N5 Vocabulary · Test 56

Option 4 (九時半) is correct. くじはん means 'nine-thirty': 九 (く, nine) + 時 (じ, o'clock) + 半 (はん, half).

• 1七時羊 is wrong: 七 is read しち/なな, not く, and 羊 (ひつじ, 'sheep') is a lookalike for 半, not the correct character.
• 2七時半 is wrong: 七 means 'seven', but the reading く corresponds to 九 ('nine').
• 3九時羊 is wrong: 九 is correct, but 羊 is a lookalike distractor for 半 and is not the right kanji.

• 九時半くじはん — nine-thirty (9:30)

Option 4 (会いましょう) is correct. あいましよう is the volitional polite form of 会う ('to meet'): stem 会い- + ましょう. Note the stem vowel is い, giving 会いましょう.

• 1今ましょう is wrong: 今 is read いま ('now'), not あい, and does not form a volitional verb form.
• 2今いましよう is wrong: this redundantly writes the reading いま as okurigana after 今; it is not a valid word and does not match あいましよう.
• 3会ましょう is wrong: the verb 会う has the stem 会い- before ましょう, so the い must be present; dropping it is incorrect.

• 会あいましょう — let's meet (volitional polite of 会う)

Option 2 (足) is correct. あし means 'leg/foot', and the kanji 足 is the standard character for it. The sentence means 'My dog's legs are white.'

• 1虫 is wrong: it is read むし ('insect'), a lookalike distractor, not あし.
• 3昰 is wrong: it is a non-standard/variant character resembling 足 but not the correct kanji for あし.
• 4是 is wrong: it is read ぜ ('this/yes' in certain contexts), a lookalike for 足, not the kanji for あし.

• 足あし — leg, foot

The word しろい means 'white' and is written 白い. 白(しろ) is the kanji for 'white', and the adjective ending い attaches to it. Option 3 is correct.

• 1田い — 田(た) means 'rice field'. There is no word 田い; this is a visually similar kanji used as a distractor.
• 2由い — 由(ゆう/よし) means 'reason'. There is no word 由い; again a lookalike kanji.
• 4自い — 自(じ) means 'self'. While 自 looks similar to 白, there is no word 自い meaning 'white'.

• 白しろい — white (adjective)

The word おとこ means 'man/male' and is written 男. The kanji 男 is composed of 田 (field) + 力 (power), reflecting the traditional image of a man working in the fields. Option 4 is correct.

• 1甲(こう) means 'first' (as in 甲乙) or 'shell/carapace'. It is not read おとこ.
• 2另(れい) is a kanji meaning 'another/separate'. It is not used in Japanese for おとこ.
• 3界(かい) means 'world/boundary'. It is unrelated to おとこ.

• 男おとこ — man, male

The word でぱーと (written in hiragana here) is a loanword from English 'department (store).' Loanwords are written in katakana, so the correct form is デパート. The sentence means 'I bought a new camera at the department store.' Option 1 is correct.

• 2テパート — Wrong first character. The correct katakana is デ (de), not テ (te).
• 3チパート — Wrong first character. The correct katakana is デ (de), not チ (chi).
• 4モパート — Wrong first character. The correct katakana is デ (de), not モ (mo).

• デパート（でぱーと） — department store (loanword from 'department store')
• カメラ（かめら） — camera
• 買かいました — bought (past polite of 買う)

The word あたらしい (written in hiragana here) means 'new.' Its kanji form is 新しい. The sentence means 'I bought a new camera at the department store.' Option 1 is the correct kanji with correct okurigana.

• 2薪しい — 薪 (たきぎ, firewood) is a real kanji but is never used to write 'new.' This is a lookalike distractor resembling 新.
• 3新い — This uses the correct kanji but drops the okurigana し. The correct form is 新しい, not 新い.
• 4薪い — This combines the wrong kanji 薪 with missing okurigana. Both the kanji and the okurigana are wrong.

• 新あたらしい — new
• デパート（でぱーと） — department store
• カメラ（かめら） — camera

The word かめら (written in hiragana here) is a loanword from English 'camera.' Loanwords are written in katakana, so the correct form is カメラ. The sentence means 'I bought a new camera at the department store.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1カヌラ — Wrong second character. The correct katakana is メ (me), not ヌ (nu).
• 3カヌウ — Both the second and third characters are wrong. The correct form is メ (me) + ラ (ra), not ヌ (nu) + ウ (u).
• 4カメウ — Wrong third character. The correct katakana is ラ (ra), not ウ (u).

• カメラ（かめら） — camera
• デパート（でぱーと） — department store
• 新あたらしい — new

The underlined word かいました is the past tense of かう (買う), meaning 'to buy'. The sentence means 'I bought a new camera at the department store.' Option 4 買いました is the correct kanji representation.

• 1売いました is the past tense of 売る (うる, 'to sell'), which is the opposite action and does not fit the context of buying a camera.
• 2店いました is not a valid word. 店 (みせ) means 'shop/store' and cannot form a verb meaning 'to buy'.
• 3員いました is not a valid word. 員 (いん) means 'member' and cannot form a verb meaning 'to buy'.

• 買かう — to buy
• 売うる — to sell
• デパート（でぱーと） — department store
• カメラ（かめら） — camera

The underlined word なまえ is 名前, meaning 'name'. The sentence means 'Please write your name on your belongings.' Option 2 名前 is the correct kanji representation.

• 1各前 is not a valid word. 各 (かく) means 'each/every' and is a lookalike for 名 (めい/な).
• 4名萌 is not a valid word. 萌 (もえ) is unrelated to 前 (まえ) and is a lookalike kanji.

• 名前なまえ — name
• 各かく — each, every