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日記にっきとは限かぎりなく私し的てきな記き録ろくであり、読どく者しゃが存そん在ざいしないどころか、他た人にんには読よまれたくない秘ひ密みつの表ひょう現げんであるともいえる。

ただ一ひと人りだけ、奇き妙みょうな読どく者しゃが存そん在ざいする。いつでも自じ由ゆうに日記にっきを読よむことの出で来きる、日記にっきの筆ひっ者しゃである。その読どく者しゃは筆ひっ者しゃとは異ことなる場ばに立たって、様さま々ざまな配はい慮りょを働はたらかす。万まんが一いち、日記にっきが盗ぬすみ読よまれたり（注）、死し後ごに他た人にんの目めに曝さらされるような事じ態たいが発生はっせいした場ば合あい、こんなことが書かかれているのはまずいのではあるまいか、等とう々とうと。しかし、これは限かぎりなく私し的てきな記き録ろくである筈はずの日記にっきにとっては矛む盾じゅんである。

（黒くろ井い千せん次じ『図と書しょ』2007年ねん2月つき号ごうによる）

（注ちゅう）盗ぬすみ読よむ：他たの人ひとの日記にっきや手て紙がみなどをこっそり読よむ

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  1. 1矛盾であるとあるが、何が矛盾か。

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Vocabulary4 words
  • 読者どくしゃ
    • ·reader
    N1
  • 配慮はいりょ
    • ·consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care; trouble
    N1
  • 発生はっせい
    • ·occurrence; incidence; outbreak; birth (e.g. of civilization)
    • ·generation (of power, heat, etc.); production
    • ·ontogeny; development; growth; breeding
    N1
  • 号ごう
    • ·number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
    • ·sobriquet; pen-name
    • ·size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.)
    • ·suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
    N1
Other levels40 words
  • するAs it appears here: しない
    • ·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
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読まれ
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • 一人ひとり
    • ·one person
    • ·being alone; being by oneself
    • ·being single; being unmarried
    • ·by oneself; alone
    • ·just; only; simply
    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
  • いつ
    • ·when; at what time; how soon
    • ·normal times; ordinary days
    N5
  • 読むよむ
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • 出来るできる
    • ·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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 立つたつAs it appears here: 立って
    • ·to stand (up); to rise; to get to one's feet; to stand on end (e.g. of hairs); to stick up
    • ·to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on)
    • ·to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to take up (a position, post, etc.); to position oneself
    • ·to leave (to do something)
    • ·to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start
    • ·to get stuck (into; of an arrow, thorn etc.); to pierce
    • ·to develop (of a haze, waves, etc.); to form (of steam, bubbles, etc.); to appear (of a rainbow, clouds, etc.); to rise (of smoke, waves, etc.); to begin to blow (of a wind, breeze, etc.)
    • ·to spread (of a rumour, reputation, etc.); to be become widely known
    • ·to stand (for election); to run
    • ·to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself
    • ·to have an erection; to become erect (e.g. of nipples)
    • ·to be established (of a policy, plan, objective, etc.); to be formed
    • ·to be valid (of an argument, logic, etc.); to hold up; to hold water; to stand up (e.g. of evidence); to be logical; to be reasonable
    • ·to be sustained (of a living, business, etc.); to be maintained; to survive; to be preserved (of one's reputation, honour, etc.); to be saved
    • ·to start (of a season); to begin
    • ·to be held (of a market)
    • ·to shut (of a door, shoji, etc.); to be shut; to be closed
    • ·to be (the result of a division)
    N5
  • 読むよむAs it appears here: 読まれたり
    • ·to read
    • ·to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant
    • ·to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
    • ·to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
    • ·to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time)
    • ·to count; to estimate
    • ·to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading
    N5
  • 目め
    • ·eye; eyeball
    • ·eyesight; sight; vision
    • ·look; stare; gaze; glance
    • ·notice; attention; observation; eyes (of the world, public, etc.)
    • ·an experience
    • ·viewpoint
    • ·discrimination; discernment; judgement; eye (e.g. for quality)
    • ·(an) appearance
    • ·chance (of success); possibility (of a good result)
    • ·spacing (between crossed strands of a net, mesh, etc.); opening; stitch; texture; weave
    • ·grain (of wood, paper)
    • ·eye (of a storm, needle, etc.)
    • ·intersection (on a go board); square (on a chessboard)
    • ·dot (on a dice); pip; rolled number
    • ·graduation; division (of a scale)
    • ·tooth (of a saw, comb, etc.)
    • ·ordinal number suffix
    • ·somewhat; -ish
    • ·point (e.g. of change)
    • ·eye (empty space inside a group of stones)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: した
    • ·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
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書かれて
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • まずい
    • ·bad(-tasting); unpalatable; unsavoury; unsavory; awful; terrible; unpleasant
    • ·poor; unskillful; unskilful; bungling; clumsy
    • ·ugly; unattractive; homely; plain
    • ·awkward; problematic; troublesome; unfavorable; unfavourable; unwise
    • ·oh no; uh-oh; this is bad
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 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
  • 手紙てがみ
    • ·letter; note
    N5
  • 日記にっき
    • ·diary; journal
    N4
  • 盗むぬすむAs it appears here: 盗み
    • ·to steal
    • ·to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to watch and learn
    • ·to do stealthily
    • ·to do during scant time
    • ·to steal a base
    N4
  • 場合ばあい
    • ·case; occasion; situation; circumstances
    N4
  • 筈はず
    • ·should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be)
    • ·nock (of a bow)
    • ·nock (of an arrow)
    • ·nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
    • ·wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
    N4
  • 記録きろく
    • ·record; document; minutes; log; recording; putting on record; keeping a record (of); writing down
    • ·record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
    N3
  • 存在そんざい
    • ·existence; being; presence
    N3
  • 他人たにん
    • ·another person; other people; others
    • ·unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)
    • ·outsider; stranger
    N3
  • 秘密ひみつ
    • ·secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy
    • ·mystery
    • ·secret (e.g. to success)
    • ·esoteric teachings
    N3
  • 表現ひょうげん
    • ·expression; representation; description
    • ·representation (of a group)
    N3
  • ただ
    • ·ordinary; common; usual
    • ·free of charge
    • ·unaffected; as is; safe
    • ·only; merely; just; simply
    • ·but; however; nevertheless
    N3
  • 奇妙きみょう
    • ·strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
    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
  • 異なることなる
    • ·to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
    N3
  • 場ば
    • ·place; spot; space
    • ·field; discipline; sphere; realm
    • ·occasion; situation
    • ·scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
    • ·session
    • ·field; table; area in which cards are laid out
    • ·round (east, south, etc.)
    • ·field
    • ·field (in Gestalt psychology)
    N3
  • 様々さまざま
    • ·various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 事態じたい
    • ·situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
    N3
  • 図書としょ
    • ·books
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 筆者ひっしゃ
    • ·writer; author
    N2
  • 矛盾むじゅん
    • ·contradiction; inconsistency
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

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  • ではあるまいかN1

    Tentative literary conjecture — 'isn't it perhaps that X?', 'might it not be X?'.

    万が一、日記が盗み読まれたり、死後に他人の目に曝されるような事態が発生した場合、こんなことが書かれているのはまずいのではあるまいか、等々と。

    For example, what if the diary were secretly read, or exposed to other people's eyes after one's death—would it not be problematic to have written things like this in it, and so on?

Other levels11 patterns
  • 限りN22 times in this passage

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

    日記とは限りなく私的な記録であり、読者が存在しないどころか、他人には読まれたくない秘密の表現であるともいえる。

    A diary is an intensely private record; not only does it have no reader, it may even be called a secret form of expression that its writer does not want others to read.

  • どころかN3

    Contradicts an expectation with something stronger, 'far from ~ / let alone / on the contrary'.

    日記とは限りなく私的な記録であり、読者が存在しないどころか、他人には読まれたくない秘密の表現であるともいえる。

    A diary is an intensely private record; not only does it have no reader, it may even be called a secret form of expression that its writer does not want others to read.

  • にとってN3

    Marks the person or thing from whose standpoint something is judged or matters; 'for', 'to'.

    しかし、これは限りなく私的な記録である筈の日記にとっては矛盾である。

    But for a diary, which is supposed to be an intensely private record, this is a contradiction.

  • 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'.

    （黒井千次『図書』2007年2月号による）

    (From Kuroi Senji, Tosho, February 2007 issue)

  • ようだN4

    Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".

    万が一、日記が盗み読まれたり、死後に他人の目に曝されるような事態が発生した場合、こんなことが書かれているのはまずいのではあるまいか、等々と。

    For example, what if the diary were secretly read, or exposed to other people's eyes after one's death—would it not be problematic to have written things like this in it, and so on?

  • などN4

    Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.

    （注）盗み読む：他の人の日記や手紙などをこっそり読む

    (Note) 盗み読む: to secretly read someone else's diary, letters, or similar material

  • 〜たいN5

    Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.

    日記とは限りなく私的な記録であり、読者が存在しないどころか、他人には読まれたくない秘密の表現であるともいえる。

    A diary is an intensely private record; not only does it have no reader, it may even be called a secret form of expression that its writer does not want others to read.

  • だけN5

    Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.

    ただ一人だけ、奇妙な読者が存在する。

    Yet there is one peculiar reader.

  • 〜たり〜たりN5

    Lists a few representative actions among others done at various times, 'do things like X and Y'.

    万が一、日記が盗み読まれたり、死後に他人の目に曝されるような事態が発生した場合、こんなことが書かれているのはまずいのではあるまいか、等々と。

    For example, what if the diary were secretly read, or exposed to other people's eyes after one's death—would it not be problematic to have written things like this in it, and so on?

  • 〜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”.

    万が一、日記が盗み読まれたり、死後に他人の目に曝されるような事態が発生した場合、こんなことが書かれているのはまずいのではあるまいか、等々と。

    For example, what if the diary were secretly read, or exposed to other people's eyes after one's death—would it not be problematic to have written things like this in it, and so on?

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、これは限りなく私的な記録である筈の日記にとっては矛盾である。

    But for a diary, which is supposed to be an intensely private record, this is a contradiction.

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