N3 Vocabulary · Test 9

「つかれ」is written in kanji as 疲れ, meaning 'fatigue' or 'tiredness.' The sentence means 'Because I use a computer every day, the fatigue in my eyes won't go away.' 疲れる (つかれる) is the verb 'to get tired,' and its noun form is 疲れ (つかれ).

• 1疫れ – 疫 (えき/やく) means 'epidemic/plague' and is used in words like 疫病 (えきびょう). It has nothing to do with tiredness and does not read as つかれ.
• 2病れ – 病 (びょう/や) means 'illness/disease.' It does not read as つかれ and does not fit the context of eye fatigue.
• 4痛れ – 痛 (つう/いた) means 'pain.' While eye pain is plausible contextually, 痛れ is not a standard noun form and does not read as つかれ.

• 疲つかれ — fatigue, tiredness
• 取とれる — to come off, to be relieved (of fatigue)

「なかないで」is written in kanji as 泣かないで. The verb 泣く (なく) means 'to cry,' and its negative te-form is 泣かないで ('don't cry'). The sentence means 'Please don't cry so much.'

• 1涙かないで – 涙 (なみだ) means 'tears,' but it is a noun, not a verb. 涙かないで is not a valid word and does not read as なかないで.
• 2悲かないで – 悲 (かな/ひ) appears in 悲しい (かなしい, 'sad'), but 悲く is not a standard verb form. 悲かないで is not valid Japanese.
• 3冷かないで – 冷 (れい/ひ) appears in 冷たい (つめたい, 'cold') or 冷める (さめる), but 冷かないで does not read as なかないで and is not a valid form.

• 泣なく — to cry
• 泣なかないで — don't cry (negative te-form)

The correct kanji for 「ふくざつ」 is 「複雑」. In this sentence, it means that the story of the novel is complicated or complex.

• 1「𥘵」 is not the correct kanji for the reading 「ふく」. It is an incorrect/non-standard character for this word.
• 2「復」 is read as 「ふく」, but it means 'again' or 'restore' (as in 回復). It does not carry the meaning of 'complex' or 'complicated'.
• 4「復」 is the wrong kanji for 「ふく」 in this context, and 「稚」 is read as 「ち」 or 「わかい」 (meaning 'immature' or 'young'), not 「ざつ」.

• 複雑ふくざつ — complex, complicated
• 復ふく — again, restore (e.g., 回復 - recovery)
• 稚ち / わかい — immature, young (e.g., 幼稚 - childish)

「あたった」is written in kanji as 当たった. The verb 当たる (あたる) means 'to hit, to strike,' and its past tense is 当たった. The sentence means 'A ball that came flying hit my back.'

• 1過たった – 過 (か/す) means 'to pass/exceed' (as in 通過, 過ぎる). 過たった is not a valid conjugation and does not read as あたった.
• 2打たった – 打 (だ/う) means 'to hit/strike' (as in 打つ), but 打たった is not a valid form. The verb 打つ does not conjugate this way, and it does not read as あたった.
• 4向たった – 向 (こう/む) means 'to face/toward' (as in 向く, 方向). 向たった is not a valid conjugation and does not read as あたった.

• 当あたる — to hit, to strike
• 当あたった — hit (past tense)
• 背中せなか — back (body part)

「うせつ」is written in kanji as 右折, meaning 'right turn.' 右 (みぎ/う) means 'right' and 折 (せつ/お) means 'to turn/bend.' The sentence means 'You cannot make a right turn at this intersection.' 右折 is a standard traffic term.

• 1左折 – 左折 (させつ) means 'left turn.' While it is a real word, it reads as させつ, not うせつ.
• 3右曲 – 曲 (きょく/ま) means 'curve/bend,' but 右曲 is not a standard compound word. The correct term for a right turn is 右折, not 右曲.
• 4左曲 – This is not a standard word either. The correct term for a left turn would be 左折 (させつ), not 左曲.

• 右折うせつ — right turn (traffic)
• 左折させつ — left turn (traffic)
• 交差点こうさてん — intersection

エネルギー (energy) fits the context: wind and sunlight are sources of energy used to generate electricity. 「風や太陽のエネルギーを利用して電気を作る」means 'use the energy of wind and the sun to make electricity.'

• 1サービス (service) does not collocate with 風や太陽; wind and sun do not provide 'services' to generate electricity.
• 2エンジン (engine) is a machine/component, not something wind or sunlight provides; you don't 'use the engine of wind.'
• 3ヒント (hint/clue) is unrelated to generating electricity from natural sources.

• エネルギー — energy
• 利用（りよう）する — to use, to make use of
• 電気（でんき） — electricity

想像 (imagination) with してみた means 'tried to imagine.' The sentence says 'I tried to imagine what kind of life we will be living 20 years from now.' 想像する is the natural verb for envisioning a future scenario.

• 2観察 (observation) means carefully watching something that exists; you cannot 'observe' a future life that hasn't happened yet.
• 3期待 (expectation/hope) would be 期待する, but 'trying to expect what kind of life...' is unnatural; you expect a specific outcome, not 'try to expect.'
• 4確認 (confirmation) means checking/verifying something factual; you cannot confirm a future that hasn't occurred.

• 想像（そうぞう） — imagination; to imagine
• 観察（かんさつ） — observation; to observe
• 期待（きたい） — expectation; to expect/look forward to
• 確認（かくにん） — confirmation; to confirm

待ち合わせて (te-form of 待ち合わせる, 'to meet by appointment') fits perfectly: 'Since I was meeting up with a friend at the station, we decided to go eat together.' 駅で待ち合わせる is a common collocation meaning 'to arrange to meet at the station.'

• 1知り合って (te-form of 知り合う, 'to get to know each other') doesn't fit naturally with 駅で; getting acquainted is not something you do 'at the station' as a planned meeting, and it doesn't lead naturally to 'let's go eat together.'
• 2間に合わせて (te-form of 間に合わせる, 'to make do / to manage temporarily') is unrelated to meeting someone at a station.
• 4付き合って (te-form of 付き合う, 'to date / to associate with') implies a romantic or ongoing relationship, not a simple station meetup before a meal.

• 待ち合わせる（まちあわせる） — to arrange to meet (someone at a place/time)
• 知り合う（しりあう） — to get to know each other
• 間に合わせる（まにあわせる） — to make do; to manage temporarily
• 付き合う（つきあう） — to associate with; to date; to go along with

制限 (limit/restriction) fits: 'Because the venue isn't very large, there is a restriction that the number of participants is limited to 50.' 「人数は50人までという制限がある」is a natural expression meaning 'there is a limit of up to 50 people.'

• 1最終 (final/last) does not collocate with 「〜という___がある」in this way; 'there is a final that...' is nonsensical.
• 2禁止 (prohibition) means something is completely forbidden, not limited to a number; allowing up to 50 people is a restriction, not a ban.
• 4順番 (order/turn) refers to the sequence of people, not a numerical cap on attendance.

• 制限（せいげん） — limit; restriction
• 禁止（きんし） — prohibition; ban
• 順番（じゅんばん） — order; turn
• 参加（さんか） — participation

意外に (unexpectedly) fits: 'I thought Mori-san was a quiet person, but unexpectedly she is proactive and talks a lot.' The sentence sets up a contrast between expectation and reality, and 意外に expresses that the reality was contrary to expectation.

• 2急に (suddenly) describes a temporal change, not a contrast with one's prior assumption; it would mean she 'suddenly' became talkative, which doesn't match the nuance.
• 3絶対に (absolutely) is used for strong assertions or negations (e.g., 絶対に〜ない); it doesn't describe a surprising contrast.
• 4無理に (forcibly/unnecessarily) means doing something against one's will or pushing something; it doesn't describe someone's personality being different from expectations.

• 意外（いがい）に — unexpectedly; surprisingly
• 急（きゅう）に — suddenly
• 絶対（ぜったい）に — absolutely
• 無理（むり）に — forcibly; unnecessarily
• 積極的（せっきょくてき） — proactive; positive (attitude)