企業 is read きぎょう, meaning 'enterprise / company / corporation.' The kanji 企 (き) means 'plan/undertake' and 業 (ぎょう) means 'business/work.' Together they form a standard jukugo with the reading きぎょう.
2しぎょう — There is no common reading しぎょう for 企業. The reading し does not apply to 企 in this compound.
3じぎょう — じぎょう is the reading for 事業 (じぎょう, 'project/business undertaking'), a lookalike word with a similar meaning, which is why it is a plausible distractor.
4りぎょう — No such reading exists for 企業. This is a fabricated distractor with no basis in standard Japanese.
企業 — enterprise, company, corporation
2.この企業では、既婚者は海外への赴任を拒否できる。
1かいこんしゃ
2がいこんしゃ
3きこんしゃ
4ぎこんしゃ
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Answer: 3. きこんしゃ
既婚者 is read きこんしゃ, meaning 'a married person.' 既 (き) = 'already,' 婚 (こん) = 'marriage,' 者 (しゃ) = 'person.' The word follows the standard on'yomi pattern きこん + しゃ.
1かいこんしゃ — This would imply a reading かい for 既, which does not exist. It may be confused with 開婚 or similar-sounding compounds, but no such word exists.
2がいこんしゃ — The reading がい for 既 is nonexistent. This is a fabricated distractor, possibly echoing the voiced pattern seen in words like 外 (がい).
4ぎこんしゃ — Rendaku (voicing) does not apply here; 既 is already read き and does not become ぎ in this compound. This distractor tests whether the learner incorrectly applies rendaku.
既婚者 — married person
3.この企業では、既婚者は海外への赴任を拒否できる。
1とじん
2とにん
3ふじん
4ふにん
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Answer: 4. ふにん
赴任 is read ふにん, meaning 'proceeding to one's post / taking up a new assignment.' 赴 (ふ) = 'proceed/go to,' 任 (にん) = 'duty/assignment.' Together: ふにん.
1とじん — Neither kanji has this reading in this compound. 赴 is not read と and 任 is not read じん here (though 任 can be にん, not じん).
2とにん — 赴 is not read と. This distractor may appeal to learners who confuse 赴 with a kanji read と.
3ふじん — ふじん is the reading for 夫人 (ふじん, 'Madam/wife') or 婦人 (ふじん, 'lady/woman'). The second kanji 任 is read にん, not じん, making this a lookalike-sound distractor.
赴任 — proceeding to one's post, taking up an assignment
4.この企業では、既婚者は海外への赴任を拒否できる。
1きょひ
2きょうひ
3きょふ
4きょうふ
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Answer: 1. きょひ
拒否 is read きょひ, meaning 'refusal / rejection.' 拒 (きょ) = 'refuse/reject,' 否 (ひ) = 'negate/deny.' The correct reading is きょひ.
2きょうひ — This inserts a long vowel (きょう instead of きょ), possibly confusing 拒 with a kanji read きょう (e.g., 京, 狂). The correct reading of 拒 is きょ, not きょう.
3きょふ — The second kanji 否 is read ひ, not ふ. This distractor swaps ひ→ふ, testing whether the learner confuses similar hiragana or misreads 否.
4きょうふ — きょうふ is the reading for 恐怖 (きょうふ, 'terror/fear'). Both the long vowel error (きょう) and the wrong second-character reading (ふ) are combined, making this a double distractor.
拒否 — refusal, rejection
5.欠陥品を販売していたメーカーに対し、厳しい措置がとられた。
1けってん
2けそん
3けっきん
4けっかん
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Answer: 4. けっかん
欠陥 is read けっかん, meaning 'defect / flaw.' 欠 (けつ) = 'lack/deficiency,' 陥 (かん) = 'fall/collapse.' Due to the つ-ending of 欠, the か of 陥 remains unvoiced: けっかん (not けっがん).
1けってん — けってん is the reading for 欠点 (けってん, 'shortcoming/defect'), a near-synonym. The second kanji 陥 is read かん, not てん, so this is a lookalike-word distractor.
2けそん — けそん is the reading for 欠損 (けっそん, 'loss/deficiency'), another related word. Note also that 欠損 is actually けっそん (with っ), so けそん is doubly wrong here.
3けっきん — けっきん is the reading for 欠勤 (けっきん, 'absence from work'). The second kanji 陥 is read かん, not きん, making this a plausible but incorrect distractor.
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