N2 Vocabulary · Test 24

愉快（ゆかい）means 'amusing, entertaining, funny.' The closest paraphrase is 面白い（おもしろい）, which means 'interesting, funny, amusing.' Both describe someone who is fun to be around.

• 2おしゃれな means 'stylish, fashionable' — unrelated to being amusing.
• 3親切な（しんせつな）means 'kind, helpful' — a different personality trait.
• 4かわいい means 'cute' — not the same as being funny or entertaining.

• 愉快ゆかい — amusing, entertaining, funny
• 面白おもしろい — interesting, funny, amusing

やむをえない means 'unavoidable, cannot be helped.' The closest paraphrase is しかたない, which also means 'it cannot be helped, there is no other way.' Both express that something is inevitable.

• 1もったいない means 'wasteful, too good (to waste)' — unrelated.
• 2なさけない（情けない）means 'pitiful, shameful, pathetic' — different nuance.
• 3つまらない means 'boring, uninteresting' — unrelated.

• やむをえない — unavoidable, cannot be helped
• しかたない — it cannot be helped, there is no other way

息抜き（いきぬき）means 'taking a break, resting to relieve stress.' The closest paraphrase is 休んだ（やすんだ）, meaning 'rested.' Both convey pausing work to relax.

• 1待った（まった）means 'waited' — not the same as taking a break.
• 2急いだ（いそいだ）means 'hurried' — the opposite of taking a break.
• 4働いた（はたらいた）means 'worked' — the opposite of resting.

• 息抜いきぬき — taking a break, resting to refresh oneself
• 休やすむ — to rest, to take a break

ついている is an idiomatic expression meaning 'being lucky, having good fortune.' The closest paraphrase is 運がよかった（うんがよかった）, meaning 'had good luck.' Both describe a fortunate situation.

• 1気分が悪かった（きぶんがわるかった）means 'felt sick/unwell' — unrelated.
• 2運が悪かった（うんがわるかった）means 'had bad luck' — the opposite meaning.
• 3気分がよかった（きぶんがよかった）means 'felt good' — close in feeling but not the same as being lucky.

• ついている — to be lucky, to have good fortune
• 運うんがいい — lucky, having good luck

つねに（常に）means 'always, constantly, at all times.' The closest paraphrase is いつも, which means 'always.' Both indicate something done habitually without exception.

• 1当然（とうぜん）means 'naturally, of course' — expresses inevitability, not frequency.
• 3特に（とくに）means 'especially, particularly' — emphasizes degree, not constancy.
• 4できるだけ means 'as much as possible' — expresses effort/limit, not habitual constancy.

• 常つねに — always, constantly
• いつも — always, usually

延長（えんちょう）means 'extension (of time/duration).' Option 3 says the meeting was extended by one hour because no conclusion was reached within the scheduled time. Extending the duration of an event like a meeting is exactly what 延長 means.

• 1延長 is not used for postponing a departure date. Changing a start date to a later one is 延期（えんき）'postponement,' not 延長. 延長 refers to making a duration longer, not rescheduling.
• 2Adding another floor to a building is 増築（ぞうちく）or 拡張（かくちょう）, not 延長. 延長 does not apply to physical structural expansion of a building.
• 4Riding past one's station is 乗り過ごす（のりすごす）'to overshoot/ride past one's stop.' 延長 cannot be used for accidentally going too far on a train.

• 延長えんちょう — extension, prolongation (of time/duration)
• 延期えんき — postponement, deferral (of a scheduled date)
• 増築ぞうちく — adding on to a building, building an extension
• 乗り過ごす（のりすごす） — to ride past one's stop (on a train/bus)