N2 Vocabulary · Test 22

The correct reading for 貴重 is きちょう (kichou), meaning 'valuable' or 'precious'. In this sentence, it modifies 資料 (shiryou, documents/materials), meaning 'valuable materials'.

• 1きじゅう is an incorrect reading of 重. The kanji 重 has readings like じゅう (e.g., 重量) and ちょう (e.g., 貴重), but here it must be read as ちょう.
• 3きっじゅう incorrectly inserts a small っ and uses the wrong reading for 重.
• 4きっちょう incorrectly inserts a small っ (sokuon) which is not present in the correct reading.

• 貴重きちょう — valuable, precious
• 資料しりょう — data, materials, documents

The correct reading for 怪しい is あやしい (ayashii), meaning 'suspicious', 'doubtful', or 'questionable'. The sentence means 'I thought it was very suspicious when I heard that story.'

• 1むなしい (空しい/虚しい) means 'empty' or 'vain', which does not fit the context of doubting a story.
• 2くやしい (悔しい) means 'frustrating' or 'regrettable', describing one's own emotional state, not an evaluation of a story being suspicious.
• 3おかしい (可笑しい) means 'strange' or 'funny'. While similar to 'suspicious', it is a different word and not the reading of 怪しい.

• 怪あやしい — suspicious, doubtful, questionable

The correct reading for 容姿 is ようし (youshi), meaning 'appearance' or 'looks', particularly referring to one's face and figure. The sentence means 'Satou-san has both good looks and a good personality.'

• 1よし is an incorrect reading for this compound. It might be confused with the standalone reading of 良い (よい/よし).
• 3ようす (様子) means 'state' or 'condition', which is a different word written with different kanji.
• 4よす is an incorrect reading, perhaps confusing the on'yomi 'you' with a kun'yomi-like ending.

• 容姿ようし — appearance, looks
• 性格せいかく — personality, character

The correct reading for 伴う is ともなう (tomonau), meaning 'to accompany' or 'to entail'. 危険を伴う (kiken o tomonau) is a common phrase meaning 'to entail danger' or 'to be accompanied by danger'.

• 1はらう (払う) means 'to pay' (money) or 'to brush away', which does not collocate with 危険 (danger).
• 2あつかう (扱う) means 'to handle' or 'to deal with'. While you can handle danger, the kanji 伴 is not read this way.
• 4すくう (救う) means 'to save' or 'to rescue', which does not fit the kanji 伴 or the context of entailing danger.

• 伴ともなう — to accompany, to entail
• 危険きけん — danger, risk
• 実験じっけん — experiment

The correct reading for 願望 is がんぼう (ganbou), meaning 'desire', 'wish', or 'aspiration'. The sentence means 'In the past, I had a strong desire to live overseas.'

• 2げんぼう uses the unvoiced reading げん for 願, which is incorrect. The correct on'yomi for 願 is がん.
• 3がんぼ is missing the final long vowel う (ou sound), which is necessary for 望 (ぼう).
• 4げんぼ is incorrect both in the voicing of 願 (げん instead of がん) and the missing long vowel for 望 (ぼ instead of ぼう).

• 願望がんぼう — desire, wish, aspiration

「まねく」means 'to invite (someone to one's home/event)'. Its kanji is 招, so the past tense まねいた is written 招いた. Option 2 is correct.

• 1伯いた: 伯(はく) means 'uncle/chief' and is not read まねく. This is a lookalike kanji trap.
• 3泊いた: 泊まる means 'to stay overnight'. Its past form is 泊いた, but it does not mean 'to invite'. Wrong meaning.
• 4召いた: 召す is a humble/respectful verb meaning 'to eat/wear/catch a cold', etc. Not 'to invite'.

• 招まねく — to invite (someone over)
• 泊とまる — to stay overnight
• 召めす — (humble/respectful) to eat, wear, etc.

「ほしょう」with the meaning 'guarantee/assurance' is written 保証. The sentence says 'safety is guaranteed', so 保証されている is correct. Option 3.

• 1補証: not a real word. 補(ほ) appears in words like 補充(ほじゅう); combined with 証 it is not standard.
• 2保正: not a real word. A kanji-swap distractor mixing 保 and 正.
• 4補正: this is a real word but read ほせい, meaning 'correction/amendment' (e.g., 補正予算). Wrong reading and meaning.

• 保証ほしょう — guarantee, assurance
• 補正ほせい — correction, amendment

「もよおし」is the noun form of 催す(もよおす, 'to hold/organize an event'). Written as 催し, it means 'event/gathering'. The sentence 'さまざまな催しを行っている' = 'holds various events'. Option 2.

• 1携し: 携(けい/たずさ) appears in 携帯(けいたい) but 携し is not a word for 'event'.
• 3推し: 推(すい/お) as in 推薦(すいせん); 推し is not read もよおし.
• 4権し: 権(けん/ごん) as in 権利(けんり); 権し is not a word.

• 催もよおし — event, gathering, function
• 催もよおす — to hold/organize (an event)

「こうか」meaning 'coins' is written 硬貨. The sentence contrasts お札(bills) with 硬貨(coins): 'exchanged bills for coins at the bank'. Option 1.

• 2固貨: not a standard word. 固(こ/かた) means 'hard/solid' but the correct first kanji is 硬.
• 3硬価: not a standard word. The second kanji should be 貨(か, goods/money), not 価(か, value).
• 4固価: not a standard word; both kanji are wrong choices.

• 硬貨こうか — coins (as opposed to bills)
• お札（おさつ） — paper money, bills

「せいぞう」meaning 'to manufacture' is written 製造. 製(せい, manufacture) + 造(ぞう, make/build). 'わが社の商品はここで製造されている' = 'our company's products are manufactured here'. Option 4.

• 1製増: not a word. 増(ぞう) means 'increase' (as in 増加); wrong second kanji.
• 2制増: not a word. 制(せい) means 'control/system'; 増 is also wrong.
• 3制造: this is the simplified-Chinese spelling of 'manufacture'; in Japanese the standard form is 製造, and 制造 is not a valid Japanese word.

• 製造せいぞう — manufacture, production
• 製造せいぞうする — to manufacture