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N3 · IntermediateLong passagePassage #279
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ぼくらのまわりには、ヘンこといっぱいある。「ガイジンなんていうのも、そのひとだ。

アメリカヨーロッパも、ひとぼくらを「ガイジンなんてぼくけいけんでも、「あなた日本人にっぽんじんか?」とことあるけれど、「アナゆうガイジンネなんてこといちなかった。「ガイジン」にことあっても、そんなのを使つかのは、よっぽどとくべつときある

__________このくにでは、じんじんじんも、日本人にっぽんじんないひとはみん

な「ガイジン」である。「ガイジンというレッテル(注1)ひとくくりされなにつけてとくべつことなる

いろんなじんしゅ(注2)ひとはいいるおうべいちが日本にっぽんではまだちがじんしゅひとめずらということあるだろう。で、そういうひとを「じん」「ちがにんげんとしてこころどこかでけいえん(注3)しようしているのだ。

これ一種いっしゅべつ(注4)あるきゅうひとむらなろうしているだいに、こんなバカことあっていいハズないこんなことしていたらどんどんかいなかされてしまうおも

このモンダイかいけつするには、「ガイジンにゅういちばん」と、ジョーダンっぽくひといる。(こうりゃく

あまゆうきちバカだなア』ちくぶんによる

ちゅう1)それどういうものか、ひょうなどしまう

ちゅう2)じんしゅや髮などからだとくちょうからにんげんもの

ちゅう3)けいえんしきしてさけること

ちゅう4)べつあつかかたこと

Questions

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  1. 1作者が「ガイジン」という言葉がヘンだと言っている理由は何か。
  2. 2__________に入る語はどれか。
  3. 3「ガイジン」というとらえ方について、作者はどう感じているか。
  4. 4ガイジンの輸入がいちばんだ」とは、どういう意味か。

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Vocabulary23 words
  • ガイ
    • ·injury; harm; evil influence; damage
    N3
  • 経験けいけん
    • ·experience
    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
  • アナあな
    • ·hole; opening; orifice; perforation
    • ·pit; hollow; cavity; hole (e.g. in the ground)
    • ·burrow; den; lair; holt; hole
    • ·deficit; shortage; (financial) hole; loss
    • ·gap (left by a missing employee, team member, etc.); vacancy; opening
    • ·flaw; fault; defect; weak point; hole (in a theory, plan, etc.); loophole
    • ·good place not many people know about; well-kept secret
    • ·upset victory (with a large payoff); long shot; dark horse
    • ·(partitioned) box (type of floor seating in a traditional Japanese theatre)
    • ·hiding place; hideout
    N3
  • 当たるあたる
    • ·to be hit; to strike
    • ·to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
    • ·to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
    • ·to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
    • ·to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
    • ·to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
    • ·to face; to confront
    • ·to lie (in the direction of)
    • ·to undertake; to be assigned
    • ·to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
    • ·to be called on (e.g. by a teacher)
    • ·to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
    • ·to be unnecessary
    • ·to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak
    • ·to feel a bite (in fishing)
    • ·(of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil
    • ·to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
    • ·to shave
    • ·to be a relative of a person; to be a ... in relation to ...; to stand in a relationship
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 何かなにか
    • ·something; some; any
    • ·somehow; for some reason
    • ·(so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
    N3
  • 人種じんしゅ
    • ·race (of people)
    • ·type of person
    N3
  • 暮らすくらすAs it appears here: 暮らして
    • ·to live (on, by, etc.); to lead a life; to get along; to get by
    • ·to make a living; to earn a livelihood
    • ·to spend one's time (doing); to pass one's days (doing); to live; to get on (doing)
    • ·to do daily; to do all day long; to continue doing
    N3
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • 一種いっしゅ
    • ·a kind; a sort; a variety; a species
    • ·of sorts; something of a; a sort of
    • ·sort of; somewhat
    N3
  • 差別さべつ
    • ·distinction; differentiation; discrimination
    • ·discrimination (against people)
    N3
  • 地球ちきゅう
    • ·Earth; the globe
    N3
  • 解決かいけつ
    • ·settlement; solution; resolution
    N3
  • 輸入ゆにゅう
    • ·import; importation; introduction
    • ·afferent
    N3
  • ちく
    • ·district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
    N3
    • ·time; pause
    • ·space
    • ·room
    N3
  • ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 評価ひょうか
    • ·valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment; estimation; rating; judging
    • ·appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement; rating highly; praising
    N3
  • 特徴とくちょう
    • ·feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
    N3
  • 分けるわけるAs it appears here: 分けた
    • ·to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out
    • ·to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out
    • ·to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between)
    • ·to break up (a fight); to mediate
    • ·to call a draw; to tie
    • ·to push one's way through (a crowd)
    • ·to sell
    N3
  • 意識いしき
    • ·consciousness
    • ·becoming aware (of); awareness; sense
    • ·mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
    N3
  • さける
    • ·to avoid (physical contact with)
    • ·to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to shirk (one's responsibilities)
    • ·to ward off; to avert
    • ·to put aside; to move out of the way
    N3
Other levels58 words
  • ヘンへん
    • ·area; vicinity; region
    • ·side; edge
    • ·circumstances
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    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
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行って
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • 向こうむこう
    • ·opposite side; other side
    • ·over there; ahead; beyond; (in the) distance; far away; far off
    • ·destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
    • ·the other party; the other side
    • ·from now; next (e.g. two weeks); coming ...; from ... onwards
    N5
  • 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
  • 呼ぶよぶAs it appears here: 呼ばない
    • ·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
  • あなた
    • ·you
    • ·dear; honey
    N5
  • 聞くきくAs it appears here: 聞かれた
    • ·to hear
    • ·to listen (e.g. to music)
    • ·to ask; to enquire; to query
    • ·to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
    • ·to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
    • ·to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
    • ·to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
    • ·to taste (alcohol); to try
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言われた
    • ·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As it appears here: あって
    • ·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
  • 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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • くに
    • ·country; state
    • ·region
    • ·national government; central government
    • ·home (i.e. hometown, home country)
    • ·province (of Japan)
    • ·land; earth
    N5
  • みるAs it appears here:
    • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
    • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
    • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
    • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
    • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
    • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
    N5
  • 貼るはるAs it appears here: 貼られて
    • ·to stick; to paste; to affix
    • ·to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (e.g. a tent)
    • ·to form (e.g. ice on a pond)
    • ·to fill; to swell
    • ·to stick out; to push out
    • ·to post (a link, etc. online)
    • ·to be expensive
    • ·to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout
    • ·to slap
    • ·to become one tile away from completion
    • ·to span; to generate
    N5
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: され
    • ·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: つけて
    • ·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
    • ·eye; eyeball
    • ·eyesight; sight; vision
    • ·look; stare; gaze; glance
    • ·notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
    • ·an experience
    • ·viewpoint
    • ·discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
    • ·(an) appearance
    • ·chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
    • ·spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
    • ·grain (of wood, paper)
    • ·eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
    • ·intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
    • ·dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
    • ·graduation; division (of a scale)
    • ·tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
    • ·ordinal number suffix
    • ·somewhat; -ish
    • ·point (e.g. of change)
    • ·eye (empty space inside a group of stones)
    N5
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見られる
    • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
    • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
    • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
    • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
    • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
    • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
    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
  • 入るはいるAs it appears here: 入り
    • ·to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive
    • ·to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into
    • ·to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category)
    • ·to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated
    • ·to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed
    • ·to be received; to be obtained
    • ·to be scored (of points); to be won (of votes)
    • ·to turn on; to start functioning; to start working
    • ·to enter (a month, season, etc.); to reach (e.g. a climax); to get to (e.g. the main topic); to enter into (e.g. negotiations); to start (doing); to begin
    • ·to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.); to develop
    • ·to be put in (of effort, spirit, feeling, etc.); to be applied (e.g. of strength)
    • ·to be ready (of tea, coffee, etc.); to be made
    • ·to enter the body (of alcohol); to become drunk
    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
  • まだ
    • ·still; as yet; only
    • ·(not) yet
    • ·more; (more) still
    • ·at least; comparatively; relatively
    • ·unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
    N5
  • 違うちがう
    • ·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
  • どこ
    • ·where; what place
    • ·how much (long, far); what extent
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しよう
    • ·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
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • むら
    • ·village
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なろう
    • ·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
  • するAs it appears here: されて
    • ·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
  • モンダイもんだい
    • ·question (e.g. on a test); problem
    • ·problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
    • ·question (i.e. doubt)
    • ·public discussion; controversy
    • ·trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
    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
  • いちばん
    • ·number one; first; first place
    • ·best; most
    • ·game; round; bout
    • ·as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
    • ·song (e.g. in noh); piece
    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
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    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
  • からだ
    • ·body
    • ·torso; trunk
    • ·build; physique; frame; figure
    • ·health; constitution
    N5
  • ぼく
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    • ·manservant
    N4
  • 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
  • 特別とくべつ
    • ·special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
    N4
  • 珍しいめずらしい
    • ·rare; uncommon; unusual; curious
    • ·new; novel
    • ·fine; nice; splendid; precious
    N4
  • こころ
    • ·mind; heart; spirit
    • ·the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
    N4
  • 時代じだい
    • ·period; epoch; era; age
    • ·the times; those days
    • ·oldness; ancientness; antiquity
    • ·antique; period piece
    N4
  • ハズはず
    • ·should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be)
    • ·nock (of a bow)
    • ·nock (of an arrow)
    • ·nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
    • ·wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
    N4
  • 世界せかい
    • ·the world; society; the universe
    • ·sphere; circle; world
    • ·world-renowned; world-famous
    • ·realm governed by one Buddha; space
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 決めるきめるAs it appears here: 決めて
    • ·to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
    • ·to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
    • ·to persist in doing; to go through with
    • ·to always do; to have made a habit of
    • ·to take for granted; to assume
    • ·to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
    • ·to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
    • ·to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
    • ·to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
    N4
  • 混じるまじるAs it appears here: 混じって
    • ·to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined
    • ·to associate with; to mingle with; to interest; to join
    N2
  • 皮ふひふ
    • ·skin
    N2
  • ジン
    • ·-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite)
    • ·-er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...
    • ·man; person; people
    N1
Grammar7 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • なんか/なんて/などN33 times in this passage

    A particle that cites an example or downplays/dismisses it — "things like / such as / (of all things)".

    「ガイジン」なんていうのも、その一つだ。

    “Gaijin” is one of them.

  • というN3

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

    「ガイジン」というレッテルを貼られてひとくくりにされ、何かにつけて特別な目で見られることになる。

    They are labeled “gaijin,” lumped together as one group, and treated as somehow different in all sorts of situations.

  • としてN3

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

    で、そういう人たちを「異人」「違う人間」として、こころのどこかで敬遠しようとしているのだ。

    And so, somewhere in their hearts, people try to keep their distance from them, regarding them as “outsiders” or “different people.”

  • ようとするN32 times in this passage

    Describes attempting to do something or being on the verge of doing it — 'try to…', 'be about to…'.

    で、そういう人たちを「異人」「違う人間」として、こころのどこかで敬遠しようとしているのだ。

    And so, somewhere in their hearts, people try to keep their distance from them, regarding them as “outsiders” or “different people.”

  • ことがあるN3

    After a plain verb, 'there are times when...'; after a past-tense verb (〜たことがある), 'have (ever) done, have the experience of'.

    地球が一つの村になろうとしている時代に、こんなバカなことがあっていいハズがない。

    In an age when the whole Earth is becoming one village, there is no way such foolishness should be acceptable.

  • っぽいN3

    Suffix turning a noun or verb-stem into an adjective meaning 'has the feel of / tends to' — '-ish, -like, prone to'.

    このモンダイを解決するには、「ガイジンの輸入がいちばんだ」と、ジョーダンっぽく言った人がいる。

    Someone jokingly said, “The best way to solve this problem is to import gaijin.”

  • 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'.

    (天野祐吉『バカだなア』ちくま文庫による

    (From Amano Yuukichi, Baka da naa, Chikuma Bunko)

Other levels17 patterns
  • よほど / よっぽどN2

    Adverb emphasising a high degree, or a strong impulse the speaker nearly acted on — "considerably," "quite," "(was) very much tempted to."

    「ガイジン」に当たる言葉はあっても、そんなのを使うのは、よっぽど特別のときである。

    There may be words corresponding to “gaijin,” but they are used only in very exceptional circumstances.

  • につけN2

    every time one does or experiences something (typically sees or hears), a feeling naturally follows — 'every time; whenever'.

    「ガイジン」というレッテルを貼られてひとくくりにされ、何かにつけて特別な目で見られることになる。

    They are labeled “gaijin,” lumped together as one group, and treated as somehow different in all sorts of situations.

  • ものか / もんかN2

    Emphatic rhetorical denial tacked onto a plain-form predicate — 'there's no way I would ~', 'as if I'd ~'.

    (注1)レッテルを貼る:それがどういうものか、評価などを決めてしまう

    (Note 1) To label: to decide in advance what something is like or how it should be evaluated

  • てもN42 times in this passage

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

    アメリカやヨーロッパへ行っても、向こうの人はぼくらを「ガイジン」なんて呼ばない。

    Even if we go to America or Europe, the people there do not call us “gaijin.”

  • ときN4

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

    「ガイジン」に当たる言葉はあっても、そんなのを使うのは、よっぽど特別のときである。

    There may be words corresponding to “gaijin,” but they are used only in very exceptional circumstances.

  • 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.'

    「ガイジン」というレッテルを貼られてひとくくりにされ、何かにつけて特別な目で見られることになる

    They are labeled “gaijin,” lumped together as one group, and treated as somehow different in all sorts of situations.

  • ということN4

    Nominalizes a whole statement into a noun — 'the fact that', 'it means that'.

    いろんな人種の人たちが入り混じって暮らしている欧米と違って、日本ではまだ、違う人種の人たちが珍しいということもあるんだろう。

    Unlike Europe and America, where people of many races live mixed together, people of different races are perhaps still relatively unusual in Japan.

  • 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').

    こんなことをしていたら、どんどん世界の仲間はずれにされてしまうと思う。

    I think that if this continues, Japan will increasingly be left out by the rest of the world.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN42 times in this passage

    Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

    こんなことをしていたら、どんどん世界の仲間はずれにされてしまうと思う。

    I think that if this continues, Japan will increasingly be left out by the rest of the world.

  • と思う(とおもう)N4

    Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.

    こんなことをしていたら、どんどん世界の仲間はずれにされてしまうと思う

    I think that if this continues, Japan will increasingly be left out by the rest of the world.

  • などN42 times in this passage

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

    (注1)レッテルを貼る:それがどういうものか、評価などを決めてしまう

    (Note 1) To label: to decide in advance what something is like or how it should be evaluated

  • けれどもN5

    More formal contrastive conjunction linking two clauses — "but / however / although."

    ぼくの経験でも、「あなたは日本人か?」と聞かれたことはあるけれど、「アナ夕、ガイジンネ」なんて言われたことは一度もなかった。

    In my own experience, I have been asked, “Are you Japanese?” but I have never once been told, “You’re a gaijin, aren’t you?”

  • にするN52 times in this passage

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

    「ガイジン」というレッテルを貼られてひとくくりにされ、何かにつけて特別な目で見られることになる。

    They are labeled “gaijin,” lumped together as one group, and treated as somehow different in all sorts of situations.

  • 〜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”.

    いろんな人種の人たちが入り混じって暮らしている欧米と違って、日本ではまだ、違う人種の人たちが珍しいということもあるんだろう。

    Unlike Europe and America, where people of many races live mixed together, people of different races are perhaps still relatively unusual in Japan.

  • まだN5

    Adverb showing an action or state still continues, or (with a negative) has not happened yet — "still / (not) yet."

    いろんな人種の人たちが入り混じって暮らしている欧米と違って、日本ではまだ、違う人種の人たちが珍しいということもあるんだろう。

    Unlike Europe and America, where people of many races live mixed together, people of different races are perhaps still relatively unusual in Japan.

  • んですN5

    Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.

    いろんな人種の人たちが入り混じって暮らしている欧米と違って、日本ではまだ、違う人種の人たちが珍しいということもあるんだろう。

    Unlike Europe and America, where people of many races live mixed together, people of different races are perhaps still relatively unusual in Japan.

  • 一番(いちばん)N5

    Marks the superlative, singling out the top item in a group — "the most / the best / number one".

    このモンダイを解決するには、「ガイジンの輸入がいちばんだ」と、ジョーダンっぽく言った人がいる。

    Someone jokingly said, “The best way to solve this problem is to import gaijin.”

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