N1 Vocabulary · Test 44

巡る is read めぐる (meguru), meaning 'to go around' or 'to tour/visit various places'. In the ます-stem form it is 巡り (めぐり). The sentence means 'I toured famous spots in Tokyo with a friend and fully enjoyed the trip.' Option 3 is correct.

• 1さぐり is the stem of 探る (さぐる), 'to search/probe' — wrong meaning.
• 2たどり is the stem of 辿る (たどる), 'to trace/follow (a path)' — plausible but not the reading of 巡る.
• 4ねばり is the stem of 粘る (ねばる), 'to persevere/be tenacious' — unrelated.

• 巡めぐる — to go around, to tour (various places)
• 名所めいしょ — famous place, notable spot
• 満喫まんきつ — fully enjoying, savoring

いとも (甚も) is an adverb meaning 'very / extremely,' used before adjectives/adverbs for emphasis. 'いとも簡単に入手できる' = 'can obtain extremely easily.' With the Internet, various information can be obtained very easily — this fits perfectly.

• 1あえて (敢えて) means 'dare to / deliberately / going out of one's way'; it implies doing something unnecessary or bold, which contradicts '簡単に' here.
• 2いっそ (寧ろ) means 'rather / instead (I'd prefer)'; it suggests choosing one alternative over another and does not modify '簡単に'.
• 3せめて (せめて) means 'at least'; 'せめて簡単に' is contradictory — 'at least easily' does not make sense in this context.

• いとも — very, extremely (used for emphasis before adjectives)
• あえて — dare to, deliberately, going out of one's way
• いっそ — rather, instead
• せめて — at least
• 入手にゅうしゅ — obtaining, getting hold of

「まちまち」 means varying, inconsistent, or differing from one another. The sentence states that the stones on the riverbed varied in shape and size, to the point that no two looked the same (「同じものが一つもない」). Therefore, 「まちまち」 fits perfectly into the blank.

• 1「ごろごろ」 means scattered everywhere (like large stones) or rolling heavily. While it is often used with stones (e.g., 石がごろごろしている), it does not describe the variation in their shape and size, making it incorrect in this context.
• 3「ぐらぐら」 means wobbly, unsteady, or shaking. It describes something that is unstable (e.g., a loose tooth or a wobbly table), not the varying shapes and sizes of stones.
• 4「ぬるぬる」 means slimy or slippery. It describes a wet, slippery texture (e.g., mud or a slug), which does not fit the context of stones having different shapes and sizes.

• まちまち — varying, inconsistent, differing from one another
• ごろごろ — scattered everywhere (of large objects); rolling heavily
• ぐらぐら — wobbly, unsteady, shaking
• ぬるぬる — slimy, slippery
• 河原かわら — riverbed, dry riverbed