N5 Vocabulary · Test 57

The correct answer is 4. The underlined sentence 'わたしの くにの ふゆは、あまり さむく ありません' means 'Winter in my country is not very cold.' The closest paraphrase is option 4: 'わたしの くにの ふゆは、すこし さむいです。' = 'Winter in my country is a little cold.' If winter is 'not very cold,' saying it is 'a little cold' (すこし さむい) captures the same meaning — it is cold, but only slightly.

• 1'Winter is very hot (とても あつい)' is too extreme. 'Not very cold' doesn't mean 'very hot.'
• 2'Winter is a little hot (すこし あつい)' contradicts the original. 'Not very cold' still implies some coldness, not heat.
• 3'Winter is very cold (とても さむい)' is the opposite of 'not very cold.' This directly contradicts the underlined sentence.

• あまり～ない — not very..., not particularly...
• さむい — cold (weather/temperature)
• すこし — a little, slightly
• ふゆ — winter

The stem says 'おととい としょかんに いきました' (The day before yesterday, I went to the library). At a library (としょかん), the natural activity is borrowing books. Option 3 'ほんを かりました' (I borrowed books) correctly describes what one does at a library.

• 1ごはんを たべました means 'I ate a meal.' You do not eat meals at a library.
• 2スポーツを しました means 'I did sports.' You do not play sports at a library.
• 4かいものを しました means 'I went shopping.' You do not shop at a library.

• としょかん — library
• ほんを かりる — to borrow books
• かいもの — shopping
• おととい — the day before yesterday

The stem says 'にちようびの こうえんは にぎやかです' (The park on Sundays is lively/bustling). にぎやか (にぎやか) means lively, bustling, full of people and activity. Option 4 'ひとが おおぜい います' (there are many people) correctly captures the meaning of にぎやか — a place with many people is lively.

• 1きれいです means 'is beautiful/clean.' Beautiful is not the same as lively.
• 2しずかです means 'is quiet.' This is the opposite of にぎやか.
• 3ひとが すくないです means 'there are few people.' This is the opposite of にぎやか, which implies many people.

• にぎやか — lively, bustling
• しずか — quiet
• おおぜい — many (people), a large number
• すくない — few, not many

The correct answer is 4. The underlined sentence 'わたしの くにの ふゆは、あまり さむく ありません' means 'Winter in my country is not very cold.' The closest paraphrase is option 4: 'わたしの くにの ふゆは、すこし さむいです。' = 'Winter in my country is a little cold.' If winter is 'not very cold,' saying it is 'a little cold' (すこし さむい) captures the same meaning — it is cold, but only slightly.

• 1'Winter is very hot (とても あつい)' is too extreme. 'Not very cold' doesn't mean 'very hot.'
• 2'Winter is a little hot (すこし あつい)' contradicts the original. 'Not very cold' still implies some coldness, not heat.
• 3'Winter is very cold (とても さむい)' is the opposite of 'not very cold.' This directly contradicts the underlined sentence.

• あまり～ない — not very..., not particularly...
• さむい — cold (weather/temperature)
• すこし — a little, slightly
• ふゆ — winter

The correct kanji for きました (past tense of 来る 'to come') is 来ました. The verb 来る has the kanji 来, and its past polite form is 来ました(きました).

• 1木ました is not a valid word. 木(き) means 'tree' and cannot form a verb meaning 'came.'
• 2未ました is not a valid word. 未(み) means 'not yet' and cannot form this verb.
• 4米ました is not a valid word. 米(こめ/まい) means 'rice' and cannot form this verb.

• 来くる — to come
• 来きました — came (past polite form)

The correct kanji for てんき is 天気, meaning 'weather.' This is a very common compound: 天(テン) + 気(キ).

• 2電気 means 'electricity/light' and is read でんき. It has the same second kanji 気 and a similar first kanji, but the reading でんき does not match the furigana てんき.
• 3夫気 is not a real word. 夫(ふ/おっと) means 'husband,' and this combination does not exist.
• 4機 alone means 'machine/opportunity' and is read き or はた. It is a single character and does not form the two-character word てんき. This option appears truncated and may be a transcription defect.

• 天気てんき — weather
• 悪わるい — bad (weather)

The correct katakana for すぽーつ is スポーツ, meaning 'sports.' This is a standard loanword from English 'sports.' The long vowel is represented by ー, and the final sound is ツ.

• 1スポーシ incorrectly uses シ instead of ツ for the final character. The word ends in ツ, not シ.
• 3ヌポーシ incorrectly uses ヌ instead of ス for the first character, and シ instead of ツ for the last character.
• 4ヌポーツ incorrectly uses ヌ instead of ス for the first character. The correct first character is ス.

• スポーツ — sports

The underlined word ひがし means 'east' and is written 東. Option 3 is correct.

• 1南 is みなみ, meaning 'south' — a different direction.
• 2北 is きた, meaning 'north' — a different direction.
• 4西 is にし, meaning 'west' — a different direction.

• 東ひがし — east
• 南みなみ — south
• 北きた — north
• 西にし — west

The underlined word ながい means 'long' and is written 長い. Option 2 is correct.

• 1食い (くい) means 'eating' (from 食う) — unrelated and not read ながい.
• 3良い (よい) means 'good' — a different word.
• 4高い (たかい) means 'high/expensive' — a different adjective.

• 長ながい — long
• 良よい — good
• 高たかい — high; expensive