N1 Vocabulary · Test 138
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1.重い地位につくほどストレスも増える。
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Answer: 3. 私に与えられた任務は非常に重かった。
In the stem, 重い(おもい)is used figuratively to mean 'heavy with responsibility / weighty / important.' 重い地位 = 'an important (heavy-responsibility) position.' Option 3 uses the same figurative meaning: 私に与えられた任務は非常に重かった = 'The task assigned to me was very heavy (with responsibility).' This matches the stem's usage.
- 重い — heavy (physical); serious/severe; weighty/important (responsibility)
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2.今日のスピーチはあまり受けなかったなあ。
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Answer: 1. 彼は大衆に受けている。
In the stem, 受ける(うける)means 'to be well-received / to go over well (with an audience).' 今日のスピーチはあまり受けなかった = 'Today's speech didn't go over very well.' Option 1 uses the same meaning: 彼は大衆に受けている = 'He is well-received by / popular with the general public.' Both use 受ける in the sense of gaining favor or popularity.
- 受ける — to receive; to undergo; to be well-received/popular; to respond to
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3.冷蔵庫にあるもので適当に料理を作ったら、意外とおいしかった。
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Answer: 4. 彼女はいつも適当なことを言うから、あまり信じない方がいい。
In the stem, 適当(てきとう)に means 'without much care / half-heartedly / just somehow' — making a dish casually with whatever was in the fridge, without careful planning. Option 4 uses the same nuance: 彼女はいつも適当なことを言う = 'She always says things carelessly / without thinking much.' Both use 適当 in the sense of 'not taking things seriously / doing things half-heartedly.'
- 適当 — suitable/appropriate; also: careless/half-hearted/not serious (colloquial)
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4.いたずらが過ぎて怒られてしまった。
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Answer: 1. 昨日はちょうっと言葉が過ぎたようで反省している。
In the stem, 過ぎて(すぎて)means 'went too far / exceeded the limit.' いたずらが過ぎて = 'the pranks went too far.' Option 1 uses the same meaning: 言葉が過ぎた = 'my words went too far (were excessive).' Both use 過ぎる in the sense of exceeding acceptable bounds.
- 過ぎる — to pass (time/place); to exceed/go too far; to be excessive
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5.主役が登場すると、観客がわいた。
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Answer: 2. そのニュ-スで、国中がわいている。
In the stem, わいた(沸いた/湧いた)means 'seethed / erupted / became excited.' 観客がわいた = 'the audience erupted (with excitement).' Option 2 uses the same meaning: 国中がわいている = 'the whole country is buzzing/seething (with excitement).' Both use わく in the sense of a crowd or group becoming excited or agitated.
- 沸く/湧く(わく) — to boil; to bubble up; to spring up (emotions); to seethe/become excited (crowd)
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6.足……事故で電車が止まったので、家に帰る足がなくなってしまった。
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Answer: 3. 少々足の便が悪いですが、静かで良いホテルです。
In the stem, 足(あし)means 'means of transportation / way to get somewhere.' The sentence says 'Because the trains stopped due to an accident, I lost my way (足) to get home.' Option 3, 足の便が悪い(あしのびんがわるい), means 'transportation access is inconvenient' — here 足 also refers to means of transportation, matching the stem usage.
- 足 — means of transportation, way to get somewhere (in this usage)
- 足をのばす — to extend one's trip, go a bit farther
- 足の便が悪い(あしのびんがわるい) — transportation access is inconvenient
- 足が出る(あしがでる) — expenses exceed the budget; to end up paying out of pocket
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7.遠い……政治は庶民にとって遠い存在であってはいけない。
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Answer: 4. 親しかった友人でも、長く会わずにいると、遠く感じるようになるものだ。
In the stem, 遠い(とおい)is used in a psychological/emotional sense: 'Politics must not be a 遠い (distant/remote/disconnected) presence for ordinary citizens.' It describes emotional or relational distance — feeling far from someone. Option 4, 遠く感じるようになる, means 'even close friends, when you haven't seen them for a long time, start to feel 遠く (distant)' — the same psychological/emotional sense of distance between people.
- 遠い — far, distant (physically, temporally, psychologically, or sensorially)
- 耳が遠い(みみがとおい) — hard of hearing
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8.ふさがる……今、手がふさがっているので、ちょっと電話に出てくれ。
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Answer: 2. 金曜日は会議室はすべてふさがっています。
In the stem, 手がふさがっている(てがふさがっている)means 'my hands are occupied/busy (so I can't answer the phone).' Here ふさがる means 'occupied/unavailable.' Option 2, 会議室はすべてふさがっている, means 'all the meeting rooms are occupied/booked' — the same sense of 'occupied/unavailable.'
- ふさがる — to be occupied, blocked, closed, or filled (various senses)
- 手がふさがる — one's hands are occupied/busy
- 開いた口がふさがらない(あいたくちがふさがらない) — to be so astonished/speechless one cannot close one's mouth
- 胸がふさがる — to feel one's chest tighten with emotion
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9.勘定……この店の勘定なら、さっき小林さんがすませましたよ。
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Answer: 1. お勘定したいんですけど、カードでもいいですか、現金でないとだめですか。
In the stem, 勘定(かんじょう)means 'the bill/check (at a restaurant or shop).' The sentence says 'If it's the bill for this shop, Kobayashi already settled it earlier.' Option 1, お勘定したいんですけど, means 'I'd like to pay the bill' — the same usage of 勘定 as 'bill/payment at an establishment.'
- 勘定 — bill/check (at a shop); calculation; counting; consideration
- 勘定に入れる(かんじょうにいれる) — to take into account/consideration
- 勘定が合う(かんじょうがあう) — the calculation adds up / figures match
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10.流れる……結局、その計画は流れてしまった。
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Answer: 1. 雨で連動会が流れたそうだ。
In the stem, 流れてしまった(ながれてしまった)means 'the plan was canceled/fell through.' Here 流れる is used metaphorically to mean 'to be called off/canceled.' Option 1, 連動会が流れた, means 'the sports day was canceled' — the same usage of 流れる as 'to be canceled.' (Note: 連動会 is a transcription error for 運動会; see issues.)
- 流れる — to flow; to be canceled/called off; (of time) to pass; to drift; to run through
- 運動会 — sports day, field day (note: transcribed as 連動会 in the question)
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