N2 Vocabulary · Test 97

The reading こうえん means 'park,' written 公園. 公 (こう) means 'public' and 園 (えん) means 'garden/park.' This is the standard word for a public park, fitting the context of taking a walk (散歩する).

• 1郊遠 is not a real word. 郊 (こう) means 'outskirts/suburbs' and 遠 (えん/とお) means 'far/distant'; they do not combine to mean 'park.'
• 2郊園 is not a standard word. While 郊 means 'suburbs' and 園 means 'garden,' the compound 郊園 does not exist as a common noun for 'park.'
• 3公遠 is not a real word. 公 means 'public' but 遠 means 'far/distant'; this combination is meaningless.

• 公園こうえん — (public) park
• 公こう — public, official
• 園えん — garden, park

The reading きゅうそく means 'rapid/fast,' written 急速. 急 (きゅう) means 'urgent/sudden' and 速 (そく) means 'speed/fast.' 急速に is a common adverbial phrase meaning 'rapidly,' modifying ぞうかし (increase) here.

• 1急足 (きゅうそく) is a real word but means 'hurried on foot / running' (as in 急足で駆ける) and is not used to describe the speed of population growth.
• 3急測 is not a real word. 測 (そく) means 'measure' (as in 測量, 計測) and does not form a compound meaning 'rapid.'
• 4急息 is not a real word. 息 (そく/いき) means 'breath' (as in 息子, 呼吸) and does not combine with 急 to mean 'rapid.'

• 急速きゅうそく — rapid, fast
• 急きゅう — urgent, sudden, hurried
• 速そく — speed, fast

The reading ぞうか means 'increase,' written 増加. 増 (ぞう) means 'increase/add' and 加 (か) means 'add.' 増加する is a standard verb meaning 'to increase,' fitting the context of population growth.

• 1層加 is not a real word. 層 (そう) means 'layer/stratum' (as in 階層, 地層) and does not combine with 加 to mean 'increase.'
• 2憎加 is not a real word. 憎 (ぞう) means 'hate' (as in 憎悪, 憎む) and is a lookalike for 増 with the same reading but wrong meaning.
• 3贈加 is not a real word. 贈 (ぞう) means 'gift/present' (as in 贈呈, 贈与) and does not form a compound meaning 'increase.'

• 増加ぞうか — increase
• 増ぞう — increase, add
• 加か — add, plus

The reading せいき means 'century,' written 世紀. 世 (せい/せ) means 'world/era' and 紀 (き) means 'chronicle/period.' 20世紀 means 'the 20th century,' fitting the context of 'by the end of the 20th century.'

• 1西紀 is not the standard word for 'century.' 西紀 (せいき) can refer to 'Western calendar/Christian era' but is not used to count centuries as in 20世紀.
• 2星紀 is not a real word. 星 (せい/ほし) means 'star' and does not combine with 紀 to mean 'century.'
• 4省紀 is not a real word. 省 (せい/しょう) means 'ministry/to omit' (as in 省略, 文部省) and does not form a compound meaning 'century.'

• 世紀せいき — century
• 世せい/せ — world, era, generation
• 紀き — chronicle, period, era

The reading たっする means 'to reach (a level/amount),' written 達する. 達 (たっ) means 'reach/accomplish.' 達する is the standard verb for reaching a certain figure or level, fitting 'the population will reach ten million.'

• 2到する is not the standard form. The verb is 到達する (とうたつする), meaning 'to reach/arrive at,' but 到 alone does not form たっする as a standalone suru-verb.
• 3徹する (てっする) means 'to penetrate/go through thoroughly' (as in 徹底, 徹夜) and has a different reading and meaning; it does not mean 'to reach a number.'
• 4接する (せっする) means 'to come into contact with / to border on / to receive (guests)' and has a different reading (せっする, not たっする) and meaning.

• 達たっする — to reach (a level, amount, or state)
• 達たっ — reach, accomplish, attain

あずけた is the past tense of 預ける (あずける), meaning 'to entrust/deposit.' At a hotel you should deposit your valuables. 預ける uses the kanji 預 (あずかる/あずける, 'to take into one's care / to entrust').

• 1届けた reads とどけた, from 届ける ('to deliver/send'). Wrong meaning and wrong reading for あずけた.
• 2貯けた is not standard orthography. 貯 reads ちょ ('to save/hoard'), as in 貯金(ちょきん). It does not read あず.
• 4授けた reads さずけた, from 授ける ('to grant/bestow'). Similar nuance of handing something over, but wrong reading and wrong meaning.

• 預あずける — to entrust, to deposit, to leave in someone's care
• 届とどける — to deliver, to report
• 授さずける — to grant, to bestow, to award

じしん here means 'confidence' and is written 自信. The sentence says 'I lost confidence after failing at work, but was given another chance and recovered my energy.' 自(じ) means 'self,' 信(しん) means 'trust/belief' — belief in oneself.

• 2自身 reads じしん but means 'oneself/myself.' You can say 自身をうしなう in the sense of 'lose oneself,' but the idiom for losing confidence is 自信をうしなう, which fits the context of recovering 元気 after a second chance.
• 3自針 is not a real word. 針 reads しん ('needle') and is a lookalike distractor.
• 4自心 is not a standard word. 心 can read しん in some compounds, but 自心 is not an established term meaning 'confidence.'

• 自信じしん — confidence, self-confidence
• 自身じしん — oneself, myself
• 失敗しっぱい — failure
• 元気を取り戻す（げんきをとりもどす） — to recover one's energy/spirits

うしなって is the te-form of 失う (うしなう), meaning 'to lose.' 自信を失う is the standard collocation 'to lose confidence.' 失 reads うしな(う).

• 1亡って is not a valid form for うしなう. 亡(ぼう) means 'death/perish'; 亡う is not a verb. This is a lookalike distractor.
• 3絶って reads たって, from 絶つ ('to cut off/sever'). Wrong reading and wrong meaning.
• 4損って is not standard for うしなう. 損(そん) means 'loss/damage'; 損う(そこなう) is a different verb meaning 'to damage/injure,' not 'to lose (confidence).'

• 失うしなう — to lose (something abstract: confidence, hope, etc.)
• 絶たつ — to cut off, to sever
• 損そこなう — to damage, to impair, to harm

きかい here means 'opportunity/chance' and is written 機会. The sentence says 'I was given another opportunity.' 機(き) means 'mechanism/occasion,' 会(かい) means 'meeting/occasion.' Together: 'opportunity.'

• 1機回 is not a real word. 機(き) is correct but 回(かい) does not combine with it to mean 'opportunity.'
• 2期会 is not a real word. 期(き) means 'period/term' and 会(かい) means 'meeting'; this compound does not exist.
• 3期回 is not a real word. Both kanji are plausible on-readings but this compound is not established.

• 機会きかい — opportunity, chance
• 与あたえる — to give, to grant, to provide

あたえられて is the passive te-form of 与える (あたえる), meaning 'to give/grant.' きかいを与えられる means 'to be given an opportunity.' 与 reads あた(える).

• 1備えられて reads そなえられて, from 備える ('to equip/provide for'). Wrong reading and meaning — you don't say きかいを備える.
• 2仕えられて reads つかえられて, from 仕える ('to serve'). Wrong reading and meaning.
• 4支えられて reads ささえられて, from 支える ('to support'). Wrong reading and meaning — you support a person, not 'give' an opportunity.

• 与あたえる — to give, to grant, to provide
• 備そなえる — to equip, to furnish, to prepare for
• 仕つかえる — to serve (a master, a company, etc.)
• 支ささえる — to support, to prop up