N2 Vocabulary · Test 96

偶然 (ぐうぜん) means 'by chance / coincidentally'. 偶 (ぐう) means 'accidental/coincidental' and 然 (ぜん) is a suffix meaning '...ly / being so'. This fits the sentence: 'I happened to run into an old friend at the ticket gate.'

• 1寓然 — 寓 (ぐう) means 'residing in/metaphor' and is not used in this word.
• 3隅然 — 隅 (すみ/ぐう in some contexts) means 'corner' and does not form this word.
• 4遇然 — 遇 (ぐう) means 'to encounter/treat' and is not the correct kanji for ぐうぜん.

• 偶然ぐうぜん — by chance, coincidentally

昔 (むかし) means 'old times / the past / formerly'. 昔の友だち means 'an old friend (from the past)'. The kanji 昔 is read as むかし and is the standard way to write this word.

• 1旧 (きゅう/ふる-) means 'old/former' (e.g. 旧友), but it is not read as むかし and cannot stand alone for むかし.
• 3青 (あお) means 'blue/green' and is completely unrelated.
• 4古 (ふる/こ) means 'old (age/thing)' but is not read as むかし and does not mean 'the past' in this sense.

• 昔むかし — old times, the past, formerly

祝い (いわい) means 'celebration / congratulation'. The verb 祝う (いわう) means 'to celebrate', and お祝いの席 means 'a celebratory occasion / banquet'. The honorific お + 祝い is the correct noun form.

• 1祈い — 祈 (いのる) means 'to pray', and its noun form would be 祈り (いのり), not いわい.
• 2詳い — 詳 (くわしい/しょう) means 'detailed' and is unrelated to celebration.
• 4福い — 福 (ふく) means 'fortune/good luck' and does not form the word いわい.

• お祝い（おいわい） — celebration, congratulation (honorific)

招待 (しょうたい) means 'invitation'. 招 (しょう) means 'to invite/summon' and 待 (たい) means 'to wait'. 招待される means 'to be invited'. The passive form 招待されたら means 'when I was invited...'

• 1紹待 — 紹 (しょう) is used in 紹介 (introduction), not with 待. This is a fabricated combination.
• 2紹介 (しょうかい) means 'introduction' — a real word but with the wrong reading (しょうかい, not しょうたい) and wrong meaning for this context.
• 4招介 — 招 is correct but 介 (かい) is from 紹介, not 招待. This is a fabricated combination.

• 招待しょうたい — invitation, to invite

酒 (さけ) means 'alcohol / sake (Japanese rice wine)'. お酒 (おさけ) is the honorific form. The sentence says 'When I was invited to a celebration, alcohol was served.'

• 1酩 (めい) appears in 酩酊 (めいてい, drunkenness) but is not read as さけ and does not mean 'alcohol' on its own.
• 2酔 (よい/よう) means 'drunk/intoxicated' (as in 酔う, to get drunk) — related to drinking but not the noun for alcohol itself.
• 3酊 (てい) appears in 酩酊 (めいてい) but is not read as さけ and does not stand alone as 'alcohol'.

• お酒（おさけ） — alcohol, sake (honorific form)

昨日（さくじつ/きのう）means 'yesterday.' The sentence refers to 'the lowest temperature observed in Tokyo yesterday,' so 昨日 is the correct word. It is read さくじつ here, matching the tested reading.

• 1先日（せんじつ）means 'the other day / recently,' not specifically 'yesterday.' It does not read さくじつ.
• 2去日 is not a standard Japanese word. 去（きょ/さる）does not combine with 日 to mean 'yesterday.'
• 3前日（ぜんじつ）means 'the previous day / the day before (a specified event),' not 'yesterday' in the general sense, and it does not read さくじつ.

• 昨日さくじつ — yesterday (formal reading)

最低（さいてい）means 'lowest / minimum.' 最低気温（さいていきおん）is a fixed compound meaning 'the lowest (minimum) temperature,' which fits the sentence perfectly.

• 1再低 is not a real word. 再（さい）means 'again/re-' and does not combine with 低 to form a meaningful term.
• 2再底 is not a real word. 底（てい）means 'bottom' but 再底 is not a standard compound.
• 4最底 is not a standard word. While 最（さい）is correct, the proper kanji for さいてい in the sense of 'lowest' is 低 (low), not 底 (bottom).

• 最低さいてい — lowest, minimum
• 最低気温さいていきおん — minimum temperature

零度（れいど）means 'zero degrees.' The sentence states the lowest temperature was zero degrees, so 零度 is the correct and only real word among the choices.

• 2令度 is not a real word. 令（れい）is used in words like 命令（めいれい, order）but does not combine with 度 to mean 'zero degrees.'
• 3冷度 is not a standard word. 冷（れい）means 'cold' (as in 冷房, cooling) but 冷度 is not an established term for temperature.
• 4齢度 is not a real word. 齢（れい）means 'age' (as in 年齢, age) and is unrelated to temperature.

• 零度れいど — zero degrees (temperature)

胃（い）means 'stomach.' The sentence says 'My stomach started hurting, so I had it checked at the hospital, but the cause was unknown.' 胃が痛くなった ('my stomach started to hurt') is a natural and common expression.

• 2骨 is read ほね (or こつ) and means 'bone.' It does not read い and does not fit the context of an internal-organ checkup at a hospital.
• 3育 is read いく and means 'raise/nurture.' It is not a body part and does not read い in this sense.
• 4背 is read せ or はい and means 'back/height.' It does not read い and does not fit the context.

• 胃い — stomach

痛く（いたく）is the adverbial (く-form) of the i-adjective 痛い（いたい, painful/sore). 胃が痛くなった means 'my stomach started to hurt.' The く-form connects to なった (became) to express a change of state.

• 1療く is not a real word. 療（りょう）appears in words like 治療（ちりょう, medical treatment）but does not form the adjective いたい.
• 3症く is not a real word. 症（しょう）means 'symptom/illness' (as in 症状) but does not form いたい.
• 4疲く is not a real word. 疲（ひ）appears in 疲れる（つかれる, to get tired）but does not form the adjective いたい.

• 痛いたい — painful, sore
• 痛いたく — painfully (adverbial く-form of 痛い)