N2 Vocabulary · Test 74

警備 (けいび) means 'security, guard, policing.' The sentence means 'The event was postponed due to security-related circumstances.' Option 4 けいび is the correct reading.

• 1げんひ has incorrect readings for both kanji — 警 is けい not げん, and 備 is び not ひ.
• 2げんび has the wrong reading for 警 (げん instead of けい).
• 3けいひ has the correct reading for 警 but the wrong reading for 備 (ひ instead of び). けいひ (経費) is a real word meaning 'expenses,' making it a plausible distractor.

• 警備けいび — security, guard, policing
• 経費けいひ — expenses, operating costs

Option 3 (つごう) is correct. 都合 means 'circumstances/convenience' and is read つごう. The phrase 警備上の都合で means 'due to security-related circumstances/convenience.'

• 1とごう is a misreading using the wrong initial consonant (と instead of つ).
• 2とあい is a fabricated reading that does not correspond to any real reading of 都合.
• 4つあい is a plausible-looking but non-existent reading mixing つ with the あい from 合's on-yomi.

• 都合つごう — circumstances; convenience; arrangement

Option 1 (えんき) is correct. 延期 means 'postponement/deferral' and is read えんき. 延期された means 'was postponed.'

• 2えんご is the reading of 援護 (aid/backup), a lookalike with the same 延/援 confusion and 期/護 confusion.
• 3ていき is the reading of 定期 (fixed term/period), a plausible but wrong reading.
• 4ていご is a fabricated reading mixing on-yomi of 延(てい) with a wrong second character reading.

• 延期えんき — postponement; deferral

Option 4 (じゅうたく) is correct. 住宅 means 'housing/residence' and is read じゅうたく. 住 is read じゅう (on-yomi) and 宅 is read たく (on-yomi).

• 1しゅうきょ is a wrong reading using しゅう for 住 (incorrect on-yomi) and きょ for 宅 (incorrect).
• 2しゅうたく mixes a wrong しゅう reading for 住 with the correct たく for 宅.
• 3じゅうきょ uses the correct じゅう for 住 but a wrong きょ for 宅.

• 住宅じゅうたく — housing; residence; dwelling

Option 2 (ひかり) is correct. 光 here is the noun 'light,' read ひかり. The sentence says 'light reaches the back of the room.'

• 1ひかる is the verb form (to shine/light up), but the sentence requires the noun 光が (light, as subject marked by が).
• 3ひびく is the reading of 響く (to resound/echo), a lookalike verb.
• 4ひびき is the reading of 響き (resonance/echo), a lookalike noun.

• 光ひかり — light (noun)

並んでいる is read ならんでいる, from 並ぶ (ならぶ, 'to be lined up / to stand in a row'). このたなに並んでいる商品 means 'the products lined up on this shelf.' The て-form 並んで connects to いる for the progressive/state.

• 1えらんで (選んで, 'choosing') is a lookalike verb with a similar shape but means 'to choose,' not 'to line up.'
• 3つかんで (掴んで, 'grabbing') means 'to grab/hold,' unrelated to arranging items on a shelf.
• 4たのんで (頼んで, 'requesting/ordering') means 'to ask/request,' semantically wrong here.

• 並ならぶ — to be lined up, to stand in a row
• 並ならんでいる — is lined up (state of being arranged in a row)

商品 is read しょうひん, meaning 'merchandise' or 'goods/products' (especially items for sale in a store). In this sentence it refers to the products lined up on the shelf.

• 2せいひん would correspond to 製品, meaning 'manufactured goods/products' — a different word with a different kanji. The stem uses 商品, not 製品.
• 3しょうしな is not a valid reading for 商品; it is a distractor using the initial sound しょう- with a fabricated ending.
• 4せいしな is not a valid reading for 商品; it is a distractor that mimics the 製(せい) reading combined with a fabricated ending.

• 商品しょうひん — merchandise, goods (for sale)
• 製品せいひん — manufactured goods, products

全部 is read ぜんぶ, meaning 'all, entirely, the whole'. Here it means 'all of the products on this shelf are 40% off.'

• 2ぜんぶん is not a valid reading for 全部; the distractor adds an extra ん to the correct reading.
• 3せんぶ is not a valid reading for 全部; it replaces ぜん with せん, possibly confusing with 千(せん).
• 4せんぶん is not a valid reading for 全部; it combines both errors (せん + extra ん).

• 全部ぜんぶ — all, entirely, the whole

四割引き is read よんわりびき. 四 here is read よん (the common on-reading used before counter words like 割), 割 is わり (one-tenth, a discount unit), and 引き is びき (from 引く, meaning 'discount/reduction'). 四割引き means 'a 40% discount.'

• 1しわりびき uses し for 四, which is a valid reading in some compounds (e.g., 四月 しがつ) but not used before 割; the standard reading here is よんわり.
• 2よわりひき uses よ for 四, which can appear in native Japanese counting (よん/よ/よつ) but 四割 is read よんわり, not よわり.
• 3よつわりびき uses よつ for 四, which is the native Japanese counting form used for counting objects (e.g., 四つ よつ), but before 割 the reading is よん, not よつ.

• 四割引よんわりびき — 40% discount, 40% off
• 割わり — one-tenth (10%); used in discount expressions

箱 is read はこ, meaning 'box'. The sentence says 'Please give each person ten of the snacks inside this box.'

• 1かご means 籠, 'basket' — a different container, not 箱.
• 2かん means 缶, 'can/tin' — a different container, not 箱.
• 4はん is not a valid reading for 箱; it is a distractor that looks/sounds similar to はこ.

• 箱はこ — box
• 籠かご — basket
• 缶かん — can, tin