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学がく歴れきがあっても学がく力りょくがない人ひとは教おしえた仕し事ごとだけは本ほん当とうにきちんとやります。しかし、自じ分ぶんで考かんがえることに積極的せっきょくてきではないので進しん歩ぽが遅おそい。一方いっぽう、体たい力りょくがあっても根こん性じょうがない人ひとはあきらめが早はやい。それはいまの仕し事ごとで自じ分ぶんに何なにが求もとめられているかを突つき詰つめて考かんがえていないから、やる気きが湧わいてこないのです。

つまり、「この2タイプ」は自じ分ぶんの仕し事ごとに対たいして無む関かん心しんなのです。少すくなくとも上じょう司しの目めにはそう映うつります。

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  1. 1「この２タイプ」とあるが、この２タイプのどちらにも言えることは何か。

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Vocabulary4 words
  • 学力がくりょく
    • ·scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
    N2
  • 湧くわくAs it appears here: 湧いて
    • ·to well (up); to gush out (of water); to spring out; to surge
    • ·to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to cry
    • ·to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds); to well up; to arise
    • ·to hatch; to breed; to propagate; to be infested (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
    N2
  • 少なくともすくなくとも
    • ·at least
    N2
  • 映るうつるAs it appears here: 映ります
    • ·to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
    N2
Other levels26 words
  • あるAs it appears here: あって
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 教えるおしえるAs it appears here: 教えた
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • 遅いおそい
    • ·slow
    • ·late
    • ·too late
    N5
  • 早いはやい
    • ·fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy; brisk; prompt
    • ·early; soon; earlier than usual
    • ·premature; too soon; too early
    • ·easy; simple; quick; fast
    • ·as soon as ...; the moment ...; the instant ...
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • いま
    • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
    • ·another; more
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 目め
    • ·eye; eyeball
    • ·eyesight; sight; vision
    • ·look; stare; gaze; glance
    • ·notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
    • ·an experience
    • ·viewpoint
    • ·discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
    • ·(an) appearance
    • ·chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
    • ·spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
    • ·grain (of wood, paper)
    • ·eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
    • ·intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
    • ·dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
    • ·graduation; division (of a scale)
    • ·tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
    • ·ordinal number suffix
    • ·somewhat; -ish
    • ·point (e.g. of change)
    • ·eye (empty space inside a group of stones)
    N5
  • 考えるかんがえる
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 積極的せっきょくてき
    • ·positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
    N3
  • 進歩しんぽ
    • ·progress; advance; improvement; development
    N3
  • 一方いっぽう
    • ·one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party
    • ·on the one hand; on the other hand
    • ·whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn
    • ·just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only
    N3
  • 何なに
    • ·what
    • ·you-know-what; that thing
    • ·whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
    • ·penis; (one's) thing; dick
    • ·(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
    • ·what?; huh?
    • ·hey!; come on!
    • ·oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)
    N3
  • 求めるもとめるAs it appears here: 求められて
    • ·to want; to wish for
    • ·to request; to demand; to require; to ask for
    • ·to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to find (a solution)
    • ·to purchase; to buy
    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
  • 学歴がくれき
    • ·academic background; academic credentials; academic record
    N1
  • やるAs it appears here: やります
    • ·to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
    • ·to send; to dispatch; to despatch
    • ·to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
    • ·to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
    • ·to make (a vehicle) go faster
    • ·to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
    • ·to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
    • ·to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
    • ·to ease (one's mind)
    • ·to harm; to injure; to kill
    • ·to have sex; to fuck; to bang
    • ·to live; to get by; to get along
    • ·to do ... completely
    • ·to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance
    • ·to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to
    • ·to make active efforts to ...
    • ·to suffer from (an illness); to experience (a medical condition); to be afflicted with
    N1
  • 体力たいりょく
    • ·physical strength; power; stamina; endurance; vigor; resistance to disease
    • ·strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
    N1
  • あきらめ
    • ·resignation; acceptance; consolation
    N1
  • 上司じょうし
    • ·(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
    N1
Grammar2 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • だけはN2

    Singles one thing out for emphasis, 'at least ~ (if nothing else)' / 'this one thing does hold'.

    学歴があっても学力がない人は教えた仕事だけは本当にきちんとやります。

    People who have academic credentials but lack real learning ability do indeed perform properly the work they have been taught to do.

  • 少なくともN2

    States a minimum quantity or a minimal claim — 'at least'.

    少なくとも上司の目にはそう映ります。

    At least, that is how they appear in the eyes of their supervisors.

Other levels11 patterns
  • だの～だのN1

    Reduplicated listing particle citing examples with a tone of complaint or exasperation ("what with X and Y and all that").

    つまり、「この2タイプ」は自分の仕事に対して無関心なのです。

    In other words, “these two types of people” are indifferent to their own work.

  • つまりN3

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

    つまり、「この2タイプ」は自分の仕事に対して無関心なのです。

    In other words, “these two types of people” are indifferent to their own work.

  • 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'.

    つまり、「この2タイプ」は自分の仕事に対して無関心なのです。

    In other words, “these two types of people” are indifferent to their own work.

  • てもN42 times in this passage

    Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.

    学歴があっても学力がない人は教えた仕事だけは本当にきちんとやります。

    People who have academic credentials but lack real learning ability do indeed perform properly the work they have been taught to do.

  • 〜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'.

    それはいまの仕事で自分に何が求められているかを突き詰めて考えていないから、やる気が湧いてこないのです。

    That is because they have not thought through exactly what is expected of them in their current job, so they cannot find the motivation to act.

  • がありますN52 times in this passage

    States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".

    学歴があっても学力がない人は教えた仕事だけは本当にきちんとやります。

    People who have academic credentials but lack real learning ability do indeed perform properly the work they have been taught to do.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、自分で考えることに積極的ではないので進歩が遅い。

    However, because they are not proactive about thinking for themselves, their progress is slow.

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    しかし、自分で考えることに積極的ではないので進歩が遅い。

    However, because they are not proactive about thinking for themselves, their progress is slow.

  • のでN5

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

    しかし、自分で考えることに積極的ではないので進歩が遅い。

    However, because they are not proactive about thinking for themselves, their progress is slow.

  • 〜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”.

    それはいまの仕事で自分に何が求められているかを突き詰めて考えていないから、やる気が湧いてこないのです。

    That is because they have not thought through exactly what is expected of them in their current job, so they cannot find the motivation to act.

  • だ / ですN52 times in this passage

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

    それはいまの仕事で自分に何が求められているかを突き詰めて考えていないから、やる気が湧いてこないのです。

    That is because they have not thought through exactly what is expected of them in their current job, so they cannot find the motivation to act.

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