JLPT N5 Mock Test 4

Sagot: 3 ひがし

東 is read ひがし (east). にし is 西 (west), みなみ is 南 (south), and きた is 北 (north). The sentence means "There is a big park to the east of the school."

Sagot: 1 まいつき

毎月 is read まいつき (every month). 月 is read がつ in month names such as 一月, but in 毎月 it is つき, and it does not change to づき. The sentence means "I read three books every month."

Sagot: 4 はつか

The date 二十日 (the 20th) has the special reading はつか. ようか is 八日 (the 8th), and はたち means twenty years old. にじゅうか is not a real reading. The sentence means "My birthday is March 20th."

Sagot: 2 すくない

少ない is read すくない (few, not many). Because 少し is read すこし, learners often choose すこない by mistake. The sentence means "This shop has few days off."

Sagot: 3 なまえ

名前 is read なまえ (name): 名 is な and 前 is まえ. 名 can also be read めい in other words, but not in 名前. The sentence means "What is this cat's name?"

Sagot: 1 いれます

In を 入れます, 入れます is read いれます (to put something in). The same kanji is used in 入ります (はいります, to enter), so be careful with the reading. The sentence means "I put the milk in the refrigerator."

Sagot: 2 はんぶん

半分 is read はんぶん (half). 分 is ふん or ぷん when counting minutes, but in 半分 it is ぶん. 半 is はん, not ほん. The sentence means "I ate half of the apple."

Sagot: 4 エレベーター

えれべーたー is written エレベーター (elevator) in katakana. タ and ク, レ and ル, and ベ and ペ look alike, so check each letter carefully. The sentence means "I go to the fifth floor by elevator."

Sagot: 2 白い

しろい (white) is written 白い. 百 (hundred), 日 (day, sun) and 自 (self) are different kanji that look similar. 白 is 日 with one short stroke on top. The sentence means "I bought a white shirt."

Sagot: 1 右

みぎ (right) is written 右. 左 is ひだり (left), 石 is いし (stone), and 名 is な (name). 右 has 口 at the bottom, while 左 has 工. The sentence means "Please turn right at the next corner."

Sagot: 3 書きます

かきます (to write) is written 書きます. 聞きます is read ききます (to listen). 読 is used in 読みます (to read) and 話 in 話します (to speak). The sentence means "I write kanji in my notebook."

Sagot: 4 電話

でんわ (telephone) is written 電話: 電 is でん and 話 is わ. 雷 is a different kanji meaning thunder, and 語 is read ご, as in 日本語. The sentence means "I called my teacher yesterday."

Sagot: 2 コピー

Making copies of a sheet of paper is コピーする. スポーツ (sports), シャワー (shower) and パーティー (party) are not things you do with paper. The sentence means "Please make three copies of this paper."

Sagot: 3 さいふ

A さいふ (wallet) is where you keep money. とけい is a watch or clock, めがね is glasses, and ぼうし is a hat, so you cannot take money out of them. The sentence means "I took money out of my wallet and bought a ticket."

Sagot: 1 じょうぶ

じょうぶ means strong and hard to break, so it fits a bag used for ten years. げんき is used for people or animals, not things. しずか (quiet) and にぎやか (lively) describe sounds or places. The sentence means "This bag is sturdy, and I have already used it for ten years."

Sagot: 4 ならって

ならう means to learn something from a teacher, so ピアノを ならって います is correct. あそぶ cannot take を with an instrument, うたう is used with songs, and およぐ means to swim. The sentence means "I take piano lessons every Saturday."

Sagot: 1 はい

Drinks in a cup or glass are counted with はい (二はい = two cups). まい counts flat things such as paper, さつ counts books, and だい counts cars and machines. The sentence means "I drank two cups of coffee this morning."

Sagot: 3 だんだん

だんだん means gradually, little by little, so it fits a change in the weather. あまり is used with a negative form. まっすぐ means straight ahead, and いろいろ means various. The sentence means "Spring came, and it gradually got warmer."

Sagot: 4 来年の つぎの 年に 日本へ 行きます。

さらいねん means the year after next, that is, the year after 来年 (next year). 1 means next year, 2 means the month after next, and 3 means the week after next. The sentence means "I will go to Japan the year after next."

Sagot: 2 マリアさんは リンさんから じしょを かりました。

A は B に かしました (A lent to B) means the same as B は A から かりました (B borrowed from A). The dictionary is Lin's and Maria uses it. In 1 and 3 the lender and borrower are reversed, and 4 means Lin received a dictionary. The sentence means "Lin lent Maria a dictionary."

Sagot: 3 あの 人は 母の あねです。

おば means aunt: a sister of your father or mother. So 母の あね (my mother's older sister) is correct. 1 is an uncle (おじ), 2 is a grandmother (そぼ), and 4 is your older sister's child. The sentence means "That person is my aunt."

Sagot: 2 しか

しか is always used with a negative verb and means "only, nothing more than." The sentence means "I only have 200 yen now, so I will not buy anything today." With だけ, the verb would be positive (200円だけ もって います). ごろ is for approximate time, and ずつ means "each," so they do not fit.

Sagot: 3 に

The pattern "period + に + number of times" shows how often something happens, as in 1週間に 2かい (twice a week) or 1日に 3かい (three times a day). The sentence means "I swim in the pool twice a week." を, が and へ cannot show frequency like this.

Sagot: 1 が

The two parts contrast (hard / interesting), so they are joined with が, which means "but." The sentence means "Studying kanji is hard, but it is very interesting." から gives a reason ("because it is hard"), which does not make sense here. と and か cannot connect the two parts in this way.

Sagot: 3 どのくらい

B answers with a length of time (about 30 minutes), so A must ask "how long": どのくらい かかりますか. A says, "How long does it take from your home to school, Lin?" いくつ asks about a number of things or age, どちら asks "which / which way," and どうして asks "why."

Sagot: 4 見たり

〜たり 〜たり します lists some actions as examples. Each verb takes the た-form plus り, so the sentence is テニスを したり、えいがを 見たり します: "On Sundays I do things like play tennis in the park and watch movies at home." 見て, 見る and 見た cannot come directly before します.

Sagot: 2 しなければ なりません

〜なければ なりません means "must / have to." The sentence means "I have a test tomorrow, so I have to study at home today." しなくても いいです means "do not have to," and しては いけません and しないで ください tell someone not to do it, so they do not match the reason.

Sagot: 1 ふる

The plain form comes before と おもいます (I think that ~), so the answer is ふる. The sentences mean "The sky is dark, isn't it? I think it will rain in the afternoon." The polite form ふります is not used before と おもいます, and ふって and ふり cannot be used there either.

Sagot: 3 きれいに

きれい is a な-adjective. To show a change, な-adjectives take に before なります: きれいに なりました. The sentence means "I cleaned the room, so it became very clean." The 〜く form is only for い-adjectives (さむく なります), so きれいく is wrong. きれいで and きれいだ cannot come before なります.

Sagot: 4 のぼった

The た-form + ことが あります shows experience: "have done ~ before." A asks, "Ali, have you ever climbed Mt. Fuji?" and B answers, "No, I haven't. But I want to climb it next year." のぼって, のぼります and のぼり cannot come before こと.

Sagot: 1 えいが

The correct order is 3→1→2→4: 先週 友だちと 見た えいが は とても おもしろかったです (The movie I watched with my friend last week was very interesting). 先週 友だちと 見た describes えいが. The star is in the second place, so the answer is えいが.

Sagot: 4 行かない

The correct order is 2→3→4→1: 田中さんは あしたの パーティー には 行かない と 言いました (Tanaka said that he would not go to tomorrow's party). The noun パーティー follows あしたの, and what someone said is shown by the plain form + と 言いました. The star is in the third place, so the answer is 行かない.

Sagot: 2 ぬがなくても

The correct order is 1→3→2→4: この へやでは くつ を ぬがなくても いい ですよ (You don't have to take off your shoes in this room). 〜なくても いいです means "do not have to do." The star is in the third place, so the answer is ぬがなくても.

Sagot: 1 食べた

The correct order is 4→3→1→2: わたしは いつも ばんごはん を 食べた あとで はを みがきます (I always brush my teeth after I eat dinner). The た-form + あとで means "after doing ~." The star is in the third place, so the answer is 食べた.

Sagot: 2 だから

Living near the mountain is the reason, and often going there is the result, so だから (so / therefore) is correct: "My home is near a mountain. So I often go to the mountain on my days off." でも and しかし mean "but," and では means "well then," so they do not fit.

Sagot: 4 見に

The ます-stem + に 行きます shows the purpose of going. 見ます becomes 見に, so the sentence is 花を 見に 行きました: "Last week I went to the mountain with my friend to see flowers." 見る, 見た and 見たい cannot be placed directly before 行きました.

Sagot: 3 その

The blank points back to the Japanese curry in the sentence before, and it comes before a noun, so その is correct: "That curry was not very spicy and was delicious." それ and あれ cannot be placed directly before a noun, and どの is a question word ("which").

Sagot: 1 言うでしょう

Maria's sister will come next week, so this is a guess about the future. きっと (surely) goes with 〜でしょう: "My sister will surely say it is delicious, too." 言いました and 言いませんでした are past forms. 言いたいです shows the speaker's own wish, so it cannot be used for the sister.

Sagot: 3 みなさんと 日本語で 話した こと

The letter says: いちばん うれしかったのは、毎ばん みなさんと 日本語で たくさん 話した ことです (What made me happiest was talking a lot with everyone in Japanese every evening). The food and the mountain are mentioned too, but でも (but) comes after them, so they are not the best thing. また 会いたいです is a wish; Lin has not met the family again yet.

Sagot: 4 あまり さむくなくて、雨が よく ふります。

The text says the writer's country also has winter, but it is not very cold (あまり さむくないです), it does not snow (ゆきも ふりません), and there are many rainy days (雨の 日が 多いです). Many rainy days means it rains often. Cold with snow describes winter in Japan, not the writer's country.

Sagot: 1 山下駅

After making a phone call, the station worker said 山下駅に ありますよ (It is at Yamashita Station). The train is where the writer left the umbrella. The station near the school is where the writer talked to the station worker, not where the umbrella was.

Sagot: 3 いろいろな 人と 日本語で 話したいと おもいました。

The last sentence says: これからは、いろいろな 人と 日本語で もっと 話したいと おもいました (From now on, I want to talk more with many people in Japanese). The idea that speaking Japanese is difficult is what the writer thought before talking. After talking, the writer found that their Japanese was fine. English is not mentioned in the text.

Sagot: 2 2かい目、2,200円

Maria has classes in the morning, so she cannot see the first showing (10:00 a.m.). She works from 4:00 p.m., so she cannot see the third showing (4:00 p.m.). She sees the second showing (1:30 to 3:20 p.m.). On Wednesdays a student pays 1,200 yen, and her 7-year-old sister pays the child price, 1,000 yen. The total is 2,200 yen. 2,500 yen is the price on other days.