N5 Vocabulary · Test 38

The first speaker says 'Thank you very much for yesterday.' The natural response is どういたしまして (dou itashimashite), which means 'You're welcome / Not at all / Don't mention it.' This is the standard polite reply to ありがとうございました.

• 1しつれいします (shitsurei shimasu) means 'Excuse me / I'm being rude / I'll take my leave.' It is used when leaving or entering a place, not as a reply to thanks.
• 2いらっしゃい (irasshai) means 'Welcome' (a greeting to a visitor/customer). It is not a response to being thanked.
• 4いただきます (itadakimasu) is said before eating/drinking to express gratitude for receiving something. It does not reply to 'thank you.'

• どういたしまして — You're welcome; not at all (reply to thanks)
• ありがとうございました — Thank you (past/polite)
• しつれいします — Excuse me; I'll take my leave
• いらっしゃい — Welcome
• いただきます — I humbly receive (said before meals)

The sentence means 'When you go out, let's turn off the lights.' The verb けす (消す, to turn off/erase) in the stem form before ましょう becomes けし, giving けしましょう. This is the correct collocation: でんきを けす (turn off the lights).

• 2しめ (締め) comes from しめる (to tie/fasten/close). While しめる can mean 'to close,' you don't say でんきを しめる for lights; the correct verb for turning off electricity is けす.
• 3わたり (渡り) comes from わたる (to cross over). でんきを わたる is nonsensical — you don't 'cross' lights.
• 4おわり (終わり) comes from おわる (to end/finish). でんきを おわる is ungrammatical and meaningless in this context.

• でかける — to go out
• でんき — electricity; (electric) light
• けす — to turn off (lights, etc.); to erase
• しめる — to close; to tie/fasten
• ましょう — let's ~ (volitional polite)

The sentence means 'Please turn at the next corner.' かど (角, corner/intersection) is the correct word: かどを まがる (turn at a corner) is the standard collocation.

• 1よこ (横) means 'side / beside / horizontal.' You don't say よこを まがる; よこ refers to the side of something, not a turning point.
• 3となり (隣) means 'next door / neighbor / the place next to something.' It is not a thing you turn at.
• 4むこう (向こう) means 'the other side / over there / opposite.' While it indicates direction, you don't 'turn at the other side' in this construction.

• つぎ — next
• かど — corner; intersection
• まがる — to turn (a corner); to bend
• よこ — side; beside; horizontal
• となり — next door; neighbor
• むこう — the other side; over there

The dialogue is 'How much is this plate?' — '500 yen.' Since the answer is a price, the question word must be いくら (how much). この おさらは いくら ですか is the correct question.

• 2いくつ means 'how many / how old.' It asks for a count or an age, not a price, so it does not match the answer '500 yen.'
• 3どうして means 'why / for what reason.' The answer to 'why' would be a reason, not a price.
• 4どなた means 'who (polite).' The answer would be a person's name, not a price.

• おさら — plate (dish)
• いくら — how much (price/quantity)
• いくつ — how many; how old
• どうして — why
• どなた — who (polite)

The dialogue is 'How was the trip?' — 'It was very ___.' The natural positive response about a trip is たのしかった (was fun/enjoyable), the past tense of たのしい. とても たのしかったです means 'It was very enjoyable.'

• 1よわかった (was weak) is the past tense of よわい (weak). Describing a trip as 'very weak' is unnatural and does not fit the context of asking how a trip was.
• 2かわいかった (was cute) is the past tense of かわいい (cute). While grammatically possible, 'The trip was very cute' is not a natural or expected response to 'How was the trip?'
• 3つめたかった (was cold) is the past tense of つめたい (cold). 'The trip was very cold' is an odd answer; the expected response describes the experience positively, and たのしかった is the intended choice.

• りょこう — trip; travel
• たのしい — fun; enjoyable
• よわい — weak
• かわいい — cute
• つめたい — cold (to touch/feel)
• とても — very

目 is read め, meaning 'eye.' Option 3 matches exactly.

• 1て means 'hand' (手), not 'eye.'
• 2あし means 'foot/leg' (足), not 'eye.'
• 4はな means 'nose' (鼻), not 'eye.'

• 目め — eye

The correct answer is 3. 耳 (みみ) means 'ear'. The sentence 父は目も耳もおおきい means 'My father has big eyes and ears.' The tested word 耳 is read みみ.

• 1くち (口) means 'mouth' — a different facial/body part and wrong kanji reading.
• 2あたま (頭) means 'head' — a different body part and wrong kanji reading.
• 4からだ (体) means 'body' — a different word and wrong kanji reading.

• 耳みみ — ear
• 目め — eye

The correct answer is 2. 水 (みず) means 'water'. The sentence 水を買っていきます means 'I will go buy water.' The tested word 水 is read みず.

• 1くつ (靴) means 'shoes' — unrelated item and wrong kanji reading.
• 3きって (切手) means 'stamp' — unrelated item and wrong kanji reading.
• 4くすり (薬) means 'medicine' — unrelated item and wrong kanji reading.

• 水みず — water

The correct answer is 1. 買って is the て-form of 買う (かう, 'to buy'), so it is read かって. The sentence 水を買っていきます means 'I will go buy water.'

• 2つくって is the て-form of 作る (つくる, 'to make') — wrong verb meaning.
• 3とって is the て-form of 取る (とる, 'to take') — wrong verb meaning.
• 4あらって is the て-form of 洗う (あらう, 'to wash') — wrong verb meaning.

• 買かって — buy (て-form of 買う)
• 買かう — to buy

The correct answer is 4. 前に is read まえに. 前 (まえ) means 'before/in front', and に is the particle. The sentence ドアの前に立ってください means 'Please stand in front of the door.'

• 1まい is not a valid reading of 前.
• 2めえ is not a valid reading of 前.
• 3めい is not a valid reading of 前.

• 前まえ — before, in front