N3 Mock test 1

1あぶら

あぶら means oil, written 油あぶら. It is also found in the kitchen, but it is a different word and kanji from 塩.

2まめ

まめ means beans, written 豆まめ. It is another food word, but it does not match the kanji 塩.

4こめ

こめ means uncooked rice, written 米こめ. It is another kitchen staple, but the reading for 塩 is しお, not こめ.

1めれん

めれん is not a word. It shortens both long vowels and changes the final い to ん, so it does not match 命令.

2めいれん

めいれん is not a word. It keeps the first long vowel but changes the final い to ん, imitating the correct めいれい.

3めれい

めれい is not a word. It shortens the first long めい to め while keeping れい, so it misses one long vowel.

2したしい

したしい is the reading of 親しい, meaning close or intimate. It describes a close relationship, but the kanji here is 恋, not 親.

3なつかしい

なつかしい is the reading of 懐かしい, meaning nostalgic or missed from the past. It is close in feeling, but the kanji 恋 is read こい, not なつ.

4やさしい

やさしい is the reading of 優しい, meaning kind or gentle. It describes personality, not longing, and does not match the kanji 恋.

1ぎかい

ぎかい is the reading of 議会, meaning parliament. It voices the first sound to ぎ, so it belongs to different kanji, not 機械.

3きけい

きけい belongs to different kanji such as 奇形きけい, deformity. It changes the long かい to けい, so it cannot read 機械.

4ぎけい

ぎけい is not a reading of 機械. It combines both traps, voicing き to ぎ and changing かい to けい.

1しゅくじつ

しゅくじつ is the reading of 祝日, meaning national holiday. It uses シュク for a different first kanji 祝, celebration, not 休, rest.

3きゅうにち

きゅうにち is not a standard compound reading. It uses にち for 日, but 休日 uses the on'yomi じつ.

4しゅくにち

しゅくにち is not a standard word. It combines the wrong first reading しゅく with にち for 日.

1ぶふん

This reads the second kanji as unvoiced ふん, but in 部分ぶぶん it voices to ぶん.

2ぶうぶん

This adds a long vowel to make ぶう, but 部ぶ in this word is short with no long vowel.

4ぶうふん

This has both errors, a long ぶう and unvoiced ふん, while the correct form is short ぶ plus voiced ぶん.

1しかって

This is 叱しかって, the te-form of 叱しかる, to scold. It uses a different kanji 叱 and a different meaning.

2こわがって

This is 怖こわがって, from 怖こわがる, to show fear. It matches the kanji 怖, not 疑.

3きらって

This is 嫌きらって, the te-form of 嫌きらう, to hate or dislike. It matches the kanji 嫌, not 疑.

2とうい

This adds a long vowel to make とう, but 得とく in 得意とくい is short.

3どくい

This voices the first sound to どく, as in 毒どく, poison, but 得 in this word is unvoiced とく.

4どうい

This is the sound of 同意どうい, agreement, a different word with different kanji. It has both a long vowel and voicing that 得意とくい does not have.

1疫れ

疫えき means epidemic, as in 免疫めんえき and 疫病えきびょう, and it is never read つか, so 疫れ does not write つかれ.

2病れ

病びょう means illness, as in 病気びょうき, but the noun for tiredness is 疲つかれ, so 病れ is not a word.

4痛れ

痛いた means pain, as in 痛いたい and 痛いたみ. It fails here because the sentence is about fatigue from computer use, not sharp pain.

1涙かないで

涙なみだ means tears, as in 涙なみだが出る. It is a noun, not the verb to cry, so 涙かないで is not a verb form.

2悲かないで

悲 means sad, as in 悲かなしい and 悲かなしむ. It is never read なく, so 悲かないで does not exist.

3冷かないで

冷 means cold, as in 冷つめたい and 冷蔵庫れいぞうこ. It is never read なく, so 冷かないで does not exist.

1𥘵雑

This option uses 雑 correctly but replaces 複 with a nonstandard look-alike character, so it does not write ふく.

2復雑

復ふく means repeat or restore, as in 復習ふくしゅう. It fails because the word for complicated uses 複 meaning multiple, not 復.

4復稚

復ふく is the wrong first kanji, and 稚ち means young or childish, as in 幼稚ようち. The correct second kanji is 雑ざつ meaning mixed.

1過たった

過 means pass or exceed, as in 過すぎる and 過去かこ. It is never read あ, so 過たった does not write あたった.

2打たった

打 means to hit actively, as in 打うつ, whose ta-form is 打うった. It fails because the verb here is あたる, not うつ, and the reading does not match.

4向たった

向 means to face, as in 向むかう and 向むける. It is read む or こう, never あ, so 向たった does not write あたった.

1左折

左折させつ is a real word meaning left turn. It fails because さ plus せつ is read させつ, not うせつ, and the direction is opposite.

3右曲

曲 means curve or bend, as in 曲まがる. Traffic turns use 折, not 曲, and 右曲 is not the word for a right turn.

4左曲

左 means left and 曲 means curve, so 左曲 is wrong twice: the direction is left and 曲 is not used for an intersection turn.

1着室

着室 is not a standard word. 着 means to arrive or to wear, as in 到着とうちゃく arrival, and 室 means room, as in 教室きょうしつ classroom, so this pair cannot mean coming home.

2着宅

着宅 is not a standard word, although 宅 is correct for house, as in 自宅じたく one's own home. The first kanji must be 帰 return, not 着 arrive, to write 帰宅きたく coming home.

3帰室

帰室 is not a standard word, although 帰 is correct for return. The second kanji must be 宅 house, not 室 room, because きたく refers to the home as a whole.

1サービス

サービス means service or customer service. It fits a shop or company context, not something obtained from 風や太陽 to make electricity.

2エンジン

エンジン means engine, a machine that converts fuel into movement. Wind and the sun do not have an エンジン, and you do not 利用して an engine of nature.

3ヒント

ヒント means hint or clue for solving a problem. It fits studying or detective work, not a physical resource used to create 電気.

2観察

観察 means observation. It is used for watching something actually in front of you, like animals or changes, so it cannot be used for life 20年後.

3期待

期待 means expectation or hope. It expresses hoping for something good, not picturing unknown content expressed by か, so どんな生活をしているか期待してみた is unnatural.

4確認

確認 means confirmation or checking. It is used to check facts or information that already exist, so it cannot be used for a future that has not happened.

1知り合って

知り合って comes from 知り合う, to get acquainted for the first time. It fails because the person is already 友人, so they cannot become acquainted now.

2間に合わせて

間に合わせて comes from 間に合わせる, to make something in time for a deadline. It needs a target like 時間に, and 駅で間に合わせてから leaves unclear what was made in time.

4付き合って

付き合って comes from 付き合う, to date someone or to accompany someone. 駅で付き合ってから does not describe simply meeting at the station before eating.

1最終

最終 means final or last, as in 最終日 or 最終電車. 最終がある alone does not express a participant cap, so it fails after 50人までという.

2禁止

禁止 means prohibition, a complete ban. It would mean participation is not allowed at all, which contradicts 50人まで which allows up to 50.

4順番

順番 means order or turn. 順番がある means there is an order to follow, not a cap on how many people can join.

2急に

急に means suddenly. It describes a sudden change in time, not a gap between a past impression and a true character.

3絶対に

絶対に means absolutely or definitely. It strengthens a claim but does not express surprise, so it does not fit the contrast marked by が.

4無理に

無理に means forcibly or unreasonably. It describes doing something against will or ability, not a surprising personality trait.

1商売

商売 means business or trade in general, as in 商売をする. It does not take a specific store as its object to mean operating it, so スーパーを商売している is unnatural.

3会計

会計 means accounting or the cash register, as in 会計をする. It collocates with money and bills, not with operating three supermarkets.

4貿易

貿易 means international trade, as in 貿易をする with countries or goods. It does not mean to run a local supermarket.

2ゆるく

ゆるい means loose. ゆるくなる describes clothes becoming loose, which would follow losing weight, the opposite of 太ったから.

3ぬるく

ぬるい means lukewarm. It describes the temperature of liquids or baths, as in お湯がぬるい, and cannot describe the fit of pants.

4まぶしく

まぶしい means dazzling or glaring. It describes light such as the sun or headlights, as in 光がまぶしい, and cannot describe pants.

1余りそう

余る means to be left over, as in ご飯が余る for leftover food or money. It does not describe river water rising toward a flood.

2おぼれそう

おぼれる means for a person or animal to drown, as in 人がおぼれる. The subject here is 川の水, so a verb with a person as subject cannot be used.

3逃げそう

逃げる means to run away or escape, as in 逃げ出す. Its subject is a person or animal, not river water.

1資源

資源 means a natural resource such as oil, coal or water, used for energy or industry. It does not mean an ingredient for a specific product like butter.

3栄養

栄養 means nutrition or a nutrient, what food gives the body. Milk has 栄養, but milk is not used as 栄養 to manufacture butter.

4基礎

基礎 means a foundation or basis, as in 基礎知識 for basic knowledge or the base of a building. It is abstract or structural, not a physical ingredient.

1はっきり

はっきり means clearly or distinctly. It collocates with speaking, seeing or remembering, as in はっきり言う, not with the strength of holding a hand.

3ぐっすり

ぐっすり means soundly. It collocates almost only with sleep, as in ぐっすり眠る, and cannot modify 握った.

4そっくり

そっくり means exactly like or resembling, as in 父にそっくりだ. It describes similarity, not the manner of gripping.

1たたんで

たたんで is the te-form of たたむ, 'to fold', used with clothes or futons as in シャツをたたむ. You cannot make juice by folding oranges.

2つかんで

つかんで is the te-form of つかむ, 'to grab, grasp with the hand', as in 手でつかむ. Grabbing an orange does not produce juice, so it cannot lead to 作った.

4おして

おして is the te-form of おす, 'to push, press', as in ボタンをおす. It does not describe extracting juice from fruit, where しぼる is the set verb.

1一人で

一人で means 'alone, by oneself'. It is the opposite of 団体, which requires more than one person together.

3歩いて

歩いて means 'on foot, by walking'. It describes the means of movement, not whether people were together as a 団体.

4タクシーで

タクシーで means 'by taxi'. Like 歩いて, it describes the means of transport, not moving as a group.

1騒がないで

騒がないで means 'do not make a noise' from 騒さわぐ. Noise can include voices but also other sounds, while しゃべる is specifically speaking.

2食べないで

食べないで means 'do not eat'. It refers to a different action and cannot replace a ban on talking.

3遊ばないで

遊ばないで means 'do not play'. It refers to playing around, not to speaking.

1楽しかった

楽しかった means 'was fun, was enjoyable'. It is the opposite evaluation to 退屈だった.

3忙しかった

忙しかった means 'was busy'. It describes schedule, not whether the day was interesting.

4静かだった

静かだった means 'was quiet'. It describes sound or atmosphere, not whether the day was boring.

1いつも

いつも means 'always'. It expresses frequency, not the small degree expressed by 多少.

2とても

とても means 'very'. It expresses a strong degree, while 多少 limits the noisiness to a small amount.

4ときどき

ときどき means 'sometimes'. Like いつも, it expresses how often, not how noisy.

2登ってきた

登ってきた means 'climbed up and came', from 登のぼる. It requires upward movement and does not match 駆ける, which is running.

3入ってきた

入ってきた means 'came in, entered', from 入はいる. It focuses on entering a space, not running toward someone.

4集まってきた

集まってきた means 'gathered, came together', from 集あつまる. It focuses on people assembling, not on the act of running.

2

ズボンの距離 means the length of trousers, but length of clothing is 丈 (たけ). You say ズボンの丈を短くする, not 距離.

3

4年に1回の距離 tries to mean an interval in time, but 距離 is for physical space. For a time interval use 間隔 (かんかく) or patterns like ごとに and おきに.

4

5歳の距離 tries to mean an age gap, but a difference in age or amount is 差 (さ). You say 5歳の差がある or 5歳違いだ, not 距離.

1

列車の活動 tries to mean train service, but trains do not do 活動. Stopped service is 運行 (うんこう) or 運転, as in 運行が止まっている.

2

スーパーの活動 tries to mean store hours, but business hours are 営業 (えいぎょう). You say 営業は夜9時までです.

4

足や腰の活動 tries to mean warm-up exercises, but physical exercise is 運動 (うんどう). Before running you do 準備運動 or ストレッチ.

1

勉強が盛んだった tries to describe one person studying hard, but 盛ん is not for personal effort. Use 熱心 (ねっしん)だ, 一生懸命だ, or よく勉強した.

2

故障が盛んになってきた tries to say breakdowns increased, but 盛ん is positive and active, not for trouble. Use 故障が多くなってきた or 故障が増えてきた.

3

写真をとるのが盛んで tries to say he likes photography, but 盛ん does not follow のが好き style personal tastes. Use 熱心だ, 好きだ, or 夢中だ.

1

大学や就職など区別して進みます tries to mean classmates go their separate ways, but there is nothing to tell apart. Use それぞれ進む or 別々に進む.

3

今会っても区別できない tries to mean you cannot recognize one person after a long time, but 区別 needs two things to compare. Use わからない or 思い出せない for recognizing someone.

4

川でほかの国と区別されています tries to mean countries are separated by rivers, but that is physical separation, not telling apart. Use 分けられている, 区切られている, or 隔てられている.

1

手が追いつかない tries to mean the hand cannot reach a high book, but reaching a fixed object is 届く (とどく). Use 手が届かない.

2

会議の時間に追いつかなかった tries to mean missing the meeting time in a traffic jam, but being on time is 間に合う (まにあう). Use 間に合わなかった.

3

山の最も高い所に追いついた tries to mean reaching the summit, but a summit is a fixed place, not someone ahead. Use 着いた or たどり着いた.

1と

と marks a partner, quotation or condition, as in 友達と過ごす. It cannot mark the time period that is spent, so と過ごす fails here.

2が

が marks the subject, the doer of the action. 夏休み is not doing the spending, the speaker is, so が cannot mark 夏休み.

3へ

へ marks direction toward a place, as in 国へ帰りません in the first sentence. 夏休み is a time period, not a destination, so it cannot take へ.

2に比べて

に比べて means compared with, used when measuring one thing against another. There is no second thing compared here, only the target of the service.

3のことで

のことで imitates のこと for about or ことで for by means of. Neither can express the recipient that a discount is directed toward.

4のほかに

のほかに means besides or in addition to, which needs another group added. No other group is mentioned, so it cannot fit.

1ぜったい

ぜったい means absolutely or definitely and strengthens a claim or promise. It does not express regret about wasted effort, so it does not fit のに忘れてしまった.

3けっして

けっして means never or by no means and must pair with a negative predicate. The main clause ends with affirmative past 忘れてしまった, so it cannot be used.

4まったく

まったく means completely or truly and emphasizes degree, often with negation. It cannot signal that the early rising and cooking were wasted.

1気をつけることで

ことで means by means of or through, as in 気をつけることで健康になる. Here it would make diet the method and leave 運動も with no connector, so the two-item structure breaks.

2気をつけるかどうか

かどうか means whether or not and embeds a question about watching diet. The sentence gives two pieces of advice, not a question about whether diet matters.

3気をつけるのだから

のだから means because or so, giving a reason or strong assertion. It cannot link diet and exercise as two additional items leading to 運動も.

1習わせるだろうか

習わせるだろうか expresses speculation like I wonder if someone will let learn. It is not used to consult about the speaker's own undecided intention, so it does not lead to advice.

3習わせているのだ

習わせているのだ means is currently making learn, stating an ongoing fact with explanatory のだ. That contradicts asking if 4歳じゃまだ早い and asking for advice.

4習わせるつもりだ

習わせるつもりだ means firmly intend to, stating a decided plan. A fixed plan clashes with consulting B whether it is too early.

1難しいに違いない

難しいに違いない means 'must certainly be difficult' and expresses a strong affirmative conclusion. It cannot follow 必ずしも, which requires a negative ending.

2難しいはずがない

難しいはずがない means 'there is no way it is difficult' and expresses very strong denial based on the speaker's reasoning. It does not combine with 必ずしも, which softens a claim to 'not necessarily', so the strength and pairing clash here.

4難しいかもしれない

難しいかもしれない means 'might be difficult' and expresses possibility. Although it contains ない in spelling, it is an affirmative statement of possibility, not a negative predicate, so it cannot complete 必ずしも.

1食べられます

食べられます can be the potential 'can eat' or the honorific of 食べる, but どちらに食べられますか is unnatural because 食べる takes を, not に, for the thing eaten.

2差し上げます

差し上げます is humble language (kenjougo) for あげる, used when the speaker gives to a superior. A clerk cannot use it for the customer's choice, since it lowers the doer.

4ございます

ございます is the polite form of ある for existence. It cannot express the customer's act of choosing, so どちらにございますか does not work as a question about an order.

1コピーさせるでしょうか

コピーさせるでしょうか means roughly 'I wonder if (someone) will make (someone) copy' with the causative plus a question about speculation. It does not ask the listener to allow the speaker to copy.

3コピーしたらいかがですか

コピーしたらいかがですか means 'why don't you copy' and uses たらいかがですか to suggest an action to the listener. Here the speaker wants to copy herself, so the direction of the action is reversed.

4

コピーするのではないでしょうか means 'isn't it that (someone) will copy' and seeks agreement or speculates. It is not a request for permission and does not fit the reply giving permission.

1ぐらいでも

ぐらいでも combines ぐらい, 'about', with でも, 'even'. It gives an approximate amount, not a clear endpoint that stops before volume 4, so it cannot express 'up to 3 but not 4'.

2ずつなら

ずつ means 'each' or 'apiece' for distribution, as in 一つずつ. 3巻ずつなら would talk about units of three volumes each, which does not fit stating how far one has read.

4からでも

から marks a starting point, as in 3巻から, and からでも would point toward 'even from 3'. The sentence needs an endpoint before volume 4, so a starting point marker points the wrong way.

2行ったらいい

行ったらいい states advice like 'you should go' with たらいい. It is the speaker telling someone what to do, not the friend's invitation quoted with と誘われた.

3行っただろう

行っただろう is speculation about the past, 'probably went'. It cannot function as an invitation to go together in the future.

4行ってみて

行ってみて is a te-form request meaning 'try going', telling the listener to do it. It lacks ないか, the invitation ending that pairs with 誘う when inviting someone to join.

1帰っていく前に

帰かえっていく前まえに means 'before going home' and sets up an action that happens earlier. It cannot lead to いなかった, which reports a state after she left, and the timing is the opposite of もう.

2帰っている間は

帰かえっている間あいだは means 'while one is in the middle of going home'. 間あいだ needs a continuing period for another action, but いなかった is a simple past absence, so the time relation does not work.

3帰ってきたまま

帰かえってきたまま means 'came back and stayed just as one came back'. くる shows movement toward the speaker, not leaving the office, and まま keeps an unchanged state, which does not explain being absent.

2大きいようだし

大おおきいようだし means 'it seems big, and' with ようだ for appearance and し for giving a reason. It only comments on how the tree looks now and cannot connect to かかった, which needs the process that took time.

3大きくできて

大おおきくできて uses できる, 'can make big', which needs someone actively making something. A tree becomes big by itself with なる, and the te-form does not express the time required.

4大きいほうがよければ

大おおきいほうがよければ means 'if it would be better to be bigger'. This ば conditional sets a condition, but the sentence reports a past fact about time taken, so a condition does not fit.

1

飲のまないほうがよさそうですね means 'it seems better not to take it' with ほうがいい for advice plus よさそう for appearance. It suggests not taking the medicine, the opposite of 必かならず飲のんでください.

3

飲のまなくてもしかたないですね combines ても, 'even if', with しかたない, 'it cannot be helped'. It accepts not taking the medicine as unavoidable, but the doctor insists it must be taken.

4

飲のまなければいいんでしょうか means 'would it be all right if I do not take it?' with なければいい asking permission not to do something. That asks to be excused from the rule, while the correct choice asks to confirm the rule still applies.

2人生

人生 means life. It cannot stand alone here, it must join with で to make 人生で, the place or range for the judgment.

3にとって

にとって means for or from the viewpoint of. It must follow 私 directly to make 私にとって, so it belongs in blank 1, not in the ★ position.

4いちばん大切

いちばん大切 means most important. It is a na-adjective and must come directly before なのは to form いちばん大切なのは, so it belongs in blank 4.

1見ても

見ても means even if one watches. It must come last, directly before 感動して, and pair with 何度 to make the concession.

2何度も

何度も means many times. It is an adverb that modifies 見た, so it belongs in blank 1 with 見たけれど, not in the ★ position.

3見たけれど

見たけれど means watched but. It follows 何度も to close the first clause, so it belongs in blank 2, before 何度見ても.

1ある

ある means to exist. It must follow 大通り側に to complete the clause 大通り側にある, so it belongs in blank 2, not in the ★ position.

2大通り側に

大通り側に means on the main street side. It must come first after 窓が to show where the windows are.

4車の音が

車の音が means car sounds. It is the subject of 聞こえてきて, so it must come last, after the cause marked by せいで.

1作る

作る is the dictionary form of to make. It must come first after 奥さんの to modify ハンバーグ, making 作るハンバーグ.

3ハンバーグ

ハンバーグ means hamburger. It is the noun being compared, so it must come after 作る and directly before ほど.

4おいしい

おいしい is an i-adjective meaning delicious. It must come last, directly before ものはない to complete ほどおいしいものはない.

1食事をするたび

食事をするたび means every time one eats. It must follow このレストランで to make このレストランで食事をするたび, so it belongs in blank 2.

3来たとき

来たとき means the time when one came. It must come last, directly before のこと to make 来たときのこと.

4このレストランで

このレストランで means at this restaurant. It starts the sentence and sets the scene for the repeated action marked by たび.