• 電車でんしゃ
  • ·train; electric train
  N5
• 入るはいるAs it appears here: 入って
  • ·to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive
  • ·to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into
  • ·to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category)
  • ·to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated
  • ·to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed
  • ·to be received; to be obtained
  • ·to be scored (of points); to be won (of votes)
  • ·to turn on; to start functioning; to start working
  • ·to enter (a month, season, etc.); to reach (e.g. a climax); to get to (e.g. the main topic); to enter into (e.g. negotiations); to start (doing); to begin
  • ·to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.); to develop
  • ·to be put in (of effort, spirit, feeling, etc.); to be applied (e.g. of strength)
  • ·to be ready (of tea, coffee, etc.); to be made
  • ·to enter the body (of alcohol); to become drunk
  N5
• 並ぶならぶAs it appears here: 並んで
  • ·to line up; to stand in a line
  • ·to rival; to match; to equal
  N5
• この
  • ·this
  • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
  • ·you (as in "you liar")
  N5
• 並ぶならぶ
  • ·to line up; to stand in a line
  • ·to rival; to match; to equal
  N5
• 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
• よく
  • ·nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
  • ·frequently; often
  • ·I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
  • ·(you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
  N5
• 知るしるAs it appears here: 知って
  • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
  • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
  • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
  • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
  • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
  • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
  • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
  N5
• するAs it appears here: して
  • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
  • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
  • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
  • ·to decide on; to choose
  • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
  • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  • ·to be worth; to cost
  • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
  • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
  • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
  • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
  • ·to feel A about B
  • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
  • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
  N5
• しかし
  • ·however; but
  N5
• 違うちがう
  • ·to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
  • ·to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
  • ·to become abnormal; to go wrong
  • ·isn't it?; wasn't it?
  N5
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  N5
• 言葉ことば
  • ·language; dialect
  • ·word; phrase; expression; term
  • ·speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
  • ·words; remark; statement; comment
  • ·learning to speak; language acquisition
  N5
• 声こえ
  • ·voice
  • ·singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); hoot
  • ·voice; opinion (as expressed in words); view; wish; attitude; will
  • ·sound
  • ·sense (of something's arrival); feeling
  • ·voice; voiced sound
  N5
• 人ひと
  • ·person; someone; somebody
  • ·human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
  • ·human (Homo sapiens)
  • ·(other) people; others
  • ·character; personality; nature
  • ·capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
  • ·adult; grown-up
  • ·I; me; one
  N5
• それ
  • ·that; it
  • ·then; that point (in time); that time
  • ·there
  • ·you
  N5
• まだ
  • ·still; as yet; only
  • ·(not) yet
  • ·more; (more) still
  • ·at least; comparatively; relatively
  • ·unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
  N5
• 要るいる
  • ·to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
  N5
• 生まれるうまれるAs it appears here: 生まれて
  • ·to be born
  N5
• ある
  • ·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
• 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
• 中なか
  • ·inside; interior
  • ·among; within
  • ·middle; center; centre
  • ·during; while; middle; midst; amid
  • ·interval; gap
  • ·mean; average
  • ·second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
  • ·medium grade; medium quality
  • ·red-light district
  N5
• 動物どうぶつ
  • ·animal
  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
• 開くひらく
  • ·to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
  • ·to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
  • ·to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
  • ·to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
  • ·to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open
  • ·to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
  • ·to open (ports, borders, etc.)
  • ·to open (an account)
  • ·to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop
  • ·to open (a file, etc.)
  • ·to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
  • ·to cut open (fish)
  • ·to change (kanji into hiragana)
  • ·to flare (e.g. skirt)
  • ·to slacken (into a poor posture)
  • ·to extend
  N4
• 客きゃく
  • ·guest; visitor
  • ·customer; client; shopper; spectator; audience; tourist; sightseer; passenger
  • ·counter for containers used to entertain guests
  N4
• 変えるかえるAs it appears here: 変えて
  • ·to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary
  • ·to reform; to revise; to amend
  N4
• 場所ばしょ
  • ·place; location; spot; position; area
  • ·room; space
  • ·sumo tournament
  N4
• 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考えて
  • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
  • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
  • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
  • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
  • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
  • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
  • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
  N4
• 席せき
  • ·seat
  • ·location (of a gathering, etc.); place
  • ·position; post
  N4
• 力ちから
  • ·force; strength; might; vigour; vigor; energy
  • ·capability; ability; proficiency; capacity; faculty
  • ·efficacy; effect
  • ·effort; endeavours; endeavors; exertions
  • ·power; authority; influence; good offices; agency
  • ·support; help; aid; assistance
  • ·stress; emphasis
  • ·means; resources
  N4
• 生きるいきるAs it appears here: 生きて
  • ·to live; to exist
  • ·to make a living; to subsist
  • ·to be in effect; to be in use; to function
  • ·to come to life; to be enlivened
  • ·to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
  N4
• やがて
  • ·before long; soon; shortly
  • ·almost; nearly
  • ·finally; in the end; eventually
  N3
• 座席ざせき
  • ·seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
  N3
• 道徳どうとく
  • ·morals; morality
  N3
• 守るまもるAs it appears here: 守らせて
  • ·to protect; to guard; to defend
  • ·to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
  N3
• 判断はんだん
  • ·judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication
  • ·divination
  • ·judgement
  N3
• つまり
  • ·that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
  • ·in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
  • ·clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
  • ·shrinkage
  • ·end; conclusion
  • ·dead end; corner
  • ·distress; being at the end of one's rope
  N3
• よう
  • ·appearing ...; looking ...
  • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
  • ·form; style; design
  • ·like; similar to
  • ·thing (thought or spoken)
  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
• 行儀ぎょうぎ
  • ·manners; behavior; behaviour
  N3
• 我慢がまん
  • ·endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something)
  • ·self-control; self-restraint
  N3
• 利益りえき
  • ·profit; gains
  • ·benefit; advantage; good; interests (e.g. of society)
  • ·grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle
  N3
• お
  • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
  N3
• 譲るゆずるAs it appears here: 譲りましょう
  • ·to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
  • ·to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
  • ·to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
  • ·to sell
  • ·to postpone; to put off; to defer
  N3
• 譲るゆずる
  • ·to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
  • ·to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
  • ·to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
  • ·to sell
  • ·to postpone; to put off; to defer
  N3
• 引っ張るひっぱるAs it appears here: 引っ張られ
  • ·to pull; to draw; to pull tight
  • ·to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch
  • ·to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)
  • ·to drag; to haul; to tow
  • ·to lead (e.g. one's followers)
  • ·to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
  • ·to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join
  • ·to delay; to prolong
  • ·to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word)
  • ·to quote; to cite; to reference
  • ·to pull the ball
  • ·to wear; to put on
  N3
• 元もと
  • ·origin; source; beginning
  • ·basis; base; foundation; root
  • ·cause
  • ·(raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stock
  • ·(one's) side
  • ·capital; principal; cost price
  • ·root (of a plant); (tree) trunk
  • ·part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
  • ·first three lines of a waka
  • ·counter for plants or trees
  • ·counter for falcons (in falconry)
  N3
• 人間にんげん
  • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
  • ·character (of a person)
  N3
• 事実じじつ
  • ·fact; truth; reality
  N3
• 越えるこえるAs it appears here: 越えた
  • ·to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past
  • ·to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
  N3
• 仲間なかま
  • ·companion; fellow; friend; mate; comrade; partner; colleague; coworker; associate
  • ·group; company; circle; set; gang
  • ·member of the same category (family, class)
  N3
• 助けるたすけるAs it appears here: 助けよう
  • ·to save; to rescue; to spare
  • ·to help; to assist
  • ·to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid
  • ·to facilitate; to stimulate; to promote; to contribute to
  N3
• 突然とつぜん
  • ·abrupt; sudden; unexpected
  N3
• 生じるしょうじる
  • ·to produce; to yield; to cause
  • ·to result from; to arise; to be generated
  N3
• 正にまさに
  • ·exactly; just; precisely; really; truly; surely; certainly; without doubt
  • ·right (when); just (as)
  • ·just (about to); on the point of; on the verge of; on the brink of
  • ·really (ought to); certainly (should); naturally
  N3
• 損得そんとく
  • ·loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
  N2
• 群れむれ
  • ·group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school; swarm; cluster (e.g. of stars); clump; pack (e.g. of dogs)
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• やがてN2

  Adverb signalling that something will come to pass after some time — "before long," "eventually," "in time."

  始発駅に電車が入ってきて、やがてドアが開くと、ホームに並んでいた客たちは目の色を変えて座席になだれ込む。

  When a train enters its originating station and the doors finally open, the passengers who have been lined up on the platform suddenly become intent and surge inside for the seats.

• にしたがってN2

  Expresses that one thing changes in step with another, or that an action follows a rule or instruction, 'in accordance with / as ~ progresses'.

  自分の利益を考えて席を譲るのではないし、「お年寄りに席を譲りましょう」という指示に従って譲るのでもない。

  We do not give up our seats out of consideration for our own benefit, nor do we do so simply because we are following an instruction saying, “Give your seat to elderly passengers.”

• というN35 times in this passage

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

  このホームで並ぶという道徳を守らせているものは損得の判断、つまり知性だと言える。

  What makes people observe the morality of lining up on the platform can be said to be a calculation of gain and loss—in other words, intellect.

• つまりN3

  Restates or sums up the preceding statement more plainly — 'in other words / that is to say'.

  このホームで並ぶという道徳を守らせているものは損得の判断、つまり知性だと言える。

  What makes people observe the morality of lining up on the platform can be said to be a calculation of gain and loss—in other words, intellect.

• 的（てき）N35 times in this passage

  A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).

  ホームのような場所で利己的に振る舞うことによる身の危険を知性はよく知っている。

  Intellect knows very well the personal danger involved in behaving selfishly in a place like a railway platform.

• によって/によるN3

  Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.

  ホームのような場所で利己的に振る舞うことによる身の危険を知性はよく知っている。

  Intellect knows very well the personal danger involved in behaving selfishly in a place like a railway platform.

• 〜てくるN4

  Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

  始発駅に電車が入ってきて、やがてドアが開くと、ホームに並んでいた客たちは目の色を変えて座席になだれ込む。

  When a train enters its originating station and the doors finally open, the passengers who have been lined up on the platform suddenly become intent and surge inside for the seats.

• 〜ていたN4

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

  始発駅に電車が入ってきて、やがてドアが開くと、ホームに並んでいた客たちは目の色を変えて座席になだれ込む。

  When a train enters its originating station and the doors finally open, the passengers who have been lined up on the platform suddenly become intent and surge inside for the seats.

• ように / ようなN4

  Likens or exemplifies one thing by another, "like / as / similar to (a)".

  ホームのような場所で利己的に振る舞うことによる身の危険を知性はよく知っている。

  Intellect knows very well the personal danger involved in behaving selfishly in a place like a railway platform.

• 〜ていくN4

  Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.

  この力は、「人間が生きていくには共同体が要る」という事実から生まれている。

  This force arises from the fact that “human beings need a community in order to live.”

• 〜ているN53 times in this passage

  Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

  このホームで並ぶという道徳を守らせているものは損得の判断、つまり知性だと言える。

  What makes people observe the morality of lining up on the platform can be said to be a calculation of gain and loss—in other words, intellect.

• までN5

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

  ドアが開くまでは我慢して並ぶのである。

  We patiently remain in line until the doors open.

• のでN54 times in this passage

  Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.

  ドアが開くまでは我慢して並ぶのである。

  We patiently remain in line until the doors open.

• しかしN5

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

  しかし、ホームで並ぶことと電車で席を譲ることとは本質的に違う。

  Yet lining up on a platform and giving up one's seat on a train are fundamentally different.

• じゃない・ではないN52 times in this passage

  Negates a noun or na-adjective with the copula, "is not / am not".

  自分の利益を考えて席を譲るのではないし、「お年寄りに席を譲りましょう」という指示に従って譲るのでもない。

  We do not give up our seats out of consideration for our own benefit, nor do we do so simply because we are following an instruction saying, “Give your seat to elderly passengers.”

• 〜ましょうN5

  A polite invitation or suggestion to do something together — “let's do”.

  自分の利益を考えて席を譲るのではないし、「お年寄りに席を譲りましょう」という指示に従って譲るのでもない。

  We do not give up our seats out of consideration for our own benefit, nor do we do so simply because we are following an instruction saying, “Give your seat to elderly passengers.”

• まだN5

  Adverb showing an action or state still continues, or (with a negative) has not happened yet — "still / (not) yet."

  それは共同体に道徳をもたらす元の力であり、この力にはまだ言葉がない。

  It is the original force that gives morality to a community, and this force does not yet have words.