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人にん間げんは生うまれてから沈ちん黙もくの期き間かんが約やく1年ねん間かんあります。その間かんに周まわりの人ひとたちの話はなす言こと葉ばをことばとして認にん識しきし始はじめます。そして、その後ご、物もの事ごととことばの対たい応おうから言こと葉ばを次し第だいに身みにつけ、次つぎに、状じょう態たいに合あわせて自じ分ぶんから決きまり文もん句くや二に語ご文ぶんを言いい始はじめます。一いち度どある場ば面めんで希き望ぼうでなく自じ発はつ的てきに口くちにした表ひょう現げんを子こ供どもたちは忘わすれることなくいつでも引ひき出だして使つかいます。ことばを出だすときには、常つねに状じょう態たいがあり、その状じょう態たいを即そく座ざに判はん断だんし、瞬しゅん時じに何なにを話はなすかを頭あたまの中なかで考かんがえているのです。「この程てい度ど」が大だい事じなのです。一いち度ど言いった言こと葉ばを忘わすれないのは、思し考こうを通とおしてそれを自じ分ぶんの口くちから使つかうことによって自じ分ぶんのことばとして定てい着ちゃくしていくからです。

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  1. 1「この程度」を表しているものはどれ？

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Vocabulary5 words
  • 沈黙ちんもく
    • ·silence; being silent; quiet; hush
    • ·reticence; inaction
    N1
  • 認識にんしき
    • ·recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition; cognizance; cognisance
    N1
  • 対応たいおう
    • ·correspondence (to); equivalence
    • ·suitability; coordination; matching; being appropriate (for)
    • ·dealing with; coping with; handling; response; reception; reaction
    • ·compatibility (with technology, software, etc.); capability; support (for)
    N1
  • 即座にそくざに
    • ·immediately; right away; on the spot
    N1
  • 思考しこう
    • ·thought; consideration; thinking
    N1
Other levels50 words
  • 生まれるうまれるAs it appears here: 生まれて
    • ·to be born
    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
  • 話すはなす
    • ·to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
    • ·to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
    • ·to speak (a language)
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • つけるAs it appears here: つけ
    • ·to attach; to join; to connect; to add; to append; to affix; to stick; to glue; to fasten; to sew on; to apply (ointment); to put against
    • ·to furnish (a house with)
    • ·to wear; to put on
    • ·to keep a diary; to make an entry
    • ·to appraise; to set (a price)
    • ·to allot; to budget; to assign
    • ·to bring alongside
    • ·to place (under guard or doctor)
    • ·to follow (someone); to shadow; to tail; to stalk
    • ·to load; to give (courage to)
    • ·to keep (an eye on)
    • ·to establish (relations or understanding)
    • ·to turn on (a light)
    • ·to produce flowers (of a plant); to produce fruit
    • ·to attach; to play an attachment
    • ·to do intensely; to do fiercely; to do strongly
    • ·to be used to (doing); to be accustomed to
    N5
  • 二に
    • ·two; 2
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言い
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    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
  • 口くち
    • ·mouth
    • ·opening; hole; gap; orifice
    • ·mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece
    • ·gate; door; entrance; exit
    • ·speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip)
    • ·taste; palate
    • ·mouth (to feed)
    • ·opening (i.e. vacancy); available position
    • ·invitation; summons
    • ·kind; sort; type
    • ·opening (i.e. beginning)
    • ·counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money) and stove burners
    • ·counter for swords, blades, etc.
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: した
    • ·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
  • 忘れるわすれる
    • ·to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
    N5
  • いつ
    • ·when; at what time; how soon
    • ·normal times; ordinary days
    N5
  • 使うつかうAs it appears here: 使います
    • ·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
  • 出すだす
    • ·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
  • あるAs it appears here: あり
    • ·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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    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
  • 中なか
    • ·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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言った
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 忘れるわすれるAs it appears here: 忘れない
    • ·to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • 使うつかう
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 周りまわり
    • ·circumference; girth
    • ·surroundings; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
    • ·people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
    N4
  • 一度いちど
    • ·once; one time; on one occasion
    • ·temporarily; for a moment
    • ·one degree; one tone; one musical interval
    N4
  • 引き出すひきだすAs it appears here: 引き出して
    • ·to pull out; to take out; to draw out
    • ·to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to bring (e.g. someone to the negotiating table); to drag
    • ·to withdraw (money); to draw
    • ·to bring out (talent, potential, beauty, flavour, etc.); to extract (information, the truth, etc.); to get (e.g. an answer out of someone); to obtain (e.g. a result); to elicit; to draw (a conclusion); to derive (e.g. pleasure)
    • ·to get (money) out of someone; to coax out of someone; to get someone to pay; to make someone produce (funds)
    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
  • 大事だいじ
    • ·important; serious; crucial
    • ·valuable; precious
    • ·serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
    • ·great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
    • ·safe; OK
    N4
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • 期間きかん
    • ·period; term; interval
    N3
  • 約やく
    • ·approximately; about
    • ·promise; appointment; engagement
    • ·shortening; reduction; simplification
    • ·contraction (in phonetics)
    N3
  • 年間ねんかん
    • ·(period of) a year
    • ·during the era (of)
    N3
  • 物事ものごと
    • ·things; everything
    N3
  • 身み
    • ·one's body; one's person
    • ·oneself; one's appearance
    • ·one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
    • ·main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)
    N3
  • 状態じょうたい
    • ·state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
    N3
  • 合わせるあわせるAs it appears here: 合わせて
    • ·to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)
    • ·to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up
    • ·to face; to be opposite (someone)
    • ·to compare; to check with
    • ·to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)
    • ·to place together; to connect; to overlap
    • ·to mix; to combine
    • ·to put blade to blade; to fight
    N3
  • 語ご
    • ·word; term
    • ·language
    • ·speech
    N3
  • 文ぶん
    • ·sentence
    • ·composition; text; writings
    • ·the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature
    • ·statement
    N3
  • 場面ばめん
    • ·scene; setting; place (where something happens); scenario; case
    • ·scene (in a movie, play); shot
    • ·state of the market
    N3
  • 希望きぼう
    • ·hope; wish; aspiration
    • ·(bright) prospects; expectation
    N3
  • 表現ひょうげん
    • ·expression; representation; description
    • ·representation (of a group)
    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
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 常につねに
    • ·always; constantly; at all times; habitually
    N3
  • 判断はんだん
    • ·judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication
    • ·divination
    • ·judgement
    N3
  • 程度ていど
    • ·degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately
    N3
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • 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").

    「この程度」が大事なのです。

    “This degree” is what matters.

Other levels15 patterns
  • 次第にN2

    Adverb describing a slow, incremental change — 'gradually, little by little'.

    そして、その後、物事とことばの対応から言葉を次第に身につけ、次に、状態に合わせて自分から決まり文句や二語文を言い始めます。

    After that, children gradually acquire words through the correspondence between things and language, and then begin on their own to utter set phrases and two-word sentences according to the situation.

  • ことなくN2

    'Without ~ing' — an action performed while never doing the stated thing. 'without ~'.

    一度ある場面で希望でなく自発的に口にした表現を子供たちは忘れることなくいつでも引き出して使います。

    Once children spontaneously utter an expression in a certain situation rather than out of a wish, they do not forget it and can retrieve and use it at any time.

  • を通じて/を通してN2

    Marks the means or intermediary something happens through, or a span it holds throughout — 'through', 'via', 'throughout'.

    一度言った言葉を忘れないのは、思考を通してそれを自分の口から使うことによって自分のことばとして定着していくからです。

    The reason words once spoken are not forgotten is that, by using them through one’s own thought and speaking them with one’s own mouth, they become established as one’s own language.

  • としてN32 times in this passage

    Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".

    その間に周りの人たちの話す言葉をことばとして認識し始めます。

    During that time, children begin to recognize the speech of the people around them as language.

  • 的（てき）N3

    A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).

    一度ある場面で希望でなく自発的に口にした表現を子供たちは忘れることなくいつでも引き出して使います。

    Once children spontaneously utter an expression in a certain situation rather than out of a wish, they do not forget it and can retrieve and use it at any time.

  • によって/によるN3

    Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.

    一度言った言葉を忘れないのは、思考を通してそれを自分の口から使うことによって自分のことばとして定着していくからです。

    The reason words once spoken are not forgotten is that, by using them through one’s own thought and speaking them with one’s own mouth, they become established as one’s own language.

  • ときN4

    Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."

    ことばを出すときには、常に状態があり、その状態を即座に判断し、瞬時に何を話すかを頭の中で考えているのです。

    Whenever words are produced, there is always a particular situation; children instantly judge that situation and decide in their minds, in a moment, what to say.

  • 〜の中でN4

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

    ことばを出すときには、常に状態があり、その状態を即座に判断し、瞬時に何を話すかを頭の中で考えているのです。

    Whenever words are produced, there is always a particular situation; children instantly judge that situation and decide in their minds, in a moment, what to say.

  • 〜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'.

    一度言った言葉を忘れないのは、思考を通してそれを自分の口から使うことによって自分のことばとして定着していくからです。

    The reason words once spoken are not forgotten is that, by using them through one’s own thought and speaking them with one’s own mouth, they become established as one’s own language.

  • 〜てからN5

    Marks that one action finishes, and only afterward does the next one happen — “after doing”.

    人間は生まれてから沈黙の期間が約1年間あります。

    After birth, human beings go through a period of silence lasting about one year.

  • そしてN5

    Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.

    そして、その後、物事とことばの対応から言葉を次第に身につけ、次に、状態に合わせて自分から決まり文句や二語文を言い始めます。

    After that, children gradually acquire words through the correspondence between things and language, and then begin on their own to utter set phrases and two-word sentences according to the situation.

  • にするN5

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

    一度ある場面で希望でなく自発的に口にした表現を子供たちは忘れることなくいつでも引き出して使います。

    Once children spontaneously utter an expression in a certain situation rather than out of a wish, they do not forget it and can retrieve and use it at any time.

  • がありますN5

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

    ことばを出すときには、常に状態があり、その状態を即座に判断し、瞬時に何を話すかを頭の中で考えているのです。

    Whenever words are produced, there is always a particular situation; children instantly judge that situation and decide in their minds, in a moment, what to say.

  • 〜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”.

    ことばを出すときには、常に状態があり、その状態を即座に判断し、瞬時に何を話すかを頭の中で考えているのです。

    Whenever words are produced, there is always a particular situation; children instantly judge that situation and decide in their minds, in a moment, what to say.

  • だ / ですN53 times in this passage

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

    ことばを出すときには、常に状態があり、その状態を即座に判断し、瞬時に何を話すかを頭の中で考えているのです。

    Whenever words are produced, there is always a particular situation; children instantly judge that situation and decide in their minds, in a moment, what to say.

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