• 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
• 来年らいねん
  • ·next year
  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
• 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
• この
  • ·this
  • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
  • ·you (as in "you liar")
  N5
• 会社かいしゃ
  • ·company; corporation; firm
  • ·one's workplace
  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
• 新しいあたらしい
  • ·new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
  N5
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  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: 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
• 予定よてい
  • ·plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate
  N4
• ため
  • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
  • ·consequence; result; effect
  • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
  N4
• 女性じょせい
  • ·woman; female
  • ·feminine gender
  N4
• なるべく
  • ·as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
  N4
• うける
  • ·to receive; to get
  • ·to catch (e.g. a ball)
  • ·to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
  • ·to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
  • ·to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
  • ·to be given (e.g. life, talent)
  • ·to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by)
  • ·to follow; to succeed; to be descended from
  • ·to face (south, etc.)
  • ·to be modified by
  • ·to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee
  • ·to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well
  N4
• 増えるふえるAs it appears here: 増えた
  • ·to increase; to multiply
  N4
• 以上いじょう
  • ·not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
  • ·beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
  • ·the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
  • ·since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
  • ·that's all; that is the end; the end
  N4
• 中心ちゅうしん
  • ·center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus; pivot; emphasis; balance
  • ·-centered; -centred; -focused; -oriented; centered on; focused on
  N3
• 女子じょし
  • ·woman; girl
  N3
• 男子だんし
  • ·boy
  • ·man; male
  N3
• 石油せきゆ
  • ·oil; petroleum
  • ·kerosene; paraffin
  N3
• 月つき
  • ·Moon
  • ·month
  • ·moonlight
  • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
  N3
• 日にち
  • ·Sunday
  • ·nth day (of the month)
  • ·counter for days
  • ·Japan
  N3
• よう
  • ·appearing ...; looking ...
  • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
  • ·form; style; design
  • ·like; similar to
  • ·thing (thought or spoken)
  N3
• 新たあらた
  • ·new; fresh; novel
  N3
• 活用かつよう
  • ·practical use; application; making good use of; putting to good use; capitalizing on
  • ·conjugation; inflection
  N3
• 分野ぶんや
  • ·field; sphere; realm; division; branch
  N3
• 数すう
  • ·several; a few; a number of
  • ·number; quantity; amount
  • ·counting; calculation; figures; numbers
  • ·number; numeral; figure
  • ·number
  • ·destiny; fate; outcome; course of events; trend
  N3
• 増加ぞうか
  • ·increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
  N3
• 占めるしめるAs it appears here: 占めたい
  • ·to account for; to make up; to take up
  • ·to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.)
  • ·to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind); to grip (e.g. one's heart)
  • ·to gain; to secure; to obtain; to win
  N3
• きっかけ
  • ·chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• を中心にN2

  Presents X as the center or focal point of an action or trend — 'centering on', 'mainly', 'focused on'.

  今春、秘書業務を中心に大卒女子を7人採用したが、来年は一挙に100人強と、逆に50人を予定している男子採用を大幅に上回る採用を予定しているという。

  This spring, the company hired seven female university graduates mainly for secretarial work, but next year it plans to hire more than 100 women at once, far exceeding the 50 men it plans to recruit.

• 逆に（ぎゃくに）N2

  Signals that what follows runs opposite to what was just said or expected — 'on the contrary', 'conversely', 'the other way around'.

  今春、秘書業務を中心に大卒女子を7人採用したが、来年は一挙に100人強と、逆に50人を予定している男子採用を大幅に上回る採用を予定しているという。

  This spring, the company hired seven female university graduates mainly for secretarial work, but next year it plans to hire more than 100 women at once, far exceeding the 50 men it plans to recruit.

• がきっかけで / をきっかけにN2

  Marks an event as the trigger or turning point that set something in motion — "prompted by ~", "taking ~ as the occasion".

  X石油は、この4月1日にY石油とZ石油が合弁してできた会社で、これをきっかけに女性客獲得を新会社の新しい事業戦略に据えている。

  X Petroleum was established on April 1 this year as a joint venture between Y Petroleum and Z Petroleum, and on that occasion the new company made attracting female customers part of its new business strategy.

• というN32 times in this passage

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

  今春、秘書業務を中心に大卒女子を7人採用したが、来年は一挙に100人強と、逆に50人を予定している男子採用を大幅に上回る採用を予定しているという。

  This spring, the company hired seven female university graduates mainly for secretarial work, but next year it plans to hire more than 100 women at once, far exceeding the 50 men it plans to recruit.

• ためにN32 times in this passage

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

  そのため、女性ドライバーになるべくうけるようなガソリンスタンドづくりに着手しており、新たに女子社員を活用する分野が増えたため、採用数を増加させるのだという。

  For that reason, the company has begun developing gas stations designed to appeal as much as possible to female drivers, and because the number of areas in which female employees can be utilized has increased, it says it will increase female recruitment.

• なるべくN3

  An adverb meaning "as much as possible / if you can".

  そのため、女性ドライバーになるべくうけるようなガソリンスタンドづくりに着手しており、新たに女子社員を活用する分野が増えたため、採用数を増加させるのだという。

  For that reason, the company has begun developing gas stations designed to appeal as much as possible to female drivers, and because the number of areas in which female employees can be utilized has increased, it says it will increase female recruitment.

• としてN3

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

  2年後には会社員の35%以上を女子社員で占めたい、としている。

  The company aims to have women make up at least 35 percent of its employees within two years.

• ようだN4

  Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".

  そのため、女性ドライバーになるべくうけるようなガソリンスタンドづくりに着手しており、新たに女子社員を活用する分野が増えたため、採用数を増加させるのだという。

  For that reason, the company has begun developing gas stations designed to appeal as much as possible to female drivers, and because the number of areas in which female employees can be utilized has increased, it says it will increase female recruitment.

• させるN4

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

  そのため、女性ドライバーになるべくうけるようなガソリンスタンドづくりに着手しており、新たに女子社員を活用する分野が増えたため、採用数を増加させるのだという。

  For that reason, the company has begun developing gas stations designed to appeal as much as possible to female drivers, and because the number of areas in which female employees can be utilized has increased, it says it will increase female recruitment.

• 〜ているN53 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”.

  今春、秘書業務を中心に大卒女子を7人採用したが、来年は一挙に100人強と、逆に50人を予定している男子採用を大幅に上回る採用を予定しているという。

  This spring, the company hired seven female university graduates mainly for secretarial work, but next year it plans to hire more than 100 women at once, far exceeding the 50 men it plans to recruit.

• 〜たいN5

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

  2年後には会社員の35%以上を女子社員で占めたい、としている。

  The company aims to have women make up at least 35 percent of its employees within two years.