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人じん生せいは短みじかく、しかも一回いっかい限かぎりである。ある人じん生せいを生いきるということは、他たの可か能のうな生いき方かたをすべて断だん念ねんするということに他ほかならない。数すう学がくと音おん楽がくが好すきな少しょう年ねんが数すう学がく者しゃの道みちを歩あるき出だす時とき、彼かれは音おん楽がく家かになれば果はたせたかもしれないすべての夢ゆめを失うしなう。その悲かなしみは、たとえ彼かれが数すう学がく者しゃとしてどんなに輝かがやかしい業ぎょう績せきをあげたとしても決けっして愈いよいよされることはないであろう。人ひとが若わかい時ときをなつかしく感かんじるのは、失うしなわれた_______をいとおしく思おもうからなのではないだろうか。

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  1. 1文の_______に入る最も適当なものはどれか。

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Vocabulary3 words
  • 果たせるはたせるAs it appears here: 果たせた
    • ·to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to fulfill; to fulfil; to realize; to execute; to perform; to do
    • ·to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
    N1
  • たとえ
    • ·even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever
    N1
  • 業績ぎょうせき
    • ·achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
    N1
Other levels28 words
  • 短いみじかいAs it appears here: 短く
    • ·short
    • ·brief
    N5
  • する
    • ·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
  • 音楽おんがく
    • ·music
    N5
  • 好きすき
    • ·liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
    • ·liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved
    • ·faddism; eccentricity
    • ·as one likes; as it suits one
    • ·lecherous; lustful; salacious
    N5
  • 道みち
    • ·road; path; street; lane; passage
    • ·route; way
    • ·distance; journey
    • ·road (e.g. to victory); course
    • ·way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
    • ·teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
    • ·field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
    • ·means; way; method
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なれば
    • ·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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • あげるAs it appears here: あげた
    • ·to raise; to elevate
    • ·to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf)
    • ·to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage)
    • ·to show someone (into a room); to let in (e.g. a guest)
    • ·to give
    • ·to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; to send (one's child; e.g. to college)
    • ·to develop (talent, skill, etc.); to improve
    • ·to earn (something desirable); to achieve (e.g. a good result); to obtain
    • ·to promote (someone)
    • ·to complete; to finish
    • ·to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)
    • ·to raise (one's gaze); to lift up (one's face); to look up
    • ·to do up (one's hair)
    • ·to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
    • ·to praise; to commend; to flatter
    • ·to make do (with less expenses than expected); to cover expenses (with a given amount); to set costs
    • ·to finish (one's studies); to complete (a lesson); to pass (e.g. a class)
    • ·to upload (e.g. an image); to publish (on the internet); to post
    • ·to raise someone's spirits; to cheer someone up; to enhance a mood
    • ·(of the tide) to come in; to rise
    • ·to increase (of market price); to rise (of stock prices)
    • ·to vomit; to throw up
    • ·to do for (the sake of someone else)
    • ·to complete ...
    • ·to humbly do ...
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: される
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 若いわかい
    • ·young; youthful
    • ·immature; green
    • ·low (number); small
    N5
  • 生きるいきる
    • ·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
  • 数学すうがく
    • ·mathematics
    N4
  • 彼かれ
    • ·he; him
    • ·boyfriend
    N4
  • 夢ゆめ
    • ·dream
    • ·dream; hope; wish; aspiration; ambition
    • ·unrealistic aspiration; daydream; pipe dream
    • ·delusion; illusion
    • ·fleeting thing; something short-lived
    N4
  • 決してけっして
    • ·(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
    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
  • しかも
    • ·moreover; furthermore
    • ·nevertheless; and yet
    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
  • 可能かのう
    • ·possible; potential; practicable; feasible
    N3
  • すべて
    • ·everything; all; the whole
    • ·entirely; completely; wholly; all
    N3
  • 少年しょうねん
    • ·boy
    • ·juvenile; child
    N3
  • 時とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 失ううしなう
    • ·to lose
    • ·to miss (a chance, opportunity)
    • ·to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of
    • ·to concede (goals, points, etc.)
    N3
  • 感じるかんじる
    • ·to feel; to sense; to experience
    • ·to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to)
    • ·to become infected with (an illness); to catch
    N3
  • 失ううしなうAs it appears here: 失われた
    • ·to lose
    • ·to miss (a chance, opportunity)
    • ·to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of
    • ·to concede (goals, points, etc.)
    N3
  • なつかしいAs it appears here: なつかしく
    • ·dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

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  • 限りだN1

    Attaches to an emotion word to express the speaker's extreme feeling — 'extremely ~, couldn't be more ~'.

    人生は短く、しかも一回限りである。

    Life is short, and we have only one.

Other levels12 patterns
  • しかもN2

    Additive conjunction adding a further, often stronger point — 'moreover, and what's more'.

    人生は短く、しかも一回限りである。

    Life is short, and we have only one.

  • ということはN2

    Draws a logical conclusion or restatement from a preceding fact — "which means…, in other words…, that is to say…".

    ある人生を生きるということは、他の可能な生き方をすべて断念するということに他ならない。

    To live one particular life is nothing other than to give up all the other possible ways of living.

  • にほかならないN2

    Emphatically asserts something is precisely X and nothing else, "is nothing other than / is none other than".

    ある人生を生きるということは、他の可能な生き方をすべて断念するということに他ならない。

    To live one particular life is nothing other than to give up all the other possible ways of living.

  • としてもN2

    Concessive hypothetical attached to a plain form; 'even if / even supposing (that)'.

    その悲しみは、たとえ彼が数学者としてどんなに輝かしい業績をあげたとしても決して愈されることはないであろう。

    That sorrow will probably never be healed, no matter how brilliant his achievements as a mathematician may be.

  • たとえ〜てもN3

    Concessive 'even if / even though' — sets up a hypothetical or fact that does not change the outcome.

    その悲しみは、たとえ彼が数学者としてどんなに輝かしい業績をあげたとしても決して愈されることはないであろう。

    That sorrow will probably never be healed, no matter how brilliant his achievements as a mathematician may be.

  • としてN3

    Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".

    その悲しみは、たとえ彼が数学者としてどんなに輝かしい業績をあげたとしても決して愈されることはないであろう。

    That sorrow will probably never be healed, no matter how brilliant his achievements as a mathematician may be.

  • どんなに～てもN3

    Concessive "no matter how (much) ..., still ..." — the result holds regardless of degree.

    その悲しみは、たとえ彼が数学者としてどんなに輝かしい業績をあげたとしても決して愈されることはないであろう。

    That sorrow will probably never be healed, no matter how brilliant his achievements as a mathematician may be.

  • 決して～ないN3

    Adverb pairing with a following negative to stress absolute denial, 'never / by no means / not at all'.

    その悲しみは、たとえ彼が数学者としてどんなに輝かしい業績をあげたとしても決して愈されることはないであろう。

    That sorrow will probably never be healed, no matter how brilliant his achievements as a mathematician may be.

  • ことはないN3

    Tells someone there is no need to do something — 'there's no need to / you don't have to.'

    その悲しみは、たとえ彼が数学者としてどんなに輝かしい業績をあげたとしても決して愈されることはないであろう。

    That sorrow will probably never be healed, no matter how brilliant his achievements as a mathematician may be.

  • ということN4

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

    ある人生を生きるということは、他の可能な生き方をすべて断念するということに他ならない。

    To live one particular life is nothing other than to give up all the other possible ways of living.

  • かもしれないN4

    Expresses possibility or conjecture — 'might', 'maybe', 'perhaps'.

    数学と音楽が好きな少年が数学者の道を歩き出す時、彼は音楽家になれば果たせたかもしれないすべての夢を失う。

    When a boy who loves both mathematics and music sets out on the path of becoming a mathematician, he loses all the dreams he might have fulfilled had he become a musician.

  • だろうN5

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

    人が若い時をなつかしく感じるのは、失われた_______をいとおしく思うからなのではないだろうか。

    Perhaps people feel nostalgic for their youth because they cherish the lost _______.

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