JLPT N5 Probetest 1

Lösung: 2 やま

山 is read やま (mountain). The sentence means "That mountain is very beautiful." かわ is 川 (river), うみ is 海 (sea), and そら is 空 (sky).

Lösung: 3 みず

水 is read みず (water). The sentence means "I drank cold water." The second sound is the voiced ず, not す or つ.

Lösung: 1 くじ

九時 is read くじ (nine o'clock). 九 can also be read きゅう, but with 時 it is always くじ, never きゅうじ. The sentence means "I take a bath at nine every night."

Lösung: 4 あたらしい

新しい is read あたらしい (new). The sentence means "I bought a new bag yesterday." あらたしい has the sounds in the wrong order, and あだらしい wrongly uses だ instead of た.

Lösung: 1 がっこう

学校 is read がっこう (school). 学 is がく, but before 校 it becomes がっ with a small っ. The last sound is long (こう), and the word starts with が, not か. The sentence means "My school is near the station."

Lösung: 3 いきます

行きます is read いきます (go). The sentence means "I will go to Kyoto with a friend next week." ききます is 聞きます (listen), かきます is 書きます (write), and おきます is 起きます (get up).

Lösung: 2 おんなのこ

女の子 is read おんなのこ (girl). 女 is おんな and 子 is こ. おとこのこ is written 男の子 (boy). The sentence means "That girl is Lin's younger sister."

Lösung: 4 カメラ

かめら is written カメラ (camera) in katakana. メ and ヌ look similar, and so do ラ and ウ, so be careful. The sentence means "This camera is small and light."

Lösung: 3 安い

やすい (cheap) is written 安い. 高い is たかい (expensive, high), 古い is ふるい (old), and 白い is しろい (white). The sentence means "The fruit at that greengrocer's is cheap."

Lösung: 1 耳

みみ (ear) is written 耳. 目 is め (eye), 月 is つき (moon), and 口 is くち (mouth). These kanji look similar, so be careful. The sentence means "My ear has hurt since yesterday."

Lösung: 4 来ます

きます (come) is written 来ます. 木 (tree) and 気 (spirit) are also read き, but they do not mean "come." 東 (east, ひがし) only looks similar to 来. The sentence means "A friend will come to my house tomorrow."

Lösung: 2 今年

ことし (this year) is written 今年. 今月 is こんげつ (this month), 来年 is らいねん (next year), and 毎年 is まいとし (every year). The sentence means "This year's summer is very hot."

Lösung: 1 シャワー

シャワーをあびる means "to take a shower," and only シャワー goes with あびる here. シャツ is a shirt, スプーン is a spoon, and ストーブ is a heater. The sentence means "Every morning I take a shower and then eat breakfast."

Lösung: 3 きっぷ

What you buy at a station to ride a train is a きっぷ (ticket); おおさかまでのきっぷ is a ticket to Osaka. きって (stamp), はがき (postcard), and ふうとう (envelope) are things for sending mail and do not fit after おおさかまでの. The sentence means "I bought a ticket to Osaka at the station."

Lösung: 2 あまい

If you put in a lot of sugar, the taste becomes あまい (sweet). からい means spicy or salty. つめたい (cold) has nothing to do with sugar, and わかい (young) is used for a person's age. The sentence means "I put in a lot of sugar, so this coffee is very sweet."

Lösung: 4 わたって

はしをわたる means "to cross a bridge." のる (get on) and すわる (sit) take the particle に, not を, and およぐ (swim) is something you do in water. The sentence means "Cross that bridge and turn right, please."

Lösung: 1 まい

Thin, flat things such as stamps and paper are counted with まい. ほん is for long, thin things like pens and umbrellas, さつ is for books and notebooks, and だい is for cars and machines. The sentence means "Excuse me, five 80-yen stamps, please."

Lösung: 3 ゆっくり

The speaker does not understand Japanese well yet, so they ask the other person to speak ゆっくり (slowly). まっすぐ means "straight" (for directions), ちょうど means "exactly," and だんだん means "gradually." The sentence means "I don't understand Japanese well yet. Please speak a little more slowly."

Lösung: 2 きょうの あさ こうえんを さんぽしました。

けさ means きょうのあさ (this morning). きのうのよる is ゆうべ (last night), and きょうのよる is こんばん (tonight). きのうのあさ is yesterday morning, a different day. The sentence means "I took a walk in the park this morning."

Lösung: 4 この みせの りょうりは おいしくないです。

まずい means おいしくない (not tasty); it is the opposite of おいしい. やすくない (not cheap) is about price, and からい (spicy) is a kind of taste, so they have different meanings. The sentence means "The food at this restaurant tastes bad."

Lösung: 3 ここは ごはんを たべる ところです。

A しょくどう (dining hall, cafeteria) is a place where people eat meals. A place to borrow books is a としょかん (library), a place to buy medicine is a くすりや (pharmacy), and a place to watch movies is an えいがかん (movie theater). The sentence means "This is a cafeteria."

Lösung: 2 で

"I read a book in my room every night." The place where an action happens takes で. に marks where someone or something exists (へやに います), and へ marks a direction, so they do not fit with 読みます. を cannot be used here because 本を is already the object.

Lösung: 4 に

"I get up at 7 o'clock every morning." A clock time such as 7時 takes に to show when something happens. を, が and で cannot mark the time of an action.

Lösung: 3 と

"On Sunday I will go to the department store together with my friend." The person you do something with takes と, and と いっしょに means "together with". を, へ and に cannot come before いっしょに in this meaning.

Lösung: 1 も

"Lin is a student. I am a student, too." も means "also" and is used when the same thing is true of another person. を, に and へ cannot mark the topic of a sentence that ends with です.

Lösung: 3 どこ

A: "Excuse me, where is the post office?" B: "It is next to that bank." B answers with a place, so A must be asking about a place with どこ. いつ asks about time, だれ about a person, and いくら about a price.

Lösung: 2 見ませんか

A: "Would you like to see a movie together tomorrow?" B: "Sounds good. Let's see one." ～ませんか is used to invite someone. 見ました and 見ませんでした are past forms, and 見て います describes what is happening now, so they do not fit with あした.

Lösung: 4 さむくないです

"It is not very cold today." To make an い-adjective negative, change the final い to く and add ないです: さむい becomes さむくないです. あまり is used with a negative form. では ありません is the negative for nouns and な-adjectives, not for い-adjectives.

Lösung: 1 書いて

"Excuse me, please write your name here." To ask someone to do something, use the て-form + ください. The て-form of 書きます is 書いて. 書く, 書き and 書いた cannot be followed by ください.

Lösung: 2 から

"This room is hot, so let's open the window." から after a sentence gives a reason: the room is hot, and that is why we open the window. まで, より and だけ cannot follow あついです to give a reason.

Lösung: 3 本は

The correct order is 4→1→3→2: つくえの 上の 本は だれの ですか。 ("Whose is the book on the desk?") つくえの 上の 本 means "the book on the desk" (place + の + thing). The star is 本は.

Lösung: 1 2まい

The correct order is 3→4→1→2: この 白い ハンカチを 2まい ください。 ("Two of these white handkerchiefs, please.") The number comes after the thing + を and before ください. The star is 2まい.

Lösung: 4 で

The correct order is 3→2→4→1: くだものの 中で 何が いちばん すきですか。 ("Among fruits, what do you like best?") ～の 中で ～が いちばん … is used to say which one is the most in a group. The star is で.

Lösung: 2 テレビ

The correct order is 3→1→2→4: わたしは まいばん うちへ かえって、おふろに 入って テレビを 見ます。 ("Every night I go home, take a bath, and watch TV.") て-forms are linked to list actions in order. おふろ takes に with 入る, and テレビ takes を with 見る. The star is テレビ.

Lösung: 1 に

"My father, mother and older sister now live in my country." The place where someone lives takes に with すんで います. で marks the place of an action such as eating or studying, and it is not used with すみます. を and へ do not fit either.

Lösung: 3 そして

"She is a very kind person. And she is also good at cooking." The second sentence adds another good point, so そして (and) fits. でも (but) shows contrast, だから (so) shows a result, and では (well then) changes the topic.

Lösung: 4 べんきょうして います

"She is studying English at university now." ～て います describes something that is going on now, which fits 今. べんきょうしました is past. ～ませんか is an invitation and ～て ください is a request, so they do not describe what the sister does.

Lösung: 2 会いたいです

"Next summer vacation I want to go back to my country and see my family." The writer feels lonely and is talking about a wish for the future, so ～たいです (want to) fits. 会いました is past, 会って います is about now, and 会って ください is a request to another person.

Lösung: 3 おべんとうを 食べて、さんぽを しました。

The text says they ate a boxed lunch under a tree and took a walk in the park. The writer wanted to play tennis but could not, because there were many people. They drank coffee after leaving the park, at a coffee shop in front of the station.

Lösung: 1 えんぴつと けしゴム

The note says "Please bring a pencil and an eraser." It also says that a dictionary and a ballpoint pen are not needed. The sweets will be brought by the writer of the note, the teacher Nakayama, so the students do not bring them.

Lösung: 2 おべんとうを 食べて、しゃしんを とりました。

The third paragraph says that on top of the mountain they all ate their boxed lunches and then took many photos. The shop on the mountain was closed that Sunday, so the writer did not eat curry or go into the shop.

Lösung: 4 山の 上の 店の カレーを 食べたいから

The last paragraph says, "I want to eat that curry, so next time I want to go again on a Saturday." "That curry" is the famous curry of the shop on the mountain, which was closed on Sunday. The view, the boxed lunch and the photos are not given as reasons for going again.

Lösung: 3 水よう日

Eggs are cheap on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Monday and Friday the sale is only from 10 a.m. to 12 noon, when Ali is still at school. On Wednesday the sale is from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., so Ali can go after school. On Tuesday the cheap item is milk, not eggs.