N3 Vocabulary · Test 37

「共通点（きょうつうてん）」means 'common point' or 'similarity' — something shared in common among multiple things. Option 4「同じところ（おなじところ）」means 'the same point/place,' which is the closest paraphrase. The sentence means: 'These methods have points in common.'

• 1「悪いところ（わるいところ）」means 'bad point' — the opposite direction of meaning; it refers to a flaw, not a shared feature.
• 2「いいところ（いいところ）」means 'good point' — this is about merit, not about what is shared.
• 3「違うところ（ちがうところ）」means 'different point' — this is the opposite of 共通点.

• 共通点きょうつうてん — common point, similarity
• 同おなじところ — the same point/place

「整理した（せいりした）」means 'organized/sorted out' — putting things in order, especially documents or items. Option 2「片付けた（かたづけた）」means 'tidied up / put in order,' which is the closest paraphrase. The sentence means: 'We organized the documents together.'

• 1「数えた（かぞえた）」means 'counted' — counting is a different action from organizing.
• 3「運んだ（はこんだ）」means 'carried/transported' — moving things, not organizing them.
• 4「探した（さがした）」means 'searched for' — looking for something, not putting things in order.

• 整理せいりする — to organize, sort out, put in order
• 片付かたづける — to tidy up, put in order, clear away

「ぜったいに（絶対に）」means 'absolutely, definitely, without fail.' Option 3「かならず（必ず）」means 'certainly, without fail,' which is the closest paraphrase. The sentence means: 'I think Tanaka-san will definitely come.'

• 1「すぐに」means 'immediately, right away' — this is about timing/speed, not certainty.
• 2「たぶん」means 'probably, perhaps' — this expresses uncertainty, the opposite nuance of ぜったいに.
• 4「あとから」means 'afterward, later' — this is about sequence/timing, not certainty.

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

「ないしょに（内緒に）」means 'secretly, in confidence' — keeping something hidden from others. Option 1「だれにも話さないで」means 'without telling anyone,' which captures the essence of keeping a secret. The sentence means: 'Please keep this matter a secret.'

• 2「いろいろな人に話して」means 'tell various people' — this is the opposite of keeping a secret.
• 3「早く忘れて」means 'forget quickly' — forgetting is different from keeping something secret.
• 4「忘れないで」means 'don't forget' — this is about memory, not about secrecy.

• 内緒ないしょ — secret, in confidence
• だれにも話さないで（だれにもはなさないで） — without telling anyone

「気に入っている（きにいっている）」means 'to be pleased with, to like, to be fond of' — describing personal preference or taste. Option 3「好きな（すきな）」means 'liked, favorite,' which is the closest paraphrase. The sentence means: 'This is my favorite song among the songs on this CD.'

• 1「人気がある（にんきがある）」means 'to be popular' — this refers to general public popularity, not personal preference.
• 2「よく覚えている（よくおぼえている）」means 'remember well' — this is about memory, not about liking.
• 4「楽しい（たのしい）」means 'fun, enjoyable' — this describes the nature of the song, not the speaker's personal fondness for it.

• 気に入る（きにいる） — to like, to be pleased with, to be fond of
• 好すき — liked, favorite

緊張（きんちょう） means 'nervousness/tension,' the mental/physical state of being anxious before something important or when many people are watching. Option 4 says 'I received a TV interview and got very nervous' — this is the perfect usage: being interviewed on television is a classic situation that causes 緊張.

• 1胸が緊張した is wrong for expressing happy excitement. When you are happy and your heart pounds, you say 胸がドキドキした or 胸が高鳴った. 緊張 implies anxiety/nervousness, not joyful excitement.
• 2計画が緊張している is wrong. A plan cannot feel nervous. 緊張 describes a person's psychological/physical state, not an inanimate object like a schedule.
• 3使い方が緊張していて is wrong. A method of use cannot be 'nervous.' If a device is hard to use, you would say 使い方が複雑で/難しくて. 緊張 does not describe complexity.

• 緊張きんちょう — nervousness, tension (mental or physical state of anxiety)

暗記（あんき） means 'memorization' — deliberately committing text, facts, or words to memory, especially for study. Option 2 says 'I have memorized all the sentences in the textbook' — this is the correct usage: memorizing written text for learning.

• 1You don't 暗記 scenery. 暗記 is for textual/factual material you intentionally study and memorize. For wanting to keep a beautiful view in mind, you use 記憶（きおく）に留める or 覚えておく.
• 3Remembering a person is 覚える or 記憶する, not 暗記. 暗記 specifically refers to memorizing information/text, not recalling a person.
• 4Not remembering where you put something is 記憶していない or 覚えていない. 暗記 implies deliberate study memorization, not everyday recall of a location.

• 暗記あんき — memorization (deliberately committing text/facts to memory, especially for study)

通り過ぎる（とおりすぎる） means 'to pass by (a place) without stopping' — physically going past a location. Option 1 says 'Without noticing the shop sign, I had already passed by it' — this is the correct usage: walking past a place without realizing it.

• 2Surpassing someone in height is 超える（こえる） or 抜く（ぬく）, not 通り過ぎる. 通り過ぎる is about physically passing a location, not exceeding a measurement.
• 3Overtaking another runner in a race is 追い抜く（おいぬく）, not 通り過ぎる. 通り過ぎる means passing by a place, not overtaking a competitor.
• 4Passing a time (e.g., 'it was past 10 PM') is simply 過ぎる（すぎる）, not 通り過ぎる. 通り過ぎる specifically involves physically moving past a physical location.

• 通り過ぎる（とおりすぎる） — to pass by (a place) without stopping; to go past

訪問（ほうもん） means 'to visit (a person, household, or organization)' — a formal visit to someone's home, company, or institution. Option 1 says 'For my job-hunting, I visited my senior's company' — this is the correct usage: visiting a company as a formal/official visit.

• 2A letter arriving is 届く（とどく） or 来る, not 訪問. 訪問 means a person physically visiting a place, not something being delivered.
• 3Going to the beach is 行く or 訪れる（おとずれる） for a place, not 訪問. 訪問 is used for visiting people/organizations (homes, companies), not recreational locations like beaches.
• 4A chance arriving is 訪れる（おとずれる）, not 訪問. 訪問 is a suru-verb meaning 'to visit (someone),' while 訪れる means 'to arrive/come (of time, opportunity, season).'

• 訪問ほうもん — a visit (to a person, household, or organization); to visit (formal)

翻訳（ほんやく） means 'translation' — converting text or speech from one language to another. Option 3 says 'This novel has been translated into more than ten languages' — this is the correct usage: translating a work between different languages.

• 1Converting kanji to hiragana is 変換（へんかん）, not 翻訳. 翻訳 is specifically translation between different languages, not script conversion within the same language.
• 2Making a long text shorter and easier to understand is 要約（ようやく） or まとめる, not 翻訳. 翻訳 requires a change of language, not just summarization within the same language.
• 4Explaining a word in other words is 言い換える（いいかえる） or 説明する, not 翻訳. 翻訳 is translation between languages, not paraphrasing within the same language.

• 翻訳ほんやく — translation (converting text/speech from one language to another)