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好すきな人ひとと会かい話わをするのなら、禁きん句く（注）にしたい言こと葉ばがある。それは「はい」と「いいえ」だ。例たとえば、「海かい外がい旅りょ行こうに行いったことある？」という質しつ問もんに「いいえ」で返かえしてしまうと、終おわりだ。別べつに相あい手ての話はなしに肯こう定ていも否ひ定ていもするな、と言いっているわけではない。「はい」と「いいえ」は使つかわず、別べつの表ひょう現げんに言いい換かえてみよう。「海かい外がい旅りょ行こうに行いったことある？」という質しつ問もんに「行おこなったことはないけど行おこなってみたい。一いち番ばん行おこなってみたいのは中ちゅう国ごく。万ばん里りの長ちょう城じょうを実際じっさいに見みてみたい」そう言いうと、相あい手ては興きょう味みを引ひかれ、会かい話わがさらに続つづくことだろう。

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  1. 1筆者が「はい」と「いいえ」を禁句にしたがる理由は何か。

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Vocabulary6 words
  • 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
  • 別にべつに
    • ·(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially
    • ·separately; apart; additionally; extra
    N3
  • 相手あいて
    • ·companion; partner; company
    • ·other party; addressee; counterparty
    • ·opponent (sports, etc.)
    N3
  • 否定ひてい
    • ·denial; negation; repudiation; disavowal
    • ·negation
    • ·NOT operation
    N3
  • 表現ひょうげん
    • ·expression; representation; description
    • ·representation (of a group)
    N3
  • さらに
    • ·furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
    N3
Other levels26 words
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: したい
    • ·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
  • 言葉ことば
    • ·language; dialect
    • ·word; phrase; expression; term
    • ·speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
    • ·words; remark; statement; comment
    • ·learning to speak; language acquisition
    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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行った
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • 質問しつもん
    • ·question; inquiry; enquiry
    N5
  • 返すかえすAs it appears here: 返して
    • ·to return (something); to restore; to put back
    • ·to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
    • ·to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate
    • ·to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back
    • ·to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back)
    • ·to do again; to do repeatedly
    N5
  • 話はなし
    • ·talk; speech; chat; conversation
    • ·topic; subject
    • ·discussions; negotiation; argument
    • ·rumor; talk; hearsay
    • ·tale; story; fable
    • ·circumstances; particulars
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言って
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 使うつかうAs it appears here: 使わ
    • ·to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
    • ·to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
    • ·to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
    • ·to use (language); to speak
    N5
  • 一番いちばん
    • ·number one; first; first place
    • ·best; most
    • ·game; round; bout
    • ·as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
    • ·song (e.g. in noh); piece
    N5
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見て
    • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
    • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
    • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
    • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
    • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
    • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
    N5
  • 言ういう
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 引くひくAs it appears here: 引かれ
    • ·to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
    • ·to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
    • ·to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
    • ·to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
    • ·to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
    • ·to catch (a cold)
    • ·to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
    • ·to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to check
    • ·to haul; to pull (vehicles)
    • ·to subtract; to deduct
    • ·to recede; to ebb; to fade
    • ·to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
    • ·to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
    • ·to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
    • ·to hold (e.g. a note)
    • ·to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)
    • ·to move back; to draw back; to recede; to fall back; to retreat
    • ·to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
    • ·to resign; to retire; to quit
    • ·to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour); to be turned off; to recoil (in disgust, etc.); to cringe
    • ·to draw back; to pull back; to retreat
    N5
  • 会話かいわ
    • ·conversation; talk; chat
    N4
  • 例えばたとえば
    • ·for example; for instance; e.g.
    N4
  • わけ
    • ·reason; cause; grounds
    • ·meaning; sense
    • ·(good) sense; reason
    • ·circumstances; case
    • ·(romantic) relationship; love affair
    N4
  • 別べつ
    • ·distinction; difference; discrimination
    • ·separate; different; another; extra
    • ·exception; exclusion
    • ·classified by; ranked by; according to
    N4
  • 行うおこなうAs it appears here: 行って
    • ·to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
    N4
  • 興味きょうみ
    • ·interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
    N4
  • 続くつづく
    • ·to continue; to last; to go on
    • ·to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
    • ·to occur again and again
    • ·to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
    • ·to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
    • ·to hold out; to keep; to last
    N4
  • 肯定こうてい
    • ·affirmation
    • ·affirmative
    N2
  • 終わるおわるAs it appears here: 終わりだ
    • ·to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over
    • ·to finish; to complete; to conclude
    • ·to finish doing
    • ·to be past its (one's) prime
    • ·to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopeless
    N1
Grammar4 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • 例えば（たとえば）N3

    Introduces an illustrative instance, 'for example / for instance'.

    例えば、「海外旅行に行ったことある？」という質問に「いいえ」で返してしまうと、終わりだ。

    For example, if someone asks, “Have you ever traveled abroad?” and you simply answer “No,” the conversation ends there.

  • というN33 times in this passage

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

    例えば、「海外旅行に行ったことある？」という質問に「いいえ」で返してしまうと、終わりだ。

    For example, if someone asks, “Have you ever traveled abroad?” and you simply answer “No,” the conversation ends there.

  • わけではないN3

    Partially denies an assumed conclusion — 'it's not (necessarily) that ~', 'doesn't necessarily mean ~'.

    別に相手の話に肯定も否定もするな、と言っているわけではない。

    I am not saying that you should neither agree nor disagree with what the other person says.

  • 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.'

    「海外旅行に行ったことある？」という質問に「行ったことはないけど行ってみたい。

    If asked, “Have you ever traveled abroad?”, you could answer, “I haven’t, but I’d like to.

Other levels11 patterns
  • さらにN2

    Adds a further point or a greater degree — 'furthermore', 'moreover', 'even more'.

    万里の長城を実際に見てみたい」そう言うと、相手は興味を引かれ、会話がさらに続くことだろう。

    I’d like to see the Great Wall with my own eyes.” If you say something like that, the other person will become interested and the conversation will probably continue.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN4

    Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

    例えば、「海外旅行に行ったことある？」という質問に「いいえ」で返してしまうと、終わりだ。

    For example, if someone asks, “Have you ever traveled abroad?” and you simply answer “No,” the conversation ends there.

  • 〜てみるN44 times in this passage

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

    「はい」と「いいえ」は使わず、別の表現に言い換えてみよう。

    Try avoiding “yes” and “no” and expressing yourself in another way.

  • にするN5

    To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'

    好きな人と会話をするのなら、禁句にしたい言葉がある。

    When talking with someone you like, there are certain words that I would like to make taboo.

  • 〜たいN54 times in this passage

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

    好きな人と会話をするのなら、禁句にしたい言葉がある。

    When talking with someone you like, there are certain words that I would like to make taboo.

  • がありますN5

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

    好きな人と会話をするのなら、禁句にしたい言葉がある。

    When talking with someone you like, there are certain words that I would like to make taboo.

  • に行くN52 times in this passage

    Go somewhere in order to do something — [verb masu-stem] + に行く, 'go to (do) …'.

    例えば、「海外旅行に行ったことある？」という質問に「いいえ」で返してしまうと、終わりだ。

    For example, if someone asks, “Have you ever traveled abroad?” and you simply answer “No,” the conversation ends there.

  • 〜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”.

    別に相手の話に肯定も否定もするな、と言っているわけではない。

    I am not saying that you should neither agree nor disagree with what the other person says.

  • けどN5

    Colloquial conjunctive particle joining two clauses in contrast — "but / though / although."

    「海外旅行に行ったことある？」という質問に「行ったことはないけど行ってみたい。

    If asked, “Have you ever traveled abroad?”, you could answer, “I haven’t, but I’d like to.

  • 一番（いちばん）N5

    Marks the superlative, singling out the top item in a group — "the most / the best / number one".

    一番行ってみたいのは中国。

    The place I most want to visit is China.

  • だろうN5

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

    万里の長城を実際に見てみたい」そう言うと、相手は興味を引かれ、会話がさらに続くことだろう。

    I’d like to see the Great Wall with my own eyes.” If you say something like that, the other person will become interested and the conversation will probably continue.

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