N2 Vocabulary · Test 88

通じない（つうじない）is used in the set phrase 冗談が通じない, meaning 'jokes don't get through to someone / someone doesn't understand jokes.' The sentence says 'Ikeda is too serious, so jokes don't (work on him).' 通じない is the correct idiomatic choice.

• 1当たらない（あたらない）means 'doesn't hit / doesn't apply' and is not used with 冗談 in this idiomatic sense.
• 2渡らない（わたらない）means 'doesn't cross/doesn't reach' and is not used with 冗談.
• 3構わない（かまわない）means 'don't mind / it doesn't matter,' which doesn't fit the pattern 冗談が＿＿＿.

• 通つうじない — doesn't get through, doesn't communicate (here: 冗談が通じない = doesn't understand jokes)
• 冗談じょうだん — joke
• 当あたらない — doesn't hit, doesn't apply
• 構かまわない — don't mind, it doesn't matter

含まれて（ふくまれて）is the passive form of 含む, meaning 'is included.' The sentence says 'The accommodation fee at this hotel also (includes) breakfast.' 朝食も含まれている ('breakfast is also included') is the natural and correct expression.

• 2納められて（おさめられて）means 'is paid/submitted/put away' and is used for taxes, fees, or storing items, not for something being included in a price.
• 3割り込まれて（わりこまれて）means 'is cut into / is squeezed in' and implies forcing one's way in, not inclusion in a fee.
• 4詰め込まれて（つめこまれて）means 'is stuffed/crammed in' and implies physical packing, not inclusion in a price.

• 含ふくまれる — to be included
• 納おさめられる — to be paid, submitted, stored
• 割り込まれる（わりこまれる） — to be cut into, to be squeezed in
• 詰め込まれる（つめこまれる） — to be stuffed/crammed in

勝手な（かってな）means 'selfish, doing as one pleases, arbitrary.' The closest synonym among the choices is わがままな (selfish, willful). The sentence 'Please don't say such selfish things' matches with わがままな.

• 2うるさい means 'noisy, annoying' and refers to something bothersome or loud, not specifically 'selfish/arbitrary.'
• 3消極的な（しょうきょくてきな）means 'passive, negative' and is the opposite direction of meaning from 勝手な.
• 4情けない（なさけない）means 'pitiful, miserable, pathetic' and is unrelated to 勝手な.

• 勝手かってな — selfish, arbitrary, doing as one pleases
• わがままな — selfish, willful
• 消極的しょうきょくてきな — passive, negative
• 情なさけない — pitiful, pathetic

たびたび means 'frequently, repeatedly, often.' The closest synonym is 何度も（なんども）, meaning 'many times, repeatedly.' The sentence 'That person calls me late at night repeatedly' matches with 何度も.

• 1たまに means 'occasionally, rarely' — the opposite frequency of たびたび.
• 3たいてい means 'mostly, usually' and refers to typicality/probability, not frequency of repeated actions.
• 4突然（とつぜん）means 'suddenly' and describes unexpectedness, not frequency.

• たびたび — frequently, repeatedly, often
• 何度なんども — many times, repeatedly
• たまに — occasionally, rarely
• 突然とつぜん — suddenly

ぶかぶか describes something that is too big or loose-fitting, especially clothing or shoes. 'この靴はぶかぶかだ' means 'These shoes are too big (loose on my feet).' Option 4, とても大きい (very big), matches this meaning.

• 1とても重い (very heavy) is unrelated to ぶかぶか, which is about size/fit, not weight.
• 2とても小さい (very small) is the opposite — ぶかぶか means too big, not too small (which would be きつきつ or ぴちぴち).
• 3とても軽い (very light) refers to weight, not fit/size.

• ぶかぶか — too big, loose-fitting (of clothes/shoes)

際(さい) means 'when, at the time of, on the occasion of.' お申し込みの際 means 'when you apply / at the time of application.' The sentence means 'When applying, please read the following conditions carefully.'

• 2末(まつ/すえ) means 'end, close.' お申し込みの末 would mean 'at the end of applying,' which does not fit the context of instructions given at the time of application.
• 3折(おり) means 'occasion, opportunity' and can sometimes be used similarly to 際, but it is read おり, not さい, so it does not match the reading being tested.
• 4内(ない) means 'inside, within.' お申し込みの内 is not a natural expression in this context.

• 際さい — when, at the time of, on the occasion of

条件(じょうけん) means 'conditions, terms.' 条(じょう) means 'article/clause' and 件(けん) means 'matter/case.' The sentence means 'Please read the conditions carefully when you apply.'

• 1状件 is not a real word. 状(じょう) means 'state/condition' but is the wrong kanji here; 件 is correct but the combination does not exist.
• 2条権 is not a real word. 権(けん/ごん) means 'right/authority' and is a look-alike kanji for 件.
• 3状権 is not a real word. Both kanji are wrong: 状 instead of 条 and 権 instead of 件.

• 条件じょうけん — conditions, terms

卒業(そつぎょう) means 'graduation.' 卒(そつ) means 'finish/complete' and 業(ぎょう) means 'study/work.' The sentence means 'With graduation approaching, I thought about my future.'

• 1摔業 is not a real word. 摔 is a rare kanji not used in standard Japanese vocabulary.
• 2率業 is not a real word. 率(そつ/りつ) is a look-alike for 卒 but means 'lead/rate,' and combined with 業 it does not form a word.
• 4倅業 is not a real word. 倅 is an uncommon kanji meaning 'son,' unrelated to graduation.

• 卒業そつぎょう — graduation

将来(しょうらい) means 'the future, one's future.' 将(しょう) means 'future/ahead' and 来(らい) means 'come.' The sentence means 'With graduation approaching, I thought about my future.'

• 2召来 is not a standard word meaning 'future.' 召(しょう) is a look-alike kanji meaning 'summon/call.'
• 3招来(しょうらい) is a real word but means 'to invite/bring about (something, often negative),' not 'the future.' It does not fit the context of thinking about one's future.
• 4奨来 is not a real word. 奨(しょう) means 'encourage/urge' and does not combine with 来 to mean 'future.'

• 将来しょうらい — the future, one's future

「厚かましい（あつかましい）」means 'shameless, cheeky, brazen'. The sentence means 'He accepted my shameless/brazen request.' The kanji 厚 (thick) is used in this idiom to convey 'thick-skinned / brazen'.

• 1「熱かましい」is not a real word. 熱（あつ）is a lookalike kanji with the same reading あつ, but it is not used in this expression.
• 3「温かましい」is not a real word. 温（あたた/おん）is a plausible-looking kanji but does not form this adjective.
• 4「暖かましい」is not a real word. 暖（あたた/だん）is another lookalike but incorrect here.

• 厚あつかましい — shameless, brazen, cheeky