N5 Vocabulary · Test 60

The word ひと means 'person' and is written 人. 人 is one of the most basic kanji, representing a person standing. Option 1 is correct.

• 2太(ふと・たい) means 'thick/fat'. It is not read ひと.
• 3夫(おっと・ふ) means 'husband'. It is not read ひと.
• 4天(てん) means 'sky/heaven'. It is not read ひと.

• 人ひと — person

The word すぺいん (Spain) is written in katakana as スペイン. This is a standard katakana vocabulary word. Option 1 is correct. The particle で after it indicates the location where the action (studying English) takes place.

• 2スペン is missing the イ character. This is not the correct spelling of Spain in Japanese.
• 3ヌペイン uses ヌ instead of ス. This is a distractor with a wrong first character.
• 4ヌペン uses ヌ instead of ス and is missing イ. This combines two errors.

• スペイン（すぺいん） — Spain

The word らじかせ means 'radio cassette (player)' and is written in katakana as ラジカセ. It is a compound of ラジ(radio) + カセ(cassette). Option 3 is correct.

• 1ラジ刀セ mixes the kanji 刀(とう, 'sword') into the katakana word. This is not a valid writing.
• 2ラジ刀也 mixes two kanji 刀 and 也 into the katakana word. This is not valid.
• 4ラジカ也 mixes the kanji 也(や, 'to be') into the word. The correct ending is セ, not 也.

• ラジカセ（らじかせ） — radio cassette player

The sentence means 'Listen to music on the radio cassette player (ラジカセ).' The verb きく meaning 'to listen' is written 聞く. Option 4 is correct.

• 1問く is read とく and means 'to question/to ask (in a formal sense).' It is not read きく and does not mean 'to listen.'
• 2開く is read ひらく or あく and means 'to open.' It is a lookalike kanji but has the wrong reading and meaning.
• 3関く is not a standard Japanese word. 関 is normally read かん (as in 関係 かんけい). This is a distractor using a similar-looking kanji.

• 聞きく — to listen
• 問とく — to question
• 開ひらく/あく — to open

The underlined word かいて is the te-form of かく (書く), meaning 'to write'. The sentence means 'Please write your name on your belongings.' Option 4 書いて is the correct kanji representation.

• 1畫いて uses 畫, which is a traditional/variant form of 画 (えがく, 'to draw/paint'), not 書 (かく, 'to write'). It is a lookalike distractor.
• 2晝いて uses 晝, a variant of 昼 (ひる, 'noon/daytime'), not 書. It is a lookalike distractor.
• 3粛いて uses 粛 (しゅく, 'solemn/quiet'), which is unrelated to 書く and is a lookalike distractor.

• 書かく — to write
• 画えがく — to draw, to paint

The underlined word そと is 外, meaning 'outside'. The sentence means 'Someone is standing outside the classroom.' Option 3 外 is the correct kanji representation.

• 1化 (か/ば) means 'change/transformation' and is a lookalike for 外, but it does not mean 'outside'.
• 2北 (きた) means 'north' and is a lookalike for 外, but it does not mean 'outside'.
• 4引 (ひき/いん) means 'pull' and is a lookalike for 外, but it does not mean 'outside'.

• 外そと — outside
• 教室きょうしつ — classroom

The underlined word たって is the te-form of たつ (立つ), meaning 'to stand'. The sentence means 'Someone is standing outside the classroom.' Option 4 立って is the correct kanji representation.

• 1赤って uses 赤 (あか, 'red'), which is not a verb meaning 'to stand'. It is a lookalike distractor.
• 2並って uses 並 (なら/へい), related to 'to line up' (並ぶ), but the reading does not match たって and it does not mean 'to stand'.
• 3丘って uses 丘 (おか, 'hill'), which is not a verb and does not mean 'to stand'. It is a lookalike distractor.

• 立たつ — to stand
• 並ならぶ — to line up, to stand in a line

The underlined word みず is 水, meaning 'water'. The sentence means 'I want to drink cold water.' Option 2 水 is the correct kanji representation.

• 1木 (き) means 'tree/wood' and is a lookalike for 水, but it does not mean 'water'.
• 3氷 (こおり) means 'ice' and is a lookalike for 水, but it does not mean 'water'.
• 4永 (えい) means 'eternity/long' and is a lookalike for 水, but it does not mean 'water'.

• 水みず — water
• 氷こおり — ice
• 冷つめたい — cold (to the touch)

The sentence is「つめたいみずがのみたい」(I want to drink cold water). のみたい is the たい-form of のむ (to drink), written in kanji as 飲みたい. Option 1 is the correct kanji representation.

• 2飼いたい reads かいたい, meaning 'want to raise/keep (a pet)'. The kanji 飼 is used for raising animals, not drinking.
• 3飯 is read めし/はん (meal, cooked rice). 飯みたい does not read as のみたい and is not a real word. It is a distractor using a food-related kanji.
• 4饥 is a simplified Chinese character (Japanese equivalent: 飢, 'starve/hunger'). It is not a standard Japanese kanji and does not read as の. This appears to be a distractor with a food-radical character.

• 飲のみたい — want to drink (たい-form of 飲む)
• 冷つめたい — cold (to touch)
• 飼かいたい — want to raise/keep (animals)