N3 Vocabulary · Test 2

延期（えんき）means 'postponement / to postpone.' The sentence says the marathon event was postponed due to a typhoon, so 延期される (be postponed) fits perfectly. The passive with ことになりました indicates a decision was made to postpone it.

• 1遅刻（ちこく）means 'being late / tardiness' (e.g., arriving late to school or work). It does not apply to an entire event being rescheduled.
• 2連休（れんきゅう）means 'consecutive holidays / a long weekend.' This is unrelated to cancelling or rescheduling an event.
• 4早退（そうたい）means 'leaving early' (e.g., leaving work or school before the scheduled end time). It cannot be used for postponing an event.

• 延期えんき — postponement, to postpone
• 遅刻ちこく — being late, tardiness
• 連休れんきゅう — consecutive holidays, long weekend
• 早退そうたい — leaving early (from work/school)

枯れる（かれる）means 'to wither / dry up (of plants).' The sentence says if you don't water the flowers every day, they will wither. 枯れてしまう (will end up withering) is the correct choice.

• 1とけて（溶けて）means 'to melt / dissolve' (e.g., ice melting, sugar dissolving). Flowers do not 'melt.'
• 2さめて（冷めて）means 'to cool down / lose interest' (e.g., tea getting cold, enthusiasm fading). This does not apply to plants.
• 3やせて（痩せて）means 'to lose weight / become thin,' used for people or animals, not flowers.

• 枯かれる — to wither, dry up (plants)
• 溶とける — to melt, dissolve
• 冷さめる — to cool down, lose interest
• 痩やせる — to lose weight, become thin

訓練（くんれん）means 'training.' The sentence says this dog has been trained since it was a puppy, so it stays calm even when many people are around. 訓練されている (has been trained) fits perfectly.

• 1工夫（くふう）means 'ingenuity / devising a clever method.' You don't 'ingeniously devise' a dog in this sense.
• 2用意（ようい）means 'preparation / getting ready.' While you can prepare things, 用意される doesn't fit the context of raising/training a dog to be well-behaved.
• 4計画（けいかく）means 'plan / planning.' A dog is not 'planned' in the sense of making it obedient.

• 訓練くんれん — training (especially disciplined/practical training)
• 工夫くふう — ingenuity, devising a method
• 用意ようい — preparation, getting ready
• 計画けいかく — plan, planning

セット means 'to set (up).' セットした here means 'I set the alarm clock to 6:00.' This is a common katakana loanword used for setting devices like alarm clocks.

• 1スタート means 'start.' You don't 'start' an alarm clock to a specific time; you set it.
• 3ストップ means 'stop.' Stopping an alarm clock doesn't make sense when you want it to wake you up.
• 4マーク means 'mark.' You don't 'mark' an alarm clock to a time.

• セット — to set (a device, alarm, etc.)
• スタート — start
• ストップ — stop
• マーク — mark

もったいない means 'wasteful / it's a shame to waste.' The sentence says 'Even though I'm busy, I was made to wait this long, so it's a waste of (my) time.' 時間がもったいない (time is being wasted) is a very common expression.

• 1だらしない means 'sloppy / untidy / lacking self-discipline.' Being kept waiting doesn't make the situation 'sloppy.'
• 2しょうがない means 'it can't be helped.' While you could feel that way, the sentence structure 時間が（　）requires an adjective describing the time itself, and しょうがない is not used with が in this way to describe wasted time.
• 3なさけない（情けない）means 'pitiful / pathetic / shameful.' This doesn't fit the idea of time being wasted.

• もったいない — wasteful, too good to waste
• だらしない — sloppy, untidy
• しょうがない — it can't be helped
• 情なさけない — pitiful, pathetic, shameful

さまざまな (様々) means 'various' or 'all kinds of.' The closest paraphrase is いろいろな (色々), which also means 'various / all sorts of.' Both describe a wide range of different opinions.

• 1とくべつな (特別な) means 'special,' not 'various.'
• 2すばらしい (素晴らしい) means 'wonderful / excellent,' which is a value judgment, not a description of variety.
• 4あたらしい (新しい) means 'new,' unrelated to the idea of variety.

• さまざまな — various, all kinds of
• いろいろな — various, all sorts of

報告(ほうこく)する means 'to report' or 'to inform someone of something.' 知(し)らせる means 'to let someone know / to notify / to inform,' which is the closest paraphrase. In context, 'please report as early as possible' ≈ 'please let us know as early as possible.'

• 1頼(たの)んで (from 頼む) means 'to ask / to request,' not 'to report.'
• 3尋(たず)ねて (from 尋ねる) means 'to ask / to inquire,' which is seeking information, not giving a report.
• 4探(さが)して (from 探す) means 'to search for / to look for,' unrelated to reporting.

• 報告ほうこくする — to report, to inform
• 知しらせる — to notify, to let someone know

絶対(ぜったい)に means 'absolutely / without fail / definitely.' かならず (必ず) means 'certainly / without fail / always,' making it the closest paraphrase. Both express strong certainty that Yamada will come.

• 1あとで (後で) means 'later / afterwards,' a time expression, not a certainty expression.
• 2すぐに (直ぐに) means 'immediately / right away,' referring to timing, not certainty.
• 3たぶん (多分) means 'probably / perhaps,' which actually weakens certainty — nearly the opposite of 絶対に.

• 絶対ぜったいに — absolutely, definitely, without fail
• 必かならず — certainly, without fail, always

おしまい (お終い) means 'the end / it's over / finished.' おわり (終わり) also means 'the end / conclusion,' making it the closest paraphrase. 'この話はおしまいです' = 'This story/conversation is over.'

• 2すごい (凄い) means 'amazing / terrible,' unrelated to 'end.'
• 3はじめて (初めて) means 'for the first time,' which is closer to a beginning, not an end.
• 4おもしろい (面白い) means 'interesting / funny,' a quality judgment, not 'finished.'

• おしまい — the end, finished, over
• 終おわり — the end, conclusion

サボる means 'to skip (school/work) intentionally, usually to play or slack off.' Option 4 — あそびたくて学校を休んでしまった (wanted to play and ended up missing school) — captures both the motive (playing) and the act of being absent (休む). 休んでしまった here means 'was absent from school,' which matches サボる.

• 1病気(びょうき)になって学校をやめてしまった means 'got sick and quit school.' やめる means to quit/drop out, which is far stronger than simply skipping a day.
• 2病気になって学校を休んでしまった means 'got sick and missed school.' This describes an illness-based absence, not intentional skipping to play.
• 3あそびたくて学校をやめてしまった means 'wanted to play and quit school.' Again, やめる (to quit/drop out) is too extreme; サボる means skipping, not dropping out.

• サボる — to skip (school/work) intentionally, to slack off
• 休やすむ — to be absent, to take a day off
• やめる — to quit, to drop out, to stop