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失しっ敗ぱいはすべて、子こどもがその後ごの人じん生せいを大たい過か（注）なく生いきるための血ちとなり、肉にくとなる。そう思おもえば、失しっ敗ぱいする前まえに手てを出だすことがいかに愚おろかな教きょう育いくか、わかろうというものです。

ただし、親おやは常つねに子こどもをそばでしっかり見み守まもっていなければなりません。手ては出ださないけれど、いつでも危き険けんから救すくってやれるよう、待たい機きするのです。そうして、もし子こどもが転ころんでケガをしたら、「ほら、痛いたいでしょう。ぶつからないように注ちゅう意いするのよ」と教おしえてやる。そういう姿し勢せいが親おやに求もとめられるのです。

（大おお宅たく映えい子こ『親おやの常じょう識しき』による）

（注ちゅう）大たい過か：大おおきな過あやまち

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Vocabulary3 words
  • いかに
    • ·how; in what way
    • ·how (much); to what extent
    • ·however (much); no matter how
    • ·hey; oi
    N1
  • 愚かおろか
    • ·foolish; stupid; silly
    N1
  • 過ちあやまち
    • ·fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
    N1
Other levels40 words
  • なるAs it appears here: なり
    • ·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
  • 肉にく
    • ·flesh
    • ·meat
    • ·flesh (of a fruit); pulp
    • ·the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh
    • ·thickness
    • ·content; substance; flesh
    • ·ink pad
    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
    • ·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
  • 前まえ
    • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
    • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
    • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
    • ·forward; ahead
    • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
    • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
    • ·portion; helping
    • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
    • ·privates; private parts
    • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わかろう
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
    • ·to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); to be found out; to make sense
    • ·I know!; I think so too!
    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
  • そば
    • ·(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; the side (of something); beside; vicinity; proximity; neighbourhood (neighborhood)
    • ·as soon as; right after
    N5
  • 手て
    • ·hand; arm
    • ·forepaw; foreleg
    • ·handle
    • ·hand; worker; help
    • ·trouble; care; effort
    • ·means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
    • ·hand; handwriting
    • ·kind; type; sort
    • ·one's hands; one's possession
    • ·ability to cope
    • ·hand (of cards)
    • ·direction
    • ·move (in go, shogi, etc.)
    N5
  • 出すだすAs it appears here: 出さない
    • ·to take out; to get out
    • ·to put out; to reveal; to show
    • ·to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in
    • ·to publish; to make public
    • ·to send (e.g. letter)
    • ·to produce (a sound); to start (fire)
    • ·to serve (food)
    • ·... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out)
    • ·to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...
    N5
  • いつ
    • ·when; at what time; how soon
    • ·normal times; ordinary days
    N5
  • そうして
    • ·and; like that
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したら
    • ·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
  • 痛いいたい
    • ·painful; sore
    • ·cringy; embarrassing
    N5
  • 教えるおしえるAs it appears here: 教えて
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • 大きなおおきな
    • ·big; large; great
    N5
  • 失敗しっぱい
    • ·failure; mistake; blunder
    N4
  • 生きるいきる
    • ·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
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 血ち
    • ·blood
    • ·blood; ancestry; lineage; stock
    • ·(the) blood; feelings; passions
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思えば
    • ·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
  • 教育きょういく
    • ·education; schooling; training; instruction; teaching; upbringing
    • ·culture; cultivation; education
    N4
  • 親おや
    • ·parent; parents; mother and father
    • ·dealer; banker
    • ·founder; inventor
    • ·(pet) owner
    • ·key; parent (organization); main
    • ·ancestor; forefather
    N4
  • しっかり
    • ·tightly (holding on); firmly; securely
    • ·strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily
    • ·properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely
    • ·reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely; cleverly
    N4
  • 危険きけん
    • ·danger; peril; hazard
    • ·risk
    N4
  • もし
    • ·if; in case; supposing
    N4
  • 注意ちゅうい
    • ·attention; notice; heed
    • ·care; caution; precaution; looking out (for); watching out (for)
    • ·advice; warning; caution; reminder
    • ·admonishment; reprimand; telling-off
    N4
  • すべて
    • ·everything; all; the whole
    • ·entirely; completely; wholly; all
    N3
  • 人生じんせい
    • ·(one's) life
    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
  • 常につねに
    • ·always; constantly; at all times; habitually
    N3
  • 救うすくうAs it appears here: 救って
    • ·to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to relieve (from)
    • ·to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.); to bring to salvation
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 転ぶころぶAs it appears here: 転んで
    • ·to fall down; to fall over
    • ·to turn out; to play out
    • ·to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
    • ·to roll; to tumble
    • ·(for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
    N3
  • ケガけが
    • ·injury; wound
    • ·mistake; accident; loss
    N3
  • 求めるもとめるAs it appears here: 求められる
    • ·to want; to wish for
    • ·to request; to demand; to require; to ask for
    • ·to seek; to search for; to look for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to find (a solution)
    • ·to purchase; to buy
    N3
  • 常識じょうしき
    • ·common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • ただし
    • ·but; however; provided that
    N2
  • 姿勢しせい
    • ·posture; pose; position; stance; carriage (of the body)
    • ·attitude; approach; stance
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

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  • いかにN1

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

    そう思えば、失敗する前に手を出すことがいかに愚かな教育か、わかろうというものです。

    Seen in that light, one can understand just how foolish it is as education to intervene before a child has a chance to fail.

Other levels11 patterns
  • というものだN2

    Emphatically asserts the true nature of something or states an emphatic conclusion — "that's just how it is, that's what … really is".

    そう思えば、失敗する前に手を出すことがいかに愚かな教育か、わかろうというものです。

    Seen in that light, one can understand just how foolish it is as education to intervene before a child has a chance to fail.

  • ためにN3

    marks a purpose ('in order to') or a cause ('because of / owing to').

    失敗はすべて、子どもがその後の人生を大過なく生きるための血となり、肉となる。

    Every failure becomes part of a child's very flesh and blood, helping them live the rest of their life without major mistakes.

  • 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'.

    （大宅映子『親の常識』による）

    (From Ōya Eiko, “Common Sense for Parents”)

  • なければならないN4

    Expresses a general, unavoidable obligation or necessity — 'must / have to'.

    ただし、親は常に子どもをそばでしっかり見守っていなければなりません。

    Parents, however, must always stay close and watch their children carefully.

  • 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').

    そうして、もし子どもが転んでケガをしたら、「ほら、痛いでしょう。

    Then, if the child falls and gets hurt, say, “See, that hurts, doesn't it?

  • てやるN4

    Marks doing an action as a favor for someone (often a subordinate, child, or animal) or, emphatically, as the speaker's defiant resolve — 'do (for someone)' / 'I'll show them, I'll do it'.

    ぶつからないように注意するのよ」と教えてやる。

    You need to be careful not to bump into things,” and teach the child that way.

  • 前に（まえに）N5

    Marks that something happens before an action or in front of a place — "before (doing) / in front of."

    そう思えば、失敗する前に手を出すことがいかに愚かな教育か、わかろうというものです。

    Seen in that light, one can understand just how foolish it is as education to intervene before a child has a chance to fail.

  • 〜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”.

    ただし、親は常に子どもをそばでしっかり見守っていなければなりません。

    Parents, however, must always stay close and watch their children carefully.

  • けれどもN5

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

    手は出さないけれど、いつでも危険から救ってやれるよう、待機するのです。

    They should not intervene, but should remain ready to rescue the child from danger at any time.

  • だ / ですN52 times in this passage

    The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.

    手は出さないけれど、いつでも危険から救ってやれるよう、待機するのです。

    They should not intervene, but should remain ready to rescue the child from danger at any time.

  • だろうN5

    Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.

    そうして、もし子どもが転んでケガをしたら、「ほら、痛いでしょう。

    Then, if the child falls and gets hurt, say, “See, that hurts, doesn't it?

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