N2 Vocabulary · Test 78

缶詰 is read かんづめ, meaning 'canned food.' The key point is that 詰 (つめ) undergoes rendaku (voicing) to づめ in this compound. Option 2 is correct. The sentence means 'If you eat only canned and frozen foods, it's not good for your health.'

• 1かんつめ is wrong; the correct reading uses rendaku, so つめ becomes づめ.
• 3びんつめ is wrong; 缶 is read かん (a can/tin), not びん (which would be 瓶, a bottle).
• 4びんづめ is wrong; the first kanji is 缶 (かん), not 瓶 (びん).

• 缶詰かんづめ — canned food, tinned food
• 缶かん — can, tin
• 詰つめる — to pack, stuff (→ づめ in compounds)

冷凍 is read れいとう, meaning 'freezing / frozen.' Option 2 is correct. 冷凍食品 means 'frozen food.' The sentence means 'If you eat only canned and frozen foods, it's not good for your health.'

• 1れいぞう is wrong; this is the reading of 冷蔵 (refrigeration), not 冷凍 (freezing).
• 3れんぞう is wrong; 冷 is read レイ, not レン, and 凍 is トウ, not ゾウ.
• 4れんとう is wrong; 冷 is read レイ, not レン.

• 冷凍れいとう — freezing, frozen
• 冷凍食品れいとうしょくひん — frozen food

「良くない」is read 「よくない」, meaning 'not good / bad for (one's health)'. The sentence means: 'If you eat nothing but canned and frozen food, it is not good for your body.' Option 4 matches the reading of the tested span exactly.

• 1「うまくない」would correspond to 上手くない/旨くない, meaning 'not skillful / not tasty'. While 旨い can relate to food, the stem uses 良くない, not 旨くない.
• 2「まずくない」corresponds to 不味くない, meaning 'not bad-tasting'. This is a plausible distractor since the context is food, but it is not the reading of 良い.
• 3「いくない」is not a valid reading of 良くない. It may mimic 行くない, but 行く conjugates as 行かない, so this is simply a wrong reading.

• 良よくない — not good, bad (for you)
• 缶詰かんづめ — canned food
• 冷凍食品れいとうしょくひん — frozen food

「爆発」is read 「ばくはつ」, meaning 'explosion'. The sentence means: 'Materials were distributed about the possibility of gas explosions during an earthquake.' Option 1 gives the correct reading.

• 2「ぼくはつ」uses the wrong initial consonant for 爆 (ぼ instead of ば). This is a deliberate near-miss distractor.
• 3「ばくほつ」uses はつ→ほつ, confusing the reading of 発. 発 is はつ here, not ほつ.
• 4「ぼうほつ」has both the wrong long vowel for 爆 and the wrong reading for 発. Completely incorrect.

• 爆発ばくはつ — explosion
• 地震じしん — earthquake
• ガス — gas

「可能性」is read 「かのうせい」, meaning 'possibility'. The sentence means: 'Materials were distributed about the possibility of gas explosions during an earthquake.' Option 1 is the correct reading.

• 2「かんのうせい」inserts an extra ん, a deliberate phonetic distractor. There is no such word.
• 3「かのうしょう」uses しょう instead of せい for 性. The suffix 性 meaning '-ness / -ity' is read せい, not しょう.
• 4「かんのうしょう」combines both errors: extra ん and しょう instead of せい.

• 可能性かのうせい — possibility
• 資料しりょう — materials, documents
• 配布はいふ — distribution

進歩 is read しんぽ. 進 is しん (on'yomi) and 歩 is ぽ (on'yomi, with the handakuten). The sentence means 'Printing technology has made considerable progress compared with the past.'

• 2しんほ lacks the handakuten (°) on ほ; the correct reading of 歩 in this compound is ぽ, not ほ.
• 3しんぽう adds an extra う, confusing it with words like 通信 (つうしん) patterns or long-vowel words; 進歩 has no long vowel.
• 4しんほう both lacks the handakuten and adds an extra う, combining two errors.

• 進歩しんぽ — progress, advancement
• 歩ほ/ぽ/あるく — walk; step (ぽ in 進歩)

放送局 is read ほうそうきょく. 放送 is ほうそう and 局 is きょく. The sentence means 'In front of this broadcasting station, not only parking but also stopping (of vehicles) is prohibited.'

• 2ほうそうきゃく uses きゃく for 局, confusing it with 客 (きゃく, 'guest/customer'). 局 is きょく.
• 3ほそうきょく drops the long vowel う in 放送 (should be ほうそう, not ほそう).
• 4ほそうきゃく both drops the long vowel and uses the wrong reading きゃく for 局.

• 放送局ほうそうきょく — broadcasting station
• 放送ほうそう — broadcast
• 局きょく — bureau, station (counter/suffix)
• 正面しょうめん — front, front side
• 駐車ちゅうしゃ — parking
• 停車ていしゃ — stopping (a vehicle)
• 禁止きんし — prohibition, ban

正面 is read しょうめん. It means 'front' or 'front side' of a building or location. In this sentence it refers to the front of the broadcasting station.

• 1せいもん is an incorrect reading; 正 is not read せい here.
• 2しょうもん is wrong; 面 is not read もん.
• 3せいめん is wrong; 正 is not read せい in this word.

• 正面しょうめん — front, front side (of a building/place)
• 放送局ほうそうきょく — broadcasting station
• 駐車ちゅうしゃ — parking
• 停車ていしゃ — stopping (a vehicle)

停車 is read ていしゃ. It means 'stopping a vehicle' (temporarily, as opposed to parking). 停 is read てい and 車 is read しゃ.

• 1たいしゃ is wrong; 停 is not read たい. This may be confused with 退社 (たいしゃ, leaving work) or 大車.
• 2けいしゃ is wrong; 停 is not read けい.
• 4はいしゃ is wrong; 停 is not read はい. May be confused with 配車 (はいしゃ, vehicle dispatch).

• 停車ていしゃ — stopping a vehicle (temporarily)
• 駐車ちゅうしゃ — parking
• 禁止きんし — prohibition, ban

禁止 is read きんし. It means 'prohibition, ban.' 禁 is read きん and 止 is read し (on'yomi).

• 1きんじ is wrong; 止 is read し here, not じ.
• 3ちゅうじ is wrong; 禁 is not read ちゅう. May be confused with 注意 (ちゅうい).
• 4ちゅうし is wrong; 禁 is not read ちゅう. May be confused with 中止 (ちゅうし, cancellation).

• 禁止きんし — prohibition, ban
• 禁止きんしされる — to be prohibited