N2 Vocabulary · Test 70

「家賃（やちん）」means 'rent (for housing).' The sentence says 'The rent at the apartment I'm moving to next is double what I pay now.' The correct reading is やちん. 家 is read with its kun'yomi や and 賃 with its on'yomi ちん.

• 1「いえだい」is not a valid word. It uses the kun'yomi いえ for 家 and だい for 賃, both wrong in this compound.
• 2「いえちん」is not a valid word. It uses the kun'yomi いえ for 家, which is incorrect here; the correct reading is やちん.
• 3「やだい」is not a valid word. It uses the correct や for 家 but だい for 賃, which is wrong; 賃 is read ちん in this compound.

• 家賃やちん — rent (for housing)
• 引っ越す（ひっこす） — to move (house)
• マンション — apartment building (loanword)
• 二倍にばい — double, twice as much

二倍 is read にばい. 倍 means 'times/double' and is read ばい. The sentence means 'The rent for the apartment I'm moving to next is twice (にばい) what I pay now.'

• 1にかい would be the reading for 二階 (second floor), not 二倍.
• 2にき is not a valid reading for any common word with these kanji.
• 4にぶ is not a valid reading for 倍; it may be confused with words like 鈍 (にぶ) but is unrelated.

• 二倍にばい — double, twice as much
• 家賃やちん — rent

険しい is read けわしい, meaning 'steep, rugged, perilous.' The sentence means 'Construction to build an iron bridge is underway in the steep (けわしい) mountains.'

• 1あやしい (怪しい) means 'suspicious, strange' — different kanji and meaning.
• 2くわしい (詳しい) means 'detailed, familiar with' — different kanji and meaning.
• 4ひとしい (等しい) means 'equal' — different kanji and meaning.

• 険けわしい — steep, rugged, perilous
• 鉄橋てっきょう — iron bridge
• 工事こうじ — construction

鉄橋 is read てっきょう. 鉄 (てつ) undergoes rendaku/assimilation to てっ, and 橋 is read きょう. The sentence means 'Construction to build an iron bridge (てっきょう) is underway in the steep mountains.'

• 1てつきょ is incorrect — the つ of 鉄 should assimilate to っ before きょう, and きょ is the wrong reading for 橋 (should be きょう).
• 2てっきょ has the correct てっ but uses きょ instead of きょう for 橋.

• 鉄橋てっきょう — iron bridge
• 工事こうじ — construction

優勝 is read ゆうしょう. 優 is read ゆう and 勝 is read しょう. The sentence means 'Everyone cheered, praying for the championship (ゆうしょう).'

• 2ゆうじょう would be the reading for 優情 or 友情 (ゆうじょう, friendship) — wrong word.
• 3ゆしょう drops the long vowel う from ゆう, which is incorrect.
• 4ゆじょう drops the long vowel う from ゆう and also uses じょう instead of しょう — doubly wrong.

• 優勝ゆうしょう — championship, winning a title
• 祈いのって — praying (te-form of 祈う)
• 応援おうえん — support, cheering

警備 is read けいび and means 'security' or 'guarding.' 警(けい) + 備(び) gives けいび. The sentence means 'Recently, security at airports has become strict.'

• 1けいさつ is the reading for 警察 (police), a very plausible distractor sharing the first kanji 警(けい).
• 3けんさつ is the reading for 検察 (public prosecution), a near-homophone with けん instead of けい and さつ instead of び.
• 4けんび is not a standard word; it mixes けん (wrong for 警) with び (correct for 備).

• 警備けいび — security; guarding
• 警察けいさつ — police
• 検察けんさつ — public prosecution

厳重 is read げんじゅう, meaning 'strict, rigorous, heavy (security/surveillance)'. The sentence says airport security has become strict. The correct reading is げんじゅう.

• 2げんじょう is a plausible misreading using the common on'yomi じょう for 重, but the correct reading here uses the long vowel じゅう.
• 3げんちゅう is a wrong reading mixing up the second kanji; there is no such word.
• 4げんちょう is another incorrect reading with a wrong vowel in the second kanji.

• 厳重げんじゅう — strict, rigorous (used for security, guard, etc.)

両替 is read りょうがえ, meaning 'money exchange / currency exchange'. The sentence says it is troublesome to find a place in this town where you can exchange money. The correct reading is りょうがえ.

• 1りょうかえ uses a rendaku-less form; the correct reading has がえ (with voicing) for 替.
• 3りょうたい is a wrong reading for 替; たい does not correspond to this kanji in this word.
• 4りょうだい is a wrong reading; this resembles 両台 or other words, not 両替.

• 両替りょうがえ — money exchange, currency exchange

面倒 is read めんどう, meaning 'troublesome, bothersome, a hassle'. The sentence says finding a place to exchange money in this town is a hassle. The correct reading is めんどう.

• 1めいとう is a wrong reading; 面 is not read めい in this word.
• 2めいどう similarly uses an incorrect reading めい for 面.
• 3めんとう is close but missing the long vowel う; the correct reading is めんどう.

• 面倒めんどう — troublesome, bothersome, hassle

数年 is read すうねん, meaning 'several years'. The sentence says 'over the past several years, the rate of advancement to high school and university seems to have slightly decreased.' The correct reading is すうねん.

• 2すねん drops the long vowel う; 数 is read すう here, not す.
• 3そうねん is a wrong reading; 数 is not read そう in this word.
• 4そねん is a wrong reading with both the wrong vowel and missing length.

• 数年すうねん — several years