N1 Vocabulary · Test 74

意義 is read いぎ (igi), meaning 'significance, meaning, value.' 意義がある means 'there is significance/value (in doing something).'

• 1いい is not a standard reading of 意義; it may evoke 言い (いい) but is wrong.
• 3いじ (意思/意志) means 'will, intention' — a near-synonym distractor with different kanji.
• 4いみ (意味) means 'meaning' — semantically close but a different word and wrong reading for 意義.

• 意義いぎ — significance, meaning, value

寮 is read りょう (ryō), meaning 'dormitory, student hall.' 寮の廊下 means 'the dormitory corridor.'

• 1くら (倉) means 'storehouse, warehouse' — wrong kanji/meaning.
• 2やど (宿) means 'inn, lodging' — related concept but wrong reading for 寮.
• 3じゅく (塾) means 'cram school, private academy' — a plausible distractor in a student-life context but wrong.

• 寮りょう — dormitory, student hall

廊下 is read ろうか, meaning 'corridor' or 'hallway.' The sentence describes a dormitory hallway so cluttered there's no place to step, making it dangerous if a fire were to occur. Option 3 (ろうか) is the correct reading.

• 1ちか is not a valid reading for 廊下. It may be confused with 近 (ちか) or 地下 (ちか, underground).
• 2ちげ is not a valid reading for 廊下. There is no common word with this reading.
• 4ろうげ is not a valid reading for 廊下. It uses the correct first character ろう but an incorrect second syllable げ instead of か.

• 廊下ろうか — corridor, hallway
• ちらかっていて — is messy/cluttered (te-form of ちらかる)
• 火災かさい — fire (disaster)

踏み場 is read ふみば, meaning 'a place to step/put one's foot down.' The phrase 足の踏み場もない (there's no place to put one's feet) is a common expression meaning a space is so cluttered you can't walk through it. Option 2 (ふみば) is correct.

• 1こみば is not a valid reading. It may be confused with 込み (こみ) but 踏み is never read こみ.
• 3あゆみば would correspond to 歩み場, not 踏み場. 歩む (あゆむ) means 'to walk' but the kanji here is 踏む (ふむ, to step on).
• 4はさみば is not a valid reading. はさみ relates to 挟み/鋏 (scissors/pinching), unrelated to 踏む.

• 踏み場（ふみば） — place to step, foothold
• 足の踏み場もない（あしのふみばもない） — no place to put one's feet (so cluttered one can't walk through)

火災 is read かさい, meaning 'fire (disaster).' The sentence says 'if there were a fire, it would be extremely dangerous.' Option 1 (かさい) is the correct reading.

• 2かじ is the reading of 火事, a different word meaning 'fire' (everyday fire). 火災 is a more formal/official term for a fire disaster and is read かさい, not かじ.
• 3かえん is not a valid reading for 火災. It may be confused with 火炎 (かえん, flame/blaze), a different word.
• 4かか is not a valid reading for 火災.

• 火災かさい — fire (disaster), conflagration
• 火事かじ — fire (everyday term)

浜辺 is read はまべ, meaning 'beach, shore.' 浜 (はま) = beach/shore + 辺 (べ, a rendaku-voiced reading of へん meaning area/side) = はまべ.

• 2はまへん — uses the unvoiced reading へん for 辺. In this compound, 边 undergoes rendaku to become べ, so はまべ is correct, not はまへん.
• 3ひんべ — uses an incorrect reading ひん for 浜. 浜 is read はま, not ひん.
• 4ひんぺん — incorrect on both counts: ひん for 浜 and ぺん for 辺. This resembles 河片/片 (へん/ぺん) but is not a real word.

• 浜辺はまべ — beach, shore
• 浜はま — beach, shore
• 辺べ/へん — area, vicinity, side

貝殻 is read かいがら, meaning 'seashell, shell.' 貝 (かい) = shellfish + 殻 (がら, rendaku-voiced from から) = shell = かいがら.

• 1かいかく — uses the unvoiced reading かく for 殻. In this compound, 殻 undergoes rendaku to become がら. Also, かく is a kan'on reading used in words like 外殻 (がいかく), but the standard reading for 貝殻 is かいがら.
• 2かいがく — uses がく for 殻, which is the reading in words like 枠殻 (わくがく) or 骨殻. Not the correct reading for 貝殻.
• 3かいから — uses the unvoiced reading から for 殻. While 殻 can be read から in isolation (e.g., 卵の殻 たまごのから), in the compound 貝殻 rendaku voices it to がら.

• 貝殻かいがら — seashell, shell
• 貝かい — shellfish, shell
• 殻から/がら — shell, husk

駆けて is read かけて. The verb 駆ける (かける) means 'to run (lightly/quickly)'. In the sentence, children ran past (駆けていった = 'ran off/past') beside young men and women who were picking up shells on the beach. Option 1 matches the reading exactly.

• 2しかけて is the te-form of 仕掛ける (しかける, 'to set up / to start doing something'), a different verb with no relation to 駆ける.
• 3つけて is the te-form of 付ける (つける, 'to attach/turn on'), unrelated to 駆ける.
• 4ふざけて is the te-form of ふざける ('to joke around / mess around'), unrelated to 駆ける.

• 駆かける — to run (lightly, quickly)

人材 is read じんざい. The kanji 人 here uses the on'yomi ジン (as in 人工 じんこう), and 材 uses ザイ (as in 材料 ざいりょう). The sentence means 'This company is currently recruiting excellent human resources/personnel.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1じんさい would require 材 to be read さい, which is not its on'yomi; no such word.
• 3にんさい uses にん for 人, which is the on'yomi used in words like 人間 にんげん, but 人材 is not read this way.
• 4にんざい combines the wrong reading of 人 (にん) with the correct reading of 材; not a valid word.

• 人材じんざい — human resources, personnel, capable people

募って is read つのって. The verb 募る (つのる) means 'to recruit / to gather / to collect (donations, applicants, etc.)'. The sentence means 'This company is currently recruiting excellent personnel.' The ～ている form attaches to the te-form 募って. Option 3 is correct.

• 1いのって is the te-form of 祈る (いのる, 'to pray'), unrelated to 募る.
• 2したって is the te-form of 慕う (したう, 'to yearn for / long for') or 逝く (いく→逝って), neither matching 募る.
• 4やとって is the te-form of 雇う (やとう, 'to hire/employ'). This is semantically plausible in context, but the kanji 募る is never read やとう; 募る means 'to recruit/solicit', not 'to hire'.

• 募つのる — to recruit, to solicit, to gather (applicants, donations, etc.)