N3 Vocabulary · Test 67

仮定 (かてい) means 'assumption, hypothesis.' The sentence その話が正しいか仮定してみましょう means 'Let's assume that story is correct (and see what follows).' 仮 (か) means 'temporary/provisional' and 定 (てい) means 'to fix/determine,' together meaning 'to assume/hypothesize.'

• 1科定 is not a real word. 科 (か) is a lookalike for 仮 and means 'subject/course' or 'penalty,' but 科定 does not exist as a compound.
• 3課定 is not a real word. 課 (か) is another lookalike meaning 'section/lesson,' but 課定 is not a standard term.
• 4化定 is not a real word. 化 (か) is a lookalike for 仮 and means 'change/transform,' but 化定 does not exist.

• 仮定かてい — assumption, hypothesis
• 仮か — temporary, provisional

くやしい (悔しい) means 'frustrating', 'regrettable', or 'vexing'. The sentence means 'I absolutely wanted to win today, but I lost and am very frustrated.' This perfectly captures the emotional feeling of losing a match you wanted to win.

• 1くさい (臭い) means 'smelly' or 'stinky'. It has nothing to do with the emotional feeling of losing.
• 2うるさい (煩い/五月蝿い) means 'noisy' or 'annoying'. It does not describe the deep regret of losing a competition.
• 3こわい (怖い) means 'scary' or 'frightening'. Losing a match is not scary in this context.

• 悔くやしい — frustrating, regrettable
• 臭くさい — smelly, stinky
• うるさい — noisy, annoying
• 怖こわい — scary, frightening

ぶつけて is the te-form of ぶつける (to bump/hit something against something). The sentence means 'I accidentally hit my hand on the corner of the desk earlier, and it still hurts a bit now.' The pattern 〜てしまう expresses doing something accidentally/regrettably, which fits perfectly with bumping your hand.

• 1振って (ふって) is the te-form of 振る (to wave/shake). You don't 'wave' your hand against a desk corner, so this doesn't fit the context of getting hurt.
• 2握って (にぎって) is the te-form of 握る (to grip/grasp). Gripping a desk corner doesn't naturally cause pain in the way described.
• 3重ねて (かさねて) is the te-form of 重ねる (to stack/pile up). This has nothing to do with hitting your hand and getting hurt.

• ぶつける — to bump/hit (something against something)
• 振ふる — to wave, to shake
• 握にぎる — to grip, to grasp
• 重かさねる — to stack, to pile up
• 角かど — corner (of an object)

間隔 (かんかく) means 'interval/space between things.' 1メートル間隔で means 'at 1-meter intervals.' The sentence says 'Please arrange the chairs in the room at 1-meter intervals,' which makes perfect sense.

• 1順番 (じゅんばん) means 'order/turn.' You don't arrange chairs 'at 1-meter order' — this doesn't collocate with a measurement like 1メートル.
• 3方向 (ほうこう) means 'direction.' '1-meter direction' is not a natural expression; direction is not measured in meters.
• 4位置 (いち) means 'position.' While position is related to arrangement, '1-meter position' is not a natural phrase; 間隔 is the correct word for spacing between items.

• 間隔かんかく — interval, space between things
• 順番じゅんばん — order, turn
• 方向ほうこう — direction
• 位置いち — position
• 並ならべる — to arrange, to line up

くせ (癖) means 'habit.' The pattern 〜くせがある means 'have a habit of doing ~.' The sentence means 'When I get nervous expressing my opinion in front of everyone, I have a habit of unconsciously touching my nose.' This is a classic JLPT collocation.

• 1決まり (きまり) means 'rule.' While a habit can feel like a personal rule, 決まり is about explicit rules or conventions, not unconscious behavioral habits.
• 3かたち (形) means 'shape/form.' This doesn't fit the context of a behavioral tendency at all.
• 4続き (つづき) means 'continuation.' This has no connection to having a habitual behavior.

• 癖くせ — habit (personal behavioral tendency)
• 決きまり — rule, convention
• 形かたち — shape, form
• 続つづき — continuation
• 緊張きんちょうする — to get nervous

ふらふら is an onomatopoeic word meaning 'dizzy/unsteady/staggering.' 体がふらふらする means 'my body feels dizzy/unsteady,' which is a common symptom when you have a high fever from a cold.

• 2ばらばら means 'scattered/in pieces/fragmented.' It describes things falling apart or being disorganized, not the physical sensation of illness.
• 3からから means 'bone dry/parched.' It describes extreme dryness (e.g., throat, land), not dizziness from fever.
• 4ぺらぺら means 'fluent (e.g., speaking a language)' or 'thin (e.g., paper).' Neither meaning relates to the physical condition described.

• ふらふら — dizzy, unsteady, staggering
• ばらばら — scattered, in pieces
• からから — bone dry, parched
• ぺらぺら — fluent (speech), thin (paper)
• 熱ねつ — fever