• するAs it appears here: される
  • ·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
• 広いひろいAs it appears here: 広
  • ·spacious; vast; wide
  N5
• 手紙てがみ
  • ·letter; note
  N5
• 本ほん
  • ·book; volume; script
  • ·this; present; current; ... in question; ... at issue
  • ·main; head; principal
  • ·real; genuine; regular; proper
  • ·counter for long, thin objects (sticks, tubes, strings, bottles, pillars, rivers, rail lines, etc.)
  • ·counter for films, TV shows, etc.
  • ·counter for telephone calls, letters, and emails
  • ·counter for goals, home runs, etc.
  • ·counter for rounds or points (in judo, kendo, etc.)
  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
• 取るとるAs it appears here: 取って
  • ·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
• 紙かみ
  • ·paper
  N5
• 少しすこし
  • ·a little; a bit; a small amount; a few; some; slightly; somewhat
  • ·a little while; a short time; a moment; a minute
  • ·a little way; a short distance
  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
• しかし
  • ·however; but
  N5
• するAs it appears here: すれ
  • ·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
• 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
• 最近さいきん
  • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
  • ·nearest; closest
  N4
• 社会しゃかい
  • ·society; public; community; the world
  • ·social studies
  N4
• 生きるいきるAs it appears here: 生きて
  • ·to live; to exist
  • ·to make a living; to subsist
  • ·to be in effect; to be in use; to function
  • ·to come to life; to be enlivened
  • ·to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
  N4
• 情報じょうほう
  • ·information; news; report; intelligence
  • ·information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
  • ·informatics (as a subject)
  N3
• あるいは
  • ·or; either ... or
  • ·maybe; perhaps; possibly
  • ·some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
  N3
• 使用しよう
  • ·use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
  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
• 守るまもるAs it appears here: 守り
  • ·to protect; to guard; to defend
  • ·to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
  N3
• 実現じつげん
  • ·implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization; actualisation
  N3
• 減らすへらすAs it appears here: 減らそう
  • ·to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
  N3
• 自然しぜん
  • ·nature
  • ·natural; spontaneous; automatic
  • ·naturally; spontaneously; automatically
  N3
• 我々われわれ
  • ·we
  N3
• ほう
  • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
  • ·type; category
  • ·field (of study, etc.)
  • ·indicates one side of a comparison
  • ·way; method; manner; means
  • ·length (of each side of a square)
  N3

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• あるいはN2

  Presents an alternative or a possibility — 'or; or perhaps; alternatively'.

  手紙や本、申込書やカルテ、航空券やコンサートのチケットなど、さまざまなものが電子化され、コンピューターの画面あるいは画像データに取って代わられた。

  Letters, books, application forms, medical records, airline tickets, concert tickets, and many other things have been digitized and replaced by computer screens or image data.

• というN3

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

  最近、紙媒体の情報が電子化されるという動きが広がっている。

  Recently, the movement to digitize information that has been carried on paper has been spreading.

• にとってN3

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

  というのも、自然の中に生きている我々にとって、自然由来の紙媒体のほうが電子媒体よりも心地よいからだ。

  This is because, for us as beings living within nature, paper media derived from nature feel more comfortable than electronic media.

• よりもN3

  Emphatic comparison marking one thing as exceeding another — 'even more than, rather than'.

  というのも、自然の中に生きている我々にとって、自然由来の紙媒体のほうが電子媒体よりも心地よいからだ。

  This is because, for us as beings living within nature, paper media derived from nature feel more comfortable than electronic media.

• しかしN5

  Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.

  しかし、紙を減らそうとすればするほど、（　A　）。

  However, the more we try to reduce paper, the more (　A　).

• 〜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”.

  というのも、自然の中に生きている我々にとって、自然由来の紙媒体のほうが電子媒体よりも心地よいからだ。

  This is because, for us as beings living within nature, paper media derived from nature feel more comfortable than electronic media.