ものか / もんかN2
Emphatic rhetorical denial tacked onto a plain-form predicate — 'there's no way I would ~', 'as if I'd ~'.
などと、観賞したり評価するのは、いつでも大人で、子供自身は、もしほめられても、そんなものかなと聞いているだけである。
It is always adults who appreciate and evaluate the drawing in this way; the child, even when praised, merely listens with a vague sense of, “Oh, is that so?”
いわゆるN2
A prenominal modifier introducing a commonly used label — 'so-called; what is called; what is known as'.
いわゆる「絵描きさん」となると、描いている瞬間に、結果がわかっている。
For those known as “painters,” the result is already known at the very moment they are painting.
逆に（ぎゃくに）N2
Signals that what follows runs opposite to what was just said or expected — 'on the contrary', 'conversely', 'the other way around'.
出来ばえに、逆にひきずり回されているのだ。
They end up being dragged around by concern for how the finished work will turn out.
しかもN2
Additive conjunction adding a further, often stronger point — 'moreover, and what's more'.
しかも、大向こう(注3)の気配まですでに見すかして、……こんな趣向は喜ばれるだろう、これはちょっとやりすぎかな、などと意識・無意識に、そんな手応えにあわせながら仕事をすすめている。
Moreover, they anticipate even the response of the audience (Note 3), proceeding consciously or unconsciously according to such feedback as, “…people will probably like an idea like this,” or “perhaps this goes a little too far.”
だってN2
Colloquial particle adding 'even/too', giving a reason 'but/because', or reporting hearsay 'they say ~'.
大人の作品だって、本質的には生命力こそ肝要なのだ。
Yet even in adults' works, what is fundamentally essential is vitality itself.
少なくともN2
States a minimum quantity or a minimal claim — 'at least'.
私自身は、少なくともそのつもりである。
At least, that is what I myself intend.
というN36 times in this passage
Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.
だが問題は自分のなかにあるものを外に突き出す、投げ出すという行為自体であって、決して出来上りの効果ではない。
But what matters is the act itself of thrusting and throwing what is inside oneself outward, never the effect of the finished result.
決して～ないN3
Adverb pairing with a following negative to stress absolute denial, 'never / by no means / not at all'.
だが問題は自分のなかにあるものを外に突き出す、投げ出すという行為自体であって、決して出来上りの効果ではない。
But what matters is the act itself of thrusting and throwing what is inside oneself outward, never the effect of the finished result.
的（てき）N32 times in this passage
A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).
その以前の、もっと根源的な何ものかなのである。
It is something prior to that, something far more fundamental.
たものだN3
recalls a past habitual action with fondness or nostalgia, 'used to (do)'.
はじめから観賞すること、してもらうことを目的とし、結果を予測しながら作り上げたものなのだ。
From the outset, it is created for the purpose of being appreciated and having others appreciate it, with the outcome anticipated as it is made.
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'.
習練(注1)と経験によって、色やタッチ(注2)の効果が計算できるし、生命の衝動、情熱、無目的な行動よりも、結果の方に神経が働いてしまう。
Through training (Note 1) and experience, they can calculate the effects of color and touch (Note 2), and their attention becomes directed more toward the result than toward the impulse of life, passion, or purposeless action.
よりもN3
Emphatic comparison marking one thing as exceeding another — 'even more than, rather than'.
習練(注1)と経験によって、色やタッチ(注2)の効果が計算できるし、生命の衝動、情熱、無目的な行動よりも、結果の方に神経が働いてしまう。
Through training (Note 1) and experience, they can calculate the effects of color and touch (Note 2), and their attention becomes directed more toward the result than toward the impulse of life, passion, or purposeless action.
すでにN3
Adverb stating an action is 'already' done or a situation already holds.
しかも、大向こう(注3)の気配まですでに見すかして、……こんな趣向は喜ばれるだろう、これはちょっとやりすぎかな、などと意識・無意識に、そんな手応えにあわせながら仕事をすすめている。
Moreover, they anticipate even the response of the audience (Note 3), proceeding consciously or unconsciously according to such feedback as, “…people will probably like an idea like this,” or “perhaps this goes a little too far.”
ついN3
Marks an action done unintentionally or on impulse, in spite of oneself — "can't help but, without meaning to".
評判をとり、買手がついてくれなければ食ってゆけないし、社会が許さない。
Unless they gain a reputation and find buyers, they cannot make a living, and society will not permit otherwise.
わけにはいかないN3
Expresses that one cannot do something for social, moral, or practical reasons rather than physical inability — 'there's no way I can / can't afford to'.
無償の行為というわけにはいかない。
It cannot be an entirely gratuitous, uncompensated act.
つまりN3
Restates or sums up the preceding statement more plainly — 'in other words / that is to say'.
明らかに「作品」つまり「商品」を作っているのである。
Clearly, they are making a “work”—that is, a “commodity.”
こそN3
Emphatic particle singling out the preceding word as precisely the right or decisive one — 'precisely, exactly, ...for sure.'
大人の作品だって、本質的には生命力こそ肝要なのだ。
Yet even in adults' works, what is fundamentally essential is vitality itself.
つもりでN3
Acts while treating something as if it were the case — 'with the intention of / assuming that'.
私自身は、少なくともそのつもりである。
At least, that is what I myself intend.
たがるN4
Auxiliary attached to a verb stem describing the outward signs that a third party wants to do something ('seems eager to / keeps wanting to').
だから子供は描きたがる。
That is why children want to draw.
〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN43 times in this passage
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.
だから子供は描きおわってしまったものはふり向きもしない。
That is why, once children finish drawing something, they do not even look back at it.
かもしれないN4
Expresses possibility or conjecture — 'might', 'maybe', 'perhaps'.
これをうまく伸ばせば、将来えらい画家になるかもしれない。」
If this talent is developed well, Bōya might become a great painter someday.”
などN43 times in this passage
Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.
などと、観賞したり評価するのは、いつでも大人で、子供自身は、もしほめられても、そんなものかなと聞いているだけである。
It is always adults who appreciate and evaluate the drawing in this way; the child, even when praised, merely listens with a vague sense of, “Oh, is that so?”
てもN4
Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.
などと、観賞したり評価するのは、いつでも大人で、子供自身は、もしほめられても、そんなものかなと聞いているだけである。
It is always adults who appreciate and evaluate the drawing in this way; the child, even when praised, merely listens with a vague sense of, “Oh, is that so?”
だけでN4
'Just by / with only' — a single small condition alone is enough to produce the result.
などと、観賞したり評価するのは、いつでも大人で、子供自身は、もしほめられても、そんなものかなと聞いているだけである。
It is always adults who appreciate and evaluate the drawing in this way; the child, even when praised, merely listens with a vague sense of, “Oh, is that so?”
ようだN42 times in this passage
Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".
だから「子供の絵」というような言い方の、根本に何か間違いがある、と私は思う。
That is why I think there is something fundamentally mistaken in an expression like “children's pictures.”
かなN42 times in this passage
Casual sentence-final particle musing to oneself — 'I wonder...' (and 'I hope...' with a negative).
その以前の、もっと根源的な何ものかなのである。
It is something prior to that, something far more fundamental.
〜てもらうN4
Benefactive construction: receive the favor of someone doing an action for you — 'have/get someone to ...'.
はじめから観賞すること、してもらうことを目的とし、結果を予測しながら作り上げたものなのだ。
From the outset, it is created for the purpose of being appreciated and having others appreciate it, with the outcome anticipated as it is made.
ながらN42 times in this passage
Attaches to a verb stem to show two actions by the same subject happening at once — 'while (doing) / as'.
はじめから観賞すること、してもらうことを目的とし、結果を予測しながら作り上げたものなのだ。
From the outset, it is created for the purpose of being appreciated and having others appreciate it, with the outcome anticipated as it is made.
〜てくれるN4
Someone does an action for the benefit of the speaker (or the speaker's in-group) — '(someone) does (something) for me'.
評判をとり、買手がついてくれなければ食ってゆけないし、社会が許さない。
Unless they gain a reputation and find buyers, they cannot make a living, and society will not permit otherwise.
〜さN4
Suffix that turns an adjective into a noun naming its degree or quality — '-ness' (e.g. 高さ 'height', 重さ 'weight').
自分の存在を純粋に外に投げ出す、突き出すアクションの質、強さによって、猛烈な魅力になる。
It is the quality and force of the act of purely throwing and thrusting one's own existence outward that creates tremendous appeal.
でございますN4
The very formal/humble copula 'to be,' a polite replacement for です.
よく、あなたの絵はわけがわからないと言われるが、「絵」でございます、というようなものは作りたくない。
People often tell me that my pictures make no sense, but I do not want to make something that politely announces, “Here is a painting.”
と思う（とおもう）N4
Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.
そして出来るかぎり他の評価を無視したいと思っている。
And I want to ignore other people's evaluations as much as possible.
方（かた）N4
Attaches to a verb's masu-stem to name the manner or method of doing it, "way of / how to".
（注2）タッチ：ここでは、筆の使い方
(Note 2) タッチ: here, the way the brush is used
にするN5
To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'
形、色にして確かめる。
They give it form and color in order to see it for themselves.
じゃない・ではないN53 times in this passage
Negates a noun or na-adjective with the copula, "is not / am not".
だが問題は自分のなかにあるものを外に突き出す、投げ出すという行為自体であって、決して出来上りの効果ではない。
But what matters is the act itself of thrusting and throwing what is inside oneself outward, never the effect of the finished result.
がありますN52 times in this passage
States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".
「坊やは才能がある。
“Bōya has talent.
〜たり〜たりN5
Lists a few representative actions among others done at various times, 'do things like X and Y'.
などと、観賞したり評価するのは、いつでも大人で、子供自身は、もしほめられても、そんなものかなと聞いているだけである。
It is always adults who appreciate and evaluate the drawing in this way; the child, even when praised, merely listens with a vague sense of, “Oh, is that so?”
〜ているN57 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”.
などと、観賞したり評価するのは、いつでも大人で、子供自身は、もしほめられても、そんなものかなと聞いているだけである。
It is always adults who appreciate and evaluate the drawing in this way; the child, even when praised, merely listens with a vague sense of, “Oh, is that so?”
のでN52 times in this passage
Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.
その以前の、もっと根源的な何ものかなのである。
It is something prior to that, something far more fundamental.
までN5
Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."
しかも、大向こう(注3)の気配まですでに見すかして、……こんな趣向は喜ばれるだろう、これはちょっとやりすぎかな、などと意識・無意識に、そんな手応えにあわせながら仕事をすすめている。
Moreover, they anticipate even the response of the audience (Note 3), proceeding consciously or unconsciously according to such feedback as, “…people will probably like an idea like this,” or “perhaps this goes a little too far.”
だろうN5
Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.
しかも、大向こう(注3)の気配まですでに見すかして、……こんな趣向は喜ばれるだろう、これはちょっとやりすぎかな、などと意識・無意識に、そんな手応えにあわせながら仕事をすすめている。
Moreover, they anticipate even the response of the audience (Note 3), proceeding consciously or unconsciously according to such feedback as, “…people will probably like an idea like this,” or “perhaps this goes a little too far.”
すぎるN5
Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to mean the action or quality is excessive, 'too much / overly ~'.
しかも、大向こう(注3)の気配まですでに見すかして、……こんな趣向は喜ばれるだろう、これはちょっとやりすぎかな、などと意識・無意識に、そんな手応えにあわせながら仕事をすすめている。
Moreover, they anticipate even the response of the audience (Note 3), proceeding consciously or unconsciously according to such feedback as, “…people will probably like an idea like this,” or “perhaps this goes a little too far.”
〜たいN52 times in this passage
Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.
よく、あなたの絵はわけがわからないと言われるが、「絵」でございます、というようなものは作りたくない。
People often tell me that my pictures make no sense, but I do not want to make something that politely announces, “Here is a painting.”
そしてN52 times in this passage
Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.
それ以前、そして以後のものをひたすらつきつける。
I simply confront people with something that comes before painting—and something that goes beyond it.
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