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人じん生せいというものには、いろいろな問もん題だいがあります。しかし、それらのことも過すぎ去さってみると、あのときに迷まよわないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場ば合あいが多おおいのです。そこが大だい事じなところだと思おもいます。ある場ば合あいには迷まようこともあるでしょう。しかし、しょせん迷まよってもお互たがい自じ分ぶんの知ち恵え裁さい量りょうというものは、ほんとうは小ちいさいものです。だから、「これはもう仕し方かたがない。ここまでできたのだからこれ以い上じょう進すすんで結果けっかがうまくいかなくても、それは運うん命めいだ」と度ど胸きょうを決きめてしまう。そうした場ば合あいには、案あん外がい、困こん難なんだと思おもっていたことがスムーズにいって、むしろ非ひ常じょうによい結果けっかを生うむ、ということにもなるのではないかと思おもうのです。

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Vocabulary1 words
  • 運命うんめい
    • ·fate; destiny; lot
    N1
Other levels39 words
  • もの
    • ·thing; object; article; stuff; substance
    • ·one's things; possessions; property; belongings
    • ·things; something; anything; everything; nothing
    • ·quality
    • ·reason; the way of things
    • ·used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen
    • ·item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
    • ·cause of ...; cause for ...
    • ·somehow; somewhat; for some reason
    • ·really; truly
    N5
  • いろいろ
    • ·various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
    • ·variously; in various ways; in many ways
    • ·various things; this and that
    N5
  • 問題もんだい
    • ·question (e.g. on a test); problem
    • ·problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
    • ·question (i.e. doubt)
    • ·public discussion; controversy
    • ·trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あります
    • ·to be; to exist; to live
    • ·to have
    • ·to be located
    • ·to be equipped with
    • ·to happen; to come about
    • ·to exist (in a completed state); to be (something unchanged in its current state)
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • あの
    • ·that; those; the
    N5
  • ほんとう
    • ·truth; reality; actuality; fact
    • ·proper; right; correct; official
    • ·genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable
    N5
  • よいAs it appears here: よかった
    • ·good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
    • ·profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
    • ·OK; all right; fine; no problem
    • ·easy to ...
    N5
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • そこ
    • ·there (place relatively near listener)
    • ·there (place just mentioned); that place
    • ·then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
    • ·you
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • 小さいちいさい
    • ·small; little; tiny
    • ·slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
    • ·low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
    • ·unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
    • ·young; juvenile
    N5
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • ここ
    • ·here; this place
    • ·this point; here; now
    • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
    • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できた
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • いくAs it appears here: いかなくて
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • いうAs it appears here: いって
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • よい
    • ·good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
    • ·profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
    • ·OK; all right; fine; no problem
    • ·easy to ...
    N5
  • なる
    • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
    • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
    • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
    • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
    • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
    • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
    • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
    • ·to play (the part of); to act as
    • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
    • ·to be promoted
    • ·to do ...
    N5
  • 場合ばあい
    • ·case; occasion; situation; circumstances
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思います
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 以上いじょう
    • ·not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
    • ·beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
    • ·the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
    • ·since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
    • ·that's all; that is the end; the end
    N4
  • 進むすすむAs it appears here: 進んで
    • ·to advance; to go forward
    • ·to precede; to go ahead (of)
    • ·to make progress; to improve
    • ·to deepen; to heighten
    • ·to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead
    • ·to do of one's own free will
    N4
  • 決めるきめるAs it appears here: 決めて
    • ·to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
    • ·to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
    • ·to persist in doing; to go through with
    • ·to always do; to have made a habit of
    • ·to take for granted; to assume
    • ·to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
    • ·to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
    • ·to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
    • ·to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思って
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 非常にひじょうに
    • ·very; extremely; exceedingly
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 人生じんせい
    • ·(one's) life
    N3
  • こと
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
    • ·circumstances; situation; state of affairs
    • ·work; business; affair
    • ·after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
    • ·nominalizing suffix
    • ·pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
    • ·alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or
    • ·necessity; need
    • ·you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • お互いおたがい
    • ·each other; one another
    N3
  • 知恵ちえ
    • ·wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence
    • ·prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
    N3
  • 結果けっか
    • ·result; consequence; outcome; effect
    • ·as a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ...
    • ·bearing fruit; fruiting
    N3
  • うまいAs it appears here: うまく
    • ·skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate
    • ·delicious; tasty; good; nice
    • ·good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid
    N3
  • 困難こんなん
    • ·difficulty; hardship; trouble; distress
    • ·infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
    N3
  • むしろ
    • ·rather; better; instead; if anything
    N3
  • 案外あんがい
    • ·unexpectedly; surprisingly
    • ·unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen; surprising
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

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  • というものN12 times in this passage

    Emphasizes the entire stretch of a stated time period, or foregrounds the essential nature of a thing — "for the whole (time)...", "the very idea of...".

    人生というものには、いろいろな問題があります。

    Life presents us with many different problems.

Other levels20 patterns
  • ではないかN2

    Rhetorically seeks agreement or expresses a realization — 'isn't it? / right? / surely.'

    そうした場合には、案外、困難だと思っていたことがスムーズにいって、むしろ非常によい結果を生む、ということにもなるのではないかと思うのです。

    In such cases, things we thought would be difficult may unexpectedly proceed smoothly and even produce very good results; I believe that can indeed happen.

  • というN3

    Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.

    しかし、それらのことも過ぎ去ってみると、あのときに迷わないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場合が多いのです。

    However, once those things have passed and we look back, we often find ourselves thinking, “I'm really glad I went ahead without hesitating at the time.”

  • むしろN3

    Adverb overturning an expectation to present the following as the more fitting statement; "rather / if anything".

    そうした場合には、案外、困難だと思っていたことがスムーズにいって、むしろ非常によい結果を生む、ということにもなるのではないかと思うのです。

    In such cases, things we thought would be difficult may unexpectedly proceed smoothly and even produce very good results; I believe that can indeed happen.

  • 〜てみるN4

    Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.

    しかし、それらのことも過ぎ去ってみると、あのときに迷わないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場合が多いのです。

    However, once those things have passed and we look back, we often find ourselves thinking, “I'm really glad I went ahead without hesitating at the time.”

  • ときN4

    Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."

    しかし、それらのことも過ぎ去ってみると、あのときに迷わないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場合が多いのです。

    However, once those things have passed and we look back, we often find ourselves thinking, “I'm really glad I went ahead without hesitating at the time.”

  • ないでN4

    Negative te-form that links a clause — "without doing ~", or a soft "don't ~".

    しかし、それらのことも過ぎ去ってみると、あのときに迷わないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場合が多いのです。

    However, once those things have passed and we look back, we often find ourselves thinking, “I'm really glad I went ahead without hesitating at the time.”

  • ようだN4

    Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".

    しかし、それらのことも過ぎ去ってみると、あのときに迷わないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場合が多いのです。

    However, once those things have passed and we look back, we often find ourselves thinking, “I'm really glad I went ahead without hesitating at the time.”

  • たところN4

    Marks that an action has just this moment finished — "have just (done)."

    そこが大事なところだと思います。

    I think that is the important point.

  • と思う（とおもう）N43 times in this passage

    Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.

    そこが大事なところだと思います。

    I think that is the important point.

  • 場合は（ばあいは）N42 times in this passage

    States the situation or condition under which something applies — 'in the case of; in the event that; if'.

    ある場合には迷うこともあるでしょう。

    Of course, there will be times when we hesitate.

  • てもN42 times in this passage

    Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.

    しかし、しょせん迷ってもお互い自分の知恵裁量というものは、ほんとうは小さいものです。

    But in the end, however much we hesitate, our own wisdom and powers of judgment are actually quite limited.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN4

    Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

    ここまでできたのだからこれ以上進んで結果がうまくいかなくても、それは運命だ」と度胸を決めてしまう。

    I've made it this far, so even if I go on and things do not turn out well, that will simply be fate,” and we firmly resolve to take the plunge.

  • 〜ていたN4

    The past progressive/continuous — an action that was ongoing or a state that held in the past — 'was (do)ing'.

    そうした場合には、案外、困難だと思っていたことがスムーズにいって、むしろ非常によい結果を生む、ということにもなるのではないかと思うのです。

    In such cases, things we thought would be difficult may unexpectedly proceed smoothly and even produce very good results; I believe that can indeed happen.

  • ということN4

    Nominalizes a whole statement into a noun — 'the fact that', 'it means that'.

    そうした場合には、案外、困難だと思っていたことがスムーズにいって、むしろ非常によい結果を生む、ということにもなるのではないかと思うのです。

    In such cases, things we thought would be difficult may unexpectedly proceed smoothly and even produce very good results; I believe that can indeed happen.

  • がありますN5

    States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".

    人生というものには、いろいろな問題があります。

    Life presents us with many different problems.

  • しかしN52 times in this passage

    Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.

    しかし、それらのことも過ぎ去ってみると、あのときに迷わないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場合が多いのです。

    However, once those things have passed and we look back, we often find ourselves thinking, “I'm really glad I went ahead without hesitating at the time.”

  • だ / ですN53 times in this passage

    The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.

    しかし、それらのことも過ぎ去ってみると、あのときに迷わないでやってほんとうによかったな、というような場合が多いのです。

    However, once those things have passed and we look back, we often find ourselves thinking, “I'm really glad I went ahead without hesitating at the time.”

  • だろうN5

    Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.

    ある場合には迷うこともあるでしょう。

    Of course, there will be times when we hesitate.

  • もうN5

    The adverb "already" (with an affirmative), or "(not) anymore / any longer" (with a negative).

    だから、「これはもう仕方がない。

    So we tell ourselves, “There is nothing more that can be done.

  • までN5

    Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."

    ここまでできたのだからこれ以上進んで結果がうまくいかなくても、それは運命だ」と度胸を決めてしまう。

    I've made it this far, so even if I go on and things do not turn out well, that will simply be fate,” and we firmly resolve to take the plunge.

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