N5 Vocabulary · Test 58

The word にほんご (Japanese language) is written 日本語. The sentence means 'I memorized nine Japanese words.' Option 2 日本語 is correct: 日 (に) + 本 (ほん) + 語 (ご).

• 1日本話 uses 話 (はなし/わ, 'talk/story') instead of 語 (ご, 'language'); にほんわ would be incorrect.
• 3日本詰 uses 詰 (つめ/づめ, 'pack/stuff'), an unrelated kanji with the wrong meaning and reading.
• 4日本詔 uses 詔 (みことのり, 'imperial edict'), an unrelated and advanced kanji.

• 日本語にほんご — Japanese language
• 語ご — language (suffix)

The word ここのつ means 'nine (items/counting)'. It is written 九つ. The sentence means 'I memorized nine Japanese words.' Option 3 九つ is correct: 九 (ここの) + つ (counter suffix).

• 1八つ is read やっつ and means 'eight items', not nine.
• 2四つ is read よっつ and means 'four items', not nine.
• 4六つ is read むっつ and means 'six items', not nine.

• 九ここのつ — nine (general counter)

The word きんようび (Friday) is written 金よう日. The sentence means 'A new female teacher came on Friday.' Option 4 金よう日 is correct: 金 (きん) + よう日 (ようび). The kanji 金 means 'gold/money' and is used for Friday in Japanese.

• 1全ようび uses 全 (ぜん, 'all/whole'), which has the wrong kanji and wrong reading for きん.
• 2余よう日 uses 余 (よ, 'surplus/remainder'), which has the wrong kanji and wrong reading for きん.
• 3企ようび uses 企 (き, 'plan/undertaking'), which has the wrong kanji and wrong reading for きん.

• 金よう日（きんようび） — Friday
• 金きん — gold; money (also used in days of the week)

The underlined word おんな means 'woman/female' and is written with the kanji 女. The sentence means 'On Friday a new female teacher came.'

• 1安 is read あん/やす and means 'cheap/peaceful'; it is not read おんな.
• 2立 is read た(つ)/りつ and means 'stand'; it is not read おんな.
• 4文 is read ぶん/もん and means 'sentence/text'; it is not read おんな.

• おんな — woman, female
• きんようび — Friday
• あたらしい（新しい） — new
• せんせい — teacher

The underlined word せんせい is written 先生, meaning 'teacher'. The kanji 先 (せん) means 'before/ahead' and 生 (せい) means 'life/birth'; together they form 先生.

• 2生先 reverses the two kanji; this is not a real word and is not read せんせい.
• 3赤生 uses 赤 (あか, red) instead of 先; this is not a real word and is not read せんせい.
• 4生赤 reverses and substitutes; this is not a real word and is not read せんせい.

• せんせい — teacher

The underlined word is おおきな, meaning 'big/large.' The correct kanji is 大きな. The sentence means 'There is a big river to the west of this town.'

• 1犬きな uses 犬 (いぬ, 'dog'), a lookalike kanji for 大 with an extra dot. It does not form the word おおきな.
• 2夫きな uses 夫 (おっと, 'husband'), another lookalike kanji for 大. It does not form the word おおきな.
• 4天きな uses 天 (てん, 'sky/heaven'), which shares a similar top structure but is unrelated.

• 大おおきな — big, large

The underlined word is かわ, meaning 'river.' The correct kanji is 川. The sentence means 'There is a big river to the west of this town.'

• 2氷 (こおり) means 'ice.' It visually resembles 水/川-related characters but is unrelated and has the wrong reading.
• 3水 (みず) means 'water.' It is semantically related but is not the word for 'river' and has the wrong reading.
• 4小 (ちいさい/しょう) means 'small.' It is unrelated to 'river' and has the wrong reading.

• 川かわ — river

The underlined word is みぎ, meaning 'right (direction).' The correct kanji is 右. The sentence means 'Everyone, please exit through the door on the right.'

• 1荏 (え) is a rare kanji meaning 'water pepper/annual.' It is unrelated and has the wrong reading.
• 3左 (ひだり) means 'left,' the opposite direction of what is asked.
• 4石 (いし) means 'stone.' It is unrelated and has the wrong reading.

• 右みぎ — right (direction)

The underlined word is でて, the te-form of 出る (to exit / to come out). The correct kanji is 出て. The sentence means 'Everyone, please exit through the door on the right.'

• 1缶て uses 缶 (かん, 'can/tin'), a lookalike kanji for 出. It is unrelated and has the wrong reading.
• 2申て uses 申 (もうす, 'to say/humbly state'). The correct te-form of 申す would be 申して, not 申て, and it is unrelated to 出る.
• 4由て uses 由 (よし/ゆえ, 'reason/cause'), another lookalike kanji for 出. It is unrelated and has the wrong reading.

• 出でる — to exit, to come out
• 出でて — te-form of 出る (to exit, to come out)

The underlined word かめら means 'camera.' The correct katakana spelling is カメラ (ka-me-ra). Option 2 matches exactly.

• 1刀メラ contains the kanji 刀 (かたな, 'sword') in place of the first character. A loanword like 'camera' is written entirely in katakana, so mixing in a kanji is incorrect.
• 3刀メヲ contains both the kanji 刀 and the wrong katakana ヲ (wo) at the end instead of ラ (ra).
• 4カメヲ ends with ヲ (wo) instead of ラ (ra). The correct word is カメラ, not カメヲ.

• カメラ（かめら） — camera