N5 Vocabulary · Test 9

先週 (せんしゅう) means 'last week'. The reading is せんしゅう, with the long vowel うう at the end. Option 2 matches exactly.

• 1せんしゅ is missing the final う, making the vowel too short. 先週 requires the long しゅう sound.
• 3ぜんしゅ uses ぜ (voiced) instead of せ (unvoiced) for 先, and is also missing the final う. 先 is read せん, not ぜん.
• 4ぜんしゅう has the voiced ぜ instead of せ for 先. 先 is always read せん, never ぜん.

• 先週せんしゅう — last week
• デパート（でぱーと） — department store
• かいもの — shopping

後 here is read あと, meaning 'after'. In the pattern Nのあとで ('after N'), ごはんのあとで means 'after eating a meal'. Option 4 is correct.

• 1つぎ means 'next' and is written 次, not 後.
• 2うしろ means 'behind/back' and can be written 後ろ, but in the temporal pattern のあとで it must be read あと, not うしろ.
• 3まえ means 'before/front' and is written 前, not 後.

• 後あと — after (temporal)
• さんぽ — walk, stroll

言って is the て-form of 言う (いう, 'to say'). The reading is いって, with the small っ. Option 1 matches exactly.

• 2きって would be the て-form of きく (聞く, 'to listen/ask'), not 言う.
• 3まって would be the て-form of まつ (待つ, 'to wait'), not 言う.
• 4たって would be the て-form of たつ (立つ, 'to stand'), not 言う.

• 言いって — te-form of 言う (to say)
• もういちど — one more time, again

山 is read やま, meaning 'mountain'. Option 2 is the correct reading.

• 1かわ means 'river' and is written 川, not 山.
• 3いけ means 'pond' and is written 池, not 山.
• 4うみ means 'sea/ocean' and is written 海, not 山.

• 山やま — mountain
• ちかく — nearby, neighborhood

多い is read おおい, meaning 'many/much'. The sentence says 'This hotel has many rooms.' Option 2 is the correct reading.

• 1すくない means 'few/not many' (少ない) and is the opposite meaning, not the reading of 多い.
• 3せまい means 'narrow/cramped' (狭い), a different word entirely.
• 4ひろい means 'wide/spacious' (広い), a different word entirely.

• 多おおい — many, much
• へや — room

The katakana word シャワー (shā) means 'shower.' The sentence means 'I took a shower this morning.' Option 1 correctly writes it with シャ + ワー.

• 2シャウー uses ウ instead of ワ for the second mora — the wrong vowel.
• 3ツャワー starts with ツ instead of シ, producing a non-existent/incorrect sound.
• 4ツャウー combines both errors: wrong initial consonant (ツ) and wrong vowel (ウ).

• シャワー（しゃわー） — shower

のみました is the past tense of のむ (to drink). The correct kanji is 飲, giving 飲みました. The sentence means 'I drank coffee.'

• 1飯ました uses 飯 (meshi/gohan, 'cooked rice/meal') — unrelated kanji with no okurigana み.
• 3餃ました uses 餃 (gyō, as in 餃子 'dumpling') — unrelated kanji.
• 4食ました uses 食 (eat) — wrong verb; 'ate' would be 食べました, not 食ました.

• 飲のむ — to drink
• 飲のみました — drank (past polite)

くるま means 'car,' written 車. The sentence means 'I bought a new car.' Option 3 is the correct kanji.

• 1卓 means 'table/desk' (as in 卓上) — wrong kanji.
• 2早 means 'early/fast' — wrong kanji.
• 4真 means 'true/reality' — wrong kanji.

• 車くるま — car

えん means 'yen' (the Japanese currency unit), written 円. 1000えん = 1000円 ('one thousand yen'). The sentence means 'This hat is 1000 yen.'

• 1内 means 'inside' — wrong kanji, different reading and meaning.
• 2用 means 'use/business' — wrong kanji.
• 3冊 means 'counter for books' — wrong kanji, used for counting books, not money.

• 円えん — yen (Japanese currency)

はんぶん means 'half,' written 半分. The sentence means 'I finished half of my homework.' Option 4 correctly writes it. (Note: option 2 is identical to option 4 — see issues.)

• 1羊分 uses 羊 (sheep) instead of 半 (half) — wrong kanji.
• 3羊分 is identical to option 1 — same wrong kanji.

• 半分はんぶん — half