N3 Vocabulary · Test 68

通知 is read つうち, meaning 'notification, notice'. The sentence means 'I will notify you of the interview results within a week.' Option 1 is correct.

• 2とおち is not a standard reading for 通知; it is a distractor using the kun-reading 通す (とおす) pattern incorrectly.
• 3つうし is 通史 (a complete history) — a real word but a different kanji compound.
• 4とおし is 通し (as in 通しで, 'straight through') — a kun-reading form, not the reading of 通知.

• 通知つうち — notification, notice
• 通史つうし — complete history
• 面接めんせつ — interview
• 週間以内しゅうかんいない — within a week

選手 is read せんしゅ. 選 is せん (on'yomi) and 手 is しゅ (on'yomi), so together they form せんしゅ, meaning 'player/athlete'. Option 3 matches this exactly.

• 1ぜんしゅ uses the wrong reading for 選; it is not ぜん but せん.
• 2せんしゅう has an extra long vowel う at the end; 手 is しゅ, not しゅう.
• 4ぜんしゅう combines both errors: wrong reading ぜん for 選 and extra う for 手.

• 選手せんしゅ — player, athlete
• プロ — professional

実力 is read じつりょく. 実 is じつ (on'yomi) and 力 is りょく (on'yomi), giving じつりょく, meaning 'ability, capability, competence'. Option 2 matches this exactly.

• 1しつりょく uses the wrong reading for 実; it is じつ, not しつ.
• 3どりょく is the reading of 努力 (どりょく, 'effort'), a different word with similar-looking kanji.
• 4とりょく is not a valid reading of 実力; it misreads 实/力.

• 実力じつりょく — ability, capability, real strength
• 試合しあい — match, game, contest

「ざんぎょう」 is 残業 (ざんぎょう), meaning 'overtime work.' The sentence says there was a lot of overtime this week. 残 (ざん) means 'remaining/leftover' and 業 (ぎょう) means 'work/business,' so together they form the standard word for overtime.

• 1増勤: 増 (ぞう) means 'increase' and 勤 (きん) means 'duty/service.' This is not a standard Japanese word. The reading would not be ざんぎょう.
• 2増業: 増 (ぞう) means 'increase' and 業 (ぎょう) means 'work.' While this could theoretically mean 'increased work,' it is not an established word, and 増 does not read as ざん.
• 3残勤: 残 (ざん) is correct, but 勤 (きん) means 'duty/attendance,' not 'work/business.' 残勤 is not a standard word; the correct compound uses 業 (ぎょう).

• 残業ざんぎょう — overtime work