N5 Vocabulary · Test 44

二時間半 is read にじかんはん and means 'two and a half hours'. The sentence means 'Every day after dinner I watch TV for about two and a half hours.' Option 1 にじかんはん is correct.

• 2にじはんかん reverses the order of かん and はん; the correct order is じかん + はん.
• 3にじぶんはん uses ぶん instead of かん, which is incorrect.
• 4にじはんぶん uses はんぶん ('half' as in 分), which is not the correct reading for this expression.

• 二時間半にじかんはん — two and a half hours
• 時間じかん — hour/time
• 半はん — half

Option 4 (ともだち) is correct. 友だち means 'friend' and is read ともだち. The kanji 友 is read とも, and だち is the okurigana (hiragana suffix).

• 1とぬだち is wrong: there is no reading 'とぬ' for 友.
• 2とのだち is wrong: there is no reading 'との' for 友.
• 3とむだち is wrong: there is no reading 'とむ' for 友.

• 友ともだち — friend

The sentence means 'Put a stamp on the envelope and send it.' The verb for affixing a stamp is はる (貼る), so はって (te-form) is correct: ふうとうにきってをはってだします.

• 1おいて (置いて) means 'placing' — you don't 'place' a stamp on an envelope in Japanese; you 'stick' it.
• 2かいて (書いて) means 'writing' — you don't write a stamp.
• 4みせて (見せて) means 'showing' — unrelated to affixing a stamp.

• ふうとう — envelope
• きって — postage stamp
• はる（貼る） — to stick, paste, affix
• だす（出す） — to send (a letter), to put out

はじめまして (How do you do / Nice to meet you) is conventionally followed by どうぞよろしく (Please treat me well / I look forward to our relationship). This is a standard set greeting in Japanese.

• 1ありがとうございます means 'thank you' — not used in a first-meeting greeting.
• 2こんにちは means 'hello' — a general daytime greeting, not the conventional follow-up to はじめまして.
• 3すみません means 'excuse me / I'm sorry' — not used in a first-meeting greeting.

• はじめまして — How do you do; Nice to meet you (first-meeting greeting)
• どうぞよろしく — Please treat me well; I look forward to our relationship (conventional follow-up to はじめまして)

The sentence means 'Usually I walk, but sometimes I go by bus.' たいてい (usually) contrasts with ときどき (sometimes), making option 3 the natural fit.

• 1いつも means 'always' — contradicts たいていはあるいていきます (usually walking); saying 'always walk, but always go by bus' is illogical.
• 2いろいろ means 'variously / in various ways' — does not fit as a frequency adverb contrasting with たいてい.
• 4だんだん means 'gradually' — describes a gradual change, not a frequency, and does not fit here.

• たいてい — usually, mostly
• ときどき — sometimes, occasionally
• いつも — always
• だんだん — gradually, little by little

いつつ (五つ) means 'five (items).' The sentence counts in sequence: よっつ (4), いつつ (5), むっつ (6), then confirms 'altogether there are six.' The missing number in the sequence is five.

• 2ふたつ (二つ) means 'two.' The sequence 4, 2, 6 is not sequential counting.
• 3みっつ (三つ) means 'three.' The sequence 4, 3, 6 is not sequential counting.
• 4やっつ (八つ) means 'eight.' The sequence 4, 8, 6 is not sequential counting.

• よっつ（四つ） — four (items)
• いつつ（五つ） — five (items)
• むっつ（六つ） — six (items)
• ぜんぶで（全部で） — in total, altogether

The correct option is 2. The sentence means 'Today a strong wind is blowing.' The verb for wind blowing is 吹く (ふく), and its て-form is ふいて. Combined with います, it expresses an ongoing state or action.

• 1はいて comes from 履く (to wear shoes/pants) or 吐く (to breathe/vomit). It does not collocate with かぜ (wind).
• 3ふって comes from 降る (to fall, for rain/snow). Wind does not 'fall'.
• 4ひいて comes from 引く (to pull). It does not collocate with かぜ in this context.

• 風かぜ — wind
• 吹ふく — to blow (wind)

The correct option is 3. The sentence means 'I put a stamp on the envelope and send it out.' The verb for sticking or pasting something like a stamp is 貼る (はる), and its て-form is はって. The sequence はってだします means 'paste and send out'.

• 1おいて comes from 置く (to put/place). While you can place a stamp, the specific verb for affixing a stamp to an envelope is 貼る.
• 2かいて comes from 書く (to write). You don't 'write' a stamp.
• 4みせて comes from 見せる (to show). This does not fit the context of preparing an envelope to send.

• 封筒ふうとう — envelope
• 切手きって — stamp
• 貼はる — to paste, to stick

The correct option is 4. 'はじめまして' (How do you do?) is a standard greeting used when meeting someone for the first time. It is almost always followed by 'どうぞよろしく' (Please treat me well / I look forward to our relationship).

• 1ありがとうございます means 'Thank you'. It is not used as a response to はじめまして.
• 2こんにちは means 'Hello / Good afternoon'. It is a general daytime greeting, not the specific response to はじめまして.
• 3すみません means 'Excuse me / I'm sorry'. It does not fit this introductory context.

• 初はじめまして — How do you do? (used when meeting for the first time)
• どうぞよろしく — Please treat me well / Pleased to meet you

The correct option is 3. The sentence means 'Usually I walk, but sometimes I go by bus.' The conjunction が indicates a contrast to たいてい (usually). ときどき (sometimes) provides the perfect contrast, showing that while walking is the norm, taking the bus happens occasionally.

• 1いつも means 'always'. This contradicts the たいてい (usually) and the contrastive が, as you wouldn't 'usually walk but always take the bus'.
• 2いろいろ means 'various / all kinds of things'. It does not make sense as an adverb of frequency in this sentence.
• 4だんだん means 'gradually'. It does not fit as a frequency adverb contrasting with 'usually'.

• たいてい — usually, mostly
• 歩あるく — to walk
• 時々ときどき — sometimes