N2 Vocabulary · Test 122

おじゃまします means 'Excuse me for intruding / Sorry to bother you.' It is the standard greeting used when entering someone else's house or room, matching the definition perfectly.

• 1おかまいなく means 'Please don't go to any trouble (for me).' It is used by a guest to tell the host not to prepare food/drinks, not when entering.
• 2おまちどおさま (お待ち遠さま) means 'Thank you for waiting / Sorry to keep you waiting.' It is said by the person who made someone wait, not upon entering.
• 4かしこまりました means 'Certainly, understood' — a polite/humble acknowledgment used in service contexts, not a greeting for entering someone's home.

• おじゃまします — Excuse me for intruding (greeting when entering someone's home/room)
• おかまいなく — Please don't go to any trouble for me
• おまちどおさま — Sorry to keep you waiting
• かしこまりました — Certainly; understood (humble)

暗記する (あんきする) means 'to memorize' — to learn something by heart so you can recite it without looking. This matches the definition '見ないで言えるように覚えること' (to memorize so you can say it without looking).

• 2思い出す (おもいだす) means 'to recall, to remember' — retrieving something from memory, not deliberately memorizing it.
• 3記念する (きねんする) means 'to commemorate' — to honor/celebrate an event, unrelated to memorization.
• 4メモする means 'to take notes' — writing something down to remember it later, which is the opposite of memorizing so you can say it without looking.

• 暗記あんきする — to memorize (learn by heart)
• 思い出す（おもいだす） — to recall, to remember
• 記念きねんする — to commemorate
• メモする — to take notes

かたよる (偏る) means 'to be biased, to be unbalanced, to lean to one side.' The definition is 'バランスがとれていないこと' (not being balanced), which is exactly what 偏る describes.

• 1おさえる (押さえる) means 'to hold down, to suppress, to grasp.' It is about controlling or pressing something, not about imbalance.
• 3つりあう (釣り合う) means 'to balance, to match' — the OPPOSITE of the definition; it means balance IS maintained.
• 4おぎなう (補う) means 'to compensate, to supplement, to make up for.' While compensation can address imbalance, the word itself means 'to make up for a deficiency,' not 'to be unbalanced.'

• 偏かたよる — to be biased, to be unbalanced, to lean to one side
• 押おさえる — to hold down, to suppress, to grasp
• 釣り合う（つりあう） — to balance, to match
• 補おぎなう — to compensate, to supplement

寿命 (じゅみょう) means 'lifespan, longevity' — the length of a life. The definition 'いのちの長さ' (the length of one's life) matches 寿命 exactly.

• 1人生 (じんせい) means 'life (as a journey/experience)' — one's life course, not its length.
• 2人命 (じんめい) means 'human life' (as in preserving/protecting lives), not the length of a life.
• 3生命 (せいめい) means 'life' in a biological/philosophical sense — the concept of being alive, not its duration.

• 寿命じゅみょう — lifespan, longevity (length of life)
• 人生じんせい — life (one's life course/experience)
• 人命じんめい — human life (people's lives)
• 生命せいめい — life (biological/abstract concept of being alive)

延長（えんちょう）means 'extension (of time).' The stem describes a situation where there isn't enough time, so instead of stopping, you continue — this is exactly what 延長 means: extending the allotted time so you can keep going.

• 1延期（えんき）means 'postponement' — pushing an event to a later date. This is the opposite of continuing; it means stopping now and doing it later.
• 3長期（ちょうき）means 'long term' (e.g., 長期計画). It describes a duration, not the act of extending time when it runs short.
• 4成長（せいちょう）means 'growth' (physical or personal). It is unrelated to time management.

• 延長えんちょう — extension (of time/space)
• 延期えんき — postponement
• 長期ちょうき — long term
• 成長せいちょう — growth

ながめ（眺め）means 'view / scenery / sight.' The sentence says 'The ＿＿＿ of the mountains with autumn leaves seen from this hotel is wonderful.' 眺め is the standard word for a scenic view, making option 1 the correct choice.

• 2ひびき（響き）means 'sound / resonance / echo.' You cannot 'see' a 響き, and it does not fit 紅葉した山々.
• 3かおり（香り）means 'fragrance / scent.' Mountains with autumn leaves are appreciated visually, not by scent, and 香り does not pair with 見る.
• 4のぞみ（望み）means 'hope / wish / expectation.' This does not fit the context of admiring scenery.

• 眺ながめ — view, scenery, sight
• 響ひびき — sound, resonance, echo
• 香かおり — fragrance, scent
• 望のぞみ — hope, wish, expectation

やたらに means 'excessively / inordinately / recklessly / without restraint.' The sentence says 'Today since morning there are ＿＿＿ many phone calls, so the work I started just won't progress.' やたらに（電話が多い）describes an annoyingly excessive number of interruptions, fitting perfectly.

• 1なんとか means 'somehow / barely / by some means.' It does not modify quantity (多い) in this way.
• 2とっくに means 'already / long ago.' It indicates something happened well before now, not an excessive frequency.
• 3おおよそ means 'roughly / mostly / generally.' It expresses approximation, not an excessive amount.

• やたらに — excessively, inordinately, recklessly
• なんとか — somehow, barely, by some means
• とっくに — already, long ago
• おおよそ — roughly, mostly, generally

厳重に（げんじゅうに）means 'strictly / rigorously / heavily.' 厳重に警備されている ('is heavily guarded') is a very common fixed collocation, and the National Diet Building would naturally be tightly secured.

• 1独的に is not a standard Japanese expression. 独自に ('independently/uniquely') exists, but 独的 is not an established adjective stem, making this option invalid as written.
• 2重大に would mean 'seriously / gravely,' but 重大 describes importance/gravity of a matter, not the manner of guarding. 厳重に is the correct collocation with 警備.
• 4特定に is not a standard adverbial form; 特定 means 'specific/specified' and does not modify 警備されている naturally.

• 厳重げんじゅうに — strictly, rigorously, heavily (guarded)
• 重大じゅうだい — serious, grave, important
• 独自どくじ — independent, unique, original
• 特定とくてい — specific, specified

くだいた（砕いた）means 'crushed / broke into small pieces.' くだいた氷 ('crushed ice') is the standard expression for ice broken into small pieces to put in a glass before pouring tea.

• 1くずした（崩した）means 'broke down / crumbled / collapsed' and is used for structures, schedules, or forms being broken down, not for crushing ice into pieces.
• 3きざんだ（刻んだ）means 'minced / chopped (finely),' used for vegetables, herbs, meat, etc. Ice is not きざむ'd.
• 4つぶした（潰した）means 'crushed / smashed / squashed' by applying pressure, destroying shape. For ice in a drink, the correct verb is くだく, not つぶす.

• 砕くだく — to crush, break into small pieces
• 崩くずす — to break down, crumble, collapse
• 刻きざむ — to mince, chop finely
• 潰つぶす — to crush, smash, squash

しみじみ means 'deeply, earnestly, with heartfelt emotion.' Reading a letter from one's father and feeling deeply that parents are precious (ありがたいもの) calls for this adverb — it conveys quiet, sincere reflection.

• 1せいせい means 'refreshingly, with relief' (e.g., after getting rid of something unpleasant). It does not fit the emotional tone of gratitude toward parents.
• 3ちかぢか means 'soon, in the near future.' It is a temporal adverb and makes no sense modifying 思った in this context.
• 4ひろびろ means 'spacious, wide and open,' describing physical space, not a way of thinking.

• しみじみ — deeply, earnestly, with heartfelt feeling
• ありがたい — precious, something to be grateful for
• せいせい — refreshingly, with a sense of relief
• ちかぢか — soon, in the near future
• ひろびろ — spacious, wide and open