N2 Vocabulary · Test 80

地域 is read ちいき, meaning 'region, area.' 地 is read ち and 域 is read いき. Option 3 is correct.

• 1ちえき is incorrect; 域 is read いき, not えき (駅).
• 2じえき uses the wrong reading for 地 (じ instead of ち) and 域 (えき instead of いき).
• 4じいき uses the wrong reading for 地 (じ instead of ち). Note: 地 can be read じ in compounds like 地面 じめん, but in 地域 it is ち.

• 地域ちいき — region, area, district

住民 is read じゅうみん, meaning 'residents, inhabitants.' 住 is read じゅう (as in 住所 じゅうしょ) and 民 is read みん. Option 4 is correct.

• 1ちょうみん uses the wrong reading for 住 (ちょう instead of じゅう).
• 2ちゅうみん uses the wrong reading for 住 (ちゅう instead of じゅう).
• 3じょうみん uses the wrong reading for 住 (じょう instead of じゅう).

• 住民じゅうみん — residents, inhabitants

「細かく」is read「こまかく」. It means 'in detail, finely, minutely.' In this sentence it modifies「ていねんに観察して」(observed carefully), describing how the author observed the land and residents' lives in fine detail.

• 1「みじかく」would correspond to「短く」(short), which is a lookalike kanji but wrong here.
• 2「ちかく」would correspond to「近く」(near), a plausible misreading of 細.
• 4「ふかく」would correspond to「深く」(deeply), another lookalike kanji confusion.

• 細こまかく — in detail, finely, minutely

「観察」is read「かんさつ」. It means 'observation.' The author observed the land and residents' lives in detail and wrote about them.

• 2「けんさつ」is「検察」(prosecution), a lookalike with 検 instead of 観.
• 3「けんせつ」is「建設」(construction), a near-homophone with different kanji.
• 4「かんせつ」could be「間接」(indirect) or other kanji, but not 観察.

• 観察かんさつ — observation, to observe

「歴史」is read「れきし」. It means 'history.' The sentence says this work is interesting both as a literary work and as familiar historical material.

• 1「れくし」is an incorrect reading; the kanji 歴 uses the reading れき, not れく.
• 3「りくし」confuses the initial consonant; 歴 begins with れ, not り.
• 4「りきし」similarly has the wrong initial consonant and vowel combination.

• 歴史れきし — history

Option 4 (おく) is correct. 奥 means 'the inner part/back/deep inside' and is read おく. 部屋の奥まで means 'to the back/depths of the room.'

• 1はし is a reading of 端 (end/edge) or 橋 (bridge), not 奥.
• 2そこ is 底 (bottom) or 其処 (there), a near-synonym of 'inner part' but not the reading of 奥.
• 3ふち is 縁 (edge/brim), semantically opposite to 奥 and not its reading.

• 奥おく — inner part; back; depths

Option 2 (とどく) is correct. 届く means 'to reach/arrive (as far as)' and is read とどく. 光が...届く means 'light reaches (to the back of the room).'

• 1いだく is the reading of 抱く (to embrace/harbor) or 戴く (to receive), a lookalike verb.
• 3のぞく is the reading of 覗く (to peep) or 臨く (to face), plausible but wrong.
• 4まねく is the reading of 招く (to invite) or 描く (to draw), plausible but wrong.

• 届とどく — to reach; to arrive; to be delivered

The correct reading for 政府 is せいふ (seifu). The word means 'government'.

• 1せんふ is an incorrect reading, likely confusing the first kanji 政 with something similar to 船 (せん).
• 2せんぷ is an incorrect reading, similar to option 1 but with a voiced sound.
• 4せいぷ is an incorrect reading; the second kanji 府 is read with the 'f' sound (ふ), not 'p' (ぷ).

• 政府せいふ — government

The correct reading for 調査 is ちょうさ (chousa). The word means 'investigation' or 'survey'.

• 1ちゅうさ has the wrong vowel length for the first kanji (ちゅう instead of ちょう).
• 2ちゅうさつ has the wrong vowel length and adds an unnecessary つ to the end.
• 4ちょうさつ adds an unnecessary つ to the end of the word.

• 調査ちょうさ — investigation, survey

The correct reading for 農産物 is のうさんぶつ (nousanbutsu). The word means 'agricultural products'.

• 1のうさんもつ uses the wrong reading for 物 (もつ instead of ぶつ).
• 3のうさくもつ uses the wrong reading for 産 (さく instead of さん) and 物 (もつ instead of ぶつ).
• 4のうさくぶつ uses the wrong reading for 産 (さく instead of さん).

• 農産物のうさんぶつ — agricultural products