• 悪いわるい
  • ·bad; poor; undesirable
  • ·poor (quality); inferior; insufficient
  • ·evil; sinful
  • ·ugly; not beautiful
  • ·at fault; to blame; in the wrong
  • ·bad (at doing something)
  • ·unprofitable; unbeneficial
  • ·sorry; (my) bad; unforgivable
  N5
• しかし
  • ·however; but
  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
• 面白いおもしろいAs it appears here: 面白かった
  • ·interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
  • ·amusing; funny; comical
  • ·enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable
  • ·good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging
  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
• 面白いおもしろいAs it appears here: 面白くなく
  • ·interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
  • ·amusing; funny; comical
  • ·enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable
  • ·good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging
  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
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  N5
• 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思われて
  • ·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
• 特にとくに
  • ·particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
  N4
• 場合ばあい
  • ·case; occasion; situation; circumstances
  N4
• 最初さいしょ
  • ·beginning; outset; first; onset
  N4
• 形かたち
  • ·(physical) form; shape; figure
  • ·visage; (facial) features; appearance (of a person); figure; looks
  • ·form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); style; (outward) appearance
  • ·(resultant) state; situation; condition; form
  • ·behaviour (towards others); attitude; demeanor; manners
  • ·shape (positional qualities of a group of stones)
  N4
• 心こころ
  • ·mind; heart; spirit
  • ·the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
  N4
• 飽きるあきる
  • ·to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to grow weary of; to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become bored with
  • ·to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
  N3
• 人間にんげん
  • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
  • ·character (of a person)
  N3
• 方ほう
  • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
  • ·type; category
  • ·field (of study, etc.)
  • ·indicates one side of a comparison
  • ·way; method; manner; means
  • ·length (of each side of a square)
  N3
• 飽きるあきるAs it appears here: 飽きない
  • ·to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to grow weary of; to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become bored with
  • ·to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
  N3
• 上等じょうとう
  • ·superior; first-class; excellent; top quality
  • ·(that's) just fine!; bring it on!
  N3
• 相手あいて
  • ·companion; partner; company
  • ·other party; addressee; counterparty
  • ·opponent (sports, etc.)
  N3
• 書物しょもつ
  • ·book; volume
  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
• 精神せいしん
  • ·mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos
  • ·attitude; mentality; will; intention
  • ·spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance
  N3
• 成長せいちょう
  • ·growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
  • ·growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
  N3
• しばしば
  • ·often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
  N3
• 現れるあらわれる
  • ·to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise
  • ·to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
  N3
• 事柄ことがら
  • ·matter; thing; affair; circumstance
  N1
• 相場そうば
  • ·market price
  • ·speculation (e.g. on stocks)
  • ·reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation; esteem
  N1
• 決まるきまるAs it appears here: 決まって
  • ·to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged
  • ·to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set
  • ·to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge
  • ·to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.); to go well; to succeed; to connect (of a punch)
  • ·to look good (of clothing); to look sharp; to be stylish; to suit one; to be held in place (of a hairdo)
  • ·to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
  • ·to get high (on drugs)
  N1

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• 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、人間の精神の成長は、しばしば、飽きるという形で現れることがある。

  However, a person's mental growth often manifests itself in the form of becoming bored.

• ことがあるN3

  After a plain verb, 'there are times when...'; after a past-tense verb (〜たことがある), 'have (ever) done, have the experience of'.

  しかし、人間の精神の成長は、しばしば、飽きるという形で現れることがある。

  However, a person's mental growth often manifests itself in the form of becoming bored.

• というのはN3

  Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.

  飽きるというのは、今まで面白かったものが面白くなくなるということである。

  To become bored means that something that used to be interesting is no longer interesting.

• ということだN32 times in this passage

  Reports hearsay or states a conclusion drawn from what precedes — 'I hear that…' / 'that is to say / it amounts to…'.

  飽きるというのは、今まで面白かったものが面白くなくなるということである。

  To become bored means that something that used to be interesting is no longer interesting.

• と思う（とおもう）N4

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

  事柄にもよるが、一般に、飽きる人間の方が下等で、飽きない人間の方が上等と思われている。

  It depends on the matter, but in general, people tend to think that those who become bored are inferior and those who do not are superior.

• ようだN4

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

  特に、相手が書物であるような場合は、飽きることは悪いこと、と最初から相場が決まっている。

  Especially when the object in question is a book, it is taken for granted from the outset that becoming bored is a bad thing.

• 場合は（ばあいは）N4

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

  特に、相手が書物であるような場合は、飽きることは悪いこと、と最初から相場が決まっている。

  Especially when the object in question is a book, it is taken for granted from the outset that becoming bored is a bad thing.

• より〜ほうがN52 times in this passage

  Expresses comparison or preference — 'B is more ... than A / would rather B' (A より B のほうが).

  事柄にもよるが、一般に、飽きる人間の方が下等で、飽きない人間の方が上等と思われている。

  It depends on the matter, but in general, people tend to think that those who become bored are inferior and those who do not are superior.

• 〜ているN52 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”.

  事柄にもよるが、一般に、飽きる人間の方が下等で、飽きない人間の方が上等と思われている。

  It depends on the matter, but in general, people tend to think that those who become bored are inferior and those who do not are superior.

• しかしN5

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

  しかし、人間の精神の成長は、しばしば、飽きるという形で現れることがある。

  However, a person's mental growth often manifests itself in the form of becoming bored.

• までN5

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

  飽きるというのは、今まで面白かったものが面白くなくなるということである。

  To become bored means that something that used to be interesting is no longer interesting.