N3 Vocabulary · Test 66

The correct option is 3. 「印象」 (いんしょう) means 'impression'. The phrase 「～という印象を受ける」 (to receive the impression that...) is a common set phrase. The sentence means 'When I met Mori for the first time, I got the impression that he was a quiet person.'

• 1「感覚」 (かんかく) means 'sense' or 'feeling' (physical/sensory). You do not 'receive a sense' that someone is quiet in this context.
• 2「意識」 (いしき) means 'consciousness' or 'awareness'. It does not collocate with '受ける' (receive) in this way.
• 4「気分」 (きぶん) means 'mood' or 'feeling'. While related to feelings, '印象を受ける' is the correct idiomatic expression for receiving an impression of someone's character.

• 印象いんしょう — impression
• 感覚かんかく — sense, sensation
• 意識いしき — consciousness, awareness
• 気分きぶん — mood, feeling

The correct option is 3. 「我慢（がまん）」 means patience or endurance. The phrase 「我慢できなくなった」 means 'became unable to endure.' The sentence means: 'Since last night my tooth has been hurting and I couldn't endure it anymore, so I went to the dentist this morning.'

• 1「遠慮（えんりょ）」 means hesitation, restraint, or holding back. '遠慮できなくなった' (became unable to hold back) does not fit the context of enduring physical pain.
• 2「努力（どりょく）」 means effort. '努力できなくなった' (became unable to make an effort) makes no sense in this context.
• 4「心配（しんぱい）」 means worry or anxiety. '心配できなくなった' (became unable to worry) does not fit the context of a toothache.

• 我慢がまん — patience, endurance, forbearance
• 遠慮えんりょ — hesitation, restraint, holding back
• 努力どりょく — effort, exertion
• 心配しんぱい — worry, anxiety, concern

The correct option is 4. 「記念（きねん）」 means commemoration or memento. The phrase 「記念に買った」 means 'bought as a memento/souvenir.' The sentence means: 'I bought a postcard as a memento of the trip.'

• 1「満足（まんぞく）」 means satisfaction. '満足に買った' would mean 'bought satisfactorily', which doesn't fit the 'に' particle expressing purpose.
• 2「感激（かんげき）」 means deep emotion or being deeply moved. '感激に買った' is grammatically and contextually incorrect.
• 3「経験（けいけん）」 means experience. '経験に買った' (bought as an experience) does not make sense in this context.

• 記念きねん — commemoration, memento, souvenir
• 満足まんぞく — satisfaction, contentment
• 感激かんげき — deep emotion, being deeply moved
• 経験けいけん — experience

The correct option is 3. 「使用料（しようりょう）」 is a compound noun meaning 'usage fee' or 'service charge.' The sentence means: 'From this month, the parking lot usage fee has gone up.'

• 1「金（きん）」 means money or gold. While '使用金' might look like it could mean usage money, it is not a standard Japanese word.
• 2「値（ね）」 means price or cost. '使用値' is not a standard compound word.
• 4「賃（ちん）」 means rent or hire. While related to money, '使用賃' is not the standard term; the correct term is '使用料'.

• 使用料しようりょう — usage fee, service charge, toll
• 駐車場ちゅうしゃじょう — parking lot, car park
• 金きん — money, gold
• 値ね — price, cost
• 賃ちん — rent, hire

The correct option is 4. 「飽きる（あきる）」 is a verb meaning 'to get tired of' or 'to lose interest in.' The te-form 「飽きて」 plus 「しまった」 expresses regret or completion, meaning 'ended up getting bored of it.' The sentence means: 'I thought this game was fun at first, but since I played it many times, I've gotten bored of it.'

• 1「嫌う（きらう）」 means 'to hate' or 'to dislike.' It is a transitive verb taking the particle を (e.g., ゲームを嫌う), so it doesn't fit the intransitive structure here. Also, getting bored is different from actively hating something.
• 2「諦める（あきらめる）」 means 'to give up.' While it looks similar to 飽きる, 'giving up' a game doesn't fit the context of playing it too many times and losing interest.
• 3「怖がる（こわがる）」 means 'to be afraid of' or 'to feel frightened.' This makes no sense in the context of playing a game repeatedly.

• 飽あきる — to get tired of, to lose interest in, to be bored with
• 嫌きらう — to hate, to dislike
• 諦あきらめる — to give up, to abandon
• 怖こわがる — to be afraid of, to feel frightened

検査 reads as けんさ, meaning 'inspection/examination/check.' The sentence それでは検査を始めましょう means 'Well then, let's begin the inspection/examination.'

• 1かんさ is the reading of 監査 (audit) or 勘査, not 検査.
• 3かんさつ is the reading of 観察 (observation), not 検査.
• 4けんさつ is the reading of 検察 (public prosecution), not 検査. This is a common distractor since both share the kanji 検.

• 検査けんさ — inspection, examination, check

The correct reading of 厚い is あつい, meaning 'thick'. In the sentence 'もう少し厚いほうがいいですね' (It would be better if it were a little thicker), the speaker is asking for something thicker, so option 1 is correct.

• 2うすい is the reading of 薄い, meaning 'thin' — the opposite of what is needed here.
• 3あまい is the reading of 甘い, meaning 'sweet', which is unrelated to thickness.
• 4からい is the reading of 辛い, meaning 'spicy/salty', which is also unrelated.

• 厚あつい — thick
• 薄うすい — thin
• 甘あまい — sweet
• 辛からい — spicy, salty

The correct reading of 呼吸 is こきゅう. 呼 is read こ and 吸 is read きゅう in this compound. The sentence 'ゆっくり呼吸してください' means 'Please breathe slowly,' so option 4 is correct.

• 1よきょう is an incorrect reading; it uses the wrong first kanji reading よ instead of こ.
• 2こきょう is incorrect; the second kanji 吸 should be read きゅう, not きょう.
• 3よきゅう is incorrect; the first kanji 呼 should be read こ, not よ.

• 呼吸こきゅう — breathing, respiration