• 今いま
  • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
  • ·another; more
  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
• 少ないすくないAs it appears here: 少なく
  • ·few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare
  N5
• 暗いくらい
  • ·dark; gloomy; murky
  • ·depressed; dispirited; down in the dumps; dark (mood)
  • ·dark (in colour); dull
  • ·ill-boding; dark (e.g. past); suspicious
  • ·unlikely (to succeed); hopeless; unpromising
  • ·unfamiliar (with); ignorant (of)
  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
• 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
• そこ
  • ·there (place relatively near listener)
  • ·there (place just mentioned); that place
  • ·then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
  • ·you
  N5
• するAs it appears here: す
  • ·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As it appears here: し
  • ·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
• それ
  • ·that; it
  • ·then; that point (in time); that time
  • ·there
  • ·you
  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
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  N5
• 見えるみえる
  • ·to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
  • ·to look; to seem; to appear
  • ·to come
  N4
• 決してけっして
  • ·(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
  N4
• ため
  • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
  • ·consequence; result; effect
  • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
  N4
• 真ん中まんなか
  • ·middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
  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
• 対象たいしょう
  • ·target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
  N3
• 嫌うきらうAs it appears here: 嫌ったり
  • ·to hate; to dislike; to loathe; to abhor
  • ·to avoid
  • ·to disregard; to act without regard (for)
  • ·to be bad for (e.g. dust in machinery)
  N3
• 恐れるおそれるAs it appears here: 恐れたり
  • ·to fear; to be afraid of
  N3
• 去るさるAs it appears here: 去れば
  • ·to leave; to go away
  • ·to pass; to elapse
  • ·to be distant
  • ·to send away; to drive off; to divorce
  • ·to (do) completely
  • ·last ... (e.g. "last April")
  N3
• 希望きぼう
  • ·hope; wish; aspiration
  • ·(bright) prospects; expectation
  N3
• 克服こくふく
  • ·conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
  N3
• 努力どりょく
  • ·effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
  N3
• 注ちゅう
  • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
  N3
• 変化へんか
  • ·change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation
  • ·variety; diversity
  • ·inflection; declension; conjugation
  • ·henka; (expl.) evasive sidestep at the beginning of a bout
  N3

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• 決して～ないN3

  Adverb pairing with a following negative to stress absolute denial, 'never / by no means / not at all'.

  絶望と見える対象を嫌ったり恐れたりして目をつぶって、そこを去れば、もう希望とは決して会えない。

  If we dislike or fear what appears hopeless, close our eyes to it, and walk away, we will never encounter hope.

• ためにN3

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

  絶望すべき対象にはしっかと絶望し、それを克服するために努力し続ければ、それが希望に転化してゆくのだ。

  If we fully despair over what truly warrants despair and keep striving to overcome it, that despair will gradually be transformed into hope.

• 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'.

  （むのたけじ『希望は絶望のど真ん中に』による）

  (Based on Muno Takeji, “Hope Lies in the Very Midst of Despair”)

• とみえる/とみえてN4

  'It seems / apparently…' — draws an inference about something from observable evidence.

  絶望と見える対象を嫌ったり恐れたりして目をつぶって、そこを去れば、もう希望とは決して会えない。

  If we dislike or fear what appears hopeless, close our eyes to it, and walk away, we will never encounter hope.

• 続ける（つづける）N4

  Attaches to a verb stem to mean keep doing / continue doing the action ('keep ~ing').

  絶望すべき対象にはしっかと絶望し、それを克服するために努力し続ければ、それが希望に転化してゆくのだ。

  If we fully despair over what truly warrants despair and keep striving to overcome it, that despair will gradually be transformed into hope.

• じゃない・ではないN5

  Negates a noun or na-adjective with the copula, "is not / am not".

  今の世には明るいものは余りに少なく、暗いものは余りに多く見えるが、両者は別個のばらばらではない。

  In the world today, bright things may seem far too few and dark things far too many, but the two are not separate and disconnected from each other.

• 〜たり〜たりN52 times in this passage

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

  絶望と見える対象を嫌ったり恐れたりして目をつぶって、そこを去れば、もう希望とは決して会えない。

  If we dislike or fear what appears hopeless, close our eyes to it, and walk away, we will never encounter hope.

• もうN5

  The adverb "already" (with an affirmative), or "(not) anymore / any longer" (with a negative).

  絶望と見える対象を嫌ったり恐れたりして目をつぶって、そこを去れば、もう希望とは決して会えない。

  If we dislike or fear what appears hopeless, close our eyes to it, and walk away, we will never encounter hope.

• 〜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”.

  そうだ、希望は絶望のど真ん中の、そのどん底に実在しているのだ。

  Yes, hope truly exists right in the very midst of despair, at its deepest point.