N1 Vocabulary · Test 68

不備 (ふび) means 'incompleteness / deficiency / flaw.' 書類に不備があった場合、申請は受理されません means 'If there are deficiencies in the documents, the application will not be accepted.' This is the standard administrative term for incomplete paperwork.

• 1不穏 (ふおん) means 'unsettled / tense / ominous' (e.g., 不穏な空気 'tense atmosphere'). It describes situations or moods, not documents.
• 2不当 (ふとう) means 'unjust / unreasonable' (e.g., 不当な扱い 'unfair treatment'). It describes actions or treatment, not the state of documents.
• 4不順 (ふじゅん) means 'irregular / abnormal' (e.g., 天候不順 'unseasonable weather'). It does not collocate with 書類.

• 不備ふび — incompleteness / deficiency / flaw
• 不穏ふおん — unsettled / tense / ominous
• 不当ふとう — unjust / unreasonable / unfair
• 不順ふじゅん — irregular / abnormal (weather, etc.)

修復 (しゅうふく) means 'restoration / repair' and is the standard term for restoring artworks, cultural artifacts, or buildings to their original condition. 絵画の修復が終わり means 'the restoration of the painting has been completed,' which fits perfectly with a 300-year-old painting being prepared for public display.

• 1回復 (かいふく) means 'recovery,' used for health, economic conditions, or strength (e.g., 体力が回復する). It is not used for repairing/restoring artworks.
• 3復旧 (ふっきゅう) means 'restoration to original state' but is used for infrastructure, facilities, or services (e.g., 電力が復旧する 'power is restored'). It is not used for artworks.
• 4復興 (ふっこう) means 'reconstruction / revival,' used for rebuilding areas after disasters or reviving economies/towns (e.g., 震災後の復興). It is not used for individual artworks.

• 修復しゅうふく — restoration / repair (of artworks, buildings, cultural artifacts)
• 回復かいふく — recovery (of health, economy, strength)
• 復旧ふっきゅう — restoration (of infrastructure, facilities, services)
• 復興ふっこう — reconstruction / revival (of areas, economies after disaster)

強み (つよみ) means 'strength, strong point, advantage.' The sentence says 'Being knowledgeable not only in economics but also in law is his (strength).' Having expertise in two fields is an advantage, so 強み fits perfectly.

• 1深み (ふかみ) means 'depth' (e.g., depth of flavor, depth of understanding). It does not describe a personal strength or advantage.
• 3高み (たかみ) means 'height, elevated position' (e.g., reaching a higher level). It does not fit the context of describing someone's strong point.
• 4重み (おもみ) means 'weight, importance, significance.' While knowledge can carry weight/importance, the sentence structure '〜が彼の〇〇だ' asks for a personal attribute meaning 'strength,' not 'weight.'

• 強つよみ — strength, strong point, advantage
• 深ふかみ — depth
• 高たかみ — height, elevated position
• 重おもみ — weight, importance, significance

画期的 (かっきてき) means 'groundbreaking, revolutionary, unprecedented — something never before seen.' Option 4, 今までになく新しい ('new in a way never seen before'), captures this meaning precisely. The film was produced using a groundbreaking/innovative method.

• 1広く知られている ('widely known') describes something famous or well-recognized, not something innovative or unprecedented.
• 2最近ではめずらしい ('rare nowadays') describes scarcity, not novelty or groundbreaking nature.
• 3非常に時間がかかる ('takes a great deal of time') describes effort/duration, which is unrelated to the meaning of 画期的.

• 画期的かっきてき — groundbreaking, revolutionary, unprecedented

もくろむ (企む) means 'to plan, to scheme, to plot.' The sentence says 'That company is planning to expand into overseas markets.' Option 1, 計画して ('planning'), is the correct paraphrase.

• 2果たして ('accomplishing/fulfilling') refers to carrying something out, not the planning stage that もくろむ denotes.
• 3開始して ('starting/beginning') refers to the initiation of an action, not the planning/intention that もくろむ conveys.
• 4あきらめて ('giving up') is the opposite of planning; it makes no sense in this context.

• もくろむ — to plan, to scheme, to plot (企む)

並行（へいこう） is correct. 並行して走っている means 'running parallel (to each other).' 並行する describes two things proceeding side by side in the same direction without intersecting — exactly the relationship between a highway and a railway running alongside each other.

• 1同調（どうちょう） means 'sympathy, agreement, or synchronization (e.g., 同調圧力, peer pressure).' It does not describe physical parallel movement.
• 2並列（へいれつ） means 'juxtaposition, placing side by side' and is used for arranging items in a row (e.g., 並列接続, parallel connection in electronics). It does not naturally collocate with して走っている for two routes running alongside each other.
• 3同伴（どうはん） means 'accompanying someone, going together (with a person).' It is used for people, not for roads or railways.

• 並行へいこう — running parallel, proceeding side by side
• 並列へいれつ — juxtaposition, placing in a row (used for objects/arrangements)

抜粋（ばっすい） is correct. It means 'excerpt, selection (from a text).' The sentence means 'This passage is an excerpt from a newspaper article.' 抜粋 is the standard word for a passage selected and extracted from a longer written work.

• 1抽選（ちゅうせん） means 'lottery, drawing lots.' It has nothing to do with extracting text from an article.
• 2摘出（てきしゅつ） means 'picking out, extracting (e.g., extracting a specific element or defect from data).' While it involves 'taking out,' it is not used for excerpting a passage from a text.
• 3採取（さいしゅ） means 'collecting, gathering (samples, data, evidence).' It is used for physically collecting specimens or information, not for excerpting text.

• 抜粋ばっすい — excerpt, passage selected from a longer work
• 摘出てきしゅつ — extracting, picking out (a specific element)
• 採取さいしゅ — collecting, gathering (samples/data)

ストック (stock) refers to a reserve or inventory of supplies. The sentence means 'When the stock of copy paper runs low, please order more.' This is the standard katakana word used for keeping a stockpile of office supplies.

• 1キープ (keep) means to hold onto something, not a quantity of stored supplies. You don't say 用紙のキープが減った.
• 2チャージ (charge) means to charge/fill (e.g., a battery or a prepaid card). It is not used for paper inventory.
• 4シェプ is not a recognized Japanese loanword in this context (possibly a distractor resembling 'shape' or 'step'). It does not fit the meaning of stored supplies.

• ストック（すとっく） — stock; a stored supply/inventory of something
• コピー用紙（こぴーようし） — copy paper

ありきたり means 'commonplace, ordinary, unoriginal, clichéd.' The sentence says many of the opinions at today's meeting were ありきたり — i.e., ordinary and unoriginal. 平凡 (heibon) means 'ordinary, mediocre, run-of-the-mill,' which matches perfectly.

• 1的確な (tekikakuna) means 'accurate, precise, apt' — the opposite nuance; it implies the opinions were spot-on, not clichéd.
• 3積極的な (sekkyokutekina) means 'proactive, positive' — describes attitude, not originality.
• 4否定的な (hiteitekina) means 'negative, denying' — describes the stance of an opinion, not whether it is unoriginal.

• ありきたり — commonplace, ordinary, unoriginal, clichéd
• 平凡へいぼん — ordinary, mediocre, unremarkable

歴然（れきぜん）としている means 'is clear, obvious, unmistakable.' The sentence says the gap in ability between the two teams is 歴然としている — i.e., clearly evident. はっきりしている means 'is clear/distinct,' which is the correct paraphrase.

• 1以前と変わらない means 'unchanged from before' — 歴然 does not imply comparison with the past.
• 2ほとんどない means 'there is almost none' — the opposite; 歴然 means the difference is clearly visible, not negligible.
• 3以前より大きくなっている means 'has grown larger than before' — 歴然 describes clarity, not a temporal change.

• 歴然れきぜん — clear, obvious, unmistakable (used with としている)
• 実力じつりょく — actual ability, real strength