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Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, on N4 kanji readings and spellings, vocabulary in context, grammar forms, sentence building and short reading passages.

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Practice deck · part of JLPT N4 · written against: Kanji, vocabulary and grammar commonly listed for N4 (no official list since 2010). Updated 2026-10-10.

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  1. めがねを わすれたので、ちいさい じが（　　）。
    Which option best fills the blank?

    A) よめません
    B) よもうと しません
    C) よまれません
    D) よませません
    A) よめません

    The potential form of よむ is よめる, and its object takes が: ちいさい じが よめません — I can't read the small print. よまれません is the passive and よませません the causative, and neither fits a sentence about my own ability.
    Potential & Volitional
  2. わたしの たんじょうびに、あねが わたしに セーターを（　　）。
    Which option best fills the blank?

    A) もらいました
    B) あげました
    C) さしあげました
    D) くれました
    D) くれました

    When someone gives something to me, the verb is くれる: あねが わたしに セーターを くれました — my older sister gave me a sweater. あげる gives outward from the speaker, and もらう would need me as the subject (あねに もらいました).
    Giving · Honorific & Humble
  3. あにに おしえて もらって、ギターが すこし（　　）ように なりました。
    Which option best fills the blank?

    A) ひけて
    B) ひいた
    C) ひこう
    D) ひける
    D) ひける

    Potential form + ように なる describes a gradual change in ability: ギターが ひける ように なりました — my older brother taught me, and I've become able to play the guitar a little. ように follows the dictionary-style form, not the て-form, volitional or past.
    Decisions & Obligation
  4. 【去年】 の ふゆに かった コートが、もう ちいさく なりました。
    How is the word in bold read?

    A) きょうねん
    B) きょねん
    C) さねん
    D) こねん
    B) きょねん

    去年 is read きょねん — last year: the coat I bought last winter has already got too small. The vowel in きょ is short; きょう would be a different word, and さねん and こねん are not readings of 去年.
    Plans & Time
  5. ちちは 【運転】 が すきで、よく うみまで つれて いって くれます。
    How is the word in bold read?

    A) うてん
    B) うんでん
    C) うんてい
    D) うんてん
    D) うんてん

    運転 is read うんてん — driving: my father loves driving and often takes us to the seaside. 転 keeps its unvoiced reading てん in this word; うてん, うんでん and うんてい are not readings of 運転.
    Movement & Travel
  6. バスが（　　）こないので、タクシーで いきました。
    Which option best fills the blank?

    A) なかなか
    B) かならず
    C) ぜひ
    D) やっと
    A) なかなか

    なかなか with a negative means not easily / just won't: バスが なかなか こない — the bus just wouldn't come, so I took a taxi. やっと (at last) goes with something that finally happens, not with a negative.
    Adverbs

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  • Grammar checked against Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese Grammar (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) and Kotobank (デジタル大辞泉, 精選版 日本国語大辞典); kanji readings against the jōyō kanji table (Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan, 2010) and KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0); vocabulary against JMdict (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Reference only, no text copied.
  • Kanji, vocabulary and grammar follow the sets commonly listed for JLPT N4 (no official list exists since 2010).

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