N3 Vocabulary · Test 81

かこまれた is the passive past of 囲む (かこむ), meaning 'was surrounded.' The standard collocation is 大勢のファンに囲まれる ('to be surrounded by a large crowd of fans'). This directly describes the physical situation of people closing in around someone.

• 1うめられた (埋められた) is the passive of 埋める (うめる), meaning 'was buried / was filled.' While figuratively one might say 埋め尽くされた for a venue being packed, saying a person was 埋められた by fans is unnatural.
• 2つつまれた (包まれた) is the passive of 包む (つつむ), meaning 'was wrapped / was enveloped.' 包まれる can mean 'surrounded' in a softer, atmospheric sense (e.g., 温かい雰囲気に包まれる), but for being physically surrounded by a crowd of people, 囲まれる is the standard and more direct choice.
• 4まぜられた (混ぜられた) is the passive of 混ぜる (まぜる), meaning 'was mixed (in).' This does not describe being surrounded by people at all.

• 囲かこむ — to surround
• 大勢おおぜい — a large number of people, crowd
• ファン — fan, supporter
• 選手せんしゅ — athlete, player

The correct option is 4. うろうろ (urouro) is an onomatopoeic adverb meaning 'restlessly' or 'pacing back and forth aimlessly'. 'うろうろ歩きまわる' means to wander around restlessly, which fits perfectly with being lost.

• 1ぐらぐら (guragura) means 'unsteadily' or 'wobbling' (like a loose tooth or a shaky table). It does not describe walking.
• 2ぺらぺら (perapera) means 'fluently' (like speaking a foreign language) or 'flipping through pages'. It does not describe walking.
• 3とんとん (tonton) describes a chopping sound, or things progressing 'smoothly' or 'evenly'. It does not describe wandering.

• うろうろ — restlessly, wandering about aimlessly
• ぐらぐら — unsteadily, wobbling
• ぺらぺら — fluently, flipping through pages
• とんとん — chopping sound, smoothly, evenly