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N3 · IntermediateLong passagePassage #159
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あなたの目めはいくつありますか。

もちろん「二ふたつ」と答こたえる人ひとがほとんどでしょう。

たしかにそのとおりですが、①それだけではいけないのです。失しっ敗ぱいを避さけて成せい功こうにつなげるためには、三みっつの目めを持もちましょう。

まずは一いち番ばん目めの「鳥とりの目め」です。勉べん強きょうでも仕し事ごとでも、いきなり細こまかいところから着ちゃく手しゅするのは、かしこい方ほう法ほうではありません。自じ分ぶんの現げん在ざい地ちが把は握あくできないのでは、頭あたまの整せい理りがしにくくなり、大おおきなストレスの原げん因いんになります。

だからこそ鳥とりの目めです。鳥とりになり、高たかい位い置ちから下したの様よう子すを把は握あくすることから始はじめるのです。本ほんであれば②を見みます。建けん築ちくであれば設計書せっけいしょを見みます。仕し事ごとであれば目もく的てきや段だん階かいなどを知しります。難むずかしく思おもえることも、大だい体たいの構こう成せいが分わかると、取とり組くみやすく（注1）なります。

次つぎに「虫むしの目め」で見みます。虫むしは、小ちいさい生いき物ものです。地ちに面めんした低ひくい位い置ちにいるからこそ、上うえからは見みえなかったことが見みえてくるようになります。ターゲット（注2）を絞しぼれば、虫むしのように狭せまく深ふかくを心こころがけ、徹底てっていするのです。

最さい後ごに「魚うおの目め」です。魚さかなは、目めには見みえない川かわの流ながれを体からだ全ぜん体たいで感かんじ取とっています。あなたは魚うおの目めを持もち、どの方ほう向こうへ流ながれていくのかを読よみ取とります。勉べん強きょうにも仕し事ごとにも流ながれがあります。歴れき史しの勉べん強きょうも流ながれを理り解かいすれば、覚おぼえやすく忘わすれにくくなります。仕し事ごとでも流ながれを理り解かいすれば、取とり組くみやすく忘わすれにくくなります。

勉べん強きょうでも仕し事ごとでも使つかえる三みっつの目めを持もちましょう。

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  1. 1①それとはどのようなことか。
  2. 2②に入る適当な言葉はどれか。
  3. 3「鳥の目」、「虫の目」、「魚の目」はそれぞれ何を指しているか。
  4. 4この文章を書いた人が一番伝えたいことは何か。

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Vocabulary21 words
  • もちろん
    • ·of course; certainly; naturally
    N3
  • とおり
    • ·street; road; avenue; thoroughfare
    • ·traffic; coming and going
    • ·flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; running
    • ·transmission (of sound); reach (of voice)
    • ·reputation; favor; favour; popularity
    • ·understanding; comprehension; comprehensibility; clarity
    • ·the same way (as); as (follows, stated, expected, etc.)
    • ·counter for sets of things
    • ·counter for methods, ways, kinds, etc.
    N3
  • 避けるさけるAs it appears here: 避けて
    • ·to avoid (physical contact with)
    • ·to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities)
    • ·to ward off; to avert
    • ·to put aside; to move out of the way
    N3
  • 成功せいこう
    • ·success; achievement
    • ·succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
    N3
  • かしこい
    • ·wise; clever; smart
    • ·well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
    N3
  • 方法ほうほう
    • ·method; way; manner; process; procedure; means; measure
    N3
  • 整理せいり
    • ·sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation
    • ·liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off
    • ·retrenchment; curtailment; cutting down; disposal
    N3
  • 位置いち
    • ·place; position; location
    • ·position; standing; status; situation
    N3
  • 様子ようす
    • ·state (of affairs); situation; circumstances
    • ·appearance; look(s); air; manner; behaviour; demeanor
    • ·sign; indication
    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
  • 建築けんちく
    • ·construction; architecture (of buildings)
    N3
  • 目的もくてき
    • ·purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
    N3
  • 構成こうせい
    • ·composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization; organisation
    N3
  • 生き物いきもの
    • ·living thing; living creature; animal; life
    N3
  • 地ち
    • ·earth; ground; land; soil
    • ·place
    • ·territory
    • ·bottom (of a package, book, etc.)
    • ·earth (one of the five elements)
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 徹底てってい
    • ·thoroughness; completeness; consistency
    • ·thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
    N3
  • 流れながれ
    • ·flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
    • ·flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
    • ·course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
    • ·group of people who remain together after the end of an event
    • ·descent; ancestry; school
    • ·forfeiture; foreclosure
    • ·cancellation
    • ·drifting; wandering; roaming
    N3
  • 方向ほうこう
    • ·direction; orientation; bearing; way
    • ·course (e.g. of action)
    N3
  • 流れるながれるAs it appears here: 流れて
    • ·to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to run (ink)
    • ·to be washed away; to be carried
    • ·to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to wander; to stray
    • ·to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire); to spread; to circulate
    • ·to be heard (e.g. music); to be played
    • ·to lapse (e.g. into indolence, despair)
    • ·to pass; to elapse; to be transmitted
    • ·to be called off; to be forfeited
    • ·to disappear; to be removed
    N3
  • 理解りかい
    • ·understanding; comprehension; appreciation
    • ·sympathy
    N3
Other levels65 words
  • あなた
    • ·you
    • ·dear; honey
    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
  • いくつ
    • ·how many
    • ·how old
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あります
    • ·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
  • 二つふたつ
    • ·two
    N5
  • 答えるこたえる
    • ·to answer; to reply
    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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 三つみっつ
    • ·three
    • ·three years of age
    N5
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持ちましょう
    • ·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
  • 鳥とり
    • ·bird
    • ·bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
    N5
  • 勉強べんきょう
    • ·study
    • ·diligence; working hard
    • ·experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future)
    • ·discount; price reduction
    N5
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    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
    • ·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
  • あるAs it appears here: ありません
    • ·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
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できない
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • 頭あたま
    • ·head
    • ·hair (on one's head)
    • ·mind; brains; intellect
    • ·leader; chief; boss; captain
    • ·top; tip
    • ·beginning; start
    • ·head; person
    • ·down payment; deposit
    • ·top structural component of a kanji
    • ·pair
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: し
    • ·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
  • なるAs it appears here: なり
    • ·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
  • 大きなおおきな
    • ·big; large; great
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なります
    • ·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
  • 高いたかい
    • ·high; tall
    • ·expensive; high-priced
    • ·high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
    • ·loud
    • ·high-pitched; shrill
    N5
  • 下した
    • ·below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
    • ·bottom
    • ·beneath; underneath
    • ·just after; right after
    • ·inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)
    • ·trade-in
    • ·preliminary; preparatory
    N5
  • 本ほん
    • ·book; volume; script
    • ·this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
    • ·main; head; principal
    • ·real; genuine; regular; proper
    • ·counter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
    • ·counter for films, TV shows, etc.
    • ·counter for telephone calls, letters, and emails
    • ·counter for goals, home runs, etc.
    • ·counter for rounds or points (in judo, kendo, etc.)
    N5
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見ます
    • ·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
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知ります
    • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
    • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
    • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
    • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
    • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
    • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
    N5
  • 難しいむずかしいAs it appears here: 難しく
    • ·difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
    • ·impossible; unfeasible
    • ·fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
    • ·gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)
    • ·dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable
    • ·unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
    N5
  • 分かるわかる
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
    • ·to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); to be found out; to make sense
    • ·I know!; I think so too!
    N5
  • 小さいちいさい
    • ·small; little; tiny
    • ·slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
    • ·low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
    • ·unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
    • ·young; juvenile
    N5
  • 低いひくい
    • ·low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)
    • ·low (position); close to the ground
    • ·short (height)
    • ·deep (voice); in a low key; low (volume)
    N5
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 狭いせまいAs it appears here: 狭く
    • ·narrow; confined; small; cramped
    • ·limited; narrow-minded; confining
    N5
  • 魚さかな
    • ·fish
    N5
  • 川かわ
    • ·river; stream
    • ·River; the ... river
    N5
  • 体からだ
    • ·body
    • ·torso; trunk
    • ·build; physique; frame; figure
    • ·health; constitution
    N5
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持ち
    • ·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
  • どの
    • ·which; what (way)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: すれば
    • ·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
  • 覚えるおぼえるAs it appears here: 覚え
    • ·to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
    • ·to learn; to pick up; to acquire
    • ·to feel
    • ·to think; to regard
    N5
  • 忘れるわすれるAs it appears here: 忘れ
    • ·to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
    N5
  • ほとんど
    • ·almost; nearly; mostly; practically; virtually; basically; just about; all but
    • ·hardly; barely; scarcely; little
    • ·large majority; large proportion; greater part; most (of); almost all (of)
    N4
  • 失敗しっぱい
    • ·failure; mistake; blunder
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 細かいこまかい
    • ·small
    • ·fine; minute
    • ·minor; trivial
    • ·sensitive; attentive
    • ·careful; frugal; stingy
    N4
  • 原因げんいん
    • ·cause; origin; source
    N4
  • 始めるはじめる
    • ·to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
    • ·to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
    • ·to start ...; to begin to ...
    N4
  • 大体だいたい
    • ·generally; on the whole; mostly; almost; nearly; approximately; roughly; about
    • ·general; rough
    • ·outline; main points; gist; substance; essence
    • ·in the first place; first and foremost; from the start; to begin with
    N4
  • 虫むし
    • ·insect; bug; cricket; moth
    • ·worm; roundworm
    • ·thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious
    • ·nervousness; fretfulness
    • ·person devoted to one thing; single-minded person
    • ·valve core
    • ·mushi (type of game played with a stripped deck)
    N4
  • 見えるみえるAs it appears here: 見えなかった
    • ·to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
    • ·to look; to seem; to appear
    • ·to come
    N4
  • 見えるみえるAs it appears here: 見えて
    • ·to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
    • ·to look; to seem; to appear
    • ·to come
    N4
  • 深いふかいAs it appears here: 深く
    • ·deep
    • ·profound
    • ·dense; thick
    • ·close (relationship)
    • ·intense; strong
    • ·late
    N4
  • 最後さいご
    • ·end; conclusion
    • ·last; final; latest; most recent
    • ·no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences)
    • ·one's final moments
    N4
  • 見えるみえるAs it appears here: 見えない
    • ·to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
    • ·to look; to seem; to appear
    • ·to come
    N4
  • 歴史れきし
    • ·history
    N4
  • つなげる
    • ·to connect
    • ·to tie; to fasten
    • ·to transfer (phone call)
    N2
  • いきなり
    • ·abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
    N2
  • 段階だんかい
    • ·stage; step; phase
    • ·level; rank; grade; gradation
    • ·order
    • ·stairs
    N2
  • 絞るしぼるAs it appears here: 絞れば
    • ·to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze
    • ·to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk
    • ·to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
    • ·to extort; to exploit
    • ·to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke
    • ·to drill into; to train
    • ·to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
    • ·to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
    • ·to stop down (lens)
    • ·to turn down (e.g. radio)
    • ·to bend (bow); to draw
    • ·to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize
    • ·to squeeze
    N2
  • 着手ちゃくしゅ
    • ·starting work (on); setting to work (on); setting about (doing); beginning; commencing; embarking on
    • ·commencing (a crime)
    • ·playing (a move)
    N1
  • 把握はあく
    • ·grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
    N1
  • 取り組むとりくむAs it appears here: 取り組み
    • ·to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
    • ·to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
    N1
  • やすいAs it appears here: やすく
    • ·easy
    • ·likely to ...; have a tendency to ...
    • ·easy to ...
    N1
Grammar3 patterns

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  • ためにN3

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

    失敗を避けて成功につなげるためには、三つの目を持ちましょう。

    To avoid failure and lead yourself to success, you should have three kinds of “eyes.”

  • こそN3

    Emphatic particle singling out the preceding word as precisely the right or decisive one — 'precisely, exactly, ...for sure.'

    だからこそ鳥の目です。

    That is precisely why you need a bird’s eye.

  • ことからN3

    Introduces the fact or evidence from which a conclusion, name, or judgment follows — 'because of the fact that / which is why.'

    鳥になり、高い位置から下の様子を把握することから始めるのです。

    Become a bird and begin by taking in the situation below from a high vantage point.

Other levels18 patterns
  • 確かにN2

    concedes a point as true before countering it, or asserts certainty, 'admittedly / certainly (~ but)'.

    たしかにそのとおりですが、①それだけではいけないのです。

    That is certainly true, but ①that alone is not enough.

  • いきなりN2

    An adverb for something happening abruptly with no lead-up — 'suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning'.

    勉強でも仕事でも、いきなり細かいところから着手するのは、かしこい方法ではありません。

    Whether in study or work, immediately starting with the small details is not a wise approach.

  • からこそN2

    Emphasizes a reason as the very cause — 'precisely because,' 'it is exactly because.'

    地に面した低い位置にいるからこそ、上からは見えなかったことが見えてくるようになります。

    Because they are at a low position close to the ground, they can see things that were invisible from above.

  • だけでN4

    'Just by / with only' — a single small condition alone is enough to produce the result.

    たしかにそのとおりですが、①それだけではいけないのです。

    That is certainly true, but ①that alone is not enough.

  • にくいN43 times in this passage

    Attaches to a verb stem to say an action is hard to perform, 'difficult to ~ / hard to ~.'

    自分の現在地が把握できないのでは、頭の整理がしにくくなり、大きなストレスの原因になります。

    If you cannot grasp where you currently stand, it becomes difficult to organize your thoughts, which can cause considerable stress.

  • などN4

    Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.

    仕事であれば目的や段階などを知ります。

    If it is work, learn about its purpose, stages, and so on.

  • やすいN43 times in this passage

    Attaches to a verb stem to mean the action is easy to do ('easy to ~').

    難しく思えることも、大体の構成が分かると、取り組みやすくなります。

    Even things that seem difficult become easier to tackle once you understand their overall structure.

  • 〜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'.

    地に面した低い位置にいるからこそ、上からは見えなかったことが見えてくるようになります。

    Because they are at a low position close to the ground, they can see things that were invisible from above.

  • ようになるN4

    Expresses a gradual change reaching a new state or acquired ability, "come to / become able to".

    地に面した低い位置にいるからこそ、上からは見えなかったことが見えてくるようになります。

    Because they are at a low position close to the ground, they can see things that were invisible from above.

  • ように / ようなN4

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

    ターゲットを絞れば、虫のように狭く深くを心がけ、徹底するのです。

    Once you narrow down your target, be like an insect: focus on a narrow area, go deep, and pursue it thoroughly.

  • 〜ていくN4

    Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.

    あなたは魚の目を持ち、どの方向へ流れていくのかを読み取ります。

    You should have a fish’s eye and read which direction the flow is heading.

  • だろうN5

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

    もちろん「二つ」と答える人がほとんどでしょう。

    Of course, most people would answer, “Two.”

  • だ / ですN58 times in this passage

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

    たしかにそのとおりですが、①それだけではいけないのです。

    That is certainly true, but ①that alone is not enough.

  • 〜ましょうN52 times in this passage

    A polite invitation or suggestion to do something together — “let's do”.

    失敗を避けて成功につなげるためには、三つの目を持ちましょう。

    To avoid failure and lead yourself to success, you should have three kinds of “eyes.”

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    勉強でも仕事でも、いきなり細かいところから着手するのは、かしこい方法ではありません。

    Whether in study or work, immediately starting with the small details is not a wise approach.

  • のでN5

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

    自分の現在地が把握できないのでは、頭の整理がしにくくなり、大きなストレスの原因になります。

    If you cannot grasp where you currently stand, it becomes difficult to organize your thoughts, which can cause considerable stress.

  • 〜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”.

    魚は、目には見えない川の流れを体全体で感じ取っています。

    Fish sense with their entire bodies the flow of a river, which cannot be seen with the eyes.

  • がありますN5

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

    勉強にも仕事にも流れがあります。

    Both study and work have their own flow.

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