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いま人にん間げんの欲よく望ぼうがいろいろと問もん題だいになっているのは、それが余あまりにも脹ふくらみすぎて、欲よく望ぼうの充じゅう足そくそれ自じ体たいが目もく的てきと化かし、本ほん来らいの意い味み、つまり私わたしたちの必ひつ要ようを満みたし、私わたしたちに心しん身しんの安あん定ていとやすらぎ（幸こう福ふく）をもたらす範はん囲いを遥はるかに逸いつ脱だつしてしまったことにある。

私わたしたちの多おおくはこの過か度どに肥ひ大だいした欲よく望ぼうゆえに、日ひ々びを楽たのしく過よぎせるどころか、絶たえざる欲求不満よっきゅうふまんに苛さいなまれるという不ふ幸こうな状じょう態たいに陥おちいっている。

（鈴すず木き孝たか夫お「人ひとにはどれだけの物ものが必ひつ要ようか―ミニマム生せい活かつのすすめ」による）

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  1. 1欲望について、筆者はどのように述べているか。

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Vocabulary5 words
  • 欲望よくぼう
    • ·desire; appetite; lust
    N1
  • 満たすみたすAs it appears here: 満たし
    • ·to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to gratify
    • ·to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
    N1
  • 日々ひび
    • ·daily; everyday
    • ·days (e.g. of one's youth)
    • ·every day; day after day; day by day; from day to day
    N1
  • 絶えるたえるAs it appears here: 絶え
    • ·to die out; to peter out; to become extinct
    • ·to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off
    N1
  • すすめ
    • ·recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
    N1
Other levels26 words
  • いま
    • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
    • ·another; more
    N5
  • いろいろ
    • ·various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
    • ·variously; in various ways; in many ways
    • ·various things; this and that
    N5
  • 問題もんだい
    • ·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
  • なるAs it appears here: なって
    • ·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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 意味いみ
    • ·meaning; significance; sense
    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
  • 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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 楽しいたのしいAs it appears here: 楽しく
    • ·enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
    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
  • どれ
    • ·which (of three or more)
    • ·well; now; c'mon
    N5
  • 物もの
    • ·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
  • 必要ひつよう
    • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
    • ·necessity; need; requirement
    N4
  • 生活せいかつ
    • ·life; living
    • ·livelihood; (one's) living
    N4
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • 目的もくてき
    • ·purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
    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
  • 安定あんてい
    • ·stability; steadiness; consistency; equilibrium; balance; composure
    • ·stable
    N3
  • 幸福こうふく
    • ·happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
    N3
  • 範囲はんい
    • ·extent; scope; sphere; range; span
    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
  • 不幸ふこう
    • ·unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident
    • ·death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
    N3
  • 状態じょうたい
    • ·state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
    N3
  • 本来ほんらい
    • ·originally; primarily
    • ·essentially; intrinsically; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
    • ·proper; rightful; legal; normal
    N2
  • 心身しんしん
    • ·mind and body
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

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  • ゆえにN1

    Formal/literary connective drawing a logical conclusion from a stated reason — 'therefore, consequently, and so.'

    私たちの多くはこの過度に肥大した欲望ゆえに、日々を楽しく過せるどころか、絶えざる欲求不満に苛まれるという不幸な状態に陥っている。

    Because of these excessively inflated desires, many of us, far from being able to enjoy our days, have fallen into the unhappy state of being constantly tormented by dissatisfaction.

Other levels9 patterns
  • つまりN3

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

    いま人間の欲望がいろいろと問題になっているのは、それが余りにも脹らみすぎて、欲望の充足それ自体が目的と化し、本来の意味、つまり私たちの必要を満たし、私たちに心身の安定とやすらぎ（幸福）をもたらす範囲を遥かに逸脱してしまったことにある。

    The reason human desire has become a problem in various ways today is that it has grown excessively, to the point where satisfying desire itself has become an end in its own right and has strayed far beyond its original purpose: meeting our needs and bringing us physical and mental stability and peace of mind (happiness).

  • どころかN3

    Contradicts an expectation with something stronger, 'far from ~ / let alone / on the contrary'.

    私たちの多くはこの過度に肥大した欲望ゆえに、日々を楽しく過せるどころか、絶えざる欲求不満に苛まれるという不幸な状態に陥っている。

    Because of these excessively inflated desires, many of us, far from being able to enjoy our days, have fallen into the unhappy state of being constantly tormented by dissatisfaction.

  • というN3

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

    私たちの多くはこの過度に肥大した欲望ゆえに、日々を楽しく過せるどころか、絶えざる欲求不満に苛まれるという不幸な状態に陥っている。

    Because of these excessively inflated desires, many of us, far from being able to enjoy our days, have fallen into the unhappy state of being constantly tormented by dissatisfaction.

  • 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'.

    （鈴木孝夫「人にはどれだけの物が必要か―ミニマム生活のすすめ」による）

    (From Suzuki Takao, “How Many Things Do People Need? — An Invitation to Minimal Living”)

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN4

    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.

    いま人間の欲望がいろいろと問題になっているのは、それが余りにも脹らみすぎて、欲望の充足それ自体が目的と化し、本来の意味、つまり私たちの必要を満たし、私たちに心身の安定とやすらぎ（幸福）をもたらす範囲を遥かに逸脱してしまったことにある。

    The reason human desire has become a problem in various ways today is that it has grown excessively, to the point where satisfying desire itself has become an end in its own right and has strayed far beyond its original purpose: meeting our needs and bringing us physical and mental stability and peace of mind (happiness).

  • が必要（がひつよう）N4

    Marks something as necessary or required — 'need X / X is necessary'.

    （鈴木孝夫「人にはどれだけの物が必要か―ミニマム生活のすすめ」による）

    (From Suzuki Takao, “How Many Things Do People Need? — An Invitation to Minimal Living”)

  • 〜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”.

    いま人間の欲望がいろいろと問題になっているのは、それが余りにも脹らみすぎて、欲望の充足それ自体が目的と化し、本来の意味、つまり私たちの必要を満たし、私たちに心身の安定とやすらぎ（幸福）をもたらす範囲を遥かに逸脱してしまったことにある。

    The reason human desire has become a problem in various ways today is that it has grown excessively, to the point where satisfying desire itself has become an end in its own right and has strayed far beyond its original purpose: meeting our needs and bringing us physical and mental stability and peace of mind (happiness).

  • すぎるN5

    Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to mean the action or quality is excessive, 'too much / overly ~'.

    いま人間の欲望がいろいろと問題になっているのは、それが余りにも脹らみすぎて、欲望の充足それ自体が目的と化し、本来の意味、つまり私たちの必要を満たし、私たちに心身の安定とやすらぎ（幸福）をもたらす範囲を遥かに逸脱してしまったことにある。

    The reason human desire has become a problem in various ways today is that it has grown excessively, to the point where satisfying desire itself has become an end in its own right and has strayed far beyond its original purpose: meeting our needs and bringing us physical and mental stability and peace of mind (happiness).

  • だけN5

    Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.

    （鈴木孝夫「人にはどれだけの物が必要か―ミニマム生活のすすめ」による）

    (From Suzuki Takao, “How Many Things Do People Need? — An Invitation to Minimal Living”)

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