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N2
Synonyms
Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined part.

This project is experiencing 難航.
1 順調に進んでいる
2 うまくいっていない
3 長くかかっている
4 ようやく終わった
AI Analysis
難航 (nankō) literally means “difficult navigation,” extended to mean “things aren't going smoothly.” Option 2 「umaiku itte inai」 is the closest match. Pay attention to the collocation with 難航中 (currently experiencing difficulties).

01 · Question Bank

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N5 Basic vocabulary & grammar
N4 Everyday conversation
N3 Everyday topics
N2 Reading news articles
N1 Near-native comprehension

02 · Practice

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N2 Vocabulary Drill
N2 · 20 questions · Synonyms
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N3 · 15 questions · Grammar forms
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03 · AI Analysis

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AI Analysis · Synonyms
難航 (nankō) literally means “difficult navigation,” extended to mean “things aren't going well.” Option 2 「umaiku itte inai」 is the closest match. Note the pragmatic difference between 難航する (process is blocked) and 難しい (inherently difficult).
AI Analysis · Grammar Forms
「〜ざるを得ない」 expresses “having no choice but to.” It differs from 「〜なければならない」 in that the former carries the speaker's sense of resignation. A common N2 grammar point.

04 · Listening

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N2
Point Comprehension
1:24
Transcript
男の人と女の人が話しています。女の人はこれからまず何をしますか。

男:明日の会議、準備できてる?
女:資料はできてるんですが、コピーがまだで…

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