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じゅうねんえがきてさいきんようやくふでどころわかってきたかな、とおもえがすぎずにふでコツすこわかってきた

さいしょうちは、ふでおおなるものなんですえがというつよだけに、まだまだというなってどんどんえがしまうだけどそれしてセーブすることないおもやっぱり、①とことんきっちゃったほういいですなにごと

たとえばくうふくとき腹一杯はらいっぱい満腹感まんぷくかんというものあじおかないと、げんというものわかりませんにんげんまんぷくいるからこれまだ(注1)はらはちいったらこのていというげんわかる一回いっかいとことんやってみることで、おさことや、ないことはじわかるものですからね。

ちゅうりゃく

ぶんえがモチーフそのものたい(注2)してぶんかんところふですすいるぶんにはいいですが、客観的きゃっかんてきそれここあそこおもしまうと、どころわからなくなってしまいますそれは、ぶんどうどうかんというなおするということとは、ちがくる。②ときあかしまうことになるそうすると、うるさくなります

客観的きゃっかんてきことも、たしだいことではあるですが、ままかんままストレートかいせつしていけないおもです

かたおかつるろうつるろうりゅうぼくさいじんもんによる

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  1. 1筆者は、絵を描き始めたとき、どのように描いていたか。
  2. 2とことん行ききっちゃったほうがいいんですよとあるが、なぜか。
  3. 3絵を説明してしまうことについて、筆者はどのように考えているか。

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Vocabulary5 words
  • 空腹くうふく
    • ·empty stomach; hunger
    N1
  • やるAs it appears here: やって
    • ·to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study
    • ·to send; to dispatch; to despatch
    • ·to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
    • ·to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
    • ·to make (a vehicle) go faster
    • ·to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
    • ·to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
    • ·to hold (a performance); to perform; to show
    • ·to ease (one's mind)
    • ·to harm; to injure; to kill
    • ·to have sex; to fuck; to bang
    • ·to live; to get by; to get along
    • ·to do ... completely
    • ·to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance
    • ·to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to
    • ·to make active efforts to ...
    • ·to suffer from (an illness); to experience (a medical condition); to be afflicted with
    N1
  • ことに
    • ·especially; particularly; unusually; above all
    • ·additionally
    N1
  • りゅう
    • ·way; manner; style; fashion; mode
    • ·school (e.g. of flower arrangement)
    • ·class; rate; rank
    • ·flow; current; stream
    N1
  • じん
    • ·-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite)
    • ·-er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...
    • ·man; person; people
    N1
Other levels65 words
    • ·picture; drawing; painting; sketch
    • ·image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わかって
    • ·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
  • 多いおおいAs it appears here: 多く
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    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
  • 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
  • 強いつよい
    • ·strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough
    • ·strong; brawny; powerful; healthy; rugged
    • ·good (at); skilled; knowledgeable
    • ·being able to handle; know how to deal (with); durable (against); resistant (to); resilient
    • ·firm; rigid; solid
    • ·intense; strong; fierce; high
    • ·dependable; trustworthy
    N5
  • まだ
    • ·still; as yet; only
    • ·(not) yet
    • ·more; (more) still
    • ·at least; comparatively; relatively
    • ·unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なって
    • ·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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    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
  • 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
  • 行くいくAs it appears here: 行き
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • 食べるたべるAs it appears here: 食べて
    • ·to eat
    • ·to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わかりません
    • ·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
  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知って
    • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
    • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
    • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
    • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
    • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
    • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
    • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
    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
  • いうAs it appears here: いったら
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • わかる
    • ·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
  • 初めてはじめて
    • ·for the first time
    • ·only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
    • ·first time; (one's) first
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • ところ
    • ·place; spot; scene; site
    • ·address
    • ·district; area; locality
    • ·one's house
    • ·point; aspect; side; facet
    • ·passage (in text); part
    • ·space; room
    • ·thing; matter
    • ·whereupon; as a result
    • ·about to; on the verge of
    • ·was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
    • ·approximately; around; about
    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
  • ここ
    • ·here; this place
    • ·this point; here; now
    • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
    • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
    N5
  • あそこ
    • ·there; over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where
    • ·genitals; private parts; nether regions
    • ·that far; that much; that point
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わからなく
    • ·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
  • どう
    • ·how; in what way; how about
    N5
  • 違うちがうAs it appears here: 違って
    • ·to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
    • ·to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
    • ·to become abnormal; to go wrong
    • ·isn't it?; wasn't it?
    N5
  • うるさいAs it appears here: うるさく
    • ·noisy; loud
    • ·annoying; troublesome; tiresome; persistent; importunate
    • ·fussy; finicky; picky; particular; nagging; fastidious; bossy
    • ·shut up; be quiet
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なります
    • ·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
  • 持つもつ
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見た
    • ·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
  • もん
    • ·gate
    • ·branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school
    • ·phylum; division
    • ·counter for cannons
    N5
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思います
    • ·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
  • 最初さいしょ
    • ·beginning; outset; first; onset
    N4
  • うち
    • ·inside; within
    • ·while (e.g. one is young); during; within (e.g. a day); in the course of
    • ·among; amongst; (out) of; between
    • ·in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.); amidst; with (e.g. success)
    • ·within oneself; one's feelings; inner thoughts
    • ·we; our company; our organization
    • ·one's home; one's family
    • ·my spouse; my husband; my wife
    • ·signed on behalf of (husband's name) by his wife
    • ·I; me
    • ·imperial palace grounds
    • ·emperor
    N4
  • 気持ちきもち
    • ·feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind
    • ·preparedness; readiness; attitude
    • ·thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude
    • ·slightly; a bit; a little
    N4
  • 足りるたりるAs it appears here: 足りない
    • ·to be sufficient; to be enough
    • ·to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve
    • ·to do (the job); to serve; to answer
    N4
    • ·spirit; mind; heart
    • ·nature; disposition
    • ·intention; mind; will; motivation
    • ·mood; feelings
    • ·consciousness
    • ·care; attention; consideration; worry
    • ·interest
    • ·(the) air; atmosphere
    • ·ambience; atmosphere (of); air (of); mood
    • ·fragrance; aroma; flavour; taste
    • ·qi (in traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine); chi; ki
    N4
  • 無理むり
    • ·unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
    • ·impossible
    • ·forcible; forced; compulsory
    • ·excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
    • ·to work too hard; to try too hard
    • ·no way; not a chance; never; dream on
    • ·irrational
    N4
  • たとえば
    • ·for example; for instance; e.g.
    N4
  • 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
  • 大事だいじ
    • ·important; serious; crucial
    • ·valuable; precious
    • ·serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
    • ·great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
    • ·safe; OK
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·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
  • 描くえがくAs it appears here: 描いて
    • ·to draw; to paint; to sketch
    • ·to depict; to describe
    • ·to picture in one's mind; to imagine
    • ·to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
    N3
  • ふで
    • ·writing brush; paintbrush; pen
    • ·writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; penmanship; something drawn with a brush
    • ·writing (composing text); the written word
    • ·(land) lot; plot
    N3
  • 描くえがくAs it appears here: 描き
    • ·to draw; to paint; to sketch
    • ·to depict; to describe
    • ·to picture in one's mind; to imagine
    • ·to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
    N3
  • 描くえがくAs it appears here: 描きたい
    • ·to draw; to paint; to sketch
    • ·to depict; to describe
    • ·to picture in one's mind; to imagine
    • ·to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
    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
  • ほう
    • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
    • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
    • ·type; category
    • ·field (of study, etc.)
    • ·indicates one side of a comparison
    • ·way; method; manner; means
    • ·length (of each side of a square)
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 加減かげん
    • ·degree; extent; amount; balance; state; condition
    • ·(health) condition; state of health
    • ·adjustment; moderation; regulation
    • ·addition and subtraction
    • ·slight sign of ...; slight state of ...
    • ·just right for ...
    N3
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • 程度ていど
    • ·degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately
    N3
  • 感じるかんじるAs it appears here: 感じた
    • ·to feel; to sense; to experience
    • ·to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to)
    • ·to become infected with (an illness); to catch
    N3
  • 進めるすすめるAs it appears here: 進めて
    • ·to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward
    • ·to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up
    • ·to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)
    N3
  • ぶん
    • ·part; portion; share
    • ·amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); enough (for)
    • ·one's means; one's place; one's lot; one's social position
    • ·one's duty; one's part
    • ·condition; state (of affairs); extent; rate (as in "at this rate")
    • ·in proportion to; just as much as; to the same degree
    • ·content (e.g. alcohol); percentage
    • ·equivalent to (e.g. an old brother)
    N3
  • ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 全体ぜんたい
    • ·whole; entirety
    • ·to begin with; in the first place
    • ·... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
    N3
  • ようやく
    • ·finally; at last
    • ·barely; narrowly; hardly; only just
    • ·gradually; little by little; by degrees
    N2
  • やっぱり
    • ·as expected; sure enough; just as one thought
    • ·after all (is said and done); in the end; as one would expect; in any case
    • ·too; also; as well; likewise; (not) either
    • ·still; as before
    • ·all the same; even so; still; nonetheless
    N2
  • 味わうあじわうAs it appears here: 味わって
    • ·to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish
    • ·to appreciate; to enjoy; to relish; to digest
    • ·to experience; to go through; to taste (e.g. victory); to know (e.g. pain)
    N2
  • 素直すなお
    • ·obedient; meek; docile; unaffected
    • ·honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
    • ·straight (e.g. hair)
    • ·without peculiarity; without mannerisms; standard; neat (e.g. handwriting)
    N2
  • 解説かいせつ
    • ·explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • というものN12 times in this passage

    Emphasizes the entire stretch of a stated time period, or foregrounds the essential nature of a thing — "for the whole (time)...", "the very idea of...".

    たとえば、空腹のときに腹一杯食べて満腹感というものを味わっておかないと、加減というものがわかりません。

    For example, unless you have once eaten your fill when hungry and experienced what complete fullness feels like, you cannot learn how to gauge the right amount.

Other levels32 patterns
  • だけにN2

    The stated reason makes the result all the more fitting or intense, "precisely because / all the more because".

    描きたいという気持ちが強いだけに、まだ足りない、まだ足りないという気になって、どんどん描き出してしまう。

    Precisely because the desire to paint is so strong, you keep feeling that it is not enough yet, not enough yet, and continue adding more and more.

  • そうするとN2

    Presents the natural consequence of what was just said or done — 'if that's the case', 'then'.

    そうすると、絵がうるさくなります。

    When that happens, the painting becomes cluttered and noisy.

  • 確かにN2

    concedes a point as true before countering it, or asserts certainty, 'admittedly / certainly (~ but)'.

    客観的な眼を持つことも、確かに大事なことではあるんですが、見たまま感じたままのストレートな気持ちを解説してはいけないと思うんです。

    Having an objective eye is certainly important, but I do not think one should explain away the direct feelings one has exactly as one saw and felt them.

  • ずにN3

    Marks doing one thing without doing another; a more formal equivalent of 〜ないで — 'without …ing'.

    描きすぎずに筆を置くコツが少しずつわかってきた。

    Little by little, I have learned the knack of putting the brush down without overworking the painting.

  • 〜ずつN3

    Attaches to a quantity to mark equal distribution or repetition, "each / apiece / at a time".

    描きすぎずに筆を置くコツが少しずつわかってきた。

    Little by little, I have learned the knack of putting the brush down without overworking the painting.

  • というN35 times in this passage

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

    描きたいという気持ちが強いだけに、まだ足りない、まだ足りないという気になって、どんどん描き出してしまう。

    Precisely because the desire to paint is so strong, you keep feeling that it is not enough yet, not enough yet, and continue adding more and more.

  • だけどN3

    Adversative conjunction linking a contrasting clause — 'but; however; though'.

    だけど、それを無理してセーブすることはないと思います。

    But I do not think there is any need to force yourself to hold back.

  • ことはないN3

    Tells someone there is no need to do something — 'there's no need to / you don't have to.'

    だけど、それを無理してセーブすることはないと思います。

    But I do not think there is any need to force yourself to hold back.

  • 例えば(たとえば)N3

    Introduces an illustrative instance, 'for example / for instance'.

    たとえば、空腹のときに腹一杯食べて満腹感というものを味わっておかないと、加減というものがわかりません。

    For example, unless you have once eaten your fill when hungry and experienced what complete fullness feels like, you cannot learn how to gauge the right amount.

  • ところでN3

    After a past-plain verb, concedes that even carrying out the action would be pointless — "even if ~; no matter how much ~, it's no use".

    自分が描きたいモチーフそのものと対峙して、自分の感じたところで筆を進めている分にはいいんですが、客観的にそれを見て、ここが足りない、あそこが足りないと思って書き出してしまうと、止めどころがわからなくなってしまいます。

    It is fine as long as I face the motif I want to paint itself and move the brush according to what I feel, but once I look at it objectively and start adding things because I think this part is lacking or that part is lacking, I lose sight of where to stop.

  • 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).

    自分が描きたいモチーフそのものと対峙して、自分の感じたところで筆を進めている分にはいいんですが、客観的にそれを見て、ここが足りない、あそこが足りないと思って書き出してしまうと、止めどころがわからなくなってしまいます。

    It is fine as long as I face the motif I want to paint itself and move the brush according to what I feel, but once I look at it objectively and start adding things because I think this part is lacking or that part is lacking, I lose sight of where to stop.

  • ままN32 times in this passage

    Expresses that a state is left unchanged while something else is done or happens; 'as it is / while still (in that state).'

    客観的な眼を持つことも、確かに大事なことではあるんですが、見たまま感じたままのストレートな気持ちを解説してはいけないと思うんです。

    Having an objective eye is certainly important, but I do not think one should explain away the direct feelings one has exactly as one saw and felt them.

  • 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'.

    (片岡鶴太郎『鶴太郎流墨彩画人門』による

    (From Kataoka Tsurutarou, An Introduction to Tsurutarou-Style Ink-and-Color Painting)

  • 〜てくるN44 times in this passage

    Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

    十年絵を描いてきて、最近になってようやく筆の止めどころがわかってきたかな、と思います。

    After ten years of painting, only recently have I begun to feel that perhaps I finally understand when to stop the brush.

  • かなN4

    Casual sentence-final particle musing to oneself — 'I wonder...' (and 'I hope...' with a negative).

    十年絵を描いてきて、最近になってようやく筆の止めどころがわかってきたかな、と思います。

    After ten years of painting, only recently have I begun to feel that perhaps I finally understand when to stop the brush.

  • と思う(とおもう)N44 times in this passage

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

    十年絵を描いてきて、最近になってようやく筆の止めどころがわかってきたかな、と思います

    After ten years of painting, only recently have I begun to feel that perhaps I finally understand when to stop the brush.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN45 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.

    描きたいという気持ちが強いだけに、まだ足りない、まだ足りないという気になって、どんどん描き出してしまう

    Precisely because the desire to paint is so strong, you keep feeling that it is not enough yet, not enough yet, and continue adding more and more.

  • ときN4

    Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."

    たとえば、空腹のときに腹一杯食べて満腹感というものを味わっておかないと、加減というものがわかりません。

    For example, unless you have once eaten your fill when hungry and experienced what complete fullness feels like, you cannot learn how to gauge the right amount.

  • 〜ておくN4

    Verb te-form plus 置く, doing something in advance as preparation or leaving it done for later — 'do ... in advance'.

    たとえば、空腹のときに腹一杯食べて満腹感というものを味わっておかないと、加減というものがわかりません。

    For example, unless you have once eaten your fill when hungry and experienced what complete fullness feels like, you cannot learn how to gauge the right amount.

  • 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').

    人間、満腹を知っているから、これはまだ五分腹八分といったらこの程度だという加減がわかる。

    Because people know what it feels like to be completely full, they can judge roughly what “half full” or “eight-tenths full” feels like.

  • 〜てみるN4

    Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.

    一回とことんやってみることで、抑えることや、行きすぎないことの良さが初めてわかるものですからね。

    It is only by going all the way once that you can truly understand the value of holding back and of not going too far.

  • ということN4

    Nominalizes a whole statement into a noun — 'the fact that', 'it means that'.

    それは、自分がどう見てどう感じたかという気持ちを素直に絵にするということとは、違ってくる。

    That becomes something different from honestly turning into a painting what I myself saw and felt.

  • 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.'

    ②絵を説明してしまうことになる

    You end up explaining the painting.

  • すぎるN52 times in this passage

    Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to mean the action or quality is excessive, 'too much / overly ~'.

    描きすぎずに筆を置くコツが少しずつわかってきた。

    Little by little, I have learned the knack of putting the brush down without overworking the painting.

  • んですN55 times in this passage

    Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.

    最初のうちは、筆が多くなるものなんです

    At first, people tend to make too many brushstrokes.

  • 〜たいN52 times in this passage

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

    描きたいという気持ちが強いだけに、まだ足りない、まだ足りないという気になって、どんどん描き出してしまう。

    Precisely because the desire to paint is so strong, you keep feeling that it is not enough yet, not enough yet, and continue adding more and more.

  • まだN53 times in this passage

    Adverb showing an action or state still continues, or (with a negative) has not happened yet — "still / (not) yet."

    描きたいという気持ちが強いだけに、まだ足りない、まだ足りないという気になって、どんどん描き出してしまう。

    Precisely because the desire to paint is so strong, you keep feeling that it is not enough yet, not enough yet, and continue adding more and more.

  • ほうがいいN5

    Advises that one course of action is preferable — "had better / it's better to".

    やっぱり、①とことん行ききっちゃったほうがいいんですよ、何事も。

    Whatever it is, I think it is better to go all the way to the limit at least once.

  • 〜ているN52 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”.

    人間、満腹を知っているから、これはまだ五分腹八分といったらこの程度だという加減がわかる。

    Because people know what it feels like to be completely full, they can judge roughly what “half full” or “eight-tenths full” feels like.

  • だ / ですN5

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

    一回とことんやってみることで、抑えることや、行きすぎないことの良さが初めてわかるものですからね。

    It is only by going all the way once that you can truly understand the value of holding back and of not going too far.

  • にするN5

    To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'

    それは、自分がどう見てどう感じたかという気持ちを素直に絵にするということとは、違ってくる。

    That becomes something different from honestly turning into a painting what I myself saw and felt.

  • 〜てはいけないN5

    States that an action is prohibited — “must not do”.

    客観的な眼を持つことも、確かに大事なことではあるんですが、見たまま感じたままのストレートな気持ちを解説してはいけないと思うんです。

    Having an objective eye is certainly important, but I do not think one should explain away the direct feelings one has exactly as one saw and felt them.

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