N2 Grammar · Test 32

見られそうにない means 'it seems unlikely that (the sunset) can be seen.' The pattern 〜そうにない expresses a strong prediction that something will NOT happen ('unlikely to ~'). Here, 見られる (potential/passive of 見る, 'can be seen') + そうにない gives 'it seems the sunset won't be visible,' which perfectly follows the context: they came to see a famous sunset but it suddenly started raining.

• 1見えてもしかたない means 'even if it can be seen, it can't be helped,' which makes no sense in context—the problem is that the sunset likely CANNOT be seen due to rain, not that seeing it would be unfortunate.
• 2見られないことだった is ungrammatical/nonsensical here. 見られないこと would need a specific pattern (e.g., 〜ないことには〜ない), and the past tense だった does not fit the present situation of rain just starting.
• 4見えないことがあった means 'there were times when it couldn't be seen,' which describes past experiences, not the current likelihood. The context requires a present/future prediction about today's sunset.

• 〜そうにない — unlikely to ~; does not look like ~ will happen (strong negative prediction)
• せっかく — with great effort; going to the trouble of ~ (often followed by のに for disappointment)
• 降り出す（ふりだす） — to suddenly start raining/snowing

してるんだって is a casual spoken contraction of しているんだって, which combines している (is doing) + んだって (hearsay/reporting: 'I heard that ~'). Yamakawa is asking 'Nakamura, I heard you jog every day?' and Nakamura confirms with うん、そうなんだよ ('Yeah, that's right'). Then Yamakawa says 実は、ぼくもなんだよ ('Actually, me too'). The hearsay marker んだって fits perfectly as a way of relaying something heard and seeking confirmation.

• 1しない would give 毎日ジョギングしない？('Aren't you jogging every day?'), which contradicts Nakamura's confirming response うん、そうなんだよ ('Yeah, that's right').
• 2しててもいい would give 毎日ジョギングしててもいい？('Is it okay if I jog every day?'), which is asking permission for Yamakawa's own action—this does not fit as a question to Nakamura about Nakamura's habit.
• 3しちゃえば is the casual conditional 〜てしまえば ('if you do ~ completely'), which does not form a natural question seeking confirmation about someone's daily habit.

• 〜んだって — I heard that ~; they say that ~ (casual hearsay/reporting, contraction of 〜んだそうだ)
• ジョギング — jogging
• 実じつは — actually; as a matter of fact

伝わっていなかったらしい means 'apparently it had not been (correctly) conveyed.' 伝わる is the intransitive/passive-meaning verb 'to be conveyed/communicated' (the information reaches people on its own). 〜ていなかった is the past progressive negative (had not been happening). らしい indicates conjecture based on hearsay — the speaker heard the reason from the latecomers and is reporting what apparently happened. The full sentence: 'When I asked the late people for the reason, apparently the start time had not been correctly conveyed.'

• 1伝わらないはずだった means 'it was supposed to not have been conveyed' — はずだった expresses the speaker's expectation that something should have been the case, implying the speaker already knew it wouldn't be conveyed, which contradicts the context of discovering the reason by asking.
• 2伝えなかったらしい uses the active transitive verb 伝える (to convey), which requires a specific agent who deliberately didn't convey it. The sentence focuses on whether the information reached people (伝わる), not on someone's deliberate failure to convey it. Also, the progressive form 〜ていなかった better captures the ongoing state of non-communication.
• 3伝えていないはずだった uses the active verb 伝える (someone didn't convey) plus はずだった (was supposed to), which again implies the speaker's prior expectation rather than a discovered fact, and requires an active agent.

• 伝つたわる — to be conveyed / to be communicated (intransitive — information reaches people)
• 伝つたえる — to convey / to communicate (transitive — someone conveys information)
• 〜らしい — apparently / it seems — conjecture based on hearsay or evidence
• 〜はずだった — was supposed to / was expected to — expresses prior expectation

入れたままにしておいて means 'leave it turned on.' 〜ままにしておく means 'leave something in a certain state as is.' The older sister is lending the computer but will use it later, so she asks her sister to leave the power on (入れたまま = in the state of being turned on; にしておいて = leave it that way). This fits perfectly.

• 1入れてからにして is incomplete and unnatural in this context. 〜てからにする means 'do X first and then...' but here the sister wants the power LEFT ON, not turned on at some specific point.
• 3入れたつもりでいて means 'pretend that you turned it on' / 'act as if you turned it on.' 〜つもり means 'intending to' or 'as if,' which makes no sense here — the sister wants the power actually left on, not pretended.
• 4入れなきゃならなくて means '(because) one has to turn it on.' 〜なきゃならない expresses obligation, and the 〜て form at the end makes it a reason clause, which doesn't fit the request structure needed here.

• 〜ままにしておく — to leave something in a certain state as is / to keep something as it is
• 〜つもりでいる — to act as if / to be under the impression that
• 〜なきゃならない — have to / must (obligation)