N5 Vocabulary · Test 51

さんぽしました means 'took a walk.' The closest paraphrase is あるきました (walked), since さんぽ (散歩) means walking for leisure/stroll. あさこうえんをあるきました (I walked in the park in the morning) conveys the same meaning.

• 1とびました means 'jumped/flew.' Walking in the park is not jumping.
• 2まがりました means 'turned (a corner).' This is unrelated to taking a walk.
• 3はしりました means 'ran.' さんぽ implies a leisurely walk, not running.

• さんぽ(する) — to take a walk, stroll
• あるく — to walk
• とぶ — to fly, jump
• まがる — to turn (a corner)
• はしる — to run

そうじ (掃除) means 'cleaning,' especially cleaning a room or house. Option 2, へやを きれいに して ください ('Please make the room clean/tidy'), is the correct paraphrase of そうじを して ください ('Please clean').

• 1てを きれいに して ください means 'Please make your hands clean' — this is washing hands, not そうじ (cleaning a room).
• 3ふくを きれいに あらって ください means 'Please wash the clothes clean' — this is laundry (洗濯), not そうじ.
• 4からだを きれいに あらって ください means 'Please wash your body clean' — this is bathing, not そうじ.

• そうじ（掃除） — cleaning (a room, house, etc.)
• へや（部屋） — room
• きれい — clean, pretty, tidy
• あらう（洗う）（あらう） — to wash

おととし (一昨年) means 'the year before last,' i.e., two years ago. Option 1, りょこうは にねんまえです ('The trip was two years ago'), correctly restates おととし りょこうしました ('I traveled the year before last').

• 2ふつかまえ means 'two days ago' — おととし is years, not days.
• 3いちにちまえ means 'one day ago' — wrong time unit and wrong number.
• 4いちねんまえ means 'one year ago' — that would be おととし (last year), not おととし (the year before last).

• おととし（一昨年） — the year before last (two years ago)
• りょこう（旅行） — trip, travel
• にねんまえ（二年前） — two years ago
• おととし（去年）（きょねん） — last year (one year ago)

ゆうめい (有名) means 'famous.' If a hotel is famous, everyone knows about it. Option 3, みんな この ホテルを しって います ('Everyone knows this hotel'), correctly paraphrases この ホテルは ゆうめいです ('This hotel is famous').

• 1みんな この ホテルを しりません means 'Everyone does not know this hotel' — the opposite of ゆうめい (famous).
• 2みんな この ホテルを すんで います is ungrammatical (を should be に for すむ) and means 'Everyone lives in this hotel,' unrelated to fame.
• 4みんな この ホテルを すんで いません is also ungrammatical and means 'Everyone does not live in this hotel,' unrelated to fame.

• ゆうめい（有名） — famous, well-known
• みんな — everyone, everybody
• しって います（知っています）（しって います） — know (someone/something) — from しる
• しりません（知りません）（しりません） — do not know

おじ (叔父/伯父) means 'uncle' — the brother of one's parent. Option 1, ははの あに ('mother's older brother'), is exactly an uncle (おじ), so ははの あには 65さいです ('My mother's older brother is 65') matches おじは 65さいです ('My uncle is 65').

• 2ははの あね means 'mother's older sister,' which is an aunt (おば/伯母), not an uncle (おじ).

• おじ（叔父/伯父） — uncle (parent's brother)
• おば（叔母/伯母） — aunt (parent's sister)
• はは（母） — mother
• あに（兄） — older brother (one's own)
• あね（姉） — older sister (one's own)

The underlined word is 少し, read as すこし, meaning 'a little, a small amount.' The sentence says 'There was only a little rice, so I ate it all in 3 minutes.'

• 2すくない is the reading of 少ない, an adjective meaning 'few, not enough.' The underlined word is the adverb 少し, not the adjective 少ない.
• 3すっこし is not a valid reading; it is a distractor with an inserted small っ.
• 4すっくない is not a valid reading; it is a distractor combining the wrong forms.

• 少すこし — a little, a small amount
• 少すくない — few, not enough (adjective)

The underlined word is 3分, read as さんぷん, meaning 'three minutes.' The counter 分 changes pronunciation depending on the number: いっぷん (1), にふん (2), さんぷん (3), よんぷん (4), ごふん (5), ろっぷん (6), etc. For 3, the correct reading is さんぷん.

• 1さんぶん is an incorrect reading; 分 does not take the reading ぶん in this counter context. (ぶん appears in words like 分野 ぶんや, but not in the minutes counter.)
• 2さっぷん is the reading pattern for 6分 (ろっぷん) or 8分 (はっぷん), not for 3分.
• 4さっぷん is identical to option 2 and is also incorrect for 3分.

• 3分（さんぷん） — three minutes
• 分ふん/ぷん — minute (counter)

The verb 食べました is the past polite form of 食べる (to eat). Its reading is たべました. The sentence means 'Because there was only a little rice, I ate it all in 3 minutes.' Option 2 correctly gives the reading.

• 1さべました — There is no Japanese verb read this way. The kanji 食 is never read さ.
• 3なべました — This is the reading for 鍋 (pot/pan) related words, not for 食べる. 食 is never read な.
• 4はべました — There is no common verb read はべる meaning 'to eat.' This is a fabricated distractor.

• 食たべる — to eat
• 少すこし — a little
• 全部ぜんぶ — all, entirely

The adjective 古い means 'old (thing).' Its reading is ふるい. The sentence means 'Because this room is old, it is cheap.' Option 4 correctly gives the reading.

• 1くろい — This is 黒い (black), a different adjective with a similar-looking first kanji.
• 2くるい — This is 狂い (madness/error), not an i-adjective meaning 'old.' It is a plausible-sounding distractor.
• 3ふろい — There is no word read ふろい. This is a near-miss distractor confusing ふるい with ふろ (bath).

• 古ふるい — old (thing, not age of person)
• 安やすい — cheap

The adjective 安い means 'cheap, inexpensive.' Its reading is やすい. The sentence means 'Because this room is old, it is cheap.' Option 4 correctly gives the reading.

• 1ひろい — This is 広い (wide, spacious), a different adjective.
• 2せまい — This is 狭い (narrow, cramped), a different adjective.
• 3ひくい — This is 低い (low), a different adjective with a similar look to 安い.

• 安やすい — cheap, inexpensive
• 古ふるい — old (thing)