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われわれはだかものいるようおもいるが、実際じっさいそうではないわれわれは、じょうしきといういろがねものいるそしてじょうしきつくのは、だいにんげんありそのだいにんげんあるがくもんげいじゅつつくそしてあたらかいわれわれおしそのれきてきわれわれでんしょうされわれわれそのもってものしかもはだかものいるおもいるしかしひとあるかぎそれかいいがいるのであるそのからどうしてもなにあるのである

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Vocabulary1 words
  • 対話たいわ
    • ·dialogue; conversation; talk; discussion; communication
    N1
Other levels30 words
  • 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
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見て
    • ·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
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作った
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    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
  • 新しいあたらしいAs it appears here: 新しく
    • ·new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
    N5
  • 見るみる
    • ·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
  • 教えるおしえるAs it appears here: 教えた
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    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
  • もつAs it appears here: もって
    • ·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
  • 見るみる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
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 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
  • 世界せかい
    • ·the world; society; the universe
    • ·sphere; circle; world
    • ·world-renowned; world-famous
    • ·realm governed by one Buddha; space
    N4
  • 見えるみえるAs it appears here: 見えない
    • ·to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
    • ·to look; to seem; to appear
    • ·to come
    N4
  • 我々われわれ
    • ·we
    N3
  • はだか
    • ·nakedness; nudity
    • ·bareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered
    • ·being penniless
    • ·concealing nothing; openness
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 実際じっさい
    • ·reality; actuality; truth; fact; actual conditions
    • ·practice (as opposed to theory)
    • ·truly; really; indeed; actually
    • ·bhutakoti (limit of reality)
    N3
  • 常識じょうしき
    • ·common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette
    N3
  • 過去かこ
    • ·the past; bygone days
    • ·one's past (that one would prefer remained secret)
    • ·past (tense); preterit; preterite
    • ·previous life
    N3
  • 偉大いだい
    • ·great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
    N3
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • 学問がくもん
    • ·study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge
    • ·discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
    N3
  • 芸術げいじゅつ
    • ·art; the arts
    N3
  • しかも
    • ·moreover; furthermore
    • ·nevertheless; and yet
    N3
  • どうしても
    • ·by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
    • ·whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
    • ·on no account; by no means
    • ·in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually
    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
Grammar0 patterns

No N1 grammar patterns in this passage.

Other levels13 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • しかもN2

    Additive conjunction adding a further, often stronger point — 'moreover, and what's more'.

    その眼が歴史的に我々に伝承され、我々はその眼でもって、ものを見、しかも裸の眼でものを見ていると思っている。

    Those eyes have been handed down to us through history, and we use them to see things while believing that we are seeing with our naked eyes.

  • 限りN2

    Marks the limit or scope within which a statement holds — 'as long as,' 'as far as,' 'to the extent that.'

    しかし、一つの眼である限り、それは世界を歪んで見ているのである。

    Yet as long as it is only one way of seeing, it inevitably gives us a distorted view of the world.

  • というN3

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

    我々は、常識という色眼鏡でものを見ている。

    We see things through the tinted glasses of common sense.

  • 的(てき)N3

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

    その眼が歴史的に我々に伝承され、我々はその眼でもって、ものを見、しかも裸の眼でものを見ていると思っている。

    Those eyes have been handed down to us through history, and we use them to see things while believing that we are seeing with our naked eyes.

  • どうしてもN3

    Fixed adverb "no matter what / by all means"; with a negative predicate it means "(simply) cannot ... however hard one tries."

    その眼からはどうしても見えない何かがあるのである。

    There is always something that cannot possibly be seen through those eyes.

  • 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'.

    (梅原猛『饗宴―梅原猛随想と対話』による

    (From Umehara Takeshi, The Feast—Essays and Dialogues of Umehara Takeshi)

  • と思う(とおもう)N4

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

    その眼が歴史的に我々に伝承され、我々はその眼でもって、ものを見、しかも裸の眼でものを見ていると思っている。

    Those eyes have been handed down to us through history, and we use them to see things while believing that we are seeing with our naked eyes.

  • 〜ているN56 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”.

    我々は裸の眼でものを見ているように思っているが、実際そうではない。

    We think that we see things with our naked eyes, but in reality we do not.

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    我々は裸の眼でものを見ているように思っているが、実際そうではない

    We think that we see things with our naked eyes, but in reality we do not.

  • そしてN52 times in this passage

    Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.

    そして、常識を作ったのは、過去の偉大な人間であり、その偉大な人間はある学問や芸術を創り出し、そして、新しく世界を見る眼を我々に教えた。

    And it was the great people of the past who created that common sense; they created fields of scholarship or art and taught us new eyes with which to view the world.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、一つの眼である限り、それは世界を歪んで見ているのである。

    Yet as long as it is only one way of seeing, it inevitably gives us a distorted view of the world.

  • のでN52 times in this passage

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

    しかし、一つの眼である限り、それは世界を歪んで見ているのである。

    Yet as long as it is only one way of seeing, it inevitably gives us a distorted view of the world.

  • がありますN5

    States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".

    その眼からはどうしても見えない何かがあるのである。

    There is always something that cannot possibly be seen through those eyes.

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