N5 Vocabulary · Test 42

四月（しがつ）means 'April.' The correct reading is しがつ, option 1. Note that month names use the traditional kun-yomi-based numbers: 四月 is always しがつ, not よんがつ. The sentence means 'In April the flowers are beautiful.'

• 2よんがつ is not used for April; month names use し/しがつ rather than よん.
• 3しげつ is not a valid reading; it is a distractor using on-yomi げつ instead of がつ.
• 4よんげつ is not a valid reading; it combines the wrong first element with the wrong on-yomi.

• 四月しがつ — April

The underlined word is 花, which is read はな and means 'flower.' The sentence says 'In April, the flowers are beautiful,' so はな is the correct reading.

• 1そら is the reading of 空, meaning 'sky.' It does not fit the sentence about April.
• 3もり is the reading of 森, meaning 'forest.' Unrelated to the sentence.
• 4みどり is the reading of 緑, meaning 'green.' It is a color, not a noun that fits here.

• 花はな — flower
• 空そら — sky
• 森もり — forest
• 緑みどり — green

The underlined word is 本, which is read ほん and means 'book.' The sentence says 'Read this book first, then write the composition,' so ほん is correct.

• 1はん is the reading of 半, meaning 'half.' It is not the reading of 本.
• 3ばん is the reading of 晩/晩, meaning 'evening.' Not the reading of 本.
• 4ぼん is a possible on-reading in certain Buddhist contexts (盆), but it is not the standard reading of 本 in this word.

• 本ほん — book
• 半はん — half
• 晩ばん — evening
• 盆ぼん — tray / Buddhist festival (お盆)

The underlined word is 先, and in the phrase 先に (meaning 'first, before doing something'), it is read さき. The sentence means 'Read this book first, then write the composition.'

• 1せん is the on-reading of 先, but the word here is 先に read as さきに, a kun-reading adverbial usage.
• 2せい is not a reading of 先 at all; it is a distractor.
• 4さい is not a reading of 先; it is a distractor.

• 先さき — first, ahead, before
• 先さきに — first, before doing something

The underlined word is 読んで, the te-form of 読む (to read), read as よんで. The sentence says 'Read this book first, then write the composition.'

• 2もんで is not a valid reading of 読む in any form; it is a distractor.
• 3すんで is the te-form of 住む (to live), not 読む.
• 4こんで is the te-form of 込む (to be crowded / to put into), not 読む.

• 読よむ — to read
• 読よんで — read (te-form)
• 住すむ — to live
• 込こむ — to be crowded

しつもん（質問）means 'question.' The sentence says: 'If there is something you don't understand, please ask me (質問して).' 質問する means 'to ask a question,' which fits perfectly.

• 2じゅぎょう（授業）means 'class/lesson.' 授業して would mean 'give/take a class,' which doesn't fit the context of asking about something you don't understand.
• 3べんきょう（勉強）means 'study.' 勉強して means 'study,' but you don't study *to/at* someone (わたしに).
• 4れんしゅう（練習）means 'practice.' 練習して means 'practice,' which doesn't fit asking about something unclear.

• 質問しつもん — question; to ask a question (質問する)
• 授業じゅぎょう — class, lesson
• 勉強べんきょう — study
• 練習れんしゅう — practice

ナイフ means 'knife.' The sentence says: 'Please cut the bread with this knife.' A knife is the tool used for cutting (きる).

• 1カップ means 'cup.' A cup is for drinking, not cutting.
• 2スプーン means 'spoon.' A spoon is for eating soup or liquids, not cutting.
• 4フォーク means 'fork.' A fork is for picking up food, not cutting.

• ナイフ — knife (loanword)
• カップ — cup
• スプーン — spoon
• フォーク — fork
• 切きる — to cut

のぼりました（上りました/登りました, from のぼる）means 'climbed.' The sentence says: 'During summer vacation, I climbed a mountain.' やまにのぼる (climb a mountain) is the correct collocation.

• 1あけました（開けました, from 開ける）means 'opened.' You don't 'open' a mountain.
• 2あげました（上げました, from 上げる）means 'raised/lifted.' This doesn't collocate with やまに.
• 3のりました（乗りました, from 乗る）means 'rode/got on.' You ride a vehicle, not a mountain.

• 上る/登る（のぼる） — to climb (a mountain, stairs, etc.)
• 開あける — to open
• 上あげる — to raise, lift
• 乗のる — to ride, get on

おとな（大人）means 'adult.' The dialogue says: 'How much is a ticket to Tokyo?' — 'Adults are 200 yen, and children are 100 yen.' The contrast おとな vs. こども (adult vs. child) is the natural pairing.

• 1おとこ（男）means 'man.' The ticket pricing contrasts age (adult/child), not gender.
• 3おんな（女）means 'woman.' Same issue — gender is not the relevant contrast here.
• 4おとうと（弟）means 'younger brother.' This is a specific family member, not a fare category.

• 大人おとな — adult
• 男おとこ — man
• 女おんな — woman
• 弟おとうと — younger brother
• 子供こども — child

わすれて（忘れて, from 忘れる）means 'forgot.' The sentence says: 'Yesterday it rained. I forgot my umbrella on the train and was in trouble (こまりました).' The te-form 忘れて connects to こまりました, expressing cause and result.

• 1おいて（置いて, from 置く）means 'placed/left (something somewhere).' While you could leave an umbrella on a train, the key context is that it rained and the person was troubled because they forgot it — 忘れて captures the full meaning.
• 2もって（持って, from 持つ）means 'held/carried.' Carrying an umbrella wouldn't cause trouble.
• 3ふって（降って, from 降る）means '(rain) fell' or (振って, from 振る) 'swung/shook.' Neither fits with かさを as an object in this context.

• 忘わすれる — to forget
• 置おく — to put, place, leave
• 持もつ — to hold, carry
• 降ふる — to fall (rain)
• 困こまる — to be in trouble, be troubled