N2 Vocabulary · Test 131

再三（さいさん）means 'repeatedly' or 'again and again,' indicating that something has been done many times. 何度も（なんども）means 'many times' or 'repeatedly,' which is the closest match. The sentence means 'I have asked that company repeatedly.'

• 2何度か（なんどか）means 'several times' or 'a few times' — it implies an indefinite but relatively small number of times, lacking the strong sense of repetition conveyed by 再三.
• 3いつも means 'always' — it describes something done constantly/habitually, not something done repeatedly on specific occasions.
• 4いつか means 'someday' or 'at some point' — it refers to an unspecified future or past time, completely unrelated to frequency.

• 再三さいさん — repeatedly, again and again
• 何度なんども — many times, repeatedly
• 何度なんどか — several times, a few times

トレーニング is a loanword meaning 'training.' 練習（れんしゅう）means 'practice' or 'training,' making it the correct synonym. The sentence means 'Suzuki-san is seriously training every day.'

• 1翻訳（ほんやく）means 'translation' — unrelated to physical training.
• 2世話（せわ）means 'care' or 'looking after' — unrelated to training.
• 3生活（せいかつ）means 'daily life' or 'living' — not a synonym for training.

• トレーニング（とれーにんぐ） — training (loanword)
• 練習れんしゅう — practice, training
• 翻訳ほんやく — translation
• 世話せわ — care, looking after

そっくり means 'exactly alike' or 'very similar,' often used when two people or things look nearly identical. 似ている（にている）means 'resembling' or 'similar,' which is the best paraphrase. The sentence means 'These two are alike in every possible way.'

• 1変わっている（かわっている）means 'strange/odd' or 'different' — it does not convey similarity.
• 2違っている（ちがっている）means 'different' — the opposite of what そっくり means.
• 3合っている（あっている）means 'correct' or 'matching' — used for answers or schedules, not for physical resemblance.

• そっくり — exactly alike, very similar
• 似にている — resembling, similar
• 何から何まで（なにからなにまで） — in every possible way, completely

気に入る（きにいる）means 'to like' or 'to be pleased with' something. 好きになる（すきになる）means 'to come to like,' which matches. The sentence means 'I've completely come to like this place.'

• 1おかしくなって（おかしくなって）means 'becoming strange/odd' — unrelated to liking something.
• 2やさしくなって（やさしくなって）means 'becoming gentle/kind' or 'becoming easy' — unrelated to liking.
• 4いやになって（いやになって）means 'coming to dislike' — the opposite of 気に入る.

• 気に入る（きにいる） — to like, to be pleased with
• すっかり — completely, entirely

苦情（くじょう）means 'complaint' or 'grievance.' 不満（ふまん）means 'dissatisfaction' or 'complaint,' and 不満を訴える is a natural collocation meaning 'to express/file a complaint,' matching 苦情を訴える. The sentence means 'I went to the city office and filed a complaint.'

• 2不運（ふうん）means 'bad luck' — unrelated to filing a complaint.
• 3不便（ふべん）means 'inconvenience' — while one might complain about inconvenience, 不便を訴える is not the same as filing a formal complaint; the meaning is 'inconvenience,' not 'complaint.'
• 4不正（ふせい）means 'injustice' or 'wrongdoing/fraud' — it refers to improper conduct, not a complaint.

• 苦情くじょう — complaint, grievance
• 訴うったえる — to appeal, to file/complain
• 不満ふまん — dissatisfaction, complaint
• 不運ふうん — bad luck
• 不便ふべん — inconvenience
• 不正ふせい — injustice, wrongdoing, fraud

チャンス (chance) means an opportune moment or opportunity. The best synonym among the choices is 機会 (きかい), meaning 'opportunity/occasion.' The sentence means 'It's a good chance, so you'd better not turn down that offer.'

• 1伝言 (でんごん) means 'message' (something passed along verbally), which is unrelated to チャンス.
• 2物語 (ものがたり) means 'story/tale,' not an opportunity.
• 4提案 (ていあん) means 'proposal/suggestion.' While a proposal may come with a chance, it is not a synonym for チャンス itself.

• チャンス — chance; opportunity
• 機会きかい — opportunity; occasion
• 断ことわる — to refuse; to turn down
• 伝言でんごん — message (passed along)
• 物語ものがたり — story; tale
• 提案ていあん — proposal; suggestion

すべて means 'all; everything; entirely.' The closest synonym is 全部 (ぜんぶ), meaning 'all; the whole.' The sentence means 'All of these products are 1,000 yen.'

• 2まるで is an adverb meaning 'completely' or 'as if' (used with 〜ようだ), not a synonym for すべて.
• 3大部分 (だいぶぶん) means 'the greater part; most of it,' which falls short of すべて's 'all.'
• 4ほとんど means 'almost all; mostly,' which also falls short of 'all.'

• すべて — all; everything; entirely
• 全部ぜんぶ — all; the whole
• 大部分だいぶぶん — the greater part; most
• ほとんど — almost all; mostly
• まるで — completely; as if (with 〜ようだ)

感謝 (かんしゃ) means 'gratitude; thanks.' The closest synonym here is おれい (お礼), meaning 'thanks; gratitude.' The sentence means 'At the end he gave words of thanks.'

• 2いわい (祝) means 'congratulations; celebration,' not gratitude.
• 3あいさつ (挨拶) means 'greeting,' which is related to social speech but not a synonym for 感謝.
• 4わかれ (別れ) means 'parting; farewell,' not gratitude.

• 感謝かんしゃ — gratitude; thanks
• お礼（おれい） — thanks; gratitude
• 祝いわい — congratulations; celebration
• 挨拶あいさつ — greeting
• 別わかれ — parting; farewell
• 述のべる — to state; to express

気をつけて means 'be careful; take care.' The direct synonym is 注意して (ちゅういして), meaning 'be careful; pay attention.' The sentence means 'The fog is getting thick, so please be careful.'

• 2変更して (へんこうして) means 'change; modify,' unrelated to being careful.
• 3下車して (げしゃして) means 'get off (a vehicle),' unrelated.
• 4中止して (ちゅうしして) means 'cancel; suspend,' unrelated.

• 気きをつける — to be careful; to take care
• 注意ちゅういする — to be careful; to pay attention
• 霧きり — fog
• 濃こくなる — to become thick (fog, etc.)
• 変更へんこうする — to change; to modify
• 下車げしゃする — to get off a vehicle
• 中止ちゅうしする — to cancel; to suspend

見事 (みごと) means 'splendid; admirable; wonderful.' The closest synonym is すばらしかった (素晴らしかった), meaning 'was wonderful/splendid.' The sentence means 'Her singing was splendid.'

• 1きびしかった (厳しかった) means 'was strict/severe,' not splendid.
• 2ただしかった (正しかった) means 'was correct/right,' not splendid.
• 4めずらしかった (珍しかった) means 'was rare/unusual,' not splendid.

• 見事みごと — splendid; admirable; wonderful
• 素晴すばらしい — wonderful; splendid
• 厳きびしい — strict; severe
• 正ただしい — correct; right
• 珍めずらしい — rare; unusual