N1 Grammar · Test 37

つくづく means 'deeply, thoroughly,' expressing a strong feeling that comes from repeated experience. After many fruitless meetings, the speaker has become thoroughly sick of it: つくづくいやになった.

• 2わざわざ means 'going out of one's way, deliberately.' It makes no sense with いやになった.
• 3ぞくぞくと means shivering (with cold or fear) or 'one after another.' It does not describe emotional weariness.
• 4くれぐれも means 'earnestly, by all means,' used in requests/wishes (e.g., くれぐれもよろしく). It does not modify いやになった.

• つくづく — deeply, thoroughly (feeling something strongly)
• わざわざ — deliberately, going out of one's way
• ぞくぞく(と) — shivering; one after another
• くれぐれも — earnestly, by all means (in requests)

まいた is 蒔いた (past tense of 蒔く 'to sow/plant seeds'). 畑に蒔いたコムギが芽を出した means 'the wheat sown in the field sprouted.' This is the correct verb for planting seeds in a field.

• 1ました (増した) is the past of 増す 'to increase.' 畑に増したコムギ is not a natural expression; wheat does not 'increase in a field' as a transitive action.
• 2まった (待った) is the past of 待つ 'to wait.' 畑に待ったコムギ is nonsensical.
• 4まげた (曲げた) is the past of 曲げる 'to bend.' 畑に曲げたコムギ does not fit the context of sowing and sprouting.

• 蒔まく — to sow (seeds)
• 増ます — to increase
• 待まつ — to wait
• 曲まげる — to bend

ふさわしい (相応しい) means 'suitable, appropriate, fitting.' その場にふさわしい服装 means 'attire appropriate to the occasion.' At official/formal events, clothing that suits the setting is required.

• 1みぐるしい (見苦しい) means 'unsightly, shabby, embarrassing to look at.' This is the opposite of what is required at a formal event.
• 2めざましい (目覚ましい) means 'remarkable, striking, astounding,' used for achievements or progress (e.g., 目覚ましい成長). It does not describe clothing.
• 3たくましい (逞しい) means 'strong, robust, tough,' describing a person's build or spirit. It is not used for attire.

• 相応ふさわしい — suitable, appropriate, fitting
• 見苦みぐるしい — unsightly, shabby
• 目覚めざましい — remarkable, striking
• 逞たくましい — strong, robust

むなしく (空しく) means 'in vain' or 'futilely.' The sentence says 'No matter how hard I try, I can't get results, so it has become futile.' むなしくなってきた captures the feeling of effort yielding nothing — emptiness and futility. This is the only option that conveys the emotional tone of discouraged effort.

• 1とうとく (尊く) means 'precious' or 'noble.' It is a positive evaluation and does not fit a context of frustration over lack of results.
• 3ひさしく (久しく) means 'for a long time.' While it can work with time expressions, it does not collocate naturally with なってきた here and does not convey the emotional nuance needed.
• 4たやすく (容易く) means 'easily.' This contradicts the sentence's meaning — the speaker is struggling, not finding things easy.

• むなしく — in vain, futilely (from 空しい)
• とうとく — precious, noble (尊い)
• ひさしく — for a long time (久しい)
• たやすく — easily (容易い)

没収 (ぼっしゅう) means 'confiscation.' At an airport, items purchased overseas can be confiscated (没収される). This is the standard legal/customs term for seizing goods, making it the correct choice.

• 1収集 (しゅうしゅう) means 'collection' (e.g., collecting data or items). Airport staff do not 'collect' your purchases in this sense.
• 2収容 (しゅうよう) means 'accommodating' or 'housing' (e.g., taking people into a facility). It does not apply to seizing goods.
• 3徴収 (ちょうしゅう) means 'collection' of taxes, fees, or duties. While customs duties exist, the sentence describes items being taken/confiscated, not a fee being collected.

• 没収ぼっしゅう — confiscation, seizure
• 収集しゅうしゅう — collection (of items/data)
• 収容しゅうよう — accommodation, housing (people)
• 徴収ちょうしゅう — collection (of taxes/fees)

浪費 (waste, wasteful spending) is correct. 'Wasting precious time on meaningless meetings is foolish.' 浪費する means to waste (time, money, resources), which fits perfectly with 大切な時間を.

• 2経費 (expenses, operating costs) is a noun referring to business expenses. It does not mean 'waste' and cannot be used as 浪費する in this sentence.
• 3出費 (out-of-pocket expenses, personal spending) refers to money spent, not wasted time.
• 4実費 (actual cost, cost price) refers to the real cost of something. It is unrelated to wasting time.

• 浪費ろうひ — waste, wasteful use (of money, time, resources)
• 経費けいひ — expenses, operating costs
• 出費しゅっぴ — out-of-pocket expenses, personal expenditure
• 実費じっぴ — actual cost, cost price

こだわって (to be particular about, to obsess over) is correct. 'If you keep obsessing over trivial things, there will be no progress.' こだわる means to fixate on or be overly particular about something, which fits 細かいことに perfectly.

• 1こじれて (to become complicated/entangled) — こじれる means a situation becomes unnecessarily complicated. While you could say a relationship こじれる, 細かいことにこじれる is not a natural collocation.
• 3ことなって (to differ) — ことなる means 'to be different.' 細かいことにことなって is grammatically and semantically unnatural here.
• 4こぼれて (to spill, to fall out) — こぼれる means liquid or small objects spill out. It does not fit the context of fixating on details.

• こだわる — to be particular about, to obsess over, to fixate on
• こじれる — to become complicated, to get entangled (e.g., a relationship)
• ことなる — to differ, to be different
• こぼれる — to spill, to fall out

とぼしい (lacking, deficient, scarce) is correct. 'He has ability, but because he still lacks experience, things often don't go well.' とぼしい means insufficient or lacking, and pairs naturally with 経験が.

• 1いやしい (卑しい) means greedy/lowly/vulgar. It describes someone's character or desires, not a lack of experience.
• 3あさましい (浅ましい) means wretched, despicable, or shocking. It describes shameful behavior, not a deficiency of experience.
• 4たくましい (逞しい) means robust, strong, tough. It is a positive adjective and does not mean 'lacking.'

• とぼしい — lacking, deficient, scarce (used for experience,才能, etc.)
• いやしい（いやしい（卑しい）） — greedy, lowly, vulgar
• あさましい（あさましい（浅ましい）） — wretched, despicable, shocking
• たくましい（たくましい（逞しい）） — robust, strong, tough

The correct answer is 1. The phrase 鼻を突く（はなをつく）means 'to strike one's nose,' used when a strong smell hits you suddenly. The past tense is ついた. The sentence means 'A smell like burning tires struck my nose.'

• 2おった is the past tense of 負う（おう）, meaning 'to bear, to suffer.' 鼻を負う is not an established expression and does not fit the context of a smell hitting the nose.
• 3かんだ is the past tense of 噛む（かむ）, meaning 'to bite.' 鼻を噛む ('to bite a nose') makes no sense in this context.
• 4まげた is the past tense of 曲げる（まげる）, meaning 'to bend.' 鼻を曲げる is not a relevant idiom here.

• 鼻を突く（はなをつく） — (of a smell) to strike one's nose, to hit one's nose

The correct answer is 4. せつない（切ない）means 'painfully sad, heartrending, agonizing.' It perfectly describes the deep grief of parents who have lost a child. The sentence means 'This poem expresses the heartrending feelings of parents who lost a child.'

• 1そっけない（素っ気ない）means 'cold, indifferent, curt.' This describes someone's attitude or response being unfriendly, not deep grief.
• 2つれない（冷れない）means 'cold, unfriendly, aloof.' Like option 1, this describes interpersonal coldness, not sorrow.
• 3あっけない（呆気ない）means 'too simple, anticlimactic, disappointing (in its brevity).' This is used for events that end too quickly (e.g., a short game), not for emotional pain.

• 切せつない — painfully sad, heartrending, agonizing
• 素っ気ない（そっけない） — cold, indifferent, curt
• 冷つれない — cold, unfriendly, aloof
• 呆気あっけない — too simple, anticlimactic