N5 Vocabulary · Test 39

The sentence means 'Today the wind is ____.' The correct answer is つよい (強い, 'strong'), because in Japanese you describe wind as strong (風が強い). This is the standard collocation.

• 1みじかい (短い) means 'short.' Wind is not normally described as 'short' in Japanese.
• 3ふとい (太い) means 'thick/fat,' used for physical objects like ropes, lines, or body parts, not for wind.
• 4ほそい (細い) means 'thin,' used for physical objects, not for wind.

• 風かぜ — wind
• 強つよい — strong
• 短みじかい — short
• 太ふとい — thick, fat
• 細ほそい — thin, slender

The sentence means 'At the sea/beach there were many ____ people.' The correct answer is わかい (若い, 'young'). 'Many young people were at the beach' is a natural sentence. The other adjectives do not naturally describe people in this context.

• 1あさい (浅い) means 'shallow,' used for water, knowledge, or relationships, not for people directly.
• 2うすい (薄い) means 'thin/light' (color, tea, etc.), not used to describe people.
• 3からい (辛い) means 'spicy/hot,' used for food, not for people.

• 若わかい — young
• 浅あさい — shallow
• 薄うすい — thin, light (color/flavor)
• 辛からい — spicy, hot

The sentence means 'I wrote a long ____ in Japanese.' The correct answer is てがみ (手紙, 'letter'). You write a letter (手紙をかく), and a letter can be described as long (ながい).

• 1にもつ (荷物) means 'luggage/baggage.' You do not write luggage.
• 3いろ (色) means 'color.' You do not write a color.
• 4え (絵) means 'picture/painting.' While you can draw a picture, the verb かく with え means 'to draw,' and 'long' (ながい) does not describe a picture; also the sentence says にほんごで ('in Japanese'), which fits writing a letter, not drawing.

• 手紙てがみ — letter
• 荷物にもつ — luggage, baggage
• 色いろ — color
• 絵え — picture, painting

The sentence means 'There is a hospital ____ the intersection.' The correct answer is そば (側, 'near/by'). こうさてんのそばに ('near the intersection') is a natural locational phrase.

• 2たて (建て) relates to building/stories (e.g., ２階建て 'two-story building') and is not a locational noun.
• 3にわ (庭) means 'garden.' A hospital is not located 'in the garden of an intersection.'
• 4はこ (箱) means 'box.' This does not fit as a location.

• 交差点こうさてん — intersection
• 側そば — near, beside, close to
• 病院びょういん — hospital
• 庭にわ — garden
• 箱はこ — box

The sentence means 'This ____ is delicious.' The correct answer is やさい (野菜, 'vegetable'). Vegetables can be described as おいしい ('delicious'). The other options are inedible objects.

• 1かびん (花瓶) means 'vase.' A vase is not something you eat, so it cannot be delicious.
• 2とけい (時計) means 'clock/watch.' Not edible.
• 3めがね (眼鏡) means 'glasses.' Not edible.

• 野菜やさい — vegetable
• 花瓶かびん — vase
• 時計とけい — clock, watch
• 眼鏡めがね — glasses
• 美味おいしい — delicious, tasty

「北」is read「きた」and means 'north.' The sentence says 'I went to a town in the north by train.'

• 1「にし」means 'west' (西), a different direction.
• 2「ほか」means 'other, elsewhere' (他), not a direction.
• 4「となり」means 'next door, neighbor' (隣), not a direction.

• 北きた — north

電車 is read でんしゃ, meaning 'train' (electric train). The sentence means 'I went to the northern town by train.' Option 3 gives the correct reading.

• 1てんしや — wrong; uses unvoiced て (te) instead of で (de) and an incorrect small や. The first character 電 is read でん (den), not てん.
• 2てんじや — wrong; same incorrect てん reading for 電, and uses じ (ji) instead of しゃ (sha) for 車.
• 4でんじゃ — wrong; the first part でん is correct, but 車 here is read しゃ (sha), not じゃ (ja).

• 電車でんしゃ — train (electric train)
• 北きた — north
• 町まち — town

人 as a standalone word is read ひと, meaning 'person.' The sentence means 'That person is very famous.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1にん — wrong; this is the ON-yomi (Chinese reading) of 人, used in compounds like 三人 (さんにん, three people), but not as a standalone word here.
• 3しと — wrong; this is not a valid reading of 人. It mimics the shape but is incorrect.
• 4じん — wrong; this is another ON-yomi of 人, used in compounds like 日本人 (にほんじん, Japanese person), but not as a standalone word.

• 人ひと — person
• 有名ゆうめい — famous

有名 is read ゆうめい, meaning 'famous.' The sentence means 'That person is very famous.' Option 1 is correct.

• 2ゆうめ — wrong; drops the final い. The word must end in めい (mei), not め (me).
• 3ゆうまい — wrong; replaces め (me) with ま (ma). The second character 名 is read めい (mei), not まい (mai).
• 4ゆうま — wrong; both replaces め with ま and drops the final い. Neither change is valid.

• 有名ゆうめい — famous
• とても — very

木 as a standalone word is read き, meaning 'tree.' The sentence means 'There is a cat on top of the tree.' Option 4 is correct.

• 1ぽん — wrong; this is not a reading of 木. It resembles the ON-yomi ほん (hon) but with a dakuten, which is invalid.
• 2ほん — wrong; this is the ON-yomi of 本 (ほん, book/origin), not 木. It is a lookalike kanji trap.
• 3ぎ — wrong; this is the ON-yomi of 木 used in compounds like 木曜日 (げつようび... no, 木曜日 is もくようび). Actually ぎ appears in words like 植木 (うえき). However, as a standalone word here, 木 is read き.

• 木き — tree
• 上うえ — top, above
• ねこ — cat