• 住むすむ
  • ·to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
  N5
• おばさん
  • ·aunt
  N5
• するAs it appears here: された
  • ·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
• とても
  • ·very; awfully; exceedingly
  • ·(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
  N5
• この
  • ·this
  • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
  • ·you (as in "you liar")
  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
• なぜ
  • ·why; how; for what reason
  N5
• 疲れるつかれる
  • ·to get tired; to tire; to get fatigued; to become exhausted; to grow weary
  • ·to become worn out (of a well-used object)
  • ·to starve
  N5
• 会うあう
  • ·to meet; to encounter; to see
  • ·to have an accident; to have a bad experience
  N5
• 軽いかるいAs it appears here: 軽く
  • ·light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
  • ·light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile
  • ·non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial
  • ·slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)
  • ·easy; simple
  • ·indiscriminate
  • ·light (shape or stones); (expl.) stones that are not solid but can be used to sacrifice to gain something elsewhere
  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
• 隣となり
  • ·next (to); adjoining; adjacent
  • ·house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour; next-door neighbor
  N5
• 家いえ
  • ·house; residence; dwelling; home
  • ·family; household
  • ·lineage; family name
  N5
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  N5
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  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
• 強いつよいAs it appears here: 強く
  • ·strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough
  • ·strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged
  • ·good (at); skilled; knowledgeable
  • ·being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient
  • ·firm; rigid; solid
  • ·intense; strong; fierce; high
  • ·dependable; trustworthy
  N5
• 持つもつ
  • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
  • ·to possess; to have; to own
  • ·to maintain; to keep
  • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
  • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
  • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
  • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
  N5
• 亡くなるなくなるAs it appears here: 亡くなられた
  • ·to die; to pass away
  N4
• 迎えるむかえる
  • ·to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail
  • ·to call for; to summon; to invite
  • ·to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
  • ·to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)
  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
• 近所きんじょ
  • ·neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
  N4
• 生活せいかつ
  • ·life; living
  • ·livelihood; (one's) living
  N4
• 腐るくさるAs it appears here: 腐った
  • ·to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
  • ·to corrode; to weather; to crumble
  • ·to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
  • ·to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
  • ·to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down
  • ·to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to
  • ·to lose a bet
  • ·to be drenched; to become sopping wet
  N3
• 発見はっけん
  • ·discovery; detection; finding
  N3
• 都市とし
  • ·town; city; municipal; urban
  N3
• 表すあらわすAs it appears here: 表して
  • ·to represent; to signify; to stand for
  • ·to reveal; to show; to display
  • ·to express
  • ·to make widely known
  N3
• よう
  • ·appearing ...; looking ...
  • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
  • ·form; style; design
  • ·like; similar to
  • ·thing (thought or spoken)
  N3
• 年間ねんかん
  • ·(period of) a year
  • ·during the era (of)
  N3
• 日中にっちゅう
  • ·daytime; during the day
  • ·Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
  N3
• 願うねがう
  • ·to desire; to wish; to hope
  • ·to beg; to request; to implore; to pray
  • ·to have something done for oneself
  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
• お
  • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
  N3
• 願うねがうAs it appears here: 願わない
  • ·to desire; to wish; to hope
  • ·to beg; to request; to implore; to pray
  • ·to have something done for oneself
  N3
• 我々われわれ
  • ·we
  N3
• 否定ひてい
  • ·denial; negation; repudiation; disavowal
  • ·negation
  • ·NOT operation
  N3
• 過ごすすごすAs it appears here: 過ごしたい
  • ·to spend (time); to pass; to lead (a life); to live
  • ·to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to carry too far; to carry to excess
  • ·to take care of; to support
  • ·to overdo; to do too much
  • ·to ... without acting on it; to ... without getting involved
  N3
• いわば
  • ·so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
  N3
• 他人たにん
  • ·another person; other people; others
  • ·unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)
  • ·outsider; stranger
  N3
• 基準きじゅん
  • ·standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge; basis
  N2
• 上るのぼる
  • ·to ascend; to go up; to climb
  • ·to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise
  • ·to go to (the capital)
  • ·to be promoted
  • ·to add up to
  • ·to advance (in price)
  • ·to swim up (a river); to sail up
  • ·to come up (on the agenda)
  N2
• 留まるとまるAs it appears here: 留まり
  • ·to stop (moving); to come to a stop
  • ·to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to cease; to be stopped; to be suspended
  • ·to alight; to perch on
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• ままN3

  Expresses that a state is left unchanged while something else is done or happens; 'as it is / while still (in that state).'

  あるアパートに住むあるおばさんが、亡くなられた6ヶ月後に腐ったまま発見された。

  A woman living in a certain block of flats was found six months after her death, decomposed.

• に対してN3

  Marks the target or object an action is directed at, or sets up a contrast between two things, 'toward / with regard to / in contrast to'.

  いわば都市の人々は他人に対し「合理的な無関心」を持つである。

  City dwellers, one might say, hold a "rational indifference" towards others.

• 的（てき）N3

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

  いわば都市の人々は他人に対し「合理的な無関心」を持つである。

  City dwellers, one might say, hold a "rational indifference" towards others.

• ようだN4

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

  今日本でこのような孤独死を迎える人は2013年基準年間3万人まで上る。

  In Japan today the number of people meeting such a lonely death runs to thirty thousand a year, on 2013 figures.

• 〜てみるN4

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

  考えてみよう。

  Let us think about it.

• 続ける（つづける）N4

  Attaches to a verb stem to mean keep doing / continue doing the action ('keep ~ing').

  日中、疲れるほど人に会う私達は、近所の人と軽く挨拶をするのを願うのであって、隣の家に住む人が夜遅くまで自分の家に留まり続けることをお願わない。

  Having met people all day to the point of exhaustion, we want a light greeting with the neighbours — not for the person next door to stay on in our home until late at night.

• とてもN5

  Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."

  とても殺伐で冷酷な都市の一端を表している。

  It shows one side of a bleak and pitiless city.

• 〜ているN5

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

  とても殺伐で冷酷な都市の一端を表している。

  It shows one side of a bleak and pitiless city.

• までN52 times in this passage

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

  今日本でこのような孤独死を迎える人は2013年基準年間3万人まで上る。

  In Japan today the number of people meeting such a lonely death runs to thirty thousand a year, on 2013 figures.

• のでN52 times in this passage

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

  日中、疲れるほど人に会う私達は、近所の人と軽く挨拶をするのを願うのであって、隣の家に住む人が夜遅くまで自分の家に留まり続けることをお願わない。

  Having met people all day to the point of exhaustion, we want a light greeting with the neighbours — not for the person next door to stay on in our home until late at night.

• だけN5

  Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.

  自分だけの空間で平穏に過ごしたいのが一般的ではないだろうか。

  Wanting to spend one's time in peace in a space of one's own — is that not the common feeling?

• 〜たいN5

  Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.

  自分だけの空間で平穏に過ごしたいのが一般的ではないだろうか。

  Wanting to spend one's time in peace in a space of one's own — is that not the common feeling?

• じゃない・ではないN5

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

  自分だけの空間で平穏に過ごしたいのが一般的ではないだろうか。

  Wanting to spend one's time in peace in a space of one's own — is that not the common feeling?

• だろうN5

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

  自分だけの空間で平穏に過ごしたいのが一般的ではないだろうか。

  Wanting to spend one's time in peace in a space of one's own — is that not the common feeling?