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マスコミで毎まい日にちのように環かん境きょう問もん題だいが取とり上あげられているが、本ほん当とうに「環かん境きょう問もん題だい」と言いっていいのだろうか。

地ち球きゅう温おん暖だん化かにしろ，（注）森しん林りん破は壊かいにしろ、エネルギー資し源げんの不ふ足そくにしろ、これらはどれも人じん類るいによって起おこされた問もん題だいである。しかし、このような問もん題だいを環かん境きょう問もん題だいと呼よぶことで、人ひとは無む意い識しきのうちにその問もん題だいから目めをそらしているのではないか。むしろ「人にん間げん問もん題だい」と呼よぶことで自じ分ぶんの問もん題だいとしてとらえることになり、未み来らいの環かん境きょうを変かえることができるのではないだろうか。

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  1. 1筆者は、なぜ環境問題を「人間問題」と呼んだほうがよいと考えているか。

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Other levels26 words
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言って
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しろ
    • ·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
  • どれ
    • ·which (of three or more)
    • ·well; now; c'mon
    N5
  • 問題もんだい
    • ·question (e.g. on a test); problem
    • ·problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
    • ·question (i.e. doubt)
    • ·public discussion; controversy
    • ·trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
    N5
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 呼ぶよぶ
    • ·to call out (to); to call; to invoke
    • ·to summon (a doctor, etc.)
    • ·to invite
    • ·to designate; to name; to brand
    • ·to garner (support, etc.); to gather
    • ·to take as one's wife
    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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    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
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なり
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 変えるかえる
    • ·to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary
    • ·to reform; to revise; to amend
    N4
  • 取り上げるとりあげるAs it appears here: 取り上げられて
    • ·to pick up
    • ·to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to accept; to listen to
    • ·to take issue with; to make a problem of; to bring up (as a point of criticism)
    • ·to report (news); to cover; to feature
    • ·to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke; to disqualify; to cancel
    • ·to deliver (a baby)
    • ·to collect (taxes)
    N3
  • 不足ふそく
    • ·insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; lack; scarcity; deficit
    • ·dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
    N3
  • 人類じんるい
    • ·mankind; humanity
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    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
  • むしろ
    • ·rather; better; instead; if anything
    N3
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • 未来みらい
    • ·(distant) future
    • ·future existence; world beyond the grave; the world to come
    • ·future (tense)
    N3
  • 環境かんきょう
    • ·environment; surroundings; circumstances
    N3
  • 起こすおこすAs it appears here: 起こされた
    • ·to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to stand (something) up
    • ·to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
    • ·to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce
    • ·to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open
    • ·to plough; to plow; to till
    • ·to feel (an emotion, desire, etc.); to be moved to; to summon up; to muster
    • ·to fall ill with
    • ·to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
    • ·to turn over (a card)
    N1
  • そらすAs it appears here: そらして
    • ·to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to divert (e.g. one's attention); to evade (e.g. a question); to change (e.g. the subject)
    • ·to displease; to annoy; to offend; to upset
    • ·to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
    N1
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  • にしろ〜にしろN23 times in this passage

    Lists alternatives to assert the main point holds in every case — 'whether … or …', 'no matter (which)'.

    地球温暖化にしろ，森林破壊にしろ、エネルギー資源の不足にしろ、これらはどれも人類によって起こされた問題である。

    Whether it is global warming, deforestation, or shortages of energy resources, all of these are problems caused by humankind.

  • ではないかN2

    Rhetorically seeks agreement or expresses a realization — 'isn't it? / right? / surely.'

    しかし、このような問題を環境問題と呼ぶことで、人は無意識のうちにその問題から目をそらしているのではないか。

    However, by calling such issues environmental problems, are people perhaps unconsciously turning their eyes away from them?

Other levels12 patterns
  • というN3

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

    マスコミで毎日のように環境問題が取り上げられているが、本当に「環境問題」と言っていいのだろうか。

    The mass media discuss environmental problems almost every day, but should we really call them “environmental problems”?

  • 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'.

    地球温暖化にしろ，森林破壊にしろ、エネルギー資源の不足にしろ、これらはどれも人類によって起こされた問題である。

    Whether it is global warming, deforestation, or shortages of energy resources, all of these are problems caused by humankind.

  • むしろN3

    Adverb overturning an expectation to present the following as the more fitting statement; "rather / if anything".

    むしろ「人間問題」と呼ぶことで自分の問題としてとらえることになり、未来の環境を変えることができるのではないだろうか。

    Wouldn’t calling them “human problems” instead lead us to regard them as our own problems and thereby enable us to change the environment of the future?

  • としてN3

    Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".

    むしろ「人間問題」と呼ぶことで自分の問題としてとらえることになり、未来の環境を変えることができるのではないだろうか。

    Wouldn’t calling them “human problems” instead lead us to regard them as our own problems and thereby enable us to change the environment of the future?

  • ように / ようなN4

    Likens or exemplifies one thing by another, "like / as / similar to (a)".

    マスコミで毎日のように環境問題が取り上げられているが、本当に「環境問題」と言っていいのだろうか。

    The mass media discuss environmental problems almost every day, but should we really call them “environmental problems”?

  • ようだN4

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

    しかし、このような問題を環境問題と呼ぶことで、人は無意識のうちにその問題から目をそらしているのではないか。

    However, by calling such issues environmental problems, are people perhaps unconsciously turning their eyes away from them?

  • 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.'

    むしろ「人間問題」と呼ぶことで自分の問題としてとらえることになり、未来の環境を変えることができるのではないだろうか。

    Wouldn’t calling them “human problems” instead lead us to regard them as our own problems and thereby enable us to change the environment of the future?

  • 〜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”.

    マスコミで毎日のように環境問題が取り上げられているが、本当に「環境問題」と言っていいのだろうか。

    The mass media discuss environmental problems almost every day, but should we really call them “environmental problems”?

  • だろうN52 times in this passage

    Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.

    マスコミで毎日のように環境問題が取り上げられているが、本当に「環境問題」と言っていいのだろうか。

    The mass media discuss environmental problems almost every day, but should we really call them “environmental problems”?

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、このような問題を環境問題と呼ぶことで、人は無意識のうちにその問題から目をそらしているのではないか。

    However, by calling such issues environmental problems, are people perhaps unconsciously turning their eyes away from them?

  • 〜ことができるN5

    States that someone is able to do something — “can do” / “is able to do”.

    むしろ「人間問題」と呼ぶことで自分の問題としてとらえることになり、未来の環境を変えることができるのではないだろうか。

    Wouldn’t calling them “human problems” instead lead us to regard them as our own problems and thereby enable us to change the environment of the future?

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    むしろ「人間問題」と呼ぶことで自分の問題としてとらえることになり、未来の環境を変えることができるのではないだろうか。

    Wouldn’t calling them “human problems” instead lead us to regard them as our own problems and thereby enable us to change the environment of the future?

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