N2 Vocabulary · Test 85

各国 is read かっこく, meaning 'each country / various countries'. 各 is read かっ (with a small っ), and 国 is read こく. Option 1 is correct.

• 2かっくに — 国 is read こく here, not くに; also the っ is misplaced.
• 3こっこく — 各 is read かっ, not こっ.
• 4こっくに — wrong readings of both elements; 各 is かっ and 国 is こく.

• 各国かっこく — each country, various countries

代表 is read だいひょう, meaning 'representative / delegation'. 代 is read だい, and 表 is read ひょう. Option 3 is correct.

• 1だいぴょう — 表 is read ひょう, not ぴょう (no dakuten).
• 2たいぴょう — 代 is read だい, not たい, and 表 is ひょう not ぴょう.
• 4たいひょう — 代 is read だい, not たい.

• 代表だいひょう — representative, delegation

出席 is read しゅっせき, meaning 'attendance / to attend'. 出 is read しゅつ (which becomes しゅっ before せ), and 席 is read せき. Option 4 is correct.

• 1しゅせい — missing the っ gemination and wrong reading of 席 (せき, not せい).
• 2しゅせき — missing the っ gemination required between 出 and 席.
• 3しゅっせい — wrong reading of 席 (せき, not せい).

• 出席しゅっせき — attendance, attending

家庭 (かてい) means 'home/household.' The correct reading is かてい (option 2). The sentence is about discussing problems occurring in the home (家庭) and workplace (職場).

• 1やてい is not a valid reading for 家庭; there is no reading starting with や for either character.
• 3やけい is not a valid reading for 家庭.
• 4かけい is not a valid reading for 家庭; this may be a distractor confusing the reader with similar-sounding readings.

• 家庭かてい — home, household, family

職場 (しょくば) means 'workplace.' The correct reading is しょくば (option 1). 職 is read しょく and 場 is read ば in this compound.

• 2しょくじょう is an incorrect reading; 場 is read ば here, not じょう.
• 3しきば is wrong; 职 is not read しき.
• 4しきじょう is wrong for the same reason; neither character takes a しき reading.

• 職場しょくば — workplace, place of work

Option 3 (はこびさる) is the correct reading for 運び去る. 運び (from 運ぶ, はこぶ) + 去る (さる), meaning 'to carry away / transport away.' The context of blood carrying away unneeded substances confirms this.

• 1はこびきる uses 切る(きる) as the auxiliary, meaning 'to carry completely/to the end,' which does not fit the meaning of removing waste.
• 2はこびとる uses 取る(とる), forming a non-standard compound; it does not match 去る.
• 4はこびよる uses 寄る(よる), meaning 'to approach/come near,' which is the opposite direction of carrying away.

• 運び去る（はこびさる） — to carry away, transport away
• 運はこぶ — to carry, transport
• 去さる — to leave, depart

Option 3 (くふう) is the correct reading for 工夫. 工 is read く and 夫 is read ふう, forming くふう, meaning 'device, ingenuity, contrivance' — finding a clever way to do something.

• 1こうふ reads 工 as こう (a valid reading of 工 in other compounds) and 夫 as ふ, but this is not the correct reading for this word.
• 2こうふう reads 工 as こう instead of く; while ふう for 夫 is correct, the first kanji reading is wrong.
• 4くうふ inserts an extra う after く and reads 夫 as ふ instead of ふう.

• 工夫くふう — ingenuity, device, finding a clever method
• 努力どりょく — effort, endeavor
• 重かさねる — to pile up, repeat, accumulate

Option 2 (かさねた) is the correct reading for 重ねた (past tense of 重ねる). 重ねる means 'to pile up, layer, or repeat,' and here it means accumulating/repeating effort and ingenuity.

• 1つらねた is 連ねた (to line up, string together) — a different verb with a similar kanji appearance; it does not mean 'to accumulate/repeat.'
• 3おもねた is not a standard reading of 重ねた; it confuses the native reading おも(重) with an incorrect okurigana pattern.
• 4たばねた is 束ねた (to bundle together) — a different verb; while it involves gathering, it does not convey the sense of piling up / repeating over time.

• 重かさねる — to pile up, repeat, accumulate
• 連つらねる — to line up, string together
• 束たばねる — to bundle, tie together

実験 is read じっけん. The kanji 実 has a special reading here: before a 'k' sound (け), the つ in じつ becomes っ (a small tsu), giving じっけん. This is a common rendaku/palatalization pattern in Japanese (like 実際 じっさい, 実質 じっしつ). 実験 means 'experiment,' which fits the context of trying hard and finally succeeding.

• 1じつけん — This would be the reading without the small っ. While 実 is indeed じつ in many compounds, before a 'k' row sound the つ is geminated to っ, so じつけん is incorrect.
• 2じげん — This reads 次元 (dimension) or could be mistaken for 時限 (time limit). Neither matches 実験.
• 4じけん — This reads 事件 (incident/event) or 時限. It drops the つ/っ entirely, which is wrong for 実験.

• 実験じっけん — experiment
• 工夫くふう — ingenuity, device, contrivance
• 努力どりょく — effort, endeavor

成功 is read せいこう. 成 is せい (as in 成長 せいちょう, 完成 かんせい) and 功 is こう (as in 功績 こうせき). 成功 means 'success,' fitting the context of an experiment finally succeeding after much effort.

• 2せんこう — This would be 選考 (selection) or 専攻 (major/specialization). The kanji 成 is not read せん.
• 3せいこん — This uses こん for 功, but 功 is read こう, not こん. せいこん is not a standard word.
• 4せんこん — This combines wrong readings for both kanji. せんこん is not a standard word.

• 成功せいこう — success
• ついに — finally, at last