N5 Vocabulary · Test 37

The sentence means 'Because there is a test, I borrowed a ____ from a friend.' Option 1, じしょ (辞書, dictionary), is the logical thing to borrow when you have a test: テストがありますから、ともだちに じしょを かりました = 'Because I have a test, I borrowed a dictionary from a friend.'

• 2さいふ (財布) means 'wallet.' There is no reason to borrow a wallet because of a test.
• 3かびん (花瓶) means 'vase.' A vase has nothing to do with preparing for a test.
• 4たまご (卵) means 'egg.' Borrowing an egg is unrelated to having a test.

• 辞書じしょ — dictionary
• 借かりる — to borrow
• 財布さいふ — wallet
• 花瓶かびん — vase

The sentence means 'I wrote/drew the ____ from here to the station.' Option 3, ちず (地図, map), fits: ここから えきまでの ちずを かきました = 'I drew a map from here to the station.' Maps are drawn/written, and a route from one place to another is naturally expressed as a map.

• 1りょこう (旅行) means 'travel/trip.' You do not 'write a trip from here to the station.'
• 2かみ (紙) means 'paper.' You write ON paper, but you do not 'write the paper from here to the station.'
• 4しんぶん (新聞) means 'newspaper.' You do not write a newspaper for a route from here to the station.

• 地図ちず — map
• 書かく — to write, to draw
• 旅行りょこう — travel, trip
• 新聞しんぶん — newspaper

The sentence means 'Please ____ a stamp on the envelope.' Option 4, はって (貼って, te-form of 貼る 'to stick/paste'), is the correct verb: ふうとうに きってを はってください = 'Please stick a stamp on the envelope.' Stamps are attached to envelopes with the verb 貼る.

• 1おして (押して, te-form of 押す 'to push/press') is plausible because stamps can be 'pressed on,' but the standard verb for affixing a stamp to an envelope is 貼る, not 押す.
• 2まって (待って, te-form of 待つ 'to wait') makes no sense — you do not 'wait' a stamp on an envelope.
• 3けして (消して, te-form of 消す 'to erase/turn off') is the opposite of what you want — you do not erase a stamp onto an envelope.

• 貼はる — to stick, to paste (e.g., a stamp)
• 封筒ふうとう — envelope
• 切手きって — postage stamp
• 押おす — to push, to press

The sentence means 'Who is the person wearing the red ____?' The verb はいて (te-form of はく 'to wear on the lower body') requires a lower-body garment. Option 2, スカート (skirt), is the only lower-body item: あの あかい スカートを はいている ひとは だれですか = 'Who is the person wearing that red skirt?'

• 1コート (coat) is worn on the upper body using the verb 着る (きる), not はく, so it does not pair with はいて.
• 3めがね (glasses) are worn with the verb かける, not はく.
• 4ぼうし (hat) is worn with the verb かぶる, not はく.

• スカート — skirt
• 履はく — to wear (on the lower body: pants, skirt, shoes)
• コート — coat
• 帽子ぼうし — hat
• 眼鏡めがね — glasses

The sentence means '____ I went to bed at 11.' The verb ねました is past tense, so the time word must refer to a past time. Option 2, ゆうべ (夕べ, 'last evening/last night'), fits: ゆうべ 11じに ねました = 'Last night I went to bed at 11.'

• 1ゆうはん (夕飯) means 'dinner.' It is a noun for a meal, not a time expression, so it cannot fill the blank before '11時にねました.'
• 3こんばん (今晩) means 'tonight' (a future/present time word). Using it with the past tense ねました ('went to bed') creates a tense contradiction.
• 4こんな means 'such/this kind of.' It is a pre-noun adjectival and cannot stand alone as a time expression before a sentence.

• 夕ゆうべ — last evening, last night
• 寝ねる — to go to sleep, to go to bed
• 夕飯ゆうはん — dinner (evening meal)
• 今晩こんばん — tonight

The word お金 means 'money.' The correct reading is おかね (option 2). お is the honorific prefix, and 金 is read かね, giving おかね.

• 1おぎん voices the reading to ぎん. The word for money is かね, not ぎん.
• 3おがね voices the reading to がね. The correct reading of 金 here is かね, not がね.
• 4おきん uses きん, which is an on'yomi of 金 (as in きんぞく 'metal'). In the word for 'money,' 金 is read かね (kun'yomi).

• お金（おかね） — money

The underlined word is 白い, meaning 'white'. Its reading is しろい, which is option 4. The sentence means 'This white fish is expensive.'

• 1あかい means 'red' (赤い), a different color.
• 2くろい means 'black' (黒い), a different color.
• 3あおい means 'blue' (青い), a different color.

• 白しろい — white

The underlined word is 魚, meaning 'fish'. Its reading is さかな, which is option 1. The sentence means 'This white fish is expensive.'

• 2とり means 'bird' (鳥), a different animal.
• 3かさ means 'umbrella' (傘), an unrelated object.
• 4つくえ means 'desk' (机), an unrelated object.

• 魚さかな — fish

The underlined word is 高い, meaning 'expensive' (or 'tall/high'). Its reading is たかい, which is option 4. In context with a fish being sold, it means 'expensive.'

• 1ほそい means 'thin' (細い), describing width/shape, not price.
• 2ひくい means 'low' (低い), the opposite of high but not used for price here.
• 3ふとい means 'thick' (太い), describing shape, not price.

• 高たかい — expensive; high; tall

The underlined word is 火よう日, meaning 'Tuesday'. Its reading is かようび, which is option 4. The sentence means 'Let's meet at the station on Tuesday.'

• 1どようび means 'Saturday' (土よう日), a different day.
• 2もくようび means 'Thursday' (木よう日), a different day.
• 3すいようび means 'Wednesday' (水よう日), a different day.

• 火よう日（かようび） — Tuesday