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最さい近きん、新あたらしいタイプのピーマンが店みせに並ならぶようになりました。このピーマンは、今いままでのものとは形かたちも味あじも違ちがっています。それまでピーマンというと、苦にがさと強つよいにおいのため、子こ供どもにとっては、嫌きらいな野や菜さいの一ひとつでした。

しかし、この新あたらしいタイプのピーマンは、ほとんど苦にがくなくて、においもあまりしません。小しょう学がく生せいに試し食しょくしてもらったら、約やく8割わりが、生なまで食たべてもおいしいと答こたえたそうです。子こ供どもも好すきになれるピーマンの誕たん生じょうです。

実じつは、この新あたらしいタイプのピーマンの研けん究きゅうには、10年ねんもかかっています。その出発点しゅっぱつてんは、外がい国こく産さんのとうがらしです。これは日本人にっぽんじんには辛つらすぎるものでしたが、偶ぐう然ぜん辛つらくないものが見みつかったのです。その後ご、そのとうがらしの良よい点てんを利り用ようして、新あたらしいタイプのピーマンが作つくられたということです。

この新あたらしいタイプのピーマンが作つくられるまでは、親おやが子こ供どもにピーマンを食たべさせるのは大たい変へんでした。そんな親おやたちも、楽らくになると言いって喜よろこんでいるそうです。

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  1. 1おいしいと答えたのはなぜか。
  2. 2出発点とあるが、何か出発点となったのか。
  3. 3この文章のテーマは何か。

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Vocabulary8 words
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • におい
    • ·smell; scent; odour; odor; stench
    • ·aura; whiff; smack; flavour; flavor; mood
    • ·faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
    N3
  • 約やく
    • ·approximately; about
    • ·promise; appointment; engagement
    • ·shortening; reduction; simplification
    • ·contraction (in phonetics)
    N3
  • 生なま
    • ·raw; uncooked; fresh
    • ·natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
    • ·unprotected (sex); raw; bareback
    • ·live (i.e. not recorded)
    • ·inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
    • ·impudence; sauciness
    • ·unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
    • ·blank (e.g. disk); unused
    • ·just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-
    • ·insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory
    • ·cash
    • ·tipsiness
    N3
  • 誕生たんじょう
    • ·birth (of a person); nativity
    • ·creation; formation; birth; origin; making
    • ·one's first birthday
    N3
  • 実はじつは
    • ·as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
    N3
  • 偶然ぐうぜん
    • ·coincidence; chance; accident; fortuity
    • ·by chance; unexpectedly; accidentally
    • ·contingency
    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
Other levels47 words
  • 新しいあたらしい
    • ·new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
    N5
  • 店みせ
    • ·store; shop; establishment; restaurant
    N5
  • 並ぶならぶ
    • ·to line up; to stand in a line
    • ·to rival; to match; to equal
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なりました
    • ·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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    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
  • 違うちがうAs it appears here: 違って
    • ·to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
    • ·to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
    • ·to become abnormal; to go wrong
    • ·isn't it?; wasn't it?
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    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
  • 強いつよい
    • ·strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough
    • ·strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged
    • ·good (at); skilled; knowledgeable
    • ·being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient
    • ·firm; rigid; solid
    • ·intense; strong; fierce; high
    • ·dependable; trustworthy
    N5
  • 子供こども
    • ·child; children
    N5
  • 嫌いきらい
    • ·disliked; hated; disagreeable
    • ·tendency; smack (of); touch (of)
    • ·distinction; discrimination
    N5
  • 野菜やさい
    • ·vegetable
    • ·marijuana; cannabis
    N5
  • 一つひとつ
    • ·one
    • ·for one thing
    • ·only
    • ·(not) even
    • ·just (e.g. "just try it")
    • ·some kind of; one type of
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • あまり
    • ·remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers
    • ·(not) very; (not) much
    • ·too much; excessively; overly
    • ·extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible
    • ·not very good; so-so; mediocre
    • ·more than; over
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しません
    • ·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
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べて
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • おいしい
    • ·good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty
    • ·attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable
    N5
  • 答えるこたえるAs it appears here: 答えた
    • ·to answer; to reply
    N5
  • 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
  • かかるAs it appears here: かかって
    • ·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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 辛いつらいAs it appears here: 辛
    • ·spicy; hot
    • ·salty
    • ·harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict
    • ·painful; bitter; difficult; tough
    N5
  • 辛いつらいAs it appears here: 辛くない
    • ·spicy; hot
    • ·salty
    • ·harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict
    • ·painful; bitter; difficult; tough
    N5
  • 良いよい
    • ·good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
    • ·profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
    • ·OK; all right; fine; no problem
    • ·easy to ...
    N5
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作られた
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作られる
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べさせる
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    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
  • 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
  • 最近さいきん
    • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
    • ·nearest; closest
    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
  • 味あじ
    • ·flavor; flavour; taste
    • ·charm; appeal; uniqueness; attractiveness
    • ·experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
    • ·smart; clever; witty; strange
    • ·aji; (expl.) position that has some lingering potential that may be exploited later in the game
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 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
  • 苦いにがいAs it appears here: 苦くなくて
    • ·bitter
    N4
  • なれる
    • ·to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with
    • ·to become skilled in; to become experienced at
    • ·to become tame; to become domesticated
    • ·to get used to doing
    N4
  • 研究けんきゅう
    • ·research; study; investigation
    N4
  • 見つかるみつかるAs it appears here: 見つかった
    • ·to be found; to be discovered
    N4
  • 点てん
    • ·dot; spot; point; speck; mark
    • ·mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points
    • ·point (in a game); score; goal; run
    • ·point
    • ·point; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint
    • ·(punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot
    • ·"dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
    • ·counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
    • ·counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
    N4
  • 利用りよう
    • ·use; utilization; utilisation; application
    N4
  • 親おや
    • ·parent; parents; mother and father
    • ·dealer; banker
    • ·founder; inventor
    • ·(pet) owner
    • ·key; parent (organization); main
    • ·ancestor; forefather
    N4
  • 喜ぶよろこぶAs it appears here: 喜んで
    • ·to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice
    • ·to congratulate
    • ·to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to
    • ·to do with pleasure; to do gladly; to be happy (to do)
    N4
  • 小学生しょうがくせい
    • ·elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
    N2
Grammar6 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • 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.

    それまでピーマンというと、苦さと強いにおいのため、子供にとっては、嫌いな野菜の一つでした。

    Until then, green peppers were known for their bitterness and strong smell, making them one of the vegetables children disliked.

  • ためにN3

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

    それまでピーマンというと、苦さと強いにおいのため、子供にとっては、嫌いな野菜の一つでした。

    Until then, green peppers were known for their bitterness and strong smell, making them one of the vegetables children disliked.

  • にとってN3

    Marks the person or thing from whose standpoint something is judged or matters; 'for', 'to'.

    それまでピーマンというと、苦さと強いにおいのため、子供にとっては、嫌いな野菜の一つでした。

    Until then, green peppers were known for their bitterness and strong smell, making them one of the vegetables children disliked.

  • あまり〜ないN3

    The degree adverb あまり, typically with a following negative, expresses a limited degree, "not very / not much."

    しかし、この新しいタイプのピーマンは、ほとんど苦くなくて、においもあまりしません。

    However, this new type of green pepper is hardly bitter and has very little smell.

  • ということだN3

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

    その後、そのとうがらしの良い点を利用して、新しいタイプのピーマンが作られたということです。

    After that, the good qualities of that chili pepper were used to create this new type of green pepper.

  • というN3

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

    そんな親たちも、楽になると言って喜んでいるそうです。

    Those parents are reportedly pleased as well, saying that things will now become easier.

Other levels11 patterns
  • ようになるN4

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

    最近、新しいタイプのピーマンが店に並ぶようになりました。

    Recently, a new type of green pepper has begun appearing in stores.

  • 〜てもらうN4

    Benefactive construction: receive the favor of someone doing an action for you — 'have/get someone to ...'.

    小学生に試食してもらったら、約8割が、生で食べてもおいしいと答えたそうです。

    When elementary school students were asked to taste it, about 80% reportedly said that it was delicious even when eaten raw.

  • たらN4

    Conditional/temporal ending on the plain-past stem meaning that once or if the first action happens, the second follows ('if / once / when ... then').

    小学生に試食してもらったら、約8割が、生で食べてもおいしいと答えたそうです。

    When elementary school students were asked to taste it, about 80% reportedly said that it was delicious even when eaten raw.

  • てもN4

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

    小学生に試食してもらったら、約8割が、生で食べてもおいしいと答えたそうです。

    When elementary school students were asked to taste it, about 80% reportedly said that it was delicious even when eaten raw.

  • らしいN42 times in this passage

    Evidential auxiliary expressing an inference or hearsay from evidence — 'it seems / apparently ~'; also 'typical of, befitting ~'.

    その出発点は、外国産のとうがらしです。

    The starting point was a variety of chili pepper from overseas.

  • させるN4

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

    この新しいタイプのピーマンが作られるまでは、親が子供にピーマンを食べさせるのは大変でした。

    Before this new type of green pepper was developed, it was difficult for parents to get their children to eat green peppers.

  • までN53 times in this passage

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

    このピーマンは、今までのものとは形も味も違っています。

    This green pepper differs from previous varieties in both shape and taste.

  • 〜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”.

    このピーマンは、今までのものとは形も味も違っています。

    This green pepper differs from previous varieties in both shape and taste.

  • 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'.

    それまでピーマンというと、苦さと強いにおいのため、子供にとっては、嫌いな野菜の一つでした。

    Until then, green peppers were known for their bitterness and strong smell, making them one of the vegetables children disliked.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、この新しいタイプのピーマンは、ほとんど苦くなくて、においもあまりしません。

    However, this new type of green pepper is hardly bitter and has very little smell.

  • すぎるN5

    Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to mean the action or quality is excessive, 'too much / overly ~'.

    これは日本人には辛すぎるものでしたが、偶然辛くないものが見つかったのです。

    It was too spicy for Japanese people, but by chance, a non-spicy one was discovered.

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