 means 'to exist/reside' and is read as きょ or い(る). It is not read as みせ.
• 4屋 can mean 'shop/store' in compounds like 本屋 (ほんや, bookstore), but by itself it is read as や, not みせ. The standalone word for 'shop' is 店.

• みせ — shop, store
• あきます（開きます） — opens

The word しんぶん (shinbun) means 'newspaper' and is correctly written as 新聞. The first kanji 新 (しん) means 'new', and the second kanji 聞 (ぶん) relates to 'hearing' or 'news'.

• 1親聞 is incorrect because the first kanji 親 (おや/しん) means 'parent' or 'close', not 'new'.
• 3新問 is incorrect because the second kanji 問 (もん) means 'question', not 'news'.
• 4親問 is incorrect because both kanji are wrong: 親 means 'parent' and 問 means 'question'.

• 新聞しんぶん — newspaper
• 新しん — new
• 聞ぶん — hear / news (in this context)
• 親おや / しん — parent / close
• 問もん / とん — question