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JLPT N3 Reading
Short passage · 内容理解(短文)
Read the passage, then answer the question.
本文 · Passage
ある会社では、会議の時間が長いことが問題になっていた。そこで、いすをすべてかたづけ、立ったまま行うことにした。すると、平均五十分だった会議が二十分になった。座っていると気にならない時間も、立っていると長く感じるからだろう。
この会社が会議を短くできた理由は何か。
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訳 · Translation
At one company, long meetings were a problem. So they put away all the chairs and held meetings standing. Meetings that had averaged fifty minutes came down to twenty. Time that doesn't bother you when seated probably feels long when you're standing. Q: Why could this company shorten its meetings? — They decided to hold them standing.
正解 · Answer
立ったまま会議をすることにしたから
解説 · Why
そこで introduces the measure — standing meetings — and すると gives the result.
誤答 · Why the other options are wrong
参加者を減らしたから — Numbers are not mentioned.
時間を決めたから — No time limit is described.
会議の回数を減らしたから — Frequency is not mentioned.
語彙 · Breakdown
そこで—and so, accordingly
平均へいきんaverage
例文 · Example
立ったまま話しました。
Tatta mama hanashimashita.
We talked standing up.
配点 · Points & details
Est. points2 pts
DifficultyMedium
Avg. time72 sec
Correct rate67%
Appears in内容理解(短文)
AddedAug 2026
出典AI draft · human-reviewed
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衆智 · Community check3 attempts
67%of attempts answer correctly
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