N3 Vocabulary · Test 75

産 (さん) is a suffix meaning 'produced in' or 'product of (a place),' used for agricultural, marine, and natural products. オレンジはアメリカ産です means 'These oranges are a product of America (grown in America).' Since oranges are an agricultural product, 産 is the correct choice.

• 2製 (せい) means 'manufactured in' and is used for processed/manufactured goods (e.g., 日本製の車 = a car made in Japan). Oranges are not manufactured, so 製 is inappropriate.
• 3作 (さく) is not used as a suffix meaning 'made in' or 'produced in' in this way. It appears in compounds like 作品 (さくひん, work/artwork) but not as a place-of-origin suffix.
• 4品 (ひん) means 'goods' or 'item' (e.g., 品物, 用品). It does not attach to a country name to indicate origin; アメリカ品 is not a valid expression.

• 産さん — produced in (a place); product of — used for agricultural/natural products
• 製せい — manufactured in — used for processed/industrial goods
• 品ひん — goods, item, article

インタビュー (interview) is correct. The sentence means 'I interviewed the winning athlete and wrote an article.' The pattern インタビューをする means 'to conduct an interview,' which naturally precedes writing a 記事 (newspaper article).

• 1スピーチ (speech) does not fit. You give a speech to an audience, not to a person in order to write an article. スピーチをする means 'to give a speech,' which doesn't connect with 記事を書いた.
• 3メッセージ (message) does not fit. メッセージをする is not a natural collocation; you would 送る (send) a message, not する one. Also, sending a message doesn't lead to writing an article.
• 4コミュニケーション (communication) is too general and abstract. コミュニケーションをとる (take/establish communication) is the natural form, not コミュニケーションをする, and it doesn't specifically describe the act of gathering information for an article.

• インタビュー — interview (katakana loanword)
• 優勝ゆうしょう — championship, winning a competition
• 選手せんしゅ — athlete, player
• 記事きじ — article (newspaper/magazine)

主張 (しゅちょう, assertion/insistence) is correct. The sentence means 'Everyone asserted their own opinions, so the meeting wouldn't end for a long time.' 意見を主張する is a standard collocation meaning 'to assert/insist on one's opinion,' and doing so for each person explains why the meeting dragged on.

• 1命令 (めいれい, command/order) does not collocate with 意見を. You 命令する a person to do something, not an opinion. Also, participants in a meeting don't typically 命令 each other.
• 2返信 (へんしん, reply) does not fit. 返信する means 'to reply (to a message/email),' not to express opinions in a meeting. 意見を返信する is unnatural.
• 4注文 (ちゅうもん, order/request) does not collocate naturally with 意見を. While 注文 can metaphorically mean 'making demands,' 意見を注文する is not a standard expression.

• 主張しゅちょう — assertion, insistence; to assert/insist
• 意見いけん — opinion
• 会議かいぎ — meeting, conference
• 命令めいれい — command, order
• 返信へんしん — reply (to message/email)
• 注文ちゅうもん — order (food/goods), request

整理 (せいり, organization/tidying) is correct. The sentence means 'Documents and books are neatly organized — what a clean room!' 整理される (passive) means 'to be organized/arranged,' which directly explains why the room looks きれい (neat/clean). 書類や本を整理する is a very common collocation.

• 1準備 (じゅんび, preparation) does not fit. 準備される means 'to be prepared,' which doesn't describe the state of documents and books being neatly arranged in a room.
• 2世話 (せわ, care/looking after) does not fit. 世話をする means 'to take care of (a person/pet),' not to organize objects. 書類を世話する is unnatural.
• 3選択 (せんたく, selection/choice) does not fit. 選択される means 'to be selected/chosen,' which doesn't describe the tidy state of books and documents. Note: 選択 looks similar to 洗濯 (せんたく, laundry), but neither fits here.

• 整理せいり — organization, tidying up; to organize/sort
• 書類しょるい — documents, papers
• 準備じゅんび — preparation
• 世話せわ — care, looking after
• 選択せんたく — selection, choice

からから is correct. The sentence means 'I haven't had anything to drink since morning, so my throat is parched/dry.' のどがからから is a fixed onomatopoeic expression meaning 'one's throat is completely dry.' The context of drinking nothing directly causes this condition.

• 1ぺらぺら means 'fluent (speaking a language)' or 'flipping through pages (thin paper).' It does not describe a dry throat.
• 3ふらふら means 'dizzy, unsteady (on one's feet).' While not drinking could make you feel dizzy, the sentence specifically says のどが (throat), and ふらふら describes overall body condition, not the throat.
• 4ぺこぺこ means 'starving hungry' (お腹がぺこぺこ) or 'bowing obsequiously.' It describes the stomach, not the throat.

• からから — completely dry (esp. throat); also 'empty/dried out'
• ぺらぺら — fluent (speech); thin pages flipping
• ふらふら — dizzy, unsteady, wandering aimlessly
• ぺこぺこ — very hungry; bowing obsequiously
• のど — throat

深い is read ふかい, meaning 'deep.' The sentence says 'He has a deep interest in the culture of that country.' Option 1 (ふかい) is the correct reading.

• 2つよい (強い, strong) is a different word/kanji; while 'strong interest' is possible in some contexts, the kanji 深い is read ふかい.
• 3ひろい (広い, wide/broad) is a different word/kanji; the kanji 深い is not read ひろい.
• 4おもい (重い, heavy) is a different word/kanji; the kanji 深い is not read おもい.

• 深ふかい — deep
• 関心かんしん — interest, concern

The verb 返す (かえす) means 'to return (something to someone)'. Its past polite form is 返しました (かえしました). The sentence means 'Yesterday, I returned the book to my friend.' Option 2 correctly gives the reading.

• 1かしました is the reading of 貸しました (貸す, 'to lend'). While related to the context of books, it means lending something out, not returning it — the opposite action.
• 3もどしました is the reading of 戻しました (戻す, 'to put back / to restore'). 戻す can sometimes mean 'to return' in the sense of putting something back to its original place, but the standard word for returning a borrowed item to a person is 返す (かえす), not 戻す.
• 4わたしました is the reading of 渡しました (渡す, 'to hand over / to pass to someone'). This describes the physical act of handing something to someone, not specifically returning a borrowed item.

• 返かえす — to return (a borrowed thing) to someone
• 貸かす — to lend
• 戻もどす — to put back, to restore
• 渡わたす — to hand over, to pass to

表面 is read ひょうめん and means 'surface.' The sentence means 'The surface of the moon is bumpy (でこぼこ).' Option 4 correctly gives the reading ひょうめん, with the long vowel おう in ひょう.

• 1しょめん is not a standard reading for 表面. It may be a distractor that mixes up the kanji 表 with an incorrect 'しょ' reading.
• 2ひょめん is missing the small ゃ — it should be ひょうめん (hyōmen), not ひょめん (hyomen). This is a deliberate distractor testing whether the learner distinguishes large や/ゆ/よ from small ゃ/ゅ/ょ.
• 3しょうめん is the reading of 正面, meaning 'front / directly ahead.' It is a plausible lookalike but is a different word entirely.

• 表面ひょうめん — surface
• 正面しょうめん — front, directly ahead
• でこぼこ — bumpy, uneven