N2 Vocabulary · Test 77

進学率 is read しんがくりつ, meaning 'school advancement rate / college-going rate'. The sentence discusses the rate of advancement to high school and university. The correct reading is しんがくりつ.

• 1しんがくいつ is a wrong reading; 率 is read りつ, not いつ.
• 3しんがくそつ is a wrong reading; 率 is not read そつ (this resembles 卒 そつ).

• 進学率しんがくりつ — school advancement rate, proportion of students going on to higher education

減って is read へって, from the verb 減る (へる), meaning 'to decrease, to be reduced'. The sentence says the advancement rate seems to have slightly decreased. The correct reading is へって.

• 1あまって is from 余る (あまる), meaning 'to be left over', which is the opposite of what the sentence says.
• 2いたって is from 至る (いたる), meaning 'to reach/arrive at', which does not fit the context of a rate decreasing.
• 3そって is from 沿う/添う (そう), meaning 'to follow/along', which does not fit here.

• 減へる — to decrease, to be reduced
• 減へって — decreasing, having decreased (te-form of 減る)

賢い is read かしこい and means 'wise, clever, smart.' The sentence 君は賢い選択をしたね means 'You made a wise choice.' Option 1 is the correct reading.

• 2きつい means 'tight, strict, harsh' (e.g., きついスケジュール). It is a plausible-looking adjective ending in 〜い but has nothing to do with 賢い.
• 3すごい means 'amazing, terrible, great.' A common informal adjective, but not the reading of 賢い.
• 4するどい (鋭い) means 'sharp, keen.' It is a near-synonym in the sense of 'sharp-minded,' which makes it a deliberate distractor, but it is not the reading of 賢い.

• 賢かしこい — wise, clever, smart
• 選択せんたく — choice, selection

選択 is read せんたく and means 'selection, choice.' The sentence 君は賢い選択をしたね means 'You made a wise choice.' Option 3 is correct. Note the rendaku/voicing pattern: 選(せん) + 括(たく) → せんたく.

• 1せいたく is the reading of the unrelated word 贅沢 (luxury, extravagance). The kanji 選択 and 贅沢 are visually distinct but the readings せんたく/ぜいたく are easily confused by learners.
• 2ぜいたく (贅沢) means 'luxury, extravagance.' Same distractor as option 1 but with the correct initial voicing of 贅沢. Not the reading of 選択.
• 4ぜんたく is a non-existent/incorrect reading formed by wrongly voicing the せ of せんたく. A deliberate phonological distractor.

• 選択せんたく — choice, selection
• 贅沢ぜいたく — luxury, extravagance

主な is read おもな and means 'main, chief, principal.' The sentence この町の主な産業は漁業だ means 'The main industry of this town is fishing.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1あらたな (新たな) means 'new, fresh, renewed.' A plausible adjective ending in 〜な, but not the reading of 主な.
• 3まれな (稀な) means 'rare, uncommon.' Semantically possible in other contexts but not the reading of 主な.
• 4ゆたかな (豊かな) means 'rich, abundant.' Another 〜な adjective distractor; not the reading of 主な.

• 主おもな — main, chief, principal
• 産業さんぎょう — industry
• 漁業ぎょぎょう — fishery, fishing industry

The correct reading for 通行 is つうこう. In the sentence, 通行を規制している means 'regulating traffic/passage', so option 4 is correct.

• 1こつう is an incorrect reading for 通行. There is no such reading for this word.
• 2こうつう is the reading for 交通 (traffic), a related but different word. The tested word is 通行, not 交通.
• 3つこう is an incorrect reading, missing the long 'u' sound in the first character (つう).

• 通行つうこう — traffic, passage, passing through
• 交差点こうさてん — intersection
• 規制きせい — regulation, restriction, control

The correct reading of 規制 is きせい. In the sentence 交差点で車の通行を規制している (At the intersection, car traffic is being regulated), 規制 means 'regulation/restriction/control.' The word is composed of 規 (き) + 制 (せい), with no small っ (促音) inserted.

• 2きそく is the reading of 規則, meaning 'rule/regulation' (as in a rule to follow). It is a deliberate lookalike distractor: both words relate to rules/control, but the kanji and reading differ. The stem uses 規制, not 規則.
• 3きっせい inserts an incorrect 促音 (small っ). There is no such standard reading for 規制; this is a phonological distractor designed to catch learners who overapply gemination.
• 4きっそく also inserts an incorrect 促音 and changes the second kanji's reading to そく. This does not correspond to 規制 and is a distractor combining wrong sound elements.

• 規制きせい — regulation, restriction, control
• 規則きそく — rule, regulation
• 交差点こうさてん — intersection
• 通行つうこう — traffic, passage

The correct reading for 単純 is たんじゅん. In the sentence, もっと単純な処理ですませよう means 'Let's get it over with a simpler process.' The kanji 単 is read たん and 純 is read じゅん.

• 1かんたん is the reading for 簡単 (easy), a near-synonym with different kanji. It is a deliberate distractor.
• 2かんだん is an incorrect reading, likely created by corrupting the reading of 簡単.
• 4だんじゅん is an incorrect reading, likely confusing the first kanji 単 (たん) with a kanji like 段 (だん).

• 単純たんじゅん — simple, uncomplicated
• 処理しょり — processing, treatment
• すませよう — let's finish / get it over with (volitional form of すませる)

処理 is read しょり and means 'processing,' 'handling,' or 'treatment.' The sentence means 'Let's settle it with a simpler processing/handling.'

• 1しょち is an incorrect reading of 処理; it confuses the second kanji 理 (り) with a dakuten-less ち, which is not a valid reading here.
• 2そち is an incorrect reading; it misreads the first kanji 処 as そ instead of しょ.
• 4そり is an incorrect reading; it misreads both kanji, using そ for 処 and り without the proper initial sho sound.

• 処理しょり — processing, handling, treatment
• 単純たんじゅんな — simple
• 済すませる — to finish, settle, get something done