N5 Vocabulary · Test 5

The kanji 上 is read うえ and means 'top/above'. The sentence means 'There is a cat on top of the chair.' Option 2 (うえ) is the correct reading.

• 1した means 'below/under' and is the reading of 下, the opposite of 上.
• 3まえ means 'front' and is the reading of 前.
• 4よこ means 'side' and is the reading of 横.

• 上うえ — top, above
• いす — chair
• ねこ — cat

The kanji 目 is read め and means 'eye'. The sentence means 'My eye(s) have hurt since yesterday.' Option 1 (め) is the correct reading.

• 2みみ means 'ear' and is the reading of 耳.
• 3あたま means 'head' and is the reading of 頭.
• 4おなか means 'stomach' and is the reading of お腹.

• 目め — eye
• きのう — yesterday
• いたい — painful, hurts

The kanji 父 is read ちち and means '(my) father'. The sentence means 'My father's hobby is tennis.' Option 3 (ちち) is the correct reading.

• 1あに means 'older brother' and is the reading of 兄.
• 2はは means '(my) mother' and is the reading of 母.
• 4あね means 'older sister' and is the reading of 姉.

• 父ちち — (one's own) father
• しゅみ — hobby
• テニス（てにす） — tennis

The kanji compound 天気 is read てんき and means 'weather'. The sentence means 'The weather is nice today, isn't it.' Option 1 (てんき) is the correct reading.

• 2でんき means 'electricity/light' and is the reading of 電気 — a lookalike compound with the same second kanji.
• 3でんぎ is not a real word; it uses the wrong voicing for both kanji readings.
• 4てんぎ is not a real word; it has the correct first reading but the wrong voicing for 気.

• 天気てんき — weather
• きょう — today
• いい — good, nice

The verb 話しました is read はなしました and is the past tense of 話す (はなす), meaning 'to talk/speak'. The sentence means 'Yesterday I talked to Tanaka-san.' Option 1 (はなしました) is the correct reading.

• 2かしました is the past tense of 貸す (かす), meaning 'to lend' — a different verb with a similar-looking first kanji.
• 3かえしました is the past tense of 返す (かえす), meaning 'to return something' — another similar-looking kanji.
• 4わたしました is the past tense of 渡す (わたす), meaning 'to hand over/pass something' — again a similar-looking kanji.

• 話はなしました — talked, spoke (past tense of 話す)
• きのう — yesterday
• たなかさん — Tanaka-san (person's name)

The reading たくしー (takushī) is written in katakana as タクシー, meaning 'taxi'. Option 1 is the correct orthography.

• 2クタシー is not a real word; the katakana characters are scrambled.
• 3タクツー uses ツ instead of シー, making it incorrect.
• 4クタツー is not a real word; both the consonants and vowel representation are wrong.

• タクシー（たくしー） — taxi

おおきい is written 大きい, meaning 'big/large'. Option 4 correctly uses the kanji 大 with the okurigana きい.

• 1太い reads ふとい, meaning 'thick' — a different word with a different reading.
• 2大い is not a valid word form; the adjective requires okurigana きい.
• 3太きい is not a valid word; 太 does not carry the reading おおきい.

• 大おおきい — big, large

ともだち is written 友だち, meaning 'friend'. The kanji 友 has the reading とも, and だち remains in hiragana.

• 1支だち is not a word; 支 reads ささえる/し and does not fit here.
• 2反だち is not a word; 反 reads はん/たん and does not fit here.
• 4皮だち is not a word; 皮 reads かわ/ひ and does not fit here.

• 友ともだち — friend

たべます is written 食べます, meaning 'to eat'. The kanji 食 has the reading た(べる), and べます is the okurigana for the polite verb form.

• 1飲べます is not a valid word; 飲 reads のみ and pairs with のみます (to drink), not たべます.
• 2倉べます is not a real word; 倉 reads くら and has no verbal reading た.
• 4飽べます is not a real word; 飽 reads あき(る) (to get tired of/bored) and does not pair with た.

• 食たべます — to eat (polite)

みっつ is written 三つ, meaning 'three (items)'. This is one of the traditional Japanese counting forms for small objects.

• 1五つ reads いつつ, meaning 'five (items)' — wrong number.
• 2七つ reads ななつ, meaning 'seven (items)' — wrong number.
• 4六つ reads むっつ, meaning 'six (items)' — wrong number.

• 三みっつ — three (items, traditional counter)