N2 Vocabulary · Test 101

「まんねんひつ」is written 万年筆, meaning 'fountain pen'. The sentence means 'I gave a fountain pen to a teacher I respect.' 万年 means 'ten thousand years / forever' and 筆 means 'writing brush/pen', together describing a pen that doesn't need constant refilling.

• 1万年章 — 章 (しょう) means 'chapter/badge', not a pen. Wrong kanji sharing the same first two characters.
• 2万年草 — 草 (そう/くさ) means 'grass', unrelated to writing implements.
• 3万年帯 — 帯 (たい/おび) means 'belt/sash', unrelated to pens.

• 万年筆まんねんひつ — fountain pen
• 尊敬そんけいする — to respect

「おくった」here is 贈った (おくった, past tense of 贈る 'to give a gift/present'). The sentence means 'I gave a fountain pen to a teacher I respect.' Because the recipient is a respected teacher, the humble/gift-giving verb 贈る is appropriate.

• 1借った — 借る (かりる) means 'to borrow'; you don't borrow something to give to a teacher. Also the past form would be 借りた, not 借った.
• 2受った — 受ける (うける) means 'to receive/accept'; the wrong direction of transfer. Also the past form would be 受けた.
• 4貸った — 貸す (かす) means 'to lend'; you don't lend a gift to a teacher. The past form would be 貸した.

• 贈おくる — to give (a gift), to present
• 贈おくった — gave (a gift)

「しゅっぱんしゃ」is 出版社, meaning 'publishing company'. 出 (しゅつ) = put out, 版 (はん) = edition/printing, 社 (しゃ) = company. The sentence means 'He edits magazines at a publishing company.'

• 1出坂社 — 坂 (さか/ban) means 'slope/hill'; a lookalike kanji for 版, but not the correct character for 'publishing'.
• 2出阪社 — 阪 (はん/saka) is used in place names like 阪神; it is a lookalike for 版 but does not mean 'edition/printing'.
• 4出板社 — 板 (ばん/いた) means 'board/plate'; it resembles 版 but is not the kanji used in 出版.

• 出版社しゅっぱんしゃ — publishing company
• 出版しゅっぱん — publishing

「ざっし」is 雑誌, meaning 'magazine'. 雑 (ざつ/ざっ) means 'miscellaneous/various', 誌 (し) means 'magazine/journal/record'. The sentence means 'He edits magazines at a publishing company.'

• 1冊紙 — 冊 (さつ) means 'volume/book', 紙 (し/かみ) means 'paper'; together they don't form the word for 'magazine'.
• 2冊誌 — 冊 is the counter for books, not the first kanji of 雑誌; this is a plausible-looking distractor.
• 3雑紙 — 雑 is correct, but 紙 (paper) is not the second kanji; 誌 (magazine/journal) is required.

• 雑誌ざっし — magazine
• 編集へんしゅう — editing

「へんしゅう」is 編集, meaning 'editing (e.g., of a magazine/book)'. 編 (へん) means 'edit/compile', 集 (しゅう) means 'collect/gather'. The sentence means 'He edits magazines at a publishing company.'

• 1編収 — 編 is correct, but 収 (しゅう, 'collect/harvest') is the wrong second kanji; the correct one is 集.
• 3練収 — 練 (れん) means 'train/refine/knead'; neither kanji is correct for 編集.
• 4練集 — 練 (れん) is wrong for the first kanji; it should be 編 (へん).

• 編集へんしゅう — editing, compilation
• 編集へんしゅうする — to edit

The reading あまい corresponds to 甘い, meaning 'sweet.' The sentence says 'Make sweet snacks using eggs and milk,' and 甘い correctly describes the sweetness of the snacks.

• 1塩い is not a valid word. 塩 (しお) means 'salt' and does not pair with the reading あまい. It is a distractor using a food-related kanji.
• 2苦い (にがい) means 'bitter,' which is the opposite of sweet and does not match the reading あまい.
• 3辛い (からい) means 'spicy/hot,' which is a different taste and does not match the reading あまい.

• 甘あまい — sweet
• 苦にがい — bitter
• 辛からい — spicy/hot

The reading おかし corresponds to お菓子, meaning 'snacks/sweets.' 菓 (か) is the kanji for confections, and 子 (し) is the kanji used here as a suffix. Together お菓子 is the standard word for snacks or sweets.

• 1お菓仕 uses 仕 (シ, meaning 'work/serve') instead of 子. 仕 is a lookalike distractor with the same on-reading but wrong meaning.
• 3お果仕 uses 果 (か, 'fruit') and 仕 ('work/serve'). Both kanji are wrong; 果 is a near-synonym associate (fruit → sweets) but is not the correct kanji.
• 4お果子 uses 果 (か, 'fruit') instead of 菓. 果 and 菓 share the reading か but 菓 is the correct kanji for confections.

• お菓子（おかし） — snacks, sweets, confections
• 菓子かし — confection, sweet

The reading ふうふ corresponds to 夫婦, meaning 'married couple / husband and wife.' 夫 (ふ) means 'husband' and 婦 (ふう) means 'wife/woman.' The standard word is 夫婦, read as ふうふ.

• 1婦夫 reverses the order. While both kanji are correct individually, the established compound is 夫婦, not 婦夫.
• 2妻夫 uses 妻 (つま, 'wife') instead of 婦. The compound 妻夫 is not a standard Japanese word; the correct term is 夫婦.
• 4夫妻 (ふさい) is a real word meaning 'married couple,' but it is read ふさい, not ふうふ, so it does not match the given reading.

• 夫婦ふうふ — married couple, husband and wife
• 夫妻ふさい — married couple (more formal/written)

The reading おたがいに corresponds to お互いに, meaning 'mutually / each other.' 互 (たが) means 'mutual/each other,' and お互いに is the standard adverbial form meaning 'mutually.'

• 1お協いにに uses 協 (きょう, 'cooperation'), which does not match the reading たがい. Note: this option also appears to have an extra に (see issues).
• 2お共いに uses 共 (とも, 'together'), which is semantically related but does not match the reading たがい. The correct kanji is 互.
• 3お双いに uses 双 (そう, 'pair'), which is semantically related (a pair) but does not match the reading たがい.

• お互いに（おたがいに） — mutually, each other
• 互たがい — mutual, each other

The reading りかい corresponds to 理解, meaning 'understanding / comprehension.' 理 (り) means 'reason/logic' and 解 (かい) means 'to untie/solve/understand.' 理解する means 'to understand,' and the sentence says 'It is necessary for couples to understand each other.'

• 2理触 uses 触 (しょく, 'touch') instead of 解. 触 does not carry the meaning of understanding and does not match the reading かい.
• 3埋解 uses 埋 (まい, 'bury') instead of 理. 埋 is a lookalike kanji with a similar left radical but wrong meaning and does not match the reading り.
• 4埋触 uses both wrong kanji: 埋 (まい, 'bury') and 触 (しょく, 'touch'). Neither matches the correct readings り or かい.

• 理解りかい — understanding, comprehension
• 理解りかいする — to understand, to comprehend