N2 Vocabulary · Test 89

「あさくて」 is the て-form of 「浅い」(あさい, 'shallow'). The sentence means 'The water here is shallow and the waves are calm, so even children can swim.' Option 2, 浅くて, is correct.

• 1「汚くて」(きたなくて, 'dirty') is a distractor with the same okurigana くて but a different meaning; it does not fit the context of safe swimming.
• 3「深くて」(ふかくて, 'deep') is the antonym of the intended word; deep water would be dangerous for children, contradicting the sentence.
• 4「清くて」(きよくて, 'pure/clean') is a plausible kanji distractor, but the reading あさくて does not match 清, and 'pure' is not what makes water safe for children to swim.

• 浅あさい — shallow

「なみ」 means 'wave(s)' and is written 「波」. The phrase 「なみが静か」 means 'the waves are calm.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1「河」(かわ) means 'river'; it does not read なみ and does not fit the collocation なみが静か.
• 3「流」(ながれ/りゅう) means 'flow/current'; it is a water-related distractor but is not read なみ.
• 4「湾」(わん) means 'bay/gulf'; it is water-related but is not read なみ and does not collocate with 静か in this way.

• 波なみ — wave(s)

「けってん」 is written 「欠点」, meaning 'shortcoming, defect, fault'. The sentence means 'When a defect is found, you should think of a method to compensate for it.' Option 2 is correct.

• 1「欠店」 is not a real word; 店(てん, 'shop') is a lookalike kanji with the same reading てん, used as a distractor.
• 3「決店」 is not a real word; 決(けつ) shares the on-reading けつ with 欠, and 店 provides てん, but the combination is meaningless.
• 4「決点」 is not a standard word; 決(けつ) is a distractor kanji with a similar reading to 欠(けつ), and 点(てん) is correct, but the first kanji is wrong.

• 欠点けってん — shortcoming, defect, fault

The reading おぎなう corresponds to 補う, meaning 'to make up for / to compensate / to supplement.' In the sentence, 'If a defect is found, you should think of a way to 補う (compensate for / make up for) it.' 補う is the standard verb for filling a gap or making up for a deficiency.

• 1捕う is not a standard spelling; the verb for 'to catch' is 捕らえる (とらえる) or 捕まえる (つかまえる). 捕う would not read おぎなう.
• 2浦う is not a real word. 浦 (うら) means 'bay/shore' and does not form this verb.
• 4舗う is not a real word. 舗 (ほ) appears in compounds like 店舗 (てんぽ); it does not read おぎなう.

• 補おぎなう — to make up for, to compensate, to supplement
• 欠点けってん — defect, shortcoming

「健康（けんこう）」 means 'health, healthy.' The sentence says 'For the sake of my health, I have made a morning walk part of my daily routine.' 健康 is the correct kanji compound.

• 2「健庫」 is not a real word. 庫（こう） means 'storehouse' and is a lookalike kanji for 康（こう）.
• 3「建康」 is not a real word. 建（けん） means 'build' and is a lookalike for 健（けん）.
• 4「建庫」 is not a real word. Both kanji are wrong lookalikes for 健康 respectively.

• 健康けんこう — health, healthy

「散歩（さんぽ）」 means 'a walk, a stroll.' The sentence says 'For the sake of my health, I have made a morning walk part of my daily routine.' 散歩 is the correct kanji compound.

• 1「路歩」 is not a real word. 路（ろ） means 'road' and is a distractor.
• 3「遊歩」 is not a standard word meaning 'walk.' 遊（ゆう/あそ） means 'play,' and 遊歩道（ゆうほどう） exists as 'promenade,' but 遊歩 alone does not mean さんぽ.
• 4「周歩」 is not a real word. 周（しゅう） means 'circumference, cycle' and is a distractor.

• 散歩さんぽ — a walk, a stroll

「お湯（おゆ）」 means 'hot water.' The sentence says 'When the hot water boils, please put thinly sliced meat into it.' 湯 is the correct kanji, read here as ゆ, with the polite prefix お.

• 2「お湿」 is not a real word. 湿（しつ/しめ） means 'moisture, damp' and is a lookalike distractor for 湯.
• 3「お液」 is not used for 'hot water.' 液（えき） means 'liquid, fluid' and is semantically related but not the correct word.
• 4「お油（おあぶら）」 means 'oil,' not 'hot water.' 油 is a lookalike for 湯 and is semantically plausible in a cooking context, but it is not おゆ.

• お湯（おゆ） — hot water

「沸いた（わいた）」 is the past tense of 沸く（わく）, meaning 'to boil (of a liquid).' The sentence says 'When the hot water boils, please put thinly sliced meat into it.' 沸く is the correct verb for water boiling.

• 1「熱いた」 is not valid Japanese. 熱（あつ） as a verb would be 熱する or 熱くなる; 熱いた does not exist.
• 2「蒸いた」 is not valid. 蒸く（むく） would conjugate as 蒸いた（むいた）, meaning 'to steam,' but the reading わいた does not match, and the meaning is wrong for water boiling.
• 3「溶いた」 is not valid. 溶く（とく） means 'to dissolve, to mix (e.g., powder into liquid)' and conjugates as 溶いた（といた）, not わいた.

• 沸わく — to boil (of a liquid)

The underlined word is うすく, which is the adverbial form of the i-adjective 薄い (うすい, 'thin'). When modifying the verb 切った ('cut'), it means 'thinly sliced meat'. 薄く is the correct kanji representation.

• 2細く (ほそく) means 'thinly' but refers to something being slender or narrow in width/shape (like a thread or a person), not the thickness of a slice. It also has a different reading (ほそく vs うすく), so it cannot match the furigana うすく.
• 3荒く (あらく) means 'roughly' or 'coarsely'. While you could roughly chop meat, the reading あらく does not match うすく, and the meaning is the opposite of thinly.
• 4厚く (あつく) means 'thickly'. This is the semantic opposite of what うすく means, and the reading あつく does not match うすく.

• 薄うすい — thin (in thickness)
• 細ほそい — thin, slender, narrow (in width/shape)
• 荒あらい — rough, coarse
• 厚あつい — thick