JLPT Context-based Vocabulary Selection 5

Question 1

彼は怒っているようで、______も言いませんでした。
(He seemed angry and did not say ______ either.)

Accepted Answer

何

Answer

何 (nani/nan) means 'anything/what,' used in 何も言わない to mean 'said nothing.'

Question 2

祖母は______の手術を受けるために入院しました。
(My grandmother was hospitalized to undergo ______ surgery.)

Accepted Answer

心臓

Answer

心臓 (shinzou) means 'heart,' the only option that can logically be operated on.

Question 3

子供のころ、私はよく川で______をしました。
(When I was a child, I often ______ in the river.)

Accepted Answer

水泳

Answer

水泳 (suiei) means 'swimming,' the activity most naturally done in a river.

Question 4

この映画のストーリーは______で、最後まで目が離せませんでした。
(The story of this movie was ______, and I couldn't take my eyes off it until the end.)

Accepted Answer

引き込まれる

Answer

引き込まれる (hikiko mareru) means 'captivating/engrossing,' matching the inability to look away.

Question 5

彼は______な性格で、どんな困難でもあきらめません。
(He has a ______ personality and never gives up no matter the difficulty.)

Accepted Answer

忍耐強い

Answer

忍耐強い (nintai dzuyoi) means 'patient/persevering,' fitting someone who never gives up.

JLPT - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Practice Test