N1 Vocabulary · Test 19

躍進 is read やくしん. 躍(やく) means 'leap/jump' and 進(しん) means 'advance/progress.' Together, 躍進 means a rapid advance or remarkable progress. In the sentence, 若手の躍進が目立った means 'the remarkable progress of the young players stood out.'

• 2ようしん is an incorrect reading. There is no common word read ようしん that fits this context; it likely plays on confusing 躍 with a similar-looking kanji.
• 3たくしん is an incorrect reading, possibly confusing 躍 with 卓(たく) or similar kanji.
• 4とうしん is an incorrect reading, possibly confusing 躍 with 登(とう) or similar kanji.

• 躍進やくしん — remarkable progress, rapid advance, leap forward
• 若手わかて — young (players/workers), younger generation
• 目立めだつ — to stand out, to be noticeable

遂行 is read すいこう. 遂(すい) means 'to accomplish/carry out' and 行(こう) means 'to execute/do.' Together, 遂行 means carrying out or executing a task/plan. The sentence means 'It is important to properly carry out the plan.'

• 1しっこう is the reading of 執行 (execution/enforcement, e.g., of a law or sentence), not 遂行. This is a deliberate near-homophone trap.
• 3すいぎょう is an incorrect reading, using the wrong on'yomi for 行 (ぎょう instead of こう).
• 4しつぎょう is the reading of 失業 (unemployment), a completely different word using lookalike kanji.

• 遂行すいこう — carrying out, executing, accomplishing (a task/plan)
• 執行しっこう — execution, enforcement (of a law/sentence)
• 失業しつぎょう — unemployment

凝縮 is read ぎゅうしゅく. 凝(ぎょう) means 'to congeal/condense' and 縮(しゅく) means 'to shrink/condense.' Together, 凝縮 means condensation — concentrating something into a compact form. The sentence means 'The author's thoughts are condensed into this single phrase.'

• 1のしゅく is an incorrect reading; no such word exists.
• 2うしゅく is an incorrect reading; no such word exists.
• 3ぎしゅく is an incorrect reading, possibly a trap using a shortened form of the correct ぎゅうしゅく.

• 凝縮ぎゅうしゅく — condensation, concentrating/compressing into a compact form
• 一言ひとこと — a single word/phrase

健やか is read すこやか. It means 'healthy/healthy and sound.' The sentence means 'Every parent wishes for their child to grow up healthy.'

• 1しとやか (淑やか) means 'graceful/refined/modest' (usually about a woman's demeanor), not 'healthy.'
• 2おだやか (穏やか) means 'calm/gentle/mild,' not 'healthy.'
• 4さわやか (爽やか) means 'refreshing/clear/cool,' not 'healthy.'

• 健すこやか — healthy, sound, in good health
• 淑しとやか — graceful, refined, modest
• 穏おだやか — calm, gentle, mild
• 爽さわやか — refreshing, clear, brisk

中枢 is read ちゅうすう. 中(ちゅう) means 'center/middle' and 枢(すう) means 'pivot/hub.' Together, 中枢 means 'center/core/hub' — the central, most important part of an organization or system. The sentence means 'This center bears the core of Japan's cancer research.'

• 1ちゅうかく is an incorrect reading, possibly confusing 枢 with 核(かく) as in 中核(ちゅうかく, 'core/center'), a near-synonym.
• 4ちゅうきゃく is an incorrect reading, using a wrong on'yomi for 枢.

• 中枢ちゅうすう — center, core, hub, central pivot
• 中核ちゅうかく — core, nucleus, central pillar
• 担になう — to bear (a role), to shoulder, to take on

概略 is read がいりゃく, meaning 'outline' or 'summary'. The sentence means 'I will now explain the outline.' The kanji 概(がい) appears in 概念(がいねん) and 概要(がいよう); 略(りゃく) appears in 省略(しょうりゃく).

• 1がいかく is a misreading that confuses 略 with 格(かく), as in 規格(きかく)/資格(しかく).
• 2きかく swaps the first kanji's reading to き (as in 気(き)) and misreads 略 as かく; 企画(きかく) is a real word but unrelated.
• 4きりゃく keeps the wrong き reading for 概; no such word.

• 概略がいりゃく — outline, summary, gist

臨む(のぞむ) means 'to face/deal with (a situation)' or 'to attend (an event)'. In the volitional form 臨みたい it means 'I want to face/approach (the interview) well-prepared.' The sentence means 'I want to be well prepared and face the interview.'

• 1からみたい is not a real verb; it resembles 辛い(からい) or 空く(あく) but is invalid here.
• 2いどみたい comes from 企む(たくらむ) or is confused with 挑む(いどむ); 挑む means 'to challenge' and would be いどみたい, but the kanji 臨 is not read いどむ.
• 3はげみたい is not a real reading; it may resemble 劇(げき) or 激(げき) but is invalid.

• 臨のぞむ — to face (a situation), to deal with, to attend

督促 is read とくそく, meaning 'a demand/urging for payment or action'. The sentence means 'Yesterday, I got a call urging (payment/etc.).' 督 is read とく (as in 督促(とくそく), 監督(かんとく)); 促 is read そく (as in 促進(そくしん)).

• 1さいそく misreads 督 as さい; this is a common false reading.
• 3さいぞく misreads 督 as さい and voices 促 to ぞく incorrectly.
• 4とくぞく keeps the correct とく for 督 but voices 促 to ぞく incorrectly; rendaku does not apply here.

• 督促とくそく — demand, urging (for payment/action)

漂う(ただよう) means 'to drift (in the air/water), to hang/float'. 漂い is the stem form. The sentence means 'Spring came, and the scent of flowers began to drift around.'

• 1さまよい comes from 彷徨う(さまよう), 'to wander', which is semantically wrong for a scent.
• 2うるおい comes from 潤う(うるおう), 'to be moistened', unrelated to scent drifting.
• 4におい is the noun 匂い/臭い, 'smell', not the verb form needed before はじめた.

• 漂ただよう — to drift (in air/water), to float, to hang (in the air)

厳正 is read げんせい, meaning 'strict and fair/impartial'. The sentence means 'The submitted works were judged strictly and fairly.' 厳 is read げん (on'yomi, as in 厳格(げんかく)); 正 is read せい (as in 正式(せいしき)).

• 2げんしょう misreads 正 as しょう (as in 証(しょう)), confusing with kanji like 証明(しょうめい).
• 3がんせい misreads 厳 as がん (a possible reading in 厳然(げんぜん) contexts but not here); 厳正 is げんせい.
• 4がんしょう combines both wrong readings がん and しょう.

• 厳正げんせい — strict and fair, impartial, rigorous