N3 Vocabulary · Test 39

The sentence means 'Try to ( ) what you will be doing 30 years from now.' 想像（そうぞう） means 'imagination / to imagine.' 想像してみてください is a natural phrase meaning 'try to imagine.'

• 2確認（かくにん） means 'confirmation / to check.' You cannot 'check' a future that hasn't happened yet, so it doesn't fit the context of 30 years from now.
• 3観察（かんさつ） means 'observation / to observe.' You observe something happening in front of you; you cannot observe your future self.
• 4工夫（くふう） means 'ingenuity / to devise.' 工夫する means to figure out a method or idea, not to picture a future scenario.

• 想像そうぞう — imagination; to imagine
• 確認かくにん — confirmation; to check
• 観察かんさつ — observation; to observe
• 工夫くふう — ingenuity; to devise a method

The sentence means 'I ate the apple after ( ) its skin.' むいて（剥いて, from むく） means 'to peel (fruit, vegetable skin).' 皮をむいてりんごを食べました = 'I peeled the apple and ate it.'

• 1折って（おって, from 折る） means 'to break/fold (by bending).' You don't break an apple's skin by bending it.
• 2離して（はなして, from 離す） means 'to separate / to let go.' This does not describe removing fruit skin.
• 4やぶって（破って, from 破る） means 'to tear (paper, cloth, etc.).' Apple skin is peeled, not torn.

• 剥むく — to peel (skin of fruit/vegetable)
• 折おる — to break/fold by bending
• 離はなす — to separate; to let go
• 破やぶる — to tear; to break (paper, rules, etc.)

The sentence means 'I forgot to water them, so the flowers ( ).' かれて（枯れて, from 枯れる） means 'to wither / to dry up (plants).' Flowers that don't get water wither, so 枯れてしまった is correct.

• 1こわれて（壊れて, from 壊れる） means 'to break (machines, objects).' Flowers don't 'break.'
• 2こげて（焦げて, from 焦げる） means 'to burn/scorch (food, etc.).' Flowers don't get scorched from lack of water.
• 4とけて（溶けて, from 溶ける） means 'to melt (ice, sugar, etc.).' Flowers don't melt.

• 枯かれる — to wither; to dry up (plants)
• 壊こわれる — to break (machines, objects)
• 焦こげる — to burn; to scorch (food)
• 溶とける — to melt; to dissolve

The sentence means 'This movie was more interesting than I had ( ).' 期待（きたい） means 'expectation.' 期待した以上に = 'more than I expected,' a common pattern. The movie exceeded expectations.

• 1約束（やくそく） means 'promise.' You don't 'promise' a movie will be interesting; 約束した以上に is unnatural here.
• 2予定（よてい） means 'schedule/plan.' While you can say 予定以上に, it usually refers to quantity or time, not how interesting something is.
• 3希望（きぼう） means 'hope.' 希望した以上に is not a natural collocation in this context; 期待 is the standard word for expecting a movie to be good.

• 期待きたい — expectation; to expect
• 約束やくそく — promise
• 予定よてい — schedule; plan
• 希望きぼう — hope; wish

The sentence means 'The concert I was looking forward to was canceled, so I was ( ).' がっかり（がっかり） means 'disappointed.' A canceled event you were excited about naturally causes disappointment: がっかりした.

• 1はらはら means 'nervous / on edge / worried (about how something will turn out).' This describes suspense, not disappointment.
• 2うっかり means 'carelessly / by mistake.' This describes accidentally doing something, not a feeling about a cancellation.
• 3どきどき means 'heart pounding / nervous with excitement or fear.' This is anticipation or nervousness, not the letdown of a cancellation.

• がっかり — disappointed; let down
• はらはら — nervous; on edge; anxious
• うっかり — carelessly; inadvertently
• どきどき — heart pounding; nervous/excited

あきらめる means 'to give up, to abandon (a goal/effort).' あきらめなかった means 'did not give up.' Option 2, やめようとしなかった ('did not try to quit/stop'), is the closest paraphrase — she kept trying without attempting to abandon the effort.

• 1気にしなかった means 'did not mind / did not care about it.' This is about not worrying, not about persistence.
• 3怒らなかった means 'did not get angry.' Unrelated to giving up.
• 4謝ろうとしなかった means 'did not try to apologize.' Completely unrelated.

• あきらめる — to give up, to abandon hope/effort
• やめる — to quit, to stop, to give up

年中 (ねんじゅう) means 'all year round, throughout the year, always.' Option 3, いつも ('always'), is the closest meaning — the supermarket is always having a sale.

• 1最近 (さいきん) means 'recently.' This is about time frame, not frequency.
• 2ときどき means 'sometimes.' This is occasional, the opposite of 年中.
• 4前から means 'from before / since before.' This refers to starting point, not continuous frequency.

• 年中ねんじゅう — all year round, always, throughout the year
• いつも — always, usually

うばわれる is the passive of うばう (奪う), meaning 'to have something snatched/taken away.' ボールをうばわれてしまった means 'had the ball taken away (by the opponent).' Option 4, 取られて ('taken'), is the closest paraphrase.

• 1入れられて (いれられて) means 'put in / inserted.' Not related to taking a ball.
• 2止められて (とめられて) means 'stopped.' The ball was taken, not merely stopped.
• 3打たれて (うたれて) means 'hit / struck.' Not the meaning of うばわれる.

• 奪うばう — to snatch, to take away, to steal
• 奪うばわれる — to be taken away, to be snatched (passive)

そっと means 'quietly, gently, softly, without making noise.' Since the meeting has already started, you should enter quietly. Option 3, 静かに ('quietly'), is the closest paraphrase.

• 1後ろから (うしろから) means 'from behind.' そっと describes manner, not direction.
• 2急いで (いそいで) means 'hurriedly, in a rush.' This is the opposite of the gentle/quiet nuance of そっと.
• 4一人ずつ (ひとりずつ) means 'one person at a time.' Not related to the manner of entering.

• そっと — quietly, gently, softly, without making noise

まぶしい means 'dazzling, too bright (to look at).' まぶしくて means 'it is too bright and…' — the poster's text is hard to see because of the brightness. Option 1, 明るすぎて ('too bright'), is the closest paraphrase.

• 2遠すぎて (とおすぎて) means 'too far.' Distance is not the issue here.
• 3薄すぎて (うすぎて) means 'too thin / too faint (e.g., ink/color).' This could make text hard to read, but it does not match まぶしい.
• 4小さすぎて (ちいさすぎて) means 'too small.' Size is not what まぶしい refers to.

• まぶしい — dazzling, too bright (to look at)