N3 Vocabulary · Test 57

迷って（まよって） is the te-form of 迷う（まよう）, meaning 'to hesitate / be undecided / be torn between choices.' The sentence says 'I'm still ___ about which computer to buy' — being undecided between two options is exactly 迷う: 'どちらのパソコンを買おうか、まだ迷っています' = 'I'm still hesitating about which computer to buy.'

• 1驚いて（おどろいて） is the te-form of 驚く（おどろく）, 'to be surprised.' Being surprised does not fit the context of choosing between two computers.
• 2怖がって（こわがって） is the te-form of 怖がる（こわがる）, 'to be afraid / be scared.' There is nothing frightening about choosing a computer.
• 4疑って（うたがって） is the te-form of 疑う（うたがう）, 'to doubt / suspect.' Doubting would mean questioning someone's truthfulness or suspecting something is wrong, not being torn between two purchase options.

• 迷まよう — to hesitate, be undecided, be lost
• 驚おどろく — to be surprised
• 怖こわがる — to be afraid, be scared
• 疑うたがう — to doubt, suspect

偶然（ぐうぜん）means 'by chance / unexpectedly.' The sentence says the speaker was surprised to meet an old classmate on the station platform, which implies the meeting was unplanned and coincidental. 偶然会って fits perfectly: 'I happened to run into my elementary-school classmate and was surprised.'

• 1ぜひ means 'by all means / definitely' and expresses strong intention or desire (e.g., ぜひ行きたい). It cannot modify 会って here because meeting a classmate on a platform was not something the speaker intended to do.
• 2一応（いちおう）means 'for the time being / roughly / just in case.' It does not describe the manner of an accidental encounter and sounds unnatural with 会って.
• 3ついでに means 'while you're at it / incidentally' and is used when doing one thing along with another planned action. It implies intentionality, which contradicts the surprise expressed by びっくりした.

• 偶然ぐうぜん — by chance, unexpectedly, coincidental
• 同級生どうきゅうせい — classmate
• ぜひ — by all means, definitely
• 一応いちおう — for the time being, roughly
• ついでに — while you're at it, incidentally

期待（きたい）means 'expectation / looking forward to.' The structure 〜していたのに ('although I had been ___') describes a prior state of anticipation before watching the movie. 期待していた ('I was looking forward to it') fits perfectly: the friend said it was interesting, so the speaker had high expectations, but the actual movie was disappointing.

• 2歓迎（かんげい）means 'welcome' and is used for greeting/receiving people or guests (e.g., 新入生を歓迎する). It cannot be used for a movie you haven't seen yet.
• 3満足（まんぞく）means 'satisfaction' and describes a feeling after experiencing something. Since the speaker hadn't seen the movie yet, 満足していた doesn't fit the timeline.
• 4感激（かんげき）means 'deep emotion / being deeply moved' and is also a reaction after experiencing something. You can't be 感激 about a movie you haven't watched yet.

• 期待きたい — expectation, looking forward to
• 歓迎かんげい — welcome (of people/guests)
• 満足まんぞく — satisfaction
• 感激かんげき — deep emotion, being deeply moved

うっかり means 'carelessly / absentmindedly / by mistake.' The context is that the speaker overslept (寝坊して) and rushed out of the house (慌てて家を出た), so in that flustered state they forgot their phone without meaning to. うっかり忘れてきてしまった ('I absentmindedly forgot and left it behind') is the natural fit.

• 1そっと means 'quietly / gently / stealthily' (e.g., そっとドアを開ける). It describes doing something quietly and has nothing to do with forgetting something by accident.
• 2ぐっすり means 'soundly / deeply' and is used exclusively for sleeping (e.g., ぐっすり眠る). It cannot modify 忘れてしまった.
• 4どっと means 'all at once / in a rush' and is used for things like laughing or collapsing (e.g., どっと笑う, どっと疲れる). It doesn't describe the manner of forgetting something.

• うっかり — carelessly, absentmindedly, by mistake
• 寝坊ねぼう — oversleeping
• 慌あわてて — in a rush, flustered
• そっと — quietly, gently, stealthily
• ぐっすり — soundly (sleeping)
• どっと — all at once, in a flood (of laughter, fatigue, etc.)

交ざって（まざって）is the te-form of 交ざる, meaning 'to be mixed in / to be intermingled.' The sentence says that among the mail delivered to the company, one letter with a wrong address was mixed in. 交ざっていて ('was mixed in among them') is the correct expression.

• 2寄って（よって）is the te-form of 寄る, meaning 'to drop by / to approach / to gather.' It is used for visiting places or people gathering, not for one item being mixed among others.
• 3固まって（かたまって）is the te-form of 固まる, meaning 'to harden / to form a cluster.' It describes things becoming solid or clumping together, not a single letter being mixed in among other mail.
• 4合って（あって）is the te-form of 合う, meaning 'to match / to be correct / to come together.' While あて先が合わない could work, 合っていた here would mean 'was matching,' which contradicts the idea that the address was wrong.

• 交まざる — to be mixed in, to be intermingled
• あて先（あてさき） — address (destination)
• 一通いっつう — one letter (counter for letters)
• 寄よる — to drop by, to approach, to gather
• 固かたまる — to harden, to form a cluster
• 合あう — to match, to be correct

転んだ is the past tense of 転ぶ, read ころんだ, meaning 'fell down.' The sentence says 'It seems I broke it when I fell.'

• 1はこんだ is the past tense of 運ぶ (はこぶ), meaning 'carried.' Unrelated to falling.
• 2ふんだ is the past tense of 踏む (ふむ), meaning 'stepped on.' A plausible action but not the reading of 転ぶ.
• 4つつんだ is the past tense of 包む (つつむ), meaning 'wrapped.' Unrelated.

• 転ころぶ — to fall down
• 運はこぶ — to carry
• 踏ふむ — to step on
• 包つつむ — to wrap

「主要（しゅよう）」 means 'main' or 'chief'. The kanji 主 is read here as しゅ (on'yomi), and 要 is read as よう (on'yomi). Together they form しゅよう, which fits the phrase 主要なテーマ (main theme).

• 2「じゅよう」 uses the wrong reading for 主. The kanji 主 can be read as じゅ in some words (e.g. 主人公 しゅじんこう uses しゅ, but じゅ is not standard here). In this word, the correct initial sound is しゅ, not じゅ.
• 3「しゅよ」 is missing the う at the end. The kanji 要 has a long vowel sound (よう), so dropping the う makes it incorrect.
• 4「じゅよ」 combines both errors: wrong initial consonant (じゅ instead of しゅ) and missing the final う (よ instead of よう).

• 主要しゅよう — main, chief, principal
• 講義こうぎ — lecture (at university)
• テーマ — theme, topic

「過去（かこ）」 means 'the past'. The kanji 過 is read as か (on'yomi), and 去 is read as こ (on'yomi). Together they form かこ, which fits the phrase 過去のことを思い出す (remember things from the past).

• 2「かきょ」 uses a wrong reading for 去. The kanji 去 is read as こ in this word, not きょ.
• 3「かこう」 adds an unnecessary う to the end. The correct reading is かこ, with a short vowel, not かこう.
• 4「かきょう」 combines a wrong reading for 去 (きょう instead of こ) and adds a long vowel, making it doubly incorrect.

• 過去かこ — the past
• 思い出す（おもいだす） — to remember, to recall