N3 Vocabulary · Test 24

がっき is written 楽器, meaning 'musical instrument(s)'. The sentence means 'This store sells various musical instruments.' 楽 (がく/らく) means 'music' and 器 (き) means 'instrument/tool/vessel'.

• 1薬具 is not a real word. 薬 (くすり/やく) means 'medicine' and is used to create plausible-looking distractors here.
• 3楽具 is not a real word. It combines the correct first kanji 楽 with a wrong second kanji 具 (ぐ, 'tool') instead of 器.
• 4薬器 is not a real word. Both kanji are wrong for the reading がっき.

• 楽器がっき — musical instrument

かりました is the past polite form of 借りる (かりる), 'to borrow'. The sentence means '(I) borrowed a mobile phone.' The kanji 借 is the correct one for 'borrow'.

• 1代りました uses 代 (だい, 'substitute/replace'), not a standard verb form for かりる; it is a lookalike distractor.
• 2換りました uses 換 (か, 'exchange/convert'), unrelated to borrowing.
• 3貸りました uses 貸 (かす, 'to lend'), the opposite action of borrowing. This is a deliberate near-synonym/antonym trap.

• 借かりる — to borrow
• 貸かす — to lend

けってん is written 欠点, meaning 'fault, shortcoming, defect'. The sentence means 'There is probably no one without faults.' 欠 (けつ) means 'lack/deficiency' and 点 (てん) means 'point'.

• 2決天 is not a real word. 決 (けつ, 'decision') and 天 (てん, 'sky/heaven') are lookalike kanji with the same on-readings.
• 3決点 is not a real word. 決 is wrong for this meaning.
• 4欠天 is not a real word. It keeps the correct first kanji 欠 but pairs it with the wrong second kanji 天.

• 欠点けってん — fault, shortcoming, defect

げんざい is written 現在, meaning 'now, present, currently'. The sentence means 'This old bridge is not used now.' 現 (げん) means 'present/current' and 在 (ざい) means 'exist/be present'.

• 1原存 is not a real word. 原 (げん, 'origin') and 存 (ぞん, 'exist') have similar readings but form no valid compound.
• 2原在 is not a real word. 原 is wrong here.
• 4現存 means 'extant/still existing' (げんぞん), a real word but with the wrong reading and meaning for this context.

• 現在げんざい — now, present, currently
• 現存げんぞん — extant, still existing

みどり is written 緑, meaning 'green'. The sentence means '(I) drew a line with a green pen.'

• 1黄 is read き(いろ) and means 'yellow', a wrong color.
• 3青 is read あお and means 'blue', a wrong color.
• 4赤 is read あか and means 'red', a wrong color.

• 緑みどり — green

The sentence describes putting many heavy books into a paper bag, causing the bag to tear and the contents to fall out. 破れて（やぶれて）means 'tore/ripped,' which is the natural result of overloading a paper bag with heavy items. The te-form 破れて connects the cause (the bag tearing) to the result (contents falling).

• 1折れて（おれて）means 'broke/snapped' (e.g., a stick or bone bending and breaking). A paper bag does not '折れる' from heavy contents; this describes something rigid snapping, not a flexible material tearing.
• 2ぬれて（濡れて）means 'got wet.' There is no mention of water or rain in the context, so this does not explain why the contents fell out.
• 3汚れて（よごれて）means 'got dirty.' A dirty bag would not cause the contents to fall out, so this does not fit the causal relationship in the sentence.

• 破やぶれる — to tear, to rip
• 折おれる — to break, to snap (by bending)
• 濡ぬれる — to get wet
• 汚よごれる — to get dirty
• 中身なかみ — contents, inside

The sentence says children can enter the amusement park at half the ___ of adults. 料金（りょうきん）means 'fee/charge/admission fee,' and 半分の料金で is the standard expression for 'at half the price/fee.' This fits perfectly in the context of an entrance fee.

• 1貯金（ちょきん）means 'savings' (money saved in a bank). This has nothing to do with an amusement park entrance fee.
• 2有料（ゆうりょう）means 'paid/admission charged' (as opposed to 無料, free). It is used as an adjective-like noun (e.g., 有料道路), not as a countable fee amount that can be halved.
• 4物価（ぶっか）means 'commodity prices' (the general level of prices in an economy). This is far too broad and does not refer to a specific entrance fee.

• 料金りょうきん — fee, charge, admission fee
• 貯金ちょきん — savings, bank deposit
• 有料ゆうりょう — paid, requiring a fee
• 物価ぶっか — commodity prices, cost of living
• 遊園地ゆうえんち — amusement park

The sentence describes making a sweater little by little every day until it was finally completed yesterday. 編んで（あんで）is the te-form of 編む, meaning 'to knit.' Knitting a sweater gradually over many days and then completing it is a natural scenario.

• 1縛って（しばって）means 'to tie/bind.' You do not tie a sweater to make it.
• 2絞って（しぼって）means 'to squeeze/wring.' This does not describe making a sweater.
• 4結んで（むすんで）means 'to tie/fasten.' Like option 1, this describes tying something, not creating a sweater.

• 編あむ — to knit, to crochet
• 縛しばる — to tie, to bind
• 絞しぼる — to squeeze, to wring
• 結むすぶ — to tie, to fasten
• 完成かんせいする — to be completed, to finish

The sentence says 'The opponent I will ___ in the next match is last year's champion.' 戦う（たたかう）means 'to fight/compete,' and 次の試合で戦う相手 means 'the opponent I will face/fight in the next match.' This is the natural collocation for a competitive context.

• 2踏む（ふむ）means 'to step on.' You do not 'step on' an opponent in a match in this context.
• 3壊す（こわす）means 'to break/destroy.' This does not collocate with 相手 (opponent) in a sports match context.
• 4曲げる（まげる）means 'to bend.' This has no natural relationship with facing an opponent in a match.

• 戦たたかう — to fight, to compete, to battle
• 踏ふむ — to step on, to tread
• 壊こわす — to break, to destroy
• 曲まげる — to bend
• 相手あいて — opponent, partner
• 優勝者ゆうしょうしゃ — champion, winner

The sentence says 'I study architecture, so I have ___ in how Japanese houses are built.' 興味（きょうみ）means 'interest,' and the pattern 興味がある（きょうみがある）means 'to have an interest in ~,' marked by に. This fits perfectly: 日本の家の建て方に興味がある = 'have an interest in how Japanese houses are built.'

• 1見物（けんぶつ）means 'sightseeing/watching (an event).' It does not collocate with に～がある in this way, and it does not mean 'interest.'
• 2好物（こうぶつ）means 'favorite food.' This is completely unrelated to architecture or houses.
• 3趣味（しゅみ）means 'hobby.' While related to personal interests, 趣味 is used as 趣味は～です (my hobby is ~), not as 趣味に～がある. The pattern に～がある requires 興味, not 趣味.

• 興味きょうみ — interest, curiosity
• 見物けんぶつ — sightseeing, watching (an event)
• 好物こうぶつ — favorite food
• 趣味しゅみ — hobby, pastime
• 建築けんちく — architecture
• 建て方（たてかた） — way of building, construction method