N3 Vocabulary · Test 64

The correct kanji for 'ねがっている' is '願って'. The verb 'ねがう' (願う) means 'to wish' or 'to pray for'. In the sentence '家族の幸せをねがっている' (I am wishing for my family's happiness), '願う' is the appropriate verb to express hoping or wishing for something.

• 2'顧って' is read as 'かえりみって' (from 顧みる) and means 'to look back on' or 'to reflect on'. It does not match the reading 'ねがっている' nor the context of wishing for happiness.
• 3'頼って' is read as 'たよって' (from 頼る) and means 'to rely on' or 'to depend on'. It does not match the reading 'ねがっている' nor the context of the sentence.
• 4'頻って' is read as 'しきりに' (from 頻る) and means 'frequently' or 'repeatedly'. It does not match the reading 'ねがっている' and is not used as a verb meaning 'to wish'.

• 願ねがう — to wish, to pray for, to desire
• 幸しあわせ — happiness
• 顧かえりみる — to look back on, to reflect on
• 頼たよる — to rely on, to depend on
• 頻しきる — to be frequent, to occur repeatedly

The sentence says 'When I opened the cafe door, a good ___ of coffee came (to my senses).' 香り（かおり）means 'aroma/fragrance,' and いい香りがした means 'there was a good aroma.' When you open a cafe door, the first thing you notice about coffee is its smell, making this the natural choice.

• 1味（あじ）means 'taste.' You taste coffee by drinking it, not by opening a door. The verb した (was perceived) with 味 would require actually tasting, which hasn't happened yet.
• 3色（いろ）means 'color.' While coffee has a color, いい色がした is unnatural — 色 is perceived visually, and the pattern ～がした is used for sensory perceptions like smell or sound, not visual ones.
• 4気分（きぶん）means 'mood/feeling.' コーヒーのいい気分がした is unnatural; 気分 does not collocate with コーヒーの in this way.

• 香かおり — aroma, fragrance, scent
• 味あじ — taste, flavor
• 色いろ — color
• 気分きぶん — mood, feeling
• 喫茶店きっさてん — cafe, coffee shop

演奏（えんそう） means 'performance (of music).' The sentence says 'The person who will perform the piano at today's concert is a famous pianist.' 演奏する is the standard verb for playing/performing a musical instrument, making option 1 the correct choice.

• 2講演（こうえん） means 'lecture' or 'speech.' A pianist does not give a 講演 on a piano at a concert; this word is used for someone speaking to an audience, not performing music.
• 3活動（かつどう） means 'activity' or 'activities.' While a pianist may engage in musical activities broadly, you cannot say ピアノを活動する — it does not collocate with a specific instrument.
• 4行動（こうどう） means 'action' or 'behavior.' ピアノを行動する is nonsensical; 行動 refers to a person's actions/behavior, not a musical performance.

• 演奏えんそう — performance (of music); playing an instrument
• 講演こうえん — lecture; speech
• 活動かつどう — activity; activities
• 行動こうどう — action; behavior

防ぐ（ふせぐ） means 'to prevent' or 'to avert.' The sentence says 'In order to prevent traffic accidents, traffic lights were installed at pedestrian crossings.' 交通事故を防ぐ (prevent traffic accidents) is the natural and correct collocation.

• 1下げる（さげる） means 'to lower' or 'to reduce.' While you might say 交通事故の数を下げる (lower the number of accidents), 交通事故を下げる by itself is less natural than 防ぐ, and the focus here is on preventing accidents entirely, not merely lowering a number.
• 2守る（まもる） means 'to protect.' You protect people or rules (人を守る、ルールを守る), but 交通事故を守る is unnatural — you do not 'protect' an accident.
• 4やめる（やめる） means 'to stop' or 'to quit.' 交通事故をやめる would mean 'to stop/quit a traffic accident,' which is not proper Japanese. You stop an action or habit, not an accident in this way.

• 防ふせぐ — to prevent; to avert
• 下さげる — to lower; to reduce
• 守まもる — to protect; to keep (rules)
• やめる — to stop; to quit

ぴったり means 'perfectly' or 'exactly (fitting).' The sentence says 'These shoes fit my feet perfectly, so they are easy to walk in.' ぴったり合っている is the standard expression for something fitting perfectly (size, shape, etc.).

• 1うっかり means 'carelessly' or 'absentmindedly.' うっかり合っている makes no sense — it describes a mental state of not paying attention, not a physical fit.
• 3ぺらぺら means 'fluent (in a language)' or describes thin/flimsy material. It does not describe how well shoes fit one's feet.
• 4ふらふら means 'unsteady' or 'dizzy' (e.g., walking unsteadily). ふらふら合っている is nonsensical in this context.

• ぴったり — perfectly; exactly; snugly (fitting)
• うっかり — carelessly; absentmindedly
• ぺらぺら — fluent (speaking a language); thin/flimsy
• ふらふら — unsteady; dizzy; wandering aimlessly

リサイクル means 'recycle.' The sentence says 'If you recycle cans and PET bottles instead of throwing them away, you can reduce garbage.' リサイクルする (to recycle) fits perfectly — reusing materials to reduce waste.

• 1チャレンジ means 'challenge.' チャレンジする (to challenge/take on a challenge) does not fit the context of reusing cans and bottles to reduce garbage.
• 2ストップ means 'stop.' ストップする (to stop) does not make sense with the context of not throwing away cans and bottles — stopping what?
• 3キャンセル means 'cancel.' キャンセルする (to cancel) is unrelated to the idea of reusing materials to reduce waste.

• リサイクル — recycle (reusing materials)
• チャレンジ — challenge; taking on a challenge
• ストップ — stop
• キャンセル — cancel