• 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
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  N5
• それ
  • ·that; it
  • ·then; that point (in time); that time
  • ·there
  • ·you
  N5
• 出来るできるAs it appears here: 出来ない
  • ·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
• いう
  • ·to say; to utter; to declare
  • ·to name; to call
  • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
  N5
• 持つもつAs it appears here: 持って
  • ·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
• 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
• 登れるのぼれるAs it appears here: 登れない
  • ·to ascend; to go up; to climb
  • ·to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise
  • ·to go to (the capital)
  • ·to be promoted
  • ·to add up to
  • ·to advance (in price)
  • ·to swim up (a river); to sail up
  • ·to come up (on the agenda)
  N5
• 下した
  • ·below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
  • ·bottom
  • ·beneath; underneath
  • ·just after; right after
  • ·inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)
  • ·trade-in
  • ·preliminary; preparatory
  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
• 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
• あるAs it appears here: あります
  • ·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
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  N5
• 次つぎ
  • ·next; following; subsequent
  • ·stage; station
  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
• 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
• 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
• 以上いじょう
  • ·not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
  • ·beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
  • ·the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
  • ·since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
  • ·that's all; that is the end; the end
  N4
• 壁かべ
  • ·wall; partition
  • ·barrier; obstacle; hindrance; difficulty
  • ·Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
  • ·wall (of stones)
  N4
• 場合ばあい
  • ·case; occasion; situation; circumstances
  N4
• 必要ひつよう
  • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
  • ·necessity; need; requirement
  N4
• 合うあうAs it appears here: 合った
  • ·to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet
  • ·to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct
  • ·to be profitable; to be equitable
  • ·to do ... to each other; to do ... together
  N4
• ため
  • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
  • ·consequence; result; effect
  • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
  N4
• 考えるかんがえる
  • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
  • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
  • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
  • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
  • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
  • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
  • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
  N4
• 能力のうりょく
  • ·ability; faculty
  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
• 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
• よう
  • ·appearing ...; looking ...
  • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
  • ·form; style; design
  • ·like; similar to
  • ·thing (thought or spoken)
  N3
• 気の毒きのどく
  • ·pitiful; unfortunate; poor; miserable; wretched
  • ·unpardonable; regrettable
  N3
• 諦めるあきらめるAs it appears here: 諦め
  • ·to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
  N3
• ただ
  • ·ordinary; common; usual
  • ·free of charge
  • ·unaffected; as is; safe
  • ·only; merely; just; simply
  • ·but; however; nevertheless
  N3
• 求めるもとめる
  • ·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
• 見当けんとう
  • ·estimate; guess; conjecture; aim
  • ·direction; bearings
  • ·registration mark (printing)
  • ·approximately; about; around
  N3
• 憧れるあこがれるAs it appears here: 憧れ
  • ·to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to; to admire; to adore
  N2
• 外れるはずれるAs it appears here: 外れて
  • ·to be disconnected; to get out of place; to be off; to be out (e.g. of gear)
  • ·to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to draw a blank (e.g. lottery)
  • ·to be removed; to be excluded
  • ·to be contrary to; to go against
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• のみN2

  formal/written equivalent of だけ, limiting to one thing — 'only ~', 'nothing but ~'

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.

• 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."

  人が自分の能力以上のことに憧れ、それがどうしても出来ないというのに、なお執着を持っているとしたら、登れない壁の下で徒らじたばたしているようなもので、気の毒でもありますが、滑稽でもあります。

  If a person longs for something beyond their abilities and, though it is simply impossible, continues to cling to that desire, it is like flailing uselessly beneath a wall they cannot climb: pitiable, but also comical.

• というN3

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

  人が自分の能力以上のことに憧れ、それがどうしても出来ないというのに、なお執着を持っているとしたら、登れない壁の下で徒らじたばたしているようなもので、気の毒でもありますが、滑稽でもあります。

  If a person longs for something beyond their abilities and, though it is simply impossible, continues to cling to that desire, it is like flailing uselessly beneath a wall they cannot climb: pitiable, but also comical.

• とすれば・としたら・とするとN3

  'If / supposing that…' — sets up a hypothesis and states what would follow from it.

  人が自分の能力以上のことに憧れ、それがどうしても出来ないというのに、なお執着を持っているとしたら、登れない壁の下で徒らじたばたしているようなもので、気の毒でもありますが、滑稽でもあります。

  If a person longs for something beyond their abilities and, though it is simply impossible, continues to cling to that desire, it is like flailing uselessly beneath a wall they cannot climb: pitiable, but also comical.

• たものだN3

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

  人が自分の能力以上のことに憧れ、それがどうしても出来ないというのに、なお執着を持っているとしたら、登れない壁の下で徒らじたばたしているようなもので、気の毒でもありますが、滑稽でもあります。

  If a person longs for something beyond their abilities and, though it is simply impossible, continues to cling to that desire, it is like flailing uselessly beneath a wall they cannot climb: pitiable, but also comical.

• ためにN3

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

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.

• 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'.

  （串田孫一『考える葦』による）

  (From Kushida Magoichi, “The Thinking Reed”)

• 〜のにN4

  Links two clauses so the result contradicts what the first clause leads you to expect — "even though ~ / although ~".

  人が自分の能力以上のことに憧れ、それがどうしても出来ないというのに、なお執着を持っているとしたら、登れない壁の下で徒らじたばたしているようなもので、気の毒でもありますが、滑稽でもあります。

  If a person longs for something beyond their abilities and, though it is simply impossible, continues to cling to that desire, it is like flailing uselessly beneath a wall they cannot climb: pitiable, but also comical.

• 場合は（ばあいは）N4

  States the situation or condition under which something applies — 'in the case of; in the event that; if'.

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.

• が必要（がひつよう）N4

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

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.

• 〜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.

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.

• ことになるN4

  Expresses that something has been decided or comes about, often through external circumstances rather than the speaker's own will; 'it has been decided that / it turns out that.'

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.

• かもしれないN4

  Expresses possibility or conjecture — 'might', 'maybe', 'perhaps'.

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.

• 〜ているN53 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”.

  人が自分の能力以上のことに憧れ、それがどうしても出来ないというのに、なお執着を持っているとしたら、登れない壁の下で徒らじたばたしているようなもので、気の毒でもありますが、滑稽でもあります。

  If a person longs for something beyond their abilities and, though it is simply impossible, continues to cling to that desire, it is like flailing uselessly beneath a wall they cannot climb: pitiable, but also comical.

• だ / ですN5

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

  この場合は諦めが必要です、ただそれは、その次の、自分の能力に合った憧れなり、道なりを求めるためにのみ必要であって、諦めの中に憩ってしまうことは少し見当が外れていることになるかもしれません。

  In such a case, one needs to give up, but only in order to move on and seek an aspiration or path suited to one's abilities; to settle comfortably into resignation itself may be somewhat beside the point.