N1 Vocabulary · Test 60

「襲う」は「おそう」と読みます。相手に攻撃を仕掛ける、突然攻める、という意味の動詞です。「怪獣が人を襲う」＝怪獣が人を攻撃する、となります。

• 1「うばう」は「奪う」の読み。意味は「力ずくで取り上げる」で、文脈に合いません。
• 3「くらう」は「食う」の読み。食べるという意味ですが、「襲う」の読みではありません。
• 4「さらう」は「攫う」の読み。意味は「連れ去る」で、文脈に合いません。

• 襲おそう — to attack, to assault, to make a sudden attack

架空 (かくう) means 'fictitious, imaginary, fabricated.' The sentence says 'A monster attacking people is an imaginary/fictitious story.' 架(か) + 空(くう) — here 空 is read with its on'yomi くう, giving かくう.

• 2かこう would correspond to a different reading of 空 (こう), but 架空 is not read this way. This is a deliberate distractor using a plausible alternative on'yomi.
• 3きょくう is a misreading that swaps the initial consonant cluster; no standard word reads this way.
• 4きょこう is another plausible-sounding distractor, but neither kanji in 架空 takes this reading.

• 架空かくう — fictitious, imaginary, fabricated

尽くして is read つくして, the te-form of 尽くす (つくす), meaning 'to exhaust, to devote entirely.' The phrase 全力を尽くして means 'giving it one's all / exerting one's full strength.'

• 1かくして (匿して/かくして) means 'to hide/conceal' — unrelated to 尽くす.
• 2たくして is not a valid reading of 尽くす; it is a lookalike distractor.
• 4なくして (なくして) means 'losing / without' (from なくす) — wrong verb and wrong meaning.

• 尽つくす — to exhaust, to devote entirely, to do one's utmost

自己 is read じこ (jiko), meaning 'oneself, self.' The phrase 自己の記録 means 'one's own record.'

• 1じき is not a reading of 自己; it may evoke 時期 (じき) or 直 (じき), but is wrong here.
• 2じぎ is a voiced-on distractor; 自己 does not undergo rendaku.
• 4じご is another near-miss distractor with a voiced ending; not a valid reading.

• 自己じこ — oneself, self

挑む is read いどむ, meaning 'to challenge, to confront, to defy.' 記録に挑む means 'to challenge (oneself to beat) a record.'

• 2つかむ (掴む) means 'to grab, to seize' — wrong meaning.
• 3はげむ (励む) means 'to make an effort, to strive' — semantically plausible but wrong reading/kanji.
• 4はばむ (阻む) means 'to obstruct, to block' — wrong meaning.

• 挑いどむ — to challenge, to confront, to defy

妥協 is read だきょう, meaning 'compromise.' The sentence says 自分に妥協せず ('without compromising with oneself'), describing a monk who persevered in training without cutting corners. Option 3 だきょう is correct. 妥 is read だ (as in 妥当 だとう) and 協 is read きょう (as in 協力 きょうりょく).

• 1じゃきょう uses an incorrect reading じゃ for 妥 — there is no such reading.
• 2じゅきょう uses じゅ for 妥, which is incorrect; this reading resembles 受講 (じゅこう), an unrelated word.
• 4どきょう uses ど for 妥, which is incorrect; this resembles 土強 or 同強, neither of which is a real word.

• 妥協だきょう — compromise
• 妥当だとう — appropriate, proper, reasonable
• 協力きょうりょく — cooperation, collaboration

辛抱 is read しんぼう, meaning patience, endurance. The phrase 辛抱強く (しんぼうづよく) means 'patiently, perseveringly.' The monk persevered in his training without compromising.

• 1じぽう — incorrect reading; there is no such word. The first kanji 辛 can be read しん (as in 辛苦 しんく), not じ.
• 2じぼう — incorrect reading; same issue as option 1, plus a voiced ぼう. This is a plausible distractor playing on the kanji 辛 but with wrong initial consonant.
• 3しんぽう — this would be the reading for 信望 (しんぽう, trust/admiration) or 進歩 (しんぽ, progress). The kanji 抱 is read ぼう here, not ぽう.

• 辛抱しんぼう — patience, endurance, perseverance
• 辛抱強しんぼうづよく — patiently, with perseverance
• 妥協だきょうせず — without compromising

修行 is read しゅぎょう, meaning ascetic practice, religious training, discipline. In context, the monk continued his 修行 (spiritual training) at various temples.

• 1しゅうきょう — this is the reading for 宗教 (しゅうきょう, religion). The kanji 修 is read しゅ (short vowel), not しゅう (long vowel).
• 3しゅうこう — no such word. Combines a long-vowel しゅう with こう, neither of which matches 修行.
• 4しゅこう — this would be the reading for 趣向 (しゅこう, taste/preference) or 主稿. The second kanji 行 can be read ぎょう (as in 行事 ぎょうじ), not こう in this compound.

• 修行しゅぎょう — ascetic practice, religious training, discipline
• 巡めぐりながら — while traveling around / visiting various places

澄み is read すみ, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative form) of the verb 澄む (すむ), meaning 'to be clear, transparent.' The mountain sky is clear, with not a single cloud blocking the light.

• 1かすみ — this is 霞み (かすみ), meaning haze/mist. The kanji 澄 has nothing to do with 霞.
• 2すずみ — this is 涼み (すずみ), meaning coolness/refreshment, from 涼む (すずむ). A plausible distractor since both relate to pleasant atmospheric conditions, but the kanji is 澄, not 涼.
• 4とみ — no relevant word. There is no reading と for 澄.

• 澄すむ — to be clear, transparent (of water, sky, etc.)
• 澄すみ — being clear (continuative form of 澄む)

遮る is read さえぎる, meaning 'to block, obstruct, screen.' In context, 'not a single cloud that blocks the light' — 光を遮る雲ひとつない.

• 2さまたげる — this is 妨げる (さまたげる), meaning 'to hinder, obstruct (progress, plans).' While similar in meaning, it is not the reading of 遮る, and it is used for abstract obstruction rather than physically blocking light.
• 3へだてる — this is 隔てる (へだてる), meaning 'to separate, put between.' Different kanji and nuance.
• 4やわらげる — this is 和らげる (やわらげる), meaning 'to soften, mitigate.' Unrelated to 遮る.

• 遮さえぎる — to block, obstruct, screen (physical blocking of light, view, etc.)
• 妨さまたげる — to hinder, obstruct (abstract, e.g. progress)
• 隔へだてる — to separate, put between