Пробный тест JLPT N2 №1

Ответ: 3 しょうりゃく

省略 is read しょうりゃく and means to leave something out. Here 省 is read しょう with a long vowel, and 略 is りゃく. Do not confuse it with せい as in 反省 or with りょく (力). The sentence means "There is no time, so I will skip the detailed explanation."

Ответ: 1 おさない

幼い is read おさない and means very young, as a small child. わかい is written 若い, あさい is 浅い, and すくない is 少ない. The sentence means "When I was little, my grandmother often told me old tales."

Ответ: 4 ぼうえき

貿易 is read ぼうえき and means trade with foreign countries. 貿 is ぼう with a long vowel. 易 is read い in 容易 (ようい), but in 貿易 it is read えき. The sentence means "This company trades mainly with Asian countries."

Ответ: 2 かくだい

拡大 is read かくだい and means to enlarge. 拡 is read かく; do not read it こう because of the 広 on its right side. 大 is read だい here, not たい. The sentence means "The letters were small and hard to read, so I enlarged the page when copying it."

Ответ: 1 やぶれて

破れる is read やぶれる and means that paper or cloth tears. こわれる is written 壊れる, たおれる is 倒れる, and くずれる is 崩れる. The sentence means "The paper bag tore, and the apples inside rolled onto the street."

Ответ: 2 影響

えいきょう (influence) is written 影響. 影 means shadow and 響 means to echo. 映 and 景 look or sound like 影, and 郷 looks like 響, but they are not used in this word. The sentence means "Children are easily influenced by the adults around them."

Ответ: 4 預ける

あずける is written 預ける and means to leave something in someone's care. 貯 is used in 貯金, 領 in 領収書, and 頼 in 頼む; none of them is read あずける. The sentence means "I decided to leave my dog with a friend during the trip."

Ответ: 3 正確

せいかく meaning accurate is written 正確. 性格 is also read せいかく, but it means a person's character, so it does not fit this sentence. 正格 and 性確 are not used for this meaning. The sentence means "I want to gather information that is as accurate as possible before I decide."

Ответ: 1 招く

まねく is written 招く and means to invite someone as a guest. It is the 招 of 招待. 紹 is used in 紹介, and 召 and 昭 look similar, but none of them is read まねく. The sentence means "I plan to invite only close friends to the wedding."

Ответ: 2 協力

きょうりょく meaning to work together is written 協力. 強力 is also read きょうりょく, but it means powerful and cannot be used with する. 共力 and 競力 are not real words. The sentence means "The whole class cooperated and prepared for the school festival."

Ответ: 1 未

未発表 means not yet made public. The prefix 未 means "not yet done", as in 未完成 and 未使用. 非, 不 and 無 are not attached to 発表. The sentence means "I hear that an unpublished work by that writer was found recently."

Ответ: 3 再

再利用 means to use something again. The prefix 再 means "to do again", as in 再開 and 再放送. 複, 重 and 副 are not attached to 利用. The sentence means "This shop collects empty bottles and reuses them."

Ответ: 4 率

成功率 means success rate. The suffix 率 expresses a rate or percentage, as in 合格率 and 出席率. 成功度, 成功割 and 成功量 are not used. The sentence means "After we changed the method, the success rate of the experiment rose greatly."

Ответ: 2 費

Money spent on trains, buses and so on is called 交通費. The suffix 費 means the cost needed for some purpose, as in 食費 and 生活費. 料 is used in 入場料, 代 in 電気代, and 賃 in 家賃, but not with 交通. The sentence means "The company paid my travel expenses when I went for the interview."

Ответ: 4 沿い

線路沿い means along the railway line. The suffix 沿い means along something long, as in 川沿い and 海沿い. 並み means "on the same level as", 付き means "with ~ attached", and 込み means "including", so they do not fit. The sentence means "If you walk straight down the road along the tracks, you reach the station in about ten minutes."

Ответ: 2 締め切り

締め切り means a deadline, and 締め切りに間に合う (to make the deadline) is a common phrase. 打ち切り means stopping something halfway, 区切り means a break point, and 売り切れ means sold out, so they do not fit. The sentence means "I stayed up all night writing and somehow made the deadline for the report."

Ответ: 1 節約

節約 means to save money, time or energy by not wasting it. 省略 means to leave out part of an explanation or text, 縮小 means to make a size or scale smaller, and 削除 means to delete text or data. None of these is used with 電気代. The sentence means "To save on the electricity bill, I always turn off the lights in rooms I am not using."

Ответ: 3 思い切って

思い切って describes doing something boldly after you stop hesitating. うっかり means carelessly, 相変わらず means as usual, and 今にも is used in the pattern 今にも〜そうだ, so they do not fit. The sentence means "Worrying alone would not help, so I took the plunge and decided to talk to my teacher."

Ответ: 4 バランス

栄養のバランス means a good balance of different nutrients. ペース means the speed of progress, リズム means a regular pattern as in 生活のリズム, and スタイル means a form or way of doing things. None of them is used after 栄養の. The sentence means "For my health, I try to think about nutritional balance when I cook."

Ответ: 1 ぐっすり

ぐっすり describes sleeping deeply and soundly. はっきり means clearly, ぎっしり means tightly packed, and びっしょり means soaking wet, so they are not used with 眠る. The sentence means "I must have been very tired, because last night I slept soundly until morning without waking even once."

Ответ: 3 見直す

見直す means to look at something again and revise it. 見渡す means to look out over a wide area, 見逃す means to miss or overlook something, and 見かける means to happen to see. These do not fit with 計画を. The sentence means "It looks like the budget will not be enough, so I decided to review the travel plan once more."

Ответ: 2 地味な

地味な means plain and not eye-catching. Black and grey do not stand out, so 地味な色 fits. 派手な has the opposite meaning, showy. 素直な (obedient, honest) and 無口な (quiet, not talkative) describe a person's character and are not used for colors. The sentence means "Many people wear a suit in a plain color such as black or grey to an interview."

Ответ: 3 すぐに

ただちに is a slightly formal word that means immediately, the same as すぐに. It is written 直ちに in kanji, but its meaning is different from 直接 (directly). 必ず means without fail. The sentence means "If you find a problem with the machine, please tell the person in charge at once."

Ответ: 4 疲れた

くたびれる means to get tired, the same as 疲れる. 飽きる means to get bored of something, 汚れる means to get dirty, and 迷う means to get lost or be unable to decide. The sentence means "I walked around the large venue all day and got completely worn out."

Ответ: 1 よくないところ

欠点 means a weak point or fault, that is, よくないところ. Its opposites are 長所 and 利点. Not being able to carry much luggage is a bad point of the car. The sentence means "The drawback of this car is that it cannot hold much luggage."

Ответ: 2 はっきりしなかった

あいまいな means vague or unclear, the same as はっきりしない. 冷たい means cold or unkind, and 意外な means unexpected, so their meanings are different. The sentence means "I asked whether he would take part, but his answer was vague."

Ответ: 4 技術

テクニック means technique or skill, the same as 技術. 速度 means speed, 姿勢 means posture, and 体力 means physical strength, so their meanings are different. The sentence means "That player has wonderful ball-handling technique."

Ответ: 1 夏休みの間、市民プールは営業時間を1時間延長している。

延長 means to extend a fixed time or period. 1 is correct: "During the summer holidays, the city pool extends its opening hours by one hour." In 2, the event moves to another day, so 延期 (postpone) fits. 3 needs 伸びた (grew), and 4 needs 拡大して (enlarge).

Ответ: 3 飼っていた猫が、家を出たまま行方がわからなくなった。

行方 (ゆくえ) means where a person or thing has gone, and it is often used in 行方がわからない. 3 is correct: "Our cat left the house and we no longer know where it is." 1 needs 行き方 (how to get there), 2 needs 途中 (on the way), and 4 needs 向こう (the other side).

Ответ: 2 この本には、忙しい朝でも手軽に作れる料理が紹介されている。

手軽 describes something that can be done easily, without much trouble. 2 is correct: "This book introduces dishes you can make easily even on a busy morning." 1 is about weight, so 軽い fits. 3 is about character, so 気さくな fits. 4 is about the difficulty of a test, so 易しくて or 簡単で fits.

Ответ: 4 散歩をしているときに、新しい商品のいい名前を思いついた。

思いつく means that a new idea comes into your mind. 4 is correct: "While taking a walk, I came up with a good name for the new product." 1 is about the past, so 思い出す (remember) fits. 2 needs 気づいた (noticed), and 3 needs 思っている (thinks, wishes).

Ответ: 3 忙しいのはわかるが、せめて一言連絡してほしかった。

せめて expresses a minimum wish, "at least this much", and is used with expressions like 〜てほしい or 〜たい. 3 is correct: "I know you were busy, but I wish you had at least sent me a word." 1 states a factual number, so 少なくとも fits. 2 needs 一度も, and 4 needs きっと or おそらく.

Ответ: 2 をきっかけに

〜をきっかけに shows that something was the trigger for a change. "The volunteer activity I joined in high school led me to become interested in education work." をめぐって marks the center of a dispute, にわたって shows a span of time or area, and をこめて means putting a feeling into something, so they do not fit.

Ответ: 4 に基づいて

〜に基づいて shows the basis for doing something. "This report was written based on the results of a survey of 10,000 high school students across the country." にとって shows a point of view, にかけて shows a range of time or place, and につれて shows two things changing together, so they do not fit.

Ответ: 1 からには

〜からには means "now that / since ~, naturally ..." and is followed by a decision or duty. "Since I said I would do it myself, I intend to do it responsibly to the end." わりには shows a gap from what is expected, ばかりに shows a cause of a bad result, and ところで (here 言ったところで) means "even if ~, it is no use", so they do not fit a sentence that states a decision.

Ответ: 3 ものの

〜ものの means "although": what follows is not what you would expect from the first part. "Although I bought a new computer, I have been so busy that I have not even taken it out of the box." ものだから and もので give a reason, which does not fit, and ものなら cannot follow 買った.

Ответ: 3 おそれがある

〜おそれがある means there is a risk that something bad may happen. "This medicine may make some people sleepy, so please avoid driving after taking it." わけがない means "there is no way", ことはない means "there is no need to", and かいがある means "it is worth the effort", so none of them leads to the warning about driving.

Ответ: 1 わりに

〜わりに shows that the reality is different from what you would expect. "Considering that Lin came to Japan only half a year ago, her Japanese is very good." だけに means "precisely because ~, as expected", おかげで gives the cause of a good result, and とおりに means "in the same way as", so they do not fit.

Ответ: 4 卒業して以来

〜て以来 means "ever since ~" and is followed by a state that has continued until now. "Since graduating from university, I have not met my high school friends even once." たとたん means "the moment ~", てからでないと means "not until after ~", and 以上 means "since ~, naturally", so they do not fit.

Ответ: 2 に決まっている

〜に決まっている shows the speaker's strong belief: "surely". A: "I wonder if our team can win next week's game." B: "You have practiced so hard every day, so of course you can win. Be confident." にすぎない means "merely", どころではない means "this is no time for", and わけにはいかない means "cannot, for some reason", so they do not fit.

Ответ: 1 ようがない

Verb stem + ようがない means "there is no way to do it". "Nobody knows her new contact details, so there is no way to tell her that the date of the meeting has changed." かねない means "might (do something bad)", つつある means "is in the process of", and がちだ means "tends to", so they do not fit.

Ответ: 3 一方だ

Dictionary form + 一方だ shows that a change keeps going in one direction. "More people shop online, and the number of customers visiting the shopping street near the station keeps falling year after year." ことだ gives advice, ほどだ describes a degree, and 最中だ needs the 〜ている form, so they do not fit after 減る.

Ответ: 2 拝見しました

拝見する is the humble form of 見る, used when the speaker looks at something belonging to the listener. A: "Have you had a chance to look at the new product material we sent?" B: "Yes, I looked at it yesterday." ご覧になる is respectful and is used for the other person's action. お見せする means "to show" and お目にかかる means "to meet".

Ответ: 4 歌わされて

歌わされる is the causative-passive form: the speaker was made to do something unwillingly. A: "How was the welcome party?" B: "It was fun, but I am bad at singing and my senior made me sing three songs at karaoke." With 歌わせて, 歌ってもらって or 歌われて, the senior would be the one who sang, which does not match "I am bad at singing".

Ответ: 1 守らなければ

The correct order is 3→4→1→2: この施設を利用するにあたって守らなければならないことが三つあります。 ("There are three rules you must follow when using this facility.") 〜にあたって means "on the occasion of doing ~" and follows the dictionary form of a verb. 守らなければならない stays together and describes こと.

Ответ: 3 日当たりも

The correct order is 1→4→3→2: 先月引っ越した部屋は、駅から近い上に日当たりもいいので、とても気に入っている。 ("The room I moved into last month is close to the station and also gets a lot of sun, so I like it very much.") 〜上に means "not only ~ but also". 駅から goes with 近い, and 日当たりも goes with いい.

Ответ: 4 変える

The correct order is 2→1→4→3: 前の日から雨が降り続いたが、大会は予定していた日程を変えることなく行われた。 ("It had been raining since the day before, but the tournament was held without changing the planned schedule.") Dictionary form + ことなく means "without doing ~". 予定していた describes the noun 日程, so it comes before it.

Ответ: 2 使い方さえ

The correct order is 3→2→1→4: このソフトは、基本的な使い方さえ覚えてしまえば、あとは誰でも簡単にきれいな資料が作れる。 ("With this software, once you learn just the basic operations, anyone can easily make good-looking documents.") 〜さえ〜ば means "if only ~, that is enough". 基本的な comes before the noun 使い方, and 覚えて connects to しまえば.

Ответ: 3 友達の

The correct order is 4→2→3→1: 何でも相談できる田中先生は、私にとって先生というより友達のような存在だ。 ("Mr. Tanaka, whom I can talk to about anything, is more like a friend than a teacher to me.") A というより B means "B describes it better than A". ような needs noun + の before it, so 友達の comes right before ような.

Ответ: 2 ところが

The writer expected special news and felt nervous, but the letter was only about ordinary daily life. The result is the opposite of the expectation, so ところが ("however, to my surprise") is correct. つまり restates something, したがって gives a natural result, and そのうえ adds something more, so they do not fit.

Ответ: 4 その姿

2 points to the friend's actions in the sentence just before it: choosing the paper, thinking of words, writing, and walking to the mailbox. To point to something just written, その is used. 将来の姿 is about the future, not the time the letter was written. 自分の姿 would mean the writer, and どんな姿 is a question word.

Ответ: 1 に違いない

Thinking of the busy friend who wrote such a long letter, the writer strongly guesses that it surely was not easy. に違いない ("must have been") expresses this. はずがない and とは限らない would suggest that it was or may have been easy, which contradicts the context. にすぎない means "merely" and makes something small, so it does not fit.

Ответ: 3 わけではない

The next sentence admits a good point of messages: they are convenient for urgent matters. So the writer means "I am not saying that messages are bad", which is わけではない. に決まっている would mean "messages are surely bad", which contradicts the next sentence. ほかない and わけにはいかない follow verbs and cannot follow 悪い.

Ответ: 1 のではないだろうか

The writer reread the letter many times and then bought letter paper too, so the writer believes that choosing a method that takes time and effort has meaning. のではないだろうか is a soft way to give one's opinion: "I think it may be that ~". わけがないだろう and とは言えないだろう would give the opposite opinion, and ことになっている expresses a rule or plan.

Ответ: 3 予約方法がシステムに変わり、用紙で済ませた予約も入力し直す必要があること

The email says that from the 1st of next month meeting rooms must be booked in the in-house system, and that bookings already made on paper must be entered again by the 25th. 1 is the opposite, because paper forms at the counter will end. 2 is not mentioned. In 4, the 25th is only the deadline for entering paper bookings again.

Ответ: 1 まれにしか起きないことに備えて、毎日不便な思いをする必要はない。

The last sentence says that, rather than putting up with something every day for things that rarely happen, it suits the writer better to think on the spot when trouble comes. 3 is what the writer used to think, not the present view. Weather forecasts (2) and lighter umbrellas (4) are not mentioned in the text.

Ответ: 4 前の日の夕方に、周りが暗くなること

The text says the morning glory starts counting time when it gets dark after sunset on the previous day and opens about ten hours later, so the important signal is the previous evening. 1 is what many people believe, but the text denies it. Temperature (2) is not mentioned. 3 only explains why the flowers open earlier, while it is still dark.

Ответ: 2 わからないと正直に言えることは、自分を成長させる強さである。

The last sentence states the writer's opinion: being able to say わかりません is not a weakness but a strength that helps you grow. 3 is the opposite, because the writer says pretending to understand causes trouble later. 4 only describes the worry of people who cannot say it. 1 is not mentioned in the text.

Ответ: 3 新しい店は、今の店より営業時間が長くなる。

The card says the new shop will be open one hour longer than before, so 3 is correct. In 1, the shop moves from the north exit to the shopping street at the south exit. In 2, the regular holiday stays Wednesday as before. In 4, the shop is closed from April 1 to 9, and shoes can be picked up at the present shop only until March 31.

Ответ: 2 家事は一度やれば終わるものではなく、毎日続けなければならないこと

Just before the underlined part, the text says that housework is not finished once you do it but continues every day without a break. 1 is what the writer expected before living alone, not something newly learned. 3 does not match the text, which says nobody praises you. 4 contradicts the statement that housework continues every day.

Ответ: 4 食事や服がいつも用意されていること

それ refers to the sentence just before it: at the parents' home there was always a warm meal, and neatly folded clothes were in the drawers. The writer took this for granted and never said thank you. 3 appears after それ and is something the writer found annoying, not something taken for granted.

Ответ: 1 両親への感謝の気持ちを、今度は言葉で伝えたい。

The last paragraph says the writer has not yet been able to say ありがとう but intends to put it into words on the next visit home. Wanting to move back home (2) and wanting to be praised (4) are not written. 3 is how the writer felt before starting to live alone.

Ответ: 3 客が店の中を歩く間に、ほかの商品も見てもらえるから

The second paragraph says that if drinks are placed at the back, customers have to walk through the store and see other products on the way. 4 contradicts the text, which says many people come to buy drinks. The weight of drinks (1) and the need to keep them cold (2) are not mentioned.

Ответ: 1 客がはじめから買うつもりで探しに来る商品

The third paragraph says that products customers have already decided to buy sell even in places that are hard to see, so they are often moved to the lower shelves near the feet. 2 describes products placed between eye and chest height, and 3 products beside the register. Products that no longer sell (4) are not mentioned.

Ответ: 4 客は、自分では気づかないうちに商品の並べ方の影響を受けているかもしれない。

The last paragraph says that even when we think we choose products by our own will, we may actually be guided by the way the store arranges them. 1 contradicts the first paragraph, which says all stores are similar. 2 is the opposite of the explanation that the arrangement increases sales. The writer never says we should be careful, as in 3.

Ответ: 2 時間ばかり気になって、旅行そのものを楽しめないから

そのやり方 means going on a trip with a schedule planned minute by minute. The second paragraph says that you keep watching the clock during the whole trip and cannot tell whether you came to enjoy yourself or just to carry out the schedule. The reasons in 1, 3 and 4 are not written in the text.

Ответ: 3 予定していなかった場所や食べ物を知ること

The sentence just before says the writer came across small museums not listed in guidebooks and dishes whose names the writer had never heard of. そうした偶然の出会い refers to these. Meeting an old acquaintance (1) is not mentioned. 2 and 4 are things decided in advance, so they are not chance encounters.

Ответ: 1 最低限のことだけ決めて、自由に動ける時間を残しておくのがよい。

The last paragraph says the important thing is not to throw away the plan but to leave some blank space in the schedule. The writer decides only one place per day and keeps the rest of the time free. 2 contradicts the warning about going with no plan at all. 3 is the writer's former way. 4 is not stated.

Ответ: 4 スマートフォンは、親子が連絡を取り合う手段として役に立つこと

A says a smartphone gives great peace of mind because parents and children can contact each other at any time, and B admits that it is certainly convenient as a means of contact. So both mention 4. 1 and 3 are written only in A, and 2 is written only in B.

Ответ: 2 Aは設定によって使いすぎをかなり防げると述べ、Bは設定に頼るだけではよくないと述べている。

A says overuse can be largely prevented by using settings that limit time and functions. B says that if you rely only on such settings, children will not develop the ability to think for themselves when using the phone. 3 reverses A and B. 1 is wrong about B, and 4 is wrong because A does not discuss family rules.

Ответ: 1 作品はその日のうちに完成すると思っていたのに、一か月かかると言われたから

The writer asked whether the cup could be fired and taken home that day, but the teacher answered that it could be handed over one month later. The writer had expected it to be finished right away and could not believe the answer. The teacher did not criticize the shape (2), and nothing is said about making the cup again (4).

Ответ: 3 待つ時間は無駄ではなく、ものを作るのに必要な過程だということ

The underlined sentence says the writer understood that waiting is also part of the work. Until then the writer thought waiting time was just a waste, but this changed after a piece cracked because the writer tried to dry it quickly. 1 is what caused the failure. 2 and 4 are not written in the text.

Ответ: 4 世の中には、時間をかけて待つことでしか得られないものがある。

The last paragraph says the cup reminds the writer that some things cannot be gained without taking time. This is the main message. 2 is what the writer used to believe. 3 is the opposite, because the writer now watches over junior colleagues without stepping in. 1 is not stated anywhere.

Ответ: 2 1,600円

1 p.m. to 3 p.m. is the afternoon period, so a tennis court costs 700 yen per hour. Because it is Saturday, 100 yen per hour is added: 800 yen × 2 hours = 1,600 yen. 1 forgets the Saturday charge. The lighting fee applies only at night, so 4 is wrong. The half price does not apply, and they do not rent equipment.

Ответ: 4 受付で、住所が確認できるものを見せて利用者登録をする。

To book on the website you need the registration number on the user card, which you receive when you register at the reception desk. Maria has never used the center, so she must first register there with something that shows her address. 1 is impossible because bookings are not accepted by phone. 2 needs the number. Payment (3) comes after booking.