N1 Vocabulary · Test 7

「披露」 is read 「ひろう」 and means to present, display, or make something public (e.g., a performance, an idea, information). The sentence means 'It seemed he was waiting for a chance to reveal/present that story.' Option 2 「ひろう」 is the correct reading.

• 1「ひろ」 is missing the long vowel (the う). It is not a valid reading for 披露.
• 3「ばくろう」 is a fabricated reading that does not exist. It may be confused with words containing 暴 (ばく) or something similar.
• 4「ばくろ」 is the reading of 「暴露（ばくろ）」, meaning 'exposure / leak,' a completely different word. The kanji 披 and 暴 look somewhat similar, making this a deliberate distractor.

• 披露ひろう — to present, display, make public (a performance, idea, etc.)
• うかがう — to wait for an opportunity, to watch for a chance

「砕けて」 is the て-form of 「砕ける（くだける）」, meaning 'to break, crumble, or shatter.' The sentence means 'When I applied force, it broke/crumbled.' Option 1 「くだけて」 is the correct reading.

• 2「かけて」 is the て-form of 「欠ける（かける）」, meaning 'to chip, crack, or be incomplete.' This is a different verb with a different kanji (欠ける).
• 3「はじけて」 is the て-form of 「弾ける（はじける）」, meaning 'to burst, pop, or split open.' Different kanji and nuance.
• 4「さけて」 is the て-form of 「裂ける（さける）」 or 「避ける（さける）」, meaning 'to tear/split' or 'to avoid,' respectively. Neither matches 砕ける.

• 砕くだける — to break, crumble, shatter (intransitive)

「執着」 is read 「しゅうちゃく」 and means 'attachment, obsession, clinging (to something).' The sentence means 'As I grew older, my feelings of attachment to things decreased.' Option 4 「しゅうちゃく」 is the correct reading.

• 1「しゅちゃく」 drops the long う vowel. It is not a valid reading for 執着.
• 2「しちゃく」 uses the wrong initial consonant (し instead of しゅう). Not a valid reading.
• 3「しっちゃく」 (with a small っ) is not a standard reading. One might confuse this with an alternative reading しつちゃく, but even that is non-standard; the accepted reading is しゅうちゃく.

• 執着しゅうちゃく — attachment, obsession, clinging to something

「債務」 is read 「さいむ」 and means 'debt, liabilities, obligations.' The sentence means 'to confirm the status of debts/liabilities.' Option 1 「さいむ」 is the correct reading.

• 2「ざいむ」 uses a voiced initial (ざ instead of さ). This may be confused with 「財務（ざいむ）」, meaning 'financial affairs,' a different word with different kanji.
• 3「せきむ」 is the reading of 「責務（せきむ）」, meaning 'duty, obligation.' Different kanji and meaning.
• 4「ぜきむ」 is a fabricated reading that does not correspond to any standard word.

• 債務さいむ — debt, liabilities, financial obligations

「貢献」 is read 「こうけん」 and means 'contribution.' The sentence means 'Suzuki-san's research greatly contributed to the development of physics.' Option 2 「こうけん」 is the correct reading.

• 1「こうかん」 is the reading of 「交換（こうかん）」, meaning 'exchange, swap.' Different kanji and meaning.
• 3「こかん」 drops the う, making it too short. Not a valid reading for 貢献.
• 4「こけん」 drops the う and is not a valid reading. It may resemble a shortened form but is incorrect.

• 貢献こうけん — contribution (to a cause, field, etc.)

回顧 is read かいこ, meaning 'looking back / retrospection.' The verb 回顧する means to reflect on past events. Here, 鈴木氏は当時を回顧して means 'Mr. Suzuki looked back on those days.' Option 2 (かいこ) is the correct reading.

• 1かいこう is a plausible distractor that adds an extra long-vowel う, but 回顧 does not end with a long vowel. There is no word かいこう with this kanji.
• 3かいそう swaps the second kanji's reading to そう, which is wrong. 顧 is read こ in this compound, not そう.
• 4かいそ drops the う from 顧's reading and is simply incorrect.

• 回顧かいこ — looking back, retrospection, reflection on the past

偽り is read いつわり, meaning 'falsehood, lie, untruth.' It is the noun form of 偽る (いつわる, to lie/deceive). The sentence 彼の話には多少の偽りがあると思われた means 'It seemed there was some falsehood in his story.' Option 4 (いつわり) is correct.

• 1へだたり comes from 隔たり (distance, gap, discrepancy) — a different word with a similar nuance of 'discrepancy,' but the kanji 偽り is never read this way.
• 2あせり comes from 焦り (impatience, anxiety) — unrelated in both reading and meaning.
• 3かたより comes from 偏り (bias, deviation) — a lookalike concept that could fit the context of 'something off in his story,' but it is the wrong word for 偽り.

• 偽いつわり — falsehood, lie, untruth

嫌悪感 is read けんおかん, meaning 'feeling of disgust/aversion.' 嫌 is read けん (as in 嫌悪), 悪 is read お (a special reading in this compound), and 感 is かん. The sentence 私は特に嫌悪感は持たなかった means 'I didn't particularly feel any disgust.' Option 1 (けんおかん) is correct.

• 2けんあくかん reads 悪 as あく, which is its common on-reading, but in 嫌悪 the 悪 is specially read お — a classic N1 trap.
• 3げんおかん voices the first syllable to げん, but 嫌 is unvoiced けん here, not げん.
• 4げんあくかん combines both errors: voicing けん→げん and reading 悪 as あく instead of お.

• 嫌悪感けんおかん — feeling of disgust, aversion, repulsion

自粛 is read じしゅく, meaning 'self-restraint, voluntary abstinence.' 自 is じ and 粛 is しゅく. The sentence 問題が解決するまで自粛することにした means 'I decided to refrain from activities until the problem is resolved.' Option 2 (じしゅく) is correct.

• 1じしゅう replaces しゅく with しゅう (long vowel), which is wrong — there is no such reading for 粛.
• 3じせい is the reading of 自制 (self-control), a near-synonym that fits the context but does not match the kanji 粛.
• 4じせき is the reading of 自責 (self-reproach) or relates to 責, again a plausible distractor but wrong for 自粛.

• 自粛じしゅく — self-restraint, voluntary abstinence/refraining

戒めたい is read いましめたい, meaning 'want to admonish/reprove (oneself).' 戒める (いましめる) means to warn, admonish, or restrain oneself. The sentence 自分を戒めたいと思う means 'I want to admonish myself.' Option 4 (いましめたい) is correct.

• 1あらためたい comes from 改める (to amend/correct) — a plausible contextual fit ('want to correct myself'), but it does not match the kanji 戒める.
• 2なぐさめたい comes from 慰める (to comfort/console) — wrong kanji and meaning.
• 3きわめたい comes from 究める (to investigate thoroughly) or 極める (to carry to extremes) — unrelated to 戒める.

• 戒いましめる — to admonish, reprove, warn, restrain (oneself)