N5 Vocabulary · Test 50

上 as a standalone word is read うえ, meaning 'top/above.' The sentence means 'There is a cat on top of the tree.' Option 3 is correct.

• 1すた — wrong; this is not a valid reading of 上. It may be a distractor resembling した (below).
• 2した — wrong; this is the reading of 下 (した, below/bottom), the antonym of 上. It is a meaning-based distractor.
• 4うい — wrong; this is not a valid reading of 上. It loosely resembles うえ but is incorrect.

• 上うえ — top, above
• 下した — below, bottom

女の子 is read おんなのこ, meaning 'girl.' The sentence means 'A cute girl was born.' Option 1 is correct.

• 2おなのこ — wrong; drops one ん from おんな. 女 is read おんな (onnna), not おな (ona).
• 3あんなのこ — wrong; replaces お (o) with あ (a). The first character 女 is read おんな, not あんな.
• 4あなのこ — wrong; both replaces お with あ and drops one ん. Neither change is valid.

• 女の子（おんなのこ） — girl
• かわいい — cute
• 生うまれる — to be born

生まれました is read うまれました. 生る/生まれる means 'to be born'. The verb 生まれる (うまれる) uses the reading うまれる, so the past polite form is うまれました.

• 1ほまれました — there is no such reading for 生. This is a distractor using an implausible reading.
• 2ふまれました — no such reading; a distractor.
• 3おまれました — no such reading; a distractor.

• 生うまれる — to be born

店 is read みせ, meaning 'shop/store'. The sentence means 'Where is the entrance to the shop?'

• 2へや is 部屋 (room), not 店.
• 3えき is 駅 (station), not 店.
• 4いえ is 家 (house), not 店.

• 店みせ — shop, store
• 入り口（いりぐち） — entrance

入り口 is read いりぐち, meaning 'entrance'. 入る (はいる) → 入り (いり) + 口 (ぐち).

• 1のりぐち (乗り口) means 'boarding entrance' (e.g. for trains), not a shop entrance.
• 2かえりぐち (帰り口) is not a standard word; distractor.
• 3おりぐち (降り口) means 'exit/alighting point' (e.g. from a vehicle), not entrance.

• 入り口（いりぐち） — entrance

魚 is read さかな, meaning 'fish'. The sentence means 'There are many fish in this river.'

• 1かさな is not a valid reading of 魚.
• 2がさな is not a valid reading of 魚.
• 4さがな is not a valid reading of 魚.

• 魚さかな — fish

多い is read おおい, meaning 'many/much'. It is an い-adjective. The sentence means 'There are many fish in this river.'

• 1おい drops one お; the correct reading has a long vowel おお.
• 2おいい inserts an extra い; the correct form is simply おおい.
• 4おおいい inserts an extra い; the correct form is simply おおい.

• 多おおい — many, much, abundant

Option 3 (がいこく) is the correct reading of 外国. 外 is read with its on'yomi がい (with rendaku voicing from かい), and 国 is read こく. Together they mean 'foreign country'.

• 1かいこく is wrong: it uses the unvoiced reading かい for 外. In this compound, 外 undergoes rendaku and becomes がい.
• 2かいごく is wrong: it keeps the unvoiced かい for 外 and also incorrectly voices 国 as ごく.
• 4がいごく is wrong: 外 is correctly がい, but 国 is incorrectly read as ごく instead of こく.

• 外国がいこく — foreign country

Option 1 (おかね) is the correct reading of お金. The honorific prefix お is attached to 金 (かね, 'money'), giving おかね.

• 2おがね is wrong: the consonant in かね should not be voiced; there is no rendaku here.
• 3おかれ is wrong: the second kana is か, not かれ; this is a lookalike distractor.
• 4おがれ is wrong: it combines both errors—incorrect voicing and the wrong final kana.

• お金（おかね） — money

Option 3 (みせました) is the correct reading of 見せました, the past tense of 見せる ('to show'). The verb stem 見せ- plus the past polite ending ました gives みせました.

• 1にせました is wrong: it uses に, a lookalike for み; this would correspond to 偽せました, which is not a word.
• 2ねせました is wrong: it uses ね instead of み; there is no such verb form here.
• 4めせました is wrong: it uses め, a lookalike for み; this is not the correct reading of 見.

• 見みせました — showed (past polite of 見せる)