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会かい社しゃ勤づとめの生せい活かつは楽らくだった。

楽たのしくはないが、楽らくだった。

ずっと一ひと人りで生いきてきた後あとで、集しゅう団だんに入はいってみると、その居心地いごこち（いごこち）の良よさ、安あん楽らくさに驚おどろくのである。一ひと人りの時ときは、朝あさ目め覚ざめて寝ねるまで「何なにをすべきか」という判はん断だん、決けっ定ていを自じ分ぶんでしなければならない。つまり、それを「自じ由ゆう」というのだが、実じつ力りょくのない者ものには自じ由ゆうは重おもすぎる。一いち日にち中ちゅう、選せん択たく（せんたく）と決けつ断だんをし、その結果けっかを自じ分ぶん一ひと人りでひき受うけねばならない。

（野の田だ知とも佑たすく『旅たびへー新しん・放ほう浪ろう記き１』による）

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  1. 1筆者によると、なぜ会社勤めが楽だったのか。

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Vocabulary2 words
  • 実力じつりょく
    • ·(real) ability; true strength; merit; efficiency; competency
    • ·arms; force
    N2
  • たく
    • ·to cook (grains, e.g. rice)
    • ·to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
    • ·to get angry; to snap
    N2
Other levels33 words
  • 楽しいたのしいAs it appears here: 楽しく
    • ·enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
    N5
  • 一人ひとり
    • ·one person
    • ·being alone; being by oneself
    • ·being single; being unmarried
    • ·by oneself; alone
    • ·just; only; simply
    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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 朝あさ
    • ·morning
    • ·breakfast
    N5
  • 寝るねる
    • ·to sleep (lying down)
    • ·to go to bed; to lie in bed
    • ·to lie down
    • ·to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse)
    • ·to lie flat (e.g. of hair)
    • ·to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
    • ·to ferment (of soy sauce, miso, etc.)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: す
    • ·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
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 重いおもいAs it appears here: 重
    • ·heavy; weighty
    • ·heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
    • ·slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
    • ·important (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave
    • ·serious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical
    • ·solid; established; dignified; sensible
    • ·heavy (shape or stones); (expl.) solid stones that must be defended rather than sacrificed, despite the high cost of doing so
    N5
  • 一日いちにち
    • ·one day
    • ·all day (long); the whole day; from morning till night
    • ·first day of the month
    N5
  • せん
    • ·thousand; 1,000
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: し
    • ·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
  • 生活せいかつ
    • ·life; living
    • ·livelihood; (one's) living
    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
  • 驚くおどろく
    • ·to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be astonished; to be shocked
    • ·to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
    N4
  • 自由じゆう
    • ·freedom; liberty
    N4
  • 受けるうけるAs it appears here: 受け
    • ·to receive; to get
    • ·to catch (e.g. a ball)
    • ·to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
    • ·to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
    • ·to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
    • ·to be given (e.g. life, talent)
    • ·to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by)
    • ·to follow; to succeed; to be descended from
    • ·to face (south, etc.)
    • ·to be modified by
    • ·to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee
    • ·to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well
    N4
  • 楽らく
    • ·comfort; ease; relief; (at) peace; relaxation
    • ·easy; simple; without trouble; without hardships
    • ·(economically) comfortable
    • ·raku pottery
    • ·sukha (happiness)
    N3
  • 集団しゅうだん
    • ·group; mass
    N3
  • 時とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 判断はんだん
    • ·judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication
    • ·divination
    • ·judgement
    N3
  • 決定けってい
    • ·decision; determination
    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
  • 者もの
    • ·person
    N3
  • 中ちゅう
    • ·medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle
    • ·in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among
    • ·during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout
    • ·currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation)
    • ·middle way; moderation
    • ·second volume (of three)
    • ·junior high school; middle school
    • ·China
    N3
  • 選択せんたく
    • ·choice; selection; option
    N3
  • 結果けっか
    • ·result; consequence; outcome; effect
    • ·as a result of ...; as a consequence of ...; after ...; following ...
    • ·bearing fruit; fruiting
    N3
  • ひくAs it appears here: ひき
    • ·to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
    N3
  • 旅たび
    • ·travel; trip; journey
    N3
  • 目覚めるめざめるAs it appears here: 目覚めて
    • ·to wake up; to awake
    • ·to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize
    • ·to come to one's senses
    N1
  • 決断けつだん
    • ·decision; determination
    N1
  • 新しん
    • ·new; neo-
    • ·newness; novelty
    • ·Gregorian calendar
    • ·Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE); Hsin dynasty
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • ねばならないN2

    Formal, somewhat literary way of stating an obligation, "must / have to (do)".

    一日中、選択（せんたく）と決断をし、その結果を自分一人でひき受けねばならない。

    All day long, one has to make choices and decisions and then bear the consequences alone.

Other levels11 patterns
  • というN32 times in this passage

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

    一人の時は、朝目覚めて寝るまで「何をすべきか」という判断、決定を自分でしなければならない。

    When I was alone, from the moment I woke up in the morning until I went to bed, I had to make my own judgments and decisions about “what I should do.”

  • つまりN3

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

    つまり、それを「自由」というのだが、実力のない者には自由は重すぎる。

    In other words, that is what is called “freedom,” but for someone without sufficient ability, freedom is too heavy a burden.

  • 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'.

    （野田知佑『旅へー新・放浪記１』による）

    (Based on Noda Tomosuke, On the Road — New Wanderings 1)

  • 〜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'.

    ずっと一人で生きてきた後で、集団に入ってみると、その居心地（いごこち）の良さ、安楽さに驚くのである。

    After living alone for a long time, I was surprised, upon joining a group, by how comfortable and easy it felt to be there.

  • 後で（あとで）N4

    Indicates doing something afterward, or after another action or event — 'later; afterward; after'.

    ずっと一人で生きてきた後で、集団に入ってみると、その居心地（いごこち）の良さ、安楽さに驚くのである。

    After living alone for a long time, I was surprised, upon joining a group, by how comfortable and easy it felt to be there.

  • 〜てみるN4

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

    ずっと一人で生きてきた後で、集団に入ってみると、その居心地（いごこち）の良さ、安楽さに驚くのである。

    After living alone for a long time, I was surprised, upon joining a group, by how comfortable and easy it felt to be there.

  • なければならないN4

    Expresses a general, unavoidable obligation or necessity — 'must / have to'.

    一人の時は、朝目覚めて寝るまで「何をすべきか」という判断、決定を自分でしなければならない。

    When I was alone, from the moment I woke up in the morning until I went to bed, I had to make my own judgments and decisions about “what I should do.”

  • のでN5

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

    ずっと一人で生きてきた後で、集団に入ってみると、その居心地（いごこち）の良さ、安楽さに驚くのである。

    After living alone for a long time, I was surprised, upon joining a group, by how comfortable and easy it felt to be there.

  • までN5

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

    一人の時は、朝目覚めて寝るまで「何をすべきか」という判断、決定を自分でしなければならない。

    When I was alone, from the moment I woke up in the morning until I went to bed, I had to make my own judgments and decisions about “what I should do.”

  • だ / ですN5

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

    一人の時は、朝目覚めて寝るまで「何をすべきか」という判断、決定を自分でしなければならない。

    When I was alone, from the moment I woke up in the morning until I went to bed, I had to make my own judgments and decisions about “what I should do.”

  • すぎるN5

    Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to mean the action or quality is excessive, 'too much / overly ~'.

    つまり、それを「自由」というのだが、実力のない者には自由は重すぎる。

    In other words, that is what is called “freedom,” but for someone without sufficient ability, freedom is too heavy a burden.

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