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N3 · IntermediateMedium passagePassage #158
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フランスパリではいぬいるひとおおが、さんつれていくいぬアパートげんかんところフンしても、それかたづけるひとだれいないと、パリながいる日本人にっぽんじんいますとうきょうじゅうたくあるいると、わたしよくいぬさんには、わりばし(注1)かみぶくろいるひとおおのでフンどうけがことわるかんがいるひとは「1」日本にっぽんほうおおのではないかとおもフランスではいぬさんさせるひとフンかたづけるのは、そうするひとごととってしまうのだというのが「2」ふつうかんがようおもからです

しかしそのかんがおかしいおもまちなかいぬつれてあるには、まちうつくまもというひつようなのではないでしょうか。なぜそうおもかというと、「パリどうにはいぬフンとてもおおそれかたづけるためにはねんかん7000まんフラン(注2)やく12おくえんかかるというしんぶんからですそのかねだれいるでしょうか。

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  1. 1何が[1]日本のほうが多いのか。
  2. 2[2]ふつうの考えとは、ここではどんな考えか。

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Vocabulary11 words
  • 飼うかうAs it appears here: 飼って
    • ·to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
    N3
  • 道路どうろ
    • ·road; highway
    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
  • 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
  • 考えかんがえ
    • ·thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept
    • ·idea; notion; imagination
    • ·intention; plan; design
    • ·consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection
    • ·wish; hope; expectation
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 守るまもる
    • ·to protect; to guard; to defend
    • ·to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
    N3
  • 歩道ほどう
    • ·footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
    N3
  • 年間ねんかん
    • ·(period of) a year
    • ·during the era (of)
    N3
  • やく
    • ·approximately; about
    • ·promise; appointment; engagement
    • ·shortening; reduction; simplification
    • ·contraction (in phonetics)
    N3
  • えん
    • ·yen (currency of Japan)
    • ·circle
    N3
Other levels51 words
  • いぬ
    • ·dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine
    • ·squealer; rat; snitch; informer; informant; spy
    • ·loser; asshole
    • ·counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
    N5
  • 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
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 散歩さんぽ
    • ·walk; stroll
    N5
  • 玄関げんかん
    • ·entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room
    N5
  • 出るでるAs it appears here: 出た
    • ·to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
    • ·to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
    • ·to move forward
    • ·to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
    • ·to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display
    • ·to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out
    • ·to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform
    • ·to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised
    • ·to sell
    • ·to exceed; to go over
    • ·to stick out; to protrude
    • ·to break out; to occur; to start; to originate
    • ·to be produced
    • ·to come from; to be derived from
    • ·to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid
    • ·to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get
    • ·to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave
    • ·to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain
    • ·to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed
    • ·to graduate
    • ·to ejaculate; to cum
    N5
  • ところ
    • ·place; spot; scene; site
    • ·address
    • ·district; area; locality
    • ·one's house
    • ·point; aspect; side; facet
    • ·passage (in text); part
    • ·space; room
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·whereupon; as a result
    • ·about to; on the verge of
    • ·was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
    • ·approximately; around; about
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: して
    • ·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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • だれ
    • ·who
    N5
  • いるAs it appears here: いない
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 長いながいAs it appears here: 長く
    • ·long (distance, length)
    • ·long (time); protracted; prolonged
    N5
  • 住むすむAs it appears here: 住んで
    • ·to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書いて
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • 歩くあるくAs it appears here: 歩いて
    • ·to walk
    N5
  • わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • よく
    • ·nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
    • ·frequently; often
    • ·I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
    • ·(you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
    N5
  • 見るみる
    • ·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
  • するAs it appears here:
    • ·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
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持って
    • ·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
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: させる
    • ·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
  • 掃除そうじ
    • ·cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
    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
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • まち
    • ·town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
    • ·downtown; main street
    • ·street; road
    N5
  • なか
    • ·inside; interior
    • ·among; within
    • ·middle; center; centre
    • ·during; while; middle; midst; amid
    • ·interval; gap
    • ·mean; average
    • ·second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
    • ·medium grade; medium quality
    • ·red-light district
    N5
  • 歩くあるく
    • ·to walk
    N5
  • なぜ
    • ·why; how; for what reason
    N5
  • 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
  • とても
    • ·very; awfully; exceedingly
    • ·(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
    N5
  • 多いおおいAs it appears here: 多く
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • まん
    • ·10,000; ten thousand
    • ·myriad
    • ·everything; all
    • ·various
    N5
  • かかる
    • ·to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
    • ·to hang
    • ·to come into view; to arrive
    • ·to come under (a contract, a tax)
    • ·to start (engines, motors)
    • ·to attend; to deal with; to handle
    • ·to have started to; to be on the verge of
    • ·to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover
    • ·to (come) at
    • ·to be fastened
    • ·to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
    • ·to be caught in
    • ·to get a call
    • ·to depend on
    • ·to begin (a task); to set about (doing); to get down to
    N5
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読んだ
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • お金おかね
    • ·money
    N5
  • 出すだすAs it appears here: 出して
    • ·to take out; to get out
    • ·to put out; to reveal; to show
    • ·to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in
    • ·to publish; to make public
    • ·to send (e.g. letter)
    • ·to produce (a sound); to start (fire)
    • ·to serve (food)
    • ·... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out)
    • ·to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...
    N5
  • かたづける
    • ·to put in order; to tidy up; to clean up; to put away; to clear away
    • ·to settle (a matter); to solve; to deal with; to dispose of
    • ·to finish; to get through; to complete; to get (something) done
    • ·to marry off (one's daughter)
    • ·to do away with (someone); to bump off; to kill; to eliminate
    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
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思います
    • ·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
  • ふつう
    • ·normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average
    • ·normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly
    • ·local train; train that stops at every station
    N4
  • おかしい
    • ·funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous
    • ·strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; wrong; unusual; eccentric
    • ·wrong; unsuitable; improper; inappropriate; unbecoming
    • ·suspicious
    N4
  • 気持ちきもち
    • ·feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind
    • ·preparedness; readiness; attitude
    • ·thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude
    • ·slightly; a bit; a little
    N4
  • 必要ひつよう
    • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
    • ·necessity; need; requirement
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思った
    • ·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
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • おく
    • ·hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
    N4
  • 汚すけがす
    • ·to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain
    • ·to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile
    N2
  • フンふん
    • ·minute (unit of time)
    • ·fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
    N1
Grammar6 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • につれてN3

    Expresses that as one thing changes, another changes proportionally alongside it; 'as', 'in proportion to'.

    フランスのパリでは犬を飼っている人が多いが、散歩につれていく犬がアパートの玄関を出たところでフンをしても、それをかたづける人はだれもいないと、パリに長く住んでいる日本人が書いています。

    A Japanese person who has lived in Paris, France, for many years writes that although many people there own dogs, no one cleans up after them even if a dog relieves itself just outside the entrance of an apartment building while being taken for a walk.

  • ところでN3

    After a past-plain verb, concedes that even carrying out the action would be pointless — "even if ~; no matter how much ~, it's no use".

    フランスのパリでは犬を飼っている人が多いが、散歩につれていく犬がアパートの玄関を出たところでフンをしても、それをかたづける人はだれもいないと、パリに長く住んでいる日本人が書いています。

    A Japanese person who has lived in Paris, France, for many years writes that although many people there own dogs, no one cleans up after them even if a dog relieves itself just outside the entrance of an apartment building while being taken for a walk.

  • 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'.

    フランスでは犬を散歩させる人がフンをかたづけるのは、掃除をする人の仕事をとってしまうのだというのが「2」ふつうの考えのように思えるからです。

    This is because in France, the 「2」common way of thinking seems to be that if dog walkers clean up the waste themselves, they are taking work away from street cleaners.

  • と言うと(というと)N3

    'Speaking of…' / 'when it comes to…' — takes up a topic just mentioned and continues from it.

    なぜかそう思ったかというと、「パリの歩道には犬のフンがとても多く、それをかたづけるためには年間7000万フラン(約12億円)かかる」という新聞記事を読んだからです。

    I came to think this because I read a newspaper article saying, “There is a great deal of dog waste on the sidewalks of Paris, and it costs 70 million francs(about 1.2 billion yen)a year to clean it up.”

  • ためにN3

    marks a purpose ('in order to') or a cause ('because of / owing to').

    なぜかそう思ったかというと、「パリの歩道には犬のフンがとても多く、それをかたづけるためには年間7000万フラン(約12億円)かかる」という新聞記事を読んだからです。

    I came to think this because I read a newspaper article saying, “There is a great deal of dog waste on the sidewalks of Paris, and it costs 70 million francs(about 1.2 billion yen)a year to clean it up.”

  • のでしょうかN3

    Softens a question to ask for the reason or explanation behind something — 'I wonder why...', 'could it be that...'.

    そのお金はだれが出しているのでしょうか

    Who pays that money?

Other levels17 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").

    町の中で犬をつれて歩くには、町の美しさを守るという気持ちが必要なのではないでしょうか。

    If you walk a dog through a city, shouldn’t you have a sense of responsibility for preserving the city’s beauty?

  • ではないかN2

    Rhetorically seeks agreement or expresses a realization — 'isn't it? / right? / surely.'

    東京の住宅地を歩いていると、私がよく見る犬の散歩には、わりばしと紙袋を持っている人が多いので、フンで道路を汚すことを悪いと考えている人は「1」日本のほうが多いのではないかと思います。

    When I walk through residential areas in Tokyo, many of the people I see walking dogs carry disposable chopsticks and paper bags, so I think there may be more people in 「1」Japan who consider it wrong to dirty the streets with dog waste.

  • てもN4

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

    フランスのパリでは犬を飼っている人が多いが、散歩につれていく犬がアパートの玄関を出たところでフンをしても、それをかたづける人はだれもいないと、パリに長く住んでいる日本人が書いています。

    A Japanese person who has lived in Paris, France, for many years writes that although many people there own dogs, no one cleans up after them even if a dog relieves itself just outside the entrance of an apartment building while being taken for a walk.

  • と思う(とおもう)N42 times in this passage

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

    東京の住宅地を歩いていると、私がよく見る犬の散歩には、わりばしと紙袋を持っている人が多いので、フンで道路を汚すことを悪いと考えている人は「1」日本のほうが多いのではないかと思います

    When I walk through residential areas in Tokyo, many of the people I see walking dogs carry disposable chopsticks and paper bags, so I think there may be more people in 「1」Japan who consider it wrong to dirty the streets with dog waste.

  • させるN4

    Causative construction — make or let someone do an action ('make/let ~ do').

    フランスでは犬を散歩させる人がフンをかたづけるのは、掃除をする人の仕事をとってしまうのだというのが「2」ふつうの考えのように思えるからです。

    This is because in France, the 「2」common way of thinking seems to be that if dog walkers clean up the waste themselves, they are taking work away from street cleaners.

  • 〜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.

    フランスでは犬を散歩させる人がフンをかたづけるのは、掃除をする人の仕事をとってしまうのだというのが「2」ふつうの考えのように思えるからです。

    This is because in France, the 「2」common way of thinking seems to be that if dog walkers clean up the waste themselves, they are taking work away from street cleaners.

  • ように / ようなN4

    Likens or exemplifies one thing by another, "like / as / similar to (a)".

    フランスでは犬を散歩させる人がフンをかたづけるのは、掃除をする人の仕事をとってしまうのだというのが「2」ふつうの考えのように思えるからです。

    This is because in France, the 「2」common way of thinking seems to be that if dog walkers clean up the waste themselves, they are taking work away from street cleaners.

  • 〜の中でN4

    Marks a set or group as the domain of a comparison — "among ~ / of all ~", typically paired with a superlative.

    の中で犬をつれて歩くには、町の美しさを守るという気持ちが必要なのではないでしょうか。

    If you walk a dog through a city, shouldn’t you have a sense of responsibility for preserving the city’s beauty?

  • が必要(がひつよう)N4

    Marks something as necessary or required — 'need X / X is necessary'.

    町の中で犬をつれて歩くには、町の美しさを守るという気持ちが必要なのではないでしょうか。

    If you walk a dog through a city, shouldn’t you have a sense of responsibility for preserving the city’s beauty?

  • 〜ているN56 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”.

    フランスのパリでは犬を飼っている人が多いが、散歩につれていく犬がアパートの玄関を出たところでフンをしても、それをかたづける人はだれもいないと、パリに長く住んでいる日本人が書いています。

    A Japanese person who has lived in Paris, France, for many years writes that although many people there own dogs, no one cleans up after them even if a dog relieves itself just outside the entrance of an apartment building while being taken for a walk.

  • のでN5

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

    東京の住宅地を歩いていると、私がよく見る犬の散歩には、わりばしと紙袋を持っている人が多いので、フンで道路を汚すことを悪いと考えている人は「1」日本のほうが多いのではないかと思います。

    When I walk through residential areas in Tokyo, many of the people I see walking dogs carry disposable chopsticks and paper bags, so I think there may be more people in 「1」Japan who consider it wrong to dirty the streets with dog waste.

  • より〜ほうがN5

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

    東京の住宅地を歩いていると、私がよく見る犬の散歩には、わりばしと紙袋を持っている人が多いので、フンで道路を汚すことを悪いと考えている人は「1」日本のほうが多いのではないかと思います。

    When I walk through residential areas in Tokyo, many of the people I see walking dogs carry disposable chopsticks and paper bags, so I think there may be more people in 「1」Japan who consider it wrong to dirty the streets with dog waste.

  • 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'.

    フランスでは犬を散歩させる人がフンをかたづけるのは、掃除をする人の仕事をとってしまうのだというのが「2」ふつうの考えのように思えるからです

    This is because in France, the 「2」common way of thinking seems to be that if dog walkers clean up the waste themselves, they are taking work away from street cleaners.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、その考えはおかしいと思います。

    However, I think that way of thinking is strange.

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    町の中で犬をつれて歩くには、町の美しさを守るという気持ちが必要なのではないでしょうか。

    If you walk a dog through a city, shouldn’t you have a sense of responsibility for preserving the city’s beauty?

  • だろうN5

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

    町の中で犬をつれて歩くには、町の美しさを守るという気持ちが必要なのではないでしょうか。

    If you walk a dog through a city, shouldn’t you have a sense of responsibility for preserving the city’s beauty?

  • とてもN5

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

    なぜかそう思ったかというと、「パリの歩道には犬のフンがとても多く、それをかたづけるためには年間7000万フラン(約12億円)かかる」という新聞記事を読んだからです。

    I came to think this because I read a newspaper article saying, “There is a great deal of dog waste on the sidewalks of Paris, and it costs 70 million francs(about 1.2 billion yen)a year to clean it up.”

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