N3 Vocabulary · Test 26

商業 (しょうぎょう) means 'commerce' or 'commercial business.' The sentence says 'This town has been prosperous in commerce since long ago.' Option 2, しょうぎょう, is the correct reading.

• 1さんぎょう is the reading of 産業 (industry), a lookalike kanji-based distractor.
• 3じょうぎょう is not a real word; it uses the wrong initial consonant (じ instead of しょう).
• 4ざんぎょう is not a real word; it uses an incorrect dakuten on the first character.

• 商業しょうぎょう — commerce, commercial business
• 盛さかん — prosperous, flourishing

覚えて (おぼえて) is the te-form of 覚える (おぼえる), meaning 'to remember/memorize.' The sentence says 'I don't remember the email address.' Option 2, おぼえて, is correct.

• 1おしえて is the te-form of 教える (おしえる), meaning 'to teach/tell' — a different verb.
• 3かえて is the te-form of 変える (かえる), meaning 'to change' — a different verb.
• 4かんがえて is the te-form of 考える (かんがえる), meaning 'to think/consider' — a different verb.

• 覚おぼえる — to remember, to memorize

広告 (こうこく) means 'advertisement.' The sentence says 'The advertisement for the new service isn't ready yet.' Option 1, こうこく, is the correct reading.

• 2ほうこく is the reading of 報告 (report) — a lookalike kanji distractor sharing the second character.
• 3こうごく is not a standard word; it uses a voiced middle consonant (ごく instead of こく).
• 4ほうごく is not a standard word; it combines the wrong reading of both characters.

• 広告こうこく — advertisement, advertising

相手 (あいて) means 'opponent' or 'partner.' The sentence says 'Today's match opponent was strong.' Option 3, あいて, is the correct reading.

• 1そうて is not a valid reading of 相手; it misreads 相 as そう.
• 2あいしゅ is not a valid reading; it misreads 手 as しゅ (a possible on-reading, but not used here).
• 4そうしゅ is not a valid reading; it misreads both characters.

• 相手あいて — opponent, partner, other party

大会 (たいかい) means 'tournament' or 'convention.' The sentence says 'There is a sports tournament next month.' Option 3, たいかい, is the correct reading. 大 is read with its on-reading たい (not だい) in this compound.

• 1たいがい is not a valid reading; it incorrectly voices the second character (がい instead of かい).
• 2だいかい is not the standard reading; it uses だい for 大, which is wrong in this word.
• 4だいがい is not a valid reading; it voices both characters incorrectly.

• 大会たいかい — tournament, convention, large meeting

The correct answer is 3: 消して. The sentence means 'The child drew on the wall, so I erased it clean.' けして is the て-form of 消す（けす）, meaning 'to erase.' After erasing the drawing, the wall became clean (きれいにした).

• 1流して（ながして）means 'to wash away / flush down.' It does not fit because you don't 'wash away' a drawing on a wall, and the reading けして does not match ながして.
• 2洗して is not a valid word. The verb 洗う（あらう）has the て-form 洗って（あらって）, not 洗して. This is a deliberate distractor using a similar-looking kanji, but it does not exist as a proper form and does not read けして.
• 4清して is not a standard て-form. The verb 清める（きよめる）would give 清めて, not 清して. This is a deliberate distractor that does not read けして.

• 消けす — to erase, to rub out
• 消けして — erasing (て-form of 消す)

The correct answer is 4: 欠席. The sentence means 'I was absent from school due to a cold.' けっせき is written 欠席, meaning 'absence / to be absent.' 欠（けつ）means 'to lack / be absent' and 席（せき）means 'seat,' together meaning 'absence.'

• 1休座 is not a real word. 休（きゅう）means 'rest' and 座（ざ）means 'seat,' but this compound does not exist and does not read けっせき.
• 2休席 is not a standard word. While 休 and 席 are real kanji, this compound is not used for 'absence.' The correct term is 欠席.
• 3欠座 is not a real word. 欠 is correct but 座（ざ）is the wrong second kanji; it should be 席（せき）.

• 欠席けっせき — absence, being absent

The correct answer is 1: 細かく. The sentence means 'Please cut the vegetables finely.' こまかく is the adverbial form of 細かい（こまかい）, meaning 'fine, small, detailed.' When cutting vegetables into small pieces, 細かく is the natural expression.

• 2短かく（みじかく）would come from 短い（みじかい, short), but the reading こまかく does not match. Also, 'short' describes length, not the fineness of cutting.
• 3丸かく is not a real word. 丸（まる）means 'round,' and there is no adjective 丸かい.
• 4角かく is not a real word. 角（かく）means 'angle/corner,' and there is no adjective 角かい.

• 細こまかい — fine, small, detailed
• 細こまかく — finely, in small pieces (adverbial form)

The correct answer is 4: 若い. The sentence means 'Many young people live in this apartment.' わかい is written 若い, meaning 'young.'

• 1孝い is not a real word. 孝（こう）means 'filial piety' and is not used as an adjective with the reading わかい.
• 2苦い（にがい）means 'bitter.' The reading does not match わかい, and 'bitter people' makes no sense in this context.
• 3老い（おい）means 'old age / growing old.' The reading does not match わかい, and it is the opposite of what the sentence describes.

• 若わかい — young

The correct answer is 1: 複数. The sentence means 'I selected good ones from several photos.' ふくすう is written 複数, meaning 'multiple, several.' 複（ふく）means 'multiple/compound' and 数（すう）means 'number,' together meaning 'multiple (items).'

• 2復数 is not the correct word. 復（ふく）means 'to restore/recover' and is a different kanji that happens to share the reading ふく. The correct kanji is 複, not 復.
• 3複枚 is not a real word. While 複 is correct, 枚（まい）is a counter for flat objects and does not form the word ふくすう.
• 4復枚 is not a real word. Both kanji are wrong: 復 should be 複, and 枚 should be 数.

• 複数ふくすう — multiple, several