N3 Vocabulary · Test 11

卒業 is read そつぎょう (sotsugyō), meaning 'graduation' or 'to graduate.' The sentence means 'My son will graduate next year.' Option 2 correctly gives this reading.

• 1さつきょう — The first character 卒 is misread as さつ instead of そつ. This is a deliberate distractor using a similar-sounding initial syllable.
• 3そつきょう — The second character 業 is misread as きょう instead of ぎょう. The correct reading uses the voiced sound ぎょう.
• 4さつぎょう — Both errors are combined: 卒 misread as さつ and 業 correctly as ぎょう, but the first syllable is wrong.

• 卒業そつぎょう — graduation; to graduate

相談 is read そうだん (sōdan), meaning 'consultation' or 'to consult/talk over.' The sentence means 'I consulted my teacher about studying abroad.' Option 4 correctly gives this reading.

• 1しょうたん — Both characters are misread: 相 as しょう (wrong) and 談 as たん (missing the dakuten on だ).
• 2しょうだん — 相 is misread as しょう instead of そう. This is a deliberate distractor using a similar-looking/sounding alternative.
• 3そうたん — 諮 is misread as たん instead of だん, missing the voicing (dakuten). The first character is correct.

• 相談そうだん — consultation; to consult, to talk over

確か is read たしか (tashika), meaning 'certain, sure' or 'if I remember correctly.' The sentence means 'I'm sure I put it in my bag.' Option 1 correctly gives this reading.

• 2しずか — This is the reading of 静か (quiet), a lookalike word with the same か ending. Deliberate distractor.
• 3たじか — The second character 確 is misread as じか instead of しか. Close-sounding distractor.
• 4しすか — Both syllables are wrong; this does not correspond to any real reading of 確か.

• 確たしか — certain, sure; if I remember correctly

遊ぶ is read あそぶ (asobu), meaning 'to play.' The sentence means 'I can hear the voices of children playing.' Option 2 correctly gives this reading.

• 1よぶ — This is the reading of 呼ぶ (to call), a lookalike kanji with the same okurigana ぶ.
• 3まなぶ — This is the reading of 学ぶ (to study/learn), an unrelated verb with similar okurigana.
• 4さけぶ — This is the reading of 叫ぶ (to shout), another verb ending in ぶ used as a distractor.

• 遊あそぶ — to play

制服 is read せいふく (seifuku), meaning 'uniform.' The sentence means 'The store staff were all wearing the same uniform.' Option 3 correctly gives this reading.

• 1ようふく — This is the reading of 洋服 (Western-style clothes), a related vocabulary item used as a distractor.
• 2せいふう — The second character 服 is misread as ふう instead of ふく. Close-sounding distractor.
• 4ようふう — Both characters are replaced with the readings of 洋風 (Western-style), a lookalike compound.

• 制服せいふく — uniform

しゅうかんし is written 週刊誌 (しゅう=週, かん=刊, し=誌). A 週刊誌 is a weekly magazine. The sentence means 'I had Takahashi-san buy a weekly magazine for me.'

• 1週完誌 uses 完(かん) instead of 刊(かん). 完 means 'completion/finish,' not 'publish.'
• 2週刊記 uses 記(き) instead of 誌(し). 記 means 'record/account,' not 'magazine.'
• 4週完記 has both wrong kanji: 完 instead of 刊 and 記 instead of 誌.

• 週刊誌しゅうかんし — weekly magazine
• 週しゅう — week
• 刊かん — publish/issue
• 誌し — magazine

つづき is written 続き. 続(つづ) means 'continue.' The sentence means 'I'm looking forward to the continuation of this drama.'

• 1総(そう) means 'total/overall' and does not read つづ.
• 2統(とう) means 'unify/control' and does not read つづ.
• 4績(せき) means 'achievement/record' and does not read つづ.

• 続つづき — continuation, sequel
• 続つづく — to continue

ねっしん is written 熱心. 熱(ねつ) means 'heat/passion' and 心(しん) means 'heart/mind.' Together 熱心 means 'enthusiastic/diligent.' The sentence means 'I study diligently every day.'

• 2燃心 uses 燃(ねん) meaning 'burn' instead of 熱(ねつ). This is not a real word.
• 3熱身 uses 身(しん/み) meaning 'body' instead of 心(しん) meaning 'heart/mind.' This is not the standard word.
• 4燃身 uses both wrong kanji: 燃 instead of 熱 and 身 instead of 心. Not a real word.

• 熱心ねっしん — enthusiastic, diligent, zealous
• 熱ねつ — heat, passion
• 心しん — heart, mind

たいいん is written 退院. 退(たい) means 'withdraw/leave' and 院(いん) means 'institution/hospital.' 退院 means 'discharge from hospital.' The sentence means 'I heard Nakamura-san was discharged from the hospital a week ago.'

• 1帰院 uses 帰(き) meaning 'return' instead of 退(たい) meaning 'withdraw/leave.' 帰院 would mean 'returning to the hospital,' the opposite of what is intended.
• 3退員 uses 員(いん) meaning 'member' instead of 院(いん) meaning 'institution/hospital.' Not the correct word.
• 4帰員 uses both wrong kanji: 帰 instead of 退 and 員 instead of 院. Not a real word.

• 退院たいいん — discharge from hospital
• 退たい — withdraw, leave
• 院いん — institution, hospital

あつい meaning 'thick' is written 厚い. The sentence 'もうちょっとあついのが欲しいです' means 'I want a slightly thicker one.'

• 1丸い reads まるい meaning 'round,' not あつい.
• 3細い reads ほそい meaning 'thin/narrow,' not あつい.
• 4浅い reads あさい meaning 'shallow,' not あつい.

• 厚あつい — thick
• 丸まるい — round
• 細ほそい — thin, narrow
• 浅あさい — shallow