N2 Vocabulary · Test 73

優しく (やさしく) is the adverbial form of 優しい (やさしい), 'gentle/kind'. '優しくユーモアがあって' = 'kind and humorous'.

• 1さびしい (寂しい/淋しい) — means 'lonely/desolate'; wrong kanji reading for 優しく.
• 2はげしく (激しく) — means 'intensely/violently'; opposite nuance and wrong reading.
• 3したしく (親しく) — means 'close/intimate'; plausible lookalike but 優しく is read やさしく.

• 優やさしい — gentle, kind, tender

欠点 is read けってん, meaning 'defect, shortcoming, fault.' The sentence describes her as a person with few faults, evaluated positively. The kanji 欠 has the reading けつ, and here it combines with 点(てん) with the small っ appearing: けっ＋てん → けってん.

• 1けてん is missing the small っ. The correct reading requires the geminate consonant: けってん.
• 3かくてん is a misreading of 欠 as かく. There is no such word in this context.
• 4かってん is a misreading of 欠 as かつ/かっ. There is no such word.

• 欠点けってん — defect, shortcoming, fault

肯定的に is read こうていてきに, meaning 'positively, affirmatively.' 肯 = こう, 定 = てい, 的 = てき, and に is the adverbial particle. The sentence says she is evaluated positively as a kind, humorous person with few faults.

• 1こんていてき has the wrong reading for 肯 (こん instead of こう) and is also missing the final に.
• 2こんてんてきに misreads both 肯 (こん) and 定 (てん instead of てい).
• 4こうてんてきに misreads 定 as てん instead of てい.

• 肯定的こうていてきに — positively, affirmatively
• 肯定こうてい — affirmation, approval

都合 is read つごう, meaning 'circumstances, convenience, schedule.' The sentence says 'Due to work circumstances, my return-home time is irregular.' 都 = つ, 合 = ごう.

• 1とごう misreads 都 as と instead of つ.
• 2とあい misreads both kanji: 都 as と and 合 as あい.
• 4つあい misreads 合 as あい instead of ごう.

• 都合つごう — circumstances, convenience, schedule

帰宅 is read きたく, meaning 'returning home.' 帰 = き, 宅 = たく. The sentence says 'my return-home time is irregular.'

• 1きだく misreads 宅 as だく instead of たく.
• 3きったく inserts an unnecessary small っ; the correct reading is simply きたく.
• 4きいたく inserts an unnecessary い; there is no such reading.

• 帰宅きたく — returning home
• 帰宅時間きたくじかん — time of returning home

姉妹 is read しまい (shimai), meaning 'sisters.' It consists of 姉 (し, shi) + 妹 (まい, mai). The sentence says those sisters look very much alike in appearance.

• 1しめい (shimei) misreads the second kanji 妹 as めい instead of まい; しめい would correspond to 氏名 (name).
• 3しばい (shibai) misreads the second kanji 妹 as ばい instead of まい; しばい is 芝居 (theater/play).
• 4してい (shitei) misreads the second kanji 妹 as てい instead of まい; してい could correspond to 指定 (designation).

• 姉妹しまい — sisters

姿 is read すがた, meaning 'figure, form, appearance.' The sentence says the sisters' appearance (姿) is very similar. Option 1 is correct.

• 2かたち means 'shape' (形). It refers to the physical shape of an object, not a person's overall appearance/figure.
• 3からだ means 'body' (体). While related to a person, the sentence is about overall appearance, not just the body.
• 4しせい means 'posture, attitude' (姿勢). This refers to how one carries oneself or one's stance, not general appearance.

• 姿すがた — figure, form, appearance

似ている is read にている, from the verb 似る (にる, 'to resemble'). The て-form is 似て (にて). Option 3 is correct.

• 1じて is the て-form of 字 (じ) or a non-existent reading; there is no verb 跡る/似る read as じる in this context.
• 2もて is the て-form of 持つ (もつ, 'to hold') or 燃える; not related to 似る.
• 4ねて is the て-form of 寝る (ねる, 'to sleep'); unrelated to resembling.

• 似にている — resembles, is similar (from 似る・にる)

結んで is read むすんで, from 結ぶ (むすぶ, 'to tie, bind'). The sentence says they tied ribbons in their hair. Option 3 is correct.

• 1あんで is the て-form of 編む (あむ, 'to knit/weave'); you don't 'weave' a ribbon in hair.
• 2つんで is the て-form of 積む (つむ, 'to pile/stack') or 摘む (つむ, 'to pick'); neither fits tying a ribbon.
• 4たたんで is the て-form of 畳む (たたむ, 'to fold'); you don't fold a ribbon into hair.

• 結むすんでいる — is tied (from 結ぶ・むすぶ, to tie/bind)

著者 is read ちょしゃ, meaning 'author.' 著 is read ちょ (as in 著作 ちょさく) and 者 is read しゃ (as in 研究 者 けんきゅうしゃ). Option 2 is correct.

• 1ちょじゃ uses the wrong reading for 者 (じゃ instead of しゃ).
• 3しょじゃ uses the wrong reading for both characters; 著 is ちょ, not しょ.
• 4しょしゃ uses the wrong reading for 著 (しょ instead of ちょ).

• 著者ちょしゃ — author, writer