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グーテンベルクの活版印刷かっぱんいんさつ革かく命めいから約やく500年ねん､今こん世せい紀き､デジタル技ぎ術じゅつによる情じょう報ほう爆ばく発はつの時じ代だいが始はじまった。だれもが発信者はっしんしゃになるインターネット世せ界かいで､すでに情じょう報ほうは飽ほう和わしている｡すると、「いかに蓄ちく積せきされた情じょう報ほうを統とう合ごう的てきに再さい利り用ようするか」がキー（注）になる。大たい量りょうに蓄ちく積せきされた情じょう報ほうの中なかから、重じゅう要ようなものを発はつ堀ほりして新あらたな創そう造ぞうに結むすびつけていく技ぎ術じゅつ。それは古こ代だいから書しょ物もつを大たい量りょうに蓄ちく積せきし、索さく引いん検けん索さくによって利り用ようできるようにしてきた図と書しょ館かんの基き本ほんシステムそのものだ。図と書しょ館かんは、私わたしたちが思おもっているよりはるかに未み来らい的てきなものだ。

（朝あさ日ひ新しん聞ぶんグロープ2013年ねん8月つき18日ひ付づけによる）

（注ちゅう）キー：ここでは、重じゅう要ような点てん

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  1. 1未来的とあるが、どのような点が未来的なのか。

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Vocabulary9 words
  • 革命かくめい
    • ·revolution
    • ·58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
    N1
  • 飽和ほうわ
    • ·saturation; satiation
    N1
  • いかに
    • ·how; in what way
    • ·how (much); to what extent
    • ·however (much); no matter how
    • ·hey; oi
    N1
  • 蓄積ちくせき
    • ·accumulation; accumulate; store
    N1
  • 統合とうごう
    • ·integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
    N1
  • 発はつ
    • ·departure; departing from ...; leaving at (e.g. 8:30)
    • ·sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; datelined ...
    • ·counter for engines (on an aircraft)
    • ·counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches); counter for jokes, puns, etc.; counter for ideas, thoughts or guesses
    • ·counter for ejaculations or sexual intercourse
    N1
  • 創造そうぞう
    • ·creation
    • ·Creation (by God)
    N1
  • 古代こだい
    • ·ancient times; distant past; antiquity
    N1
  • はるか
    • ·far away; far off; far; distant; in the distance
    • ·long ago; long before
    N1
Other levels33 words
  • 始まるはじまるAs it appears here: 始まった
    • ·to begin; to start; to commence
    • ·to happen (again); to begin (anew)
    • ·to date (from); to originate (in)
    N5
  • だれ
    • ·who
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: された
    • ·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
  • 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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: し
    • ·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
  • できる
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • 図書館としょかん
    • ·library
    N5
  • ここ
    • ·here; this place
    • ·this point; here; now
    • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
    • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
    N5
  • 時代じだい
    • ·period; epoch; era; age
    • ·the times; those days
    • ·oldness; ancientness; antiquity
    • ·antique; period piece
    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
  • 技術ぎじゅつ
    • ·technology; engineering
    • ·technique; skill
    • ·art; craft
    N4
  • 利用りよう
    • ·use; utilization; utilisation; application
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思って
    • ·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
  • 点てん
    • ·dot; spot; point; speck; mark
    • ·mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points
    • ·point (in a game); score; goal; run
    • ·point
    • ·point; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint
    • ·(punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot
    • ·"dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
    • ·counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
    • ·counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
    N4
  • 約やく
    • ·approximately; about
    • ·promise; appointment; engagement
    • ·shortening; reduction; simplification
    • ·contraction (in phonetics)
    N3
  • 情報じょうほう
    • ·information; news; report; intelligence
    • ·information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
    • ·informatics (as a subject)
    N3
  • 爆発ばくはつ
    • ·explosion; detonation; blast; blowing up; eruption
    • ·outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
    N3
  • すでに
    • ·already
    • ·previously; before
    • ·undeniably; unmistakably; in the first place
    N3
  • 重要じゅうよう
    • ·important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
    N3
  • 新たあらた
    • ·new; fresh; novel
    N3
  • 書物しょもつ
    • ·book; volume
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 基本きほん
    • ·basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 日付ひづけ
    • ·date; dating
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 堀ほり
    • ·moat; fosse
    • ·canal; ditch
    N2
  • 索引さくいん
    • ·index (in a book)
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

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  • いかにN1

    Formal adverb emphasizing degree or manner — 'how ~', or with ~ても 'however much ~'.

    だれもが発信者になるインターネット世界で､すでに情報は飽和している｡すると、「いかに蓄積された情報を統合的に再利用するか」がキーになる。

    In the Internet world, where anyone can become a source of information, information is already saturated. The key, then, becomes “how to integrate and reuse the information that has accumulated.”

Other levels9 patterns
  • によって/によるN33 times in this passage

    Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.

    グーテンベルクの活版印刷革命から約500年､今世紀､デジタル技術による情報爆発の時代が始まった。

    About 500 years after Gutenberg's movable-type printing revolution, this century has ushered in an age of information explosion driven by digital technology.

  • すでにN3

    Adverb stating an action is 'already' done or a situation already holds.

    だれもが発信者になるインターネット世界で､すでに情報は飽和している｡すると、「いかに蓄積された情報を統合的に再利用するか」がキーになる。

    In the Internet world, where anyone can become a source of information, information is already saturated. The key, then, becomes “how to integrate and reuse the information that has accumulated.”

  • 的（てき）N3

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

    だれもが発信者になるインターネット世界で､すでに情報は飽和している｡すると、「いかに蓄積された情報を統合的に再利用するか」がキーになる。

    In the Internet world, where anyone can become a source of information, information is already saturated. The key, then, becomes “how to integrate and reuse the information that has accumulated.”

  • たものだN3

    recalls a past habitual action with fondness or nostalgia, 'used to (do)'.

    図書館は、私たちが思っているよりはるかに未来的なものだ。

    Libraries are far more futuristic than we tend to think.

  • 〜ていくN4

    Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.

    大量に蓄積された情報の中から、重要なものを発堀して新たな創造に結びつけていく技術。

    A technology for uncovering important information from the massive stores of accumulated information and linking it to new creation.

  • ようにするN4

    Expresses making an ongoing effort or arranging things so that something does or doesn't happen — "make sure to / try to (do regularly)".

    それは古代から書物を大量に蓄積し、索引検索によって利用できるようにしてきた図書館の基本システムそのものだ。

    That is precisely the basic system of the library, which since ancient times has accumulated large numbers of books and made them usable through indexes and searches.

  • 〜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'.

    それは古代から書物を大量に蓄積し、索引検索によって利用できるようにしてきた図書館の基本システムそのものだ。

    That is precisely the basic system of the library, which since ancient times has accumulated large numbers of books and made them usable through indexes and searches.

  • よりN4

    Particle marking the standard in a comparison (also a starting point), "than / (more) than; from".

    図書館は、私たちが思っているよりはるかに未来的なものだ。

    Libraries are far more futuristic than we tend to think.

  • 〜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”.

    だれもが発信者になるインターネット世界で､すでに情報は飽和している｡すると、「いかに蓄積された情報を統合的に再利用するか」がキーになる。

    In the Internet world, where anyone can become a source of information, information is already saturated. The key, then, becomes “how to integrate and reuse the information that has accumulated.”

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