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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").
人間は忘れやすい動物なのだ。
Human beings are creatures that forget easily.
としてN3
Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".
社内にばかりいると、ビジネスマンとして人脈じんみゃくも広がらない。
If you spend all your time inside the company, your network as a businessperson will not expand either.
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."
しかし意外と、あまりメモもとらず、「聞きっぱなし」という人も多いのではないだろうか。
Surprisingly, however, there are probably also many people who take hardly any notes and simply “listen and leave it at that.”
っぱなしN3
Attached to a verb stem, marks an action left in its resulting state, often with a nuance of neglect — 'leave it (on/open) that way'.
しかし意外と、あまりメモもとらず、「聞きっぱなし」という人も多いのではないだろうか。
Surprisingly, however, there are probably also many people who take hardly any notes and simply “listen and leave it at that.”
というN34 times in this passage
Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.
しかし意外と、あまりメモもとらず、「聞きっぱなし」という人も多いのではないだろうか。
Surprisingly, however, there are probably also many people who take hardly any notes and simply “listen and leave it at that.”
っけN3
Sentence-final particle used to dredge up or reconfirm something half-remembered — 'what was it again?, was it...?, right?'
話を聞いているときは「なるほどなあ」と思っていても、それを的確にメモしてなければ、あとになって「あの話は何だったっけ」ということになる。
Even if you think, “I see,” while listening, unless you take accurate notes, later you will find yourself wondering, “What was that about again?”
〜ばいいN3
Offers a suggestion or solution via the conditional plus いい, "you should ~ / it'd be good to just ~."
では、こういうときのメモはどうすればいいか？
So how should we take notes in situations like this?
的（てき）N3
A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).
基本的なことは、話の内容をいちいちすべてメモしまい、ということである。
The basic principle is not to write down every single detail of what is being said.
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…'.
基本的なことは、話の内容をいちいちすべてメモしまい、ということである。
The basic principle is not to write down every single detail of what is being said.
と言えば（といえば）N3
Raises a topic prompted by what was just mentioned — "speaking of", "when it comes to".
いまどきの大学で、ノートをとっている学生はいないけれども、戦前の講義といえば、一字一句ノートするのは常識であった。
At universities nowadays, students no longer take notes in that way, but before the war, it was standard practice in lectures to write down every single word.
たものだN3
recalls a past habitual action with fondness or nostalgia, 'used to (do)'.
教授も、筆記に便なように、一句一句、ゆっくり話したものだ。
Professors, too, would speak slowly, phrase by phrase, to make note-taking easier.
結局（けっきょく）N3
Sums up the eventual outcome after a process or deliberation, 'in the end / after all'.
その大学者はそういう時代に、全部ノートするのは結局頭によく入らないという点に気付いていたらしい。
It seems that even in that era, the scholar had realized that writing everything down ultimately made it harder for the material to sink in.
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'.
（外出滋比古『思考の生理学』による）
(Based on Toyama Shigehiko, “The Physiology of Thought”)
ばかりN4
Limits or emphasizes a thing — 'only / nothing but' — or after a past-tense verb means 'just (finished) doing.'
社内にばかりいると、ビジネスマンとして人脈じんみゃくも広がらない。
If you spend all your time inside the company, your network as a businessperson will not expand either.
などN4
Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.
そこで、セミナーや勉強会、講演会などに出かけて自己をみが磨いている人も多いはずだ。
That is why many people probably attend seminars, study meetings, lectures, and the like to improve themselves.
はずだN4
Expresses the speaker's reasoned confidence that something is or should be the case — 'should, ought to, is supposed to'.
そこで、セミナーや勉強会、講演会などに出かけて自己をみが磨いている人も多いはずだ。
That is why many people probably attend seminars, study meetings, lectures, and the like to improve themselves.
ときN42 times in this passage
Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."
話を聞いているときは「なるほどなあ」と思っていても、それを的確にメモしてなければ、あとになって「あの話は何だったっけ」ということになる。
Even if you think, “I see,” while listening, unless you take accurate notes, later you will find yourself wondering, “What was that about again?”
と思う（とおもう）N4
Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.
話を聞いているときは「なるほどなあ」と思っていても、それを的確にメモしてなければ、あとになって「あの話は何だったっけ」ということになる。
Even if you think, “I see,” while listening, unless you take accurate notes, later you will find yourself wondering, “What was that about again?”
てもN4
Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.
話を聞いているときは「なるほどなあ」と思っていても、それを的確にメモしてなければ、あとになって「あの話は何だったっけ」ということになる。
Even if you think, “I see,” while listening, unless you take accurate notes, later you will find yourself wondering, “What was that about again?”
ことになるN4
Expresses that something has been decided or comes about, often through external circumstances rather than the speaker's own will; 'it has been decided that / it turns out that.'
話を聞いているときは「なるほどなあ」と思っていても、それを的確にメモしてなければ、あとになって「あの話は何だったっけ」ということになる。
Even if you think, “I see,” while listening, unless you take accurate notes, later you will find yourself wondering, “What was that about again?”
やすいN42 times in this passage
Attaches to a verb stem to mean the action is easy to do ('easy to ~').
人間は忘れやすい動物なのだ。
Human beings are creatures that forget easily.
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').
漫然まんぜんと聞いて、話したことをすべてメモしていたら、核心かくしんが見えなくなる。
If you listen passively and write down everything that is said, you will lose sight of the main point.
〜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'.
昔、ある大学者が、尋ねてきた同郷どうきょう郷の後輩の大学生に、一字一句教授のことばをノートにとるのはぐ愚だとおし訓えた。
Long ago, a great scholar told a younger university student from his hometown who had come to visit him that it was foolish to write down every single word a professor said.
〜ていたN4
The past progressive/continuous — an action that was ongoing or a state that held in the past — 'was (do)ing'.
その大学者はそういう時代に、全部ノートするのは結局頭によく入らないという点に気付いていたらしい。
It seems that even in that era, the scholar had realized that writing everything down ultimately made it harder for the material to sink in.
らしいN4
Evidential auxiliary expressing an inference or hearsay from evidence — 'it seems / apparently ~'; also 'typical of, befitting ~'.
その大学者はそういう時代に、全部ノートするのは結局頭によく入らないという点に気付いていたらしい。
It seems that even in that era, the scholar had realized that writing everything down ultimately made it harder for the material to sink in.
〜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”.
そこで、セミナーや勉強会、講演会などに出かけて自己をみが磨いている人も多いはずだ。
That is why many people probably attend seminars, study meetings, lectures, and the like to improve themselves.
しかしN5
Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.
しかし意外と、あまりメモもとらず、「聞きっぱなし」という人も多いのではないだろうか。
Surprisingly, however, there are probably also many people who take hardly any notes and simply “listen and leave it at that.”
じゃない・ではないN5
Negates a noun or na-adjective with the copula, "is not / am not".
しかし意外と、あまりメモもとらず、「聞きっぱなし」という人も多いのではないだろうか。
Surprisingly, however, there are probably also many people who take hardly any notes and simply “listen and leave it at that.”
だろうN5
Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.
しかし意外と、あまりメモもとらず、「聞きっぱなし」という人も多いのではないだろうか。
Surprisingly, however, there are probably also many people who take hardly any notes and simply “listen and leave it at that.”
なあN5
Sentence-ending particle that voices emotion, admiration, or a wish, like "..., isn't it!" or "I wish...".
話を聞いているときは「なるほどなあ」と思っていても、それを的確にメモしてなければ、あとになって「あの話は何だったっけ」ということになる。
Even if you think, “I see,” while listening, unless you take accurate notes, later you will find yourself wondering, “What was that about again?”
のでN52 times in this passage
Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.
そこで、自分の仕事やライフスタイルに関係すること、本当に興味のあることしかメモしないのである。
Therefore, you should take notes only on things related to your work or lifestyle and on things that genuinely interest you.
けれどもN5
More formal contrastive conjunction linking two clauses — "but / however / although."
いまどきの大学で、ノートをとっている学生はいないけれども、戦前の講義といえば、一字一句ノートするのは常識であった。
At universities nowadays, students no longer take notes in that way, but before the war, it was standard practice in lectures to write down every single word.
だけN5
Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.
大事な数字のほかは、ごく要点だけをノートに記入する。
Apart from important figures, one should write down only the essential points.
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