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昨さく年ねん、家か庭ていなどに眠ねむっている使し用よう済ずみの携けい帯たい電でん話わの回かい収しゅう（注1）キャンペーンが、経済産業省けいざいさんぎょうしょうによって行おこなわれた。なぜ、携けい帯たい電でん話わは回かい収しゅうされなければならないのか。それは、携けい帯たい電でん話わには豊ほう富ふな金きん属ぞく資し源げんが含ふくまれているからである。

携けい帯たい電でん話わには金きむ、銀ぎん、銅どうのほか、貴き重ちょうな金きん属ぞくが使つかわれている。このような金きん属ぞくは日本にっぽんには少すくないため、基き本ほん的てきには輸ゆ入にゅうすることになるのだが、使つかわなくなった携けい帯たい電でん話わから取とり出だしてリサイクルすることも可か能のうなのである。つまり、古ふるい携けい帯たい電でん話わはごみではなく、資し源げんになるのである。そのため、未み回かい収しゅうの携けい帯たい電でん話わは「都と市し鉱こう山ざん（注2）」と呼よばれている。

日本にっぽんでは今いまや、一ひと人りが一いち台だい、携けい帯たい電でん話わを持もつようになったともいえるが、使つかわなくなったあとも、カメラや電でん話わ帳ちょうがわりにとっておく人ひとが多おおく、回かい収しゅうはなかなか進すすまない。そこで、今こん回かいの回かい収しゅうキャンペーンとなったのである。

（注ちゅう1）回かい収しゅう：集あつめること

（注ちゅう2）鉱こう山ざん：金きん城じょうを取とるための山やま、場ば所しょ

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  1. 1携帯電話を回収する理由は何か。
  2. 2①「都市鉱山丨と呼ばれる理由は何か。
  3. 3携帯電話に使われている金属について正しいのはどれか。

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Vocabulary15 words
  • 豊富ほうふ
    • ·abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
    N3
  • 金属きんぞく
    • ·metal
    N3
  • 資源しげん
    • ·resources
    N3
  • 含むふくむAs it appears here: 含まれて
    • ·to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace
    • ·to hold in the mouth
    • ·to bear in mind; to understand; to harbor (grudge, etc.); to harbour
    • ·to express (emotion, etc.); to imply
    N3
  • 銀ぎん
    • ·silver (Ag)
    • ·silver (color)
    • ·silver (medal, prize, etc.)
    • ·silver coin
    • ·silver general
    • ·bank
    • ·money
    N3
  • 貴重きちょう
    • ·precious; valuable
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 輸入ゆにゅう
    • ·import; importation; introduction
    • ·afferent
    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
  • 可能かのう
    • ·possible; potential; practicable; feasible
    N3
  • つまり
    • ·that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
    • ·in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
    • ·clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
    • ·shrinkage
    • ·end; conclusion
    • ·dead end; corner
    • ·distress; being at the end of one's rope
    N3
  • なかなか
    • ·very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather
    • ·by no means; not readily
    • ·middle; half-way point
    • ·excellent; wonderful; very good
    N3
  • そこで
    • ·so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
    N3
  • 今回こんかい
    • ·this time; now
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
Other levels32 words
  • 家庭かてい
    • ·home; household; family; hearth
    N5
  • なぜ
    • ·why; how; for what reason
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: されなければ
    • ·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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • ほか
    • ·another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
    • ·another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
    • ·beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
    • ·except; but; other than; apart from
    • ·besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of
    N5
  • 使うつかうAs it appears here: 使われて
    • ·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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 少ないすくない
    • ·few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare
    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
  • 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
  • 使うつかうAs it appears here: 使わなく
    • ·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
  • なるAs it appears here: なった
    • ·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
  • 古いふるい
    • ·old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn
    • ·long; since long ago; time-honored
    • ·of the distant past; long-ago
    • ·stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
    • ·old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 呼ぶよぶAs it appears here: 呼ばれて
    • ·to call out (to); to call; to invoke
    • ·to summon (a doctor, etc.)
    • ·to invite
    • ·to designate; to name; to brand
    • ·to garner (support, etc.); to gather
    • ·to take as one's wife
    N5
  • 一人ひとり
    • ·one person
    • ·being alone; being by oneself
    • ·being single; being unmarried
    • ·by oneself; alone
    • ·just; only; simply
    N5
  • 持つもつ
    • ·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
  • あと
    • ·behind; rear
    • ·after; later
    • ·remainder; the rest
    • ·more (e.g. five more minutes); left
    • ·also; in addition
    • ·descendant; successor; heir
    • ·after one's death
    • ·past; previous
    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
  • 多いおおいAs it appears here: 多く
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 取るとる
    • ·to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold
    • ·to pass; to hand; to give
    • ·to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
    • ·to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
    • ·to remove; to get rid of; to take off
    • ·to take away; to steal; to rob
    • ·to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
    • ·to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop)
    • ·to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
    • ·to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
    • ·to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
    • ·to record; to take down
    • ·to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
    • ·to order; to have delivered
    • ·to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
    • ·to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
    • ·to take control of; to take (the rudder)
    • ·to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
    N5
  • 山やま
    • ·mountain; hill
    • ·mine
    • ·(mountain) forest
    • ·heap; pile; stack; mountain
    • ·protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
    • ·climax; peak; critical point
    • ·guess; speculation; gamble
    • ·(criminal) case; crime
    • ·mountain climbing; mountaineering
    • ·festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
    • ·deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock
    • ·wall; wall tile
    • ·wild
    N5
  • 眠るねむるAs it appears here: 眠って
    • ·to sleep
    • ·to die; to rest (in peace); to lie (buried); to sleep (in the grave)
    • ·to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; to lie untapped; to lie untouched
    • ·to close one's eyes
    N4
  • 行うおこなうAs it appears here: 行われた
    • ·to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 進むすすむAs it appears here: 進まない
    • ·to advance; to go forward
    • ·to precede; to go ahead (of)
    • ·to make progress; to improve
    • ·to deepen; to heighten
    • ·to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead
    • ·to do of one's own free will
    N4
  • 集めるあつめる
    • ·to collect; to assemble; to gather
    N4
  • 場所ばしょ
    • ·place; location; spot; position; area
    • ·room; space
    • ·sumo tournament
    N4
  • 銅どう
    • ·copper (Cu)
    • ·bronze (medal)
    N2
  • 取り出すとりだすAs it appears here: 取り出して
    • ·to take out; to produce; to pick out
    • ·to fetch; to retrieve
    N2
  • 回収かいしゅう
    • ·collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
    N1
  • 鉱山こうざん
    • ·mine (ore)
    N1
Grammar6 patterns

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  • 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'.

    昨年、家庭などに眠っている使用済みの携帯電話の回収キャンペーンが、経済産業省によって行われた。

    Last year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry conducted a campaign to collect used mobile phones lying unused in homes and elsewhere.

  • ためにN33 times in this passage

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

    このような金属は日本には少ないため、基本的には輸入することになるのだが、使わなくなった携帯電話から取り出してリサイクルすることも可能なのである。

    Because Japan has few such metals, they basically have to be imported, but it is also possible to extract them from mobile phones that are no longer used and recycle them.

  • 的（てき）N3

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

    このような金属は日本には少ないため、基本的には輸入することになるのだが、使わなくなった携帯電話から取り出してリサイクルすることも可能なのである。

    Because Japan has few such metals, they basically have to be imported, but it is also possible to extract them from mobile phones that are no longer used and recycle them.

  • つまりN3

    Restates or sums up the preceding statement more plainly — 'in other words / that is to say'.

    つまり、古い携帯電話はごみではなく、資源になるのである。

    In other words, old mobile phones are not garbage; they can become resources.

  • にとってN3

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

    日本では今や、一人が一台、携帯電話を持つようになったともいえるが、使わなくなったあとも、カメラや電話帳がわりにとっておく人が多く、回収はなかなか進まない。

    It can now be said that almost everyone in Japan has a mobile phone, but even after they stop using one, many people keep it to use as a camera or address book, so collection has not made much progress.

  • なかなかN3

    An adverb meaning "quite / considerably", or with a following negative verb "not easily / just won't".

    日本では今や、一人が一台、携帯電話を持つようになったともいえるが、使わなくなったあとも、カメラや電話帳がわりにとっておく人が多く、回収はなかなか進まない。

    It can now be said that almost everyone in Japan has a mobile phone, but even after they stop using one, many people keep it to use as a camera or address book, so collection has not made much progress.

Other levels9 patterns
  • 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").

    このような金属は日本には少ないため、基本的には輸入することになるのだが、使わなくなった携帯電話から取り出してリサイクルすることも可能なのである。

    Because Japan has few such metals, they basically have to be imported, but it is also possible to extract them from mobile phones that are no longer used and recycle them.

  • などN4

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

    昨年、家庭などに眠っている使用済みの携帯電話の回収キャンペーンが、経済産業省によって行われた。

    Last year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry conducted a campaign to collect used mobile phones lying unused in homes and elsewhere.

  • なければならないN4

    Expresses a general, unavoidable obligation or necessity — 'must / have to'.

    なぜ、携帯電話は回収されなければならないのか。

    Why do mobile phones need to be collected?

  • ようだN4

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

    このような金属は日本には少ないため、基本的には輸入することになるのだが、使わなくなった携帯電話から取り出してリサイクルすることも可能なのである。

    Because Japan has few such metals, they basically have to be imported, but it is also possible to extract them from mobile phones that are no longer used and recycle them.

  • 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.'

    このような金属は日本には少ないため、基本的には輸入することになるのだが、使わなくなった携帯電話から取り出してリサイクルすることも可能なのである。

    Because Japan has few such metals, they basically have to be imported, but it is also possible to extract them from mobile phones that are no longer used and recycle them.

  • ようになるN4

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

    日本では今や、一人が一台、携帯電話を持つようになったともいえるが、使わなくなったあとも、カメラや電話帳がわりにとっておく人が多く、回収はなかなか進まない。

    It can now be said that almost everyone in Japan has a mobile phone, but even after they stop using one, many people keep it to use as a camera or address book, so collection has not made much progress.

  • 〜ているN54 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”.

    昨年、家庭などに眠っている使用済みの携帯電話の回収キャンペーンが、経済産業省によって行われた。

    Last year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry conducted a campaign to collect used mobile phones lying unused in homes and elsewhere.

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    つまり、古い携帯電話はごみではなく、資源になるのである。

    In other words, old mobile phones are not garbage; they can become resources.

  • のでN52 times in this passage

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

    つまり、古い携帯電話はごみではなく、資源になるのである。

    In other words, old mobile phones are not garbage; they can become resources.

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