N3 Vocabulary · Test 25

得意な (とくいな) means 'good at' or 'skilled at'. The question asks what dish Yamamoto-san is good at making. Option 4, 上手にできる (じょうずにできる), means 'able to do well / skillfully', which matches the meaning of 得意な.

• 1作ってみたい (つくってみたい) means 'want to try making'. This expresses a desire, not a skill, so it does not match 得意な.
• 2食べたい (たべたい) means 'want to eat'. This is about wanting to eat, unrelated to being skilled at cooking.
• 3一番好きな (いちばんすきな) means 'favorite / most liked'. Being one's favorite dish is not the same as being skilled at making it.

• 得意とくいな — good at, skilled at, one's strong point
• 上手じょうずにできる — able to do well, can do skillfully

短気 (たんき) means 'short-tempered, impatient'. A short-tempered person gets angry easily. Option 2, すぐ怒ります (すぐおこります), means 'gets angry quickly/easily', which matches the meaning of 短気.

• 1すぐ忘れます (すぐわすれます) means 'forgets quickly'. This relates to a poor memory, not a short temper.
• 3すぐ泣きます (すぐなきます) means 'cries quickly/easily'. This describes someone who is emotionally fragile or quick to cry, not short-tempered.
• 4すぐ心配します (すぐしんぱいします) means 'worries quickly/easily'. This describes an anxious person, not a short-tempered one.

• 短気たんき — short-tempered, impatient, quick to anger
• 怒おこる — to get angry

疑っている (うたがっている) means 'to doubt, to be suspicious of, to not believe'. The sentence says Kobayashi-san seems to doubt that story. Option 1, 本当ではないと思っている (ほんとうではないとおもっている), means 'thinking it is not true', which matches the meaning of 疑っている.

• 2本当だと思っている (ほんとうだとおもっている) means 'thinking it is true'. This is the opposite of doubting.
• 3よく知らない (よくしらない) means 'doesn't know well'. Not knowing something is different from doubting its truth.
• 4よく知っている (よくしっている) means 'knows well'. This is unrelated to doubting.

• 疑うたがう — to doubt, to suspect, to disbelieve

機会 (きかい) means 'opportunity, chance'. The sentence says 'If there is an opportunity, I'd like to try doing it.' Option 3, チャンス (chance), is the loanword equivalent of 機会 and matches the meaning.

• 1サービス (saabisu) means 'service'. This is unrelated to opportunity.
• 2アルバイト (arubaito) means 'part-time job'. This is unrelated to opportunity.
• 4アイデア (aidea) means 'idea'. This is unrelated to opportunity.

• 機会きかい — opportunity, chance
• チャンス（ちゃんす） — chance, opportunity (loanword)

あいかわらず means 'as usual, still, unchanged'. The sentence says Tanaka-san seems to be busy as usual. Option 1, 前と同じで (まえとおなじで), means 'the same as before', which matches the meaning of あいかわらず.

• 2前と違って (まえとちがって) means 'unlike before / different from before'. This is the opposite of あいかわらず.
• 3わたしと同じで (わたしとおなじで) means 'the same as me'. あいかわらず compares to the past, not to the speaker.
• 4わたしと違って (わたしとちがって) means 'unlike me'. This is unrelated to あいかわらず.

• 相変あいかわらず — as usual, still, unchanged

修理 (しゅうり) means 'to repair/fix' a broken physical object, typically a machine or device. Option 3 says the washing machine stopped working, so please repair it — this is the correct usage.

• 1関係 (かんけい) 'relationship' is abstract; you repair things, not relationships. The correct verb here would be 修復 (しゅうふく) 'to mend/restore' or 直す (なおす).
• 2発音 (はつおん) 'pronunciation' is a skill, not a broken object. You would 直す (なおす) 'correct' pronunciation, not 修理 it.
• 4けが 'injury' is a medical condition treated by a doctor, not a machine to be repaired. The correct verb would be 診 (み)てもらう or 治療 (ちりょう)してもらう.

• 修理しゅうり — repair, fix (a broken machine/object)

親しい (したしい) means 'close/intimate,' describing a relationship between people. Option 1 says they had never talked before but became close after eating together — correct usage.

• 2仕事 (しごと) 'work' is a task, not a person. You become 慣 (な)れる 'used to' work, not 親しい to it.
• 3コート 'coat' is an object you like; 親しい describes human relationships, not affection for things. The correct word would be お気 (き)に入り 'favorite.'
• 4車の種類 (くるまのしゅるい) 'types of cars' is knowledge, not a relationship. The correct expression would be 詳 (くわ)しい 'knowledgeable about.'

• 親したしい — close, intimate (relationship between people)

締め切り (しめきり) means 'deadline' — the final date/time for submitting something. Option 4 says tomorrow is the deadline to apply for the speech contest — correct usage.

• 1A station being the last stop is 終点 (しゅうてん), not 締め切り.
• 2A drama ending its run is 最終回 (さいしゅうかい) 'final episode' or 放送終了 (ほうそうしゅうりょう), not 締め切り.
• 3The finish line of a race is ゴール 'goal' or 決勝線 (けっしょうせん), not 締め切り.

• 締め切り（しめきり） — deadline (for submission/application)

ゆでる means 'to boil (food) in hot water.' Option 2 says vegetables were put into a pot of hot water and boiled for 5 minutes — correct usage.

• 1You soak in a bath (つかる), not ゆでる your body. ゆでる is for cooking food, not for bathing people.
• 3You warm a room with a stove (暖 (あたた)める), not ゆでる it. ゆでる requires immersing food in boiling water.
• 4You reheat tea in a microwave (温 (あたた)める), not ゆでる it. ゆでる means boiling food in water, not reheating a drink.

• ゆでる — to boil (food) in hot water

渋滞 (じゅうたい) means 'traffic jam/congestion' on roads. Option 2 says this road gets congested during morning commute time and cars can't move forward — correct usage.

• 1A bus full of people is 混雑 (こんざつ) 'crowded' or いっぱい 'full,' not 渋滞. 渋滞 refers to road traffic, not crowding inside a vehicle.
• 3A busy schedule is 詰 (つ)まっている 'packed' or 忙 (いそが)しい 'busy,' not 渋滞. 渋滞 is for physical traffic, not schedules.
• 4A confused/overloaded mind is ごちゃごちゃ 'jumbled' or 混乱 (こんらん) 'confused,' not 渋滞. 渋滞 is not used metaphorically for mental states.

• 渋滞じゅうたい — traffic jam, traffic congestion