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人にん間げんは、目めの前まえの物ものやできごとを、自じ分ぶんの目めだけで見みているとか、感かんじているというように思おもうかもしれないが、実際じっさいには、頭あたまの中なかでは、同どう時じに記き憶おくの中なかから同おなじような情じょう報ほうを引ひっ張ぱり出だして、素す早ばやく比ひ較かく、検けん討とうしているのだ。

つまり、勘かんがいいとか、察さっしがいいというのは、目めで見みたこと、聞きいたことだけでものごとを判はん断だんしているわけではなく、想そう像ぞう力りょくが発達はったつしているということになる。脳のうの記き憶おくをいかにうまく使つかいこなしているかという差さが表あらわれてくるのだ。

（米よね山やま公こう啓けい『「頭あたまがいい」とはどういうことか』による）

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  1. 1筆者によると、勘や察しがいいとはどういうことか。

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Vocabulary5 words
  • ごと
    • ·each; every
    N1
  • 素早いすばやいAs it appears here: 素早く
    • ·quick; swift; nimble; agile
    • ·quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
    N1
  • 脳のう
    • ·brain
    • ·brains; mind
    N1
  • いかに
    • ·how; in what way
    • ·how (much); to what extent
    • ·however (much); no matter how
    • ·hey; oi
    N1
  • 啓けい
    • ·penalty; sentence; punishment
    N1
Other levels27 words
  • 物もの
    • ·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
  • できるAs it appears here: でき
    • ·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
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    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
  • 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
  • 頭あたま
    • ·head
    • ·hair (on one's head)
    • ·mind; brains; intellect
    • ·leader; chief; boss; captain
    • ·top; tip
    • ·beginning; start
    • ·head; person
    • ·down payment; deposit
    • ·top structural component of a kanji
    • ·pair
    N5
  • 中なか
    • ·inside; interior
    • ·among; within
    • ·middle; center; centre
    • ·during; while; middle; midst; amid
    • ·interval; gap
    • ·mean; average
    • ·second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
    • ·medium grade; medium quality
    • ·red-light district
    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
  • 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
  • 聞くきくAs it appears here: 聞いた
    • ·to hear
    • ·to listen (e.g. to music)
    • ·to ask; to enquire; to query
    • ·to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
    • ·to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
    • ·to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
    • ·to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
    • ·to taste (alcohol); to try
    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
  • 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
  • わけ
    • ·reason; cause; grounds
    • ·meaning; sense
    • ·(good) sense; reason
    • ·circumstances; case
    • ·(romantic) relationship; love affair
    N4
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • 感じるかんじるAs it appears here: 感じて
    • ·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
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 記憶きおく
    • ·memory; recollection; remembrance
    • ·memory; storage
    N3
  • 情報じょうほう
    • ·information; news; report; intelligence
    • ·information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
    • ·informatics (as a subject)
    N3
  • 引っ張るひっぱるAs it appears here: 引っ張り
    • ·to pull; to draw; to pull tight
    • ·to string (lines); to run (cable); to stretch
    • ·to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)
    • ·to drag; to haul; to tow
    • ·to lead (e.g. one's followers)
    • ·to take someone somewhere (e.g. a suspect to the police)
    • ·to tempt into joining; to strongly invite to join
    • ·to delay; to prolong
    • ·to lengthen the pronunciation (of a word)
    • ·to quote; to cite; to reference
    • ·to pull the ball
    • ·to wear; to put on
    N3
  • 比較ひかく
    • ·comparison
    N3
  • 検討けんとう
    • ·consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion; analysis; review
    N3
  • つまり
    • ·that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
    • ·in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
    • ·clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
    • ·shrinkage
    • ·end; conclusion
    • ·dead end; corner
    • ·distress; being at the end of one's rope
    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
  • 判断はんだん
    • ·judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication
    • ·divination
    • ·judgement
    N3
  • 発達はったつ
    • ·development; growth
    • ·progress; development; advancement
    • ·expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.)
    • ·developmental disability; person with a developmental disability
    N3
  • うまいAs it appears here: うまく
    • ·skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate
    • ·delicious; tasty; good; nice
    • ·good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid
    N3
  • 差さ
    • ·difference; variation
    • ·difference
    N3
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • いかにN1

    Formal adverb emphasizing degree or manner — 'how ~', or with ~ても 'however much ~'.

    脳の記憶をいかにうまく使いこなしているかという差が表れてくるのだ。

    The difference lies in how skillfully each person can make use of the memories stored in the brain.

Other levels14 patterns
  • というN33 times in this passage

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

    人間は、目の前の物やできごとを、自分の目だけで見ているとか、感じているというように思うかもしれないが、実際には、頭の中では、同時に記憶の中から同じような情報を引っ張り出して、素早く比較、検討しているのだ。

    People may think that they see or sense the objects and events before them solely with their own eyes, but in reality the mind simultaneously pulls similar information from memory and rapidly compares and examines it.

  • つまりN3

    Restates or sums up the preceding statement more plainly — 'in other words / that is to say'.

    つまり、勘がいいとか、察しがいいというのは、目で見たこと、聞いたことだけでものごとを判断しているわけではなく、想像力が発達しているということになる。

    In other words, having good intuition or being perceptive does not mean judging things solely from what one has seen and heard; it means having a well-developed imagination.

  • というのはN3

    Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.

    つまり、勘がいいとか、察しがいいというのは、目で見たこと、聞いたことだけでものごとを判断しているわけではなく、想像力が発達しているということになる。

    In other words, having good intuition or being perceptive does not mean judging things solely from what one has seen and heard; it means having a well-developed imagination.

  • わけだN3

    Presents a conclusion as the natural consequence of a stated reason — 'that's why', 'no wonder', 'so it means'.

    つまり、勘がいいとか、察しがいいというのは、目で見たこと、聞いたことだけでものごとを判断しているわけではなく、想像力が発達しているということになる。

    In other words, having good intuition or being perceptive does not mean judging things solely from what one has seen and heard; it means having a well-developed imagination.

  • 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'.

    （米山公啓『「頭がいい」とはどういうことか』による）

    (From Yoneyama Kimihiro, “What Does It Mean to Be ‘Smart’?”)

  • だけでN4

    'Just by / with only' — a single small condition alone is enough to produce the result.

    人間は、目の前の物やできごとを、自分の目だけで見ているとか、感じているというように思うかもしれないが、実際には、頭の中では、同時に記憶の中から同じような情報を引っ張り出して、素早く比較、検討しているのだ。

    People may think that they see or sense the objects and events before them solely with their own eyes, but in reality the mind simultaneously pulls similar information from memory and rapidly compares and examines it.

  • とか～とかN42 times in this passage

    Lists a few representative, non-exhaustive examples — 'things like X and Y', 'X, Y, and so on'.

    人間は、目の前の物やできごとを、自分の目だけで見ているとか、感じているというように思うかもしれないが、実際には、頭の中では、同時に記憶の中から同じような情報を引っ張り出して、素早く比較、検討しているのだ。

    People may think that they see or sense the objects and events before them solely with their own eyes, but in reality the mind simultaneously pulls similar information from memory and rapidly compares and examines it.

  • かもしれないN4

    Expresses possibility or conjecture — 'might', 'maybe', 'perhaps'.

    人間は、目の前の物やできごとを、自分の目だけで見ているとか、感じているというように思うかもしれないが、実際には、頭の中では、同時に記憶の中から同じような情報を引っ張り出して、素早く比較、検討しているのだ。

    People may think that they see or sense the objects and events before them solely with their own eyes, but in reality the mind simultaneously pulls similar information from memory and rapidly compares and examines it.

  • 〜の中でN4

    Marks a set or group as the domain of a comparison — "among ~ / of all ~", typically paired with a superlative.

    人間は、目の前の物やできごとを、自分の目だけで見ているとか、感じているというように思うかもしれないが、実際には、頭の中では、同時に記憶の中から同じような情報を引っ張り出して、素早く比較、検討しているのだ。

    People may think that they see or sense the objects and events before them solely with their own eyes, but in reality the mind simultaneously pulls similar information from memory and rapidly compares and examines it.

  • ようだN4

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

    人間は、目の前の物やできごとを、自分の目だけで見ているとか、感じているというように思うかもしれないが、実際には、頭の中では、同時に記憶の中から同じような情報を引っ張り出して、素早く比較、検討しているのだ。

    People may think that they see or sense the objects and events before them solely with their own eyes, but in reality the mind simultaneously pulls similar information from memory and rapidly compares and examines it.

  • 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.'

    つまり、勘がいいとか、察しがいいというのは、目で見たこと、聞いたことだけでものごとを判断しているわけではなく、想像力が発達しているということになる。

    In other words, having good intuition or being perceptive does not mean judging things solely from what one has seen and heard; it means having a well-developed imagination.

  • 〜てくるN4

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

    脳の記憶をいかにうまく使いこなしているかという差が表れてくるのだ。

    The difference lies in how skillfully each person can make use of the memories stored in the brain.

  • 〜ているN56 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”.

    人間は、目の前の物やできごとを、自分の目だけで見ているとか、感じているというように思うかもしれないが、実際には、頭の中では、同時に記憶の中から同じような情報を引っ張り出して、素早く比較、検討しているのだ。

    People may think that they see or sense the objects and events before them solely with their own eyes, but in reality the mind simultaneously pulls similar information from memory and rapidly compares and examines it.

  • だけN5

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

    つまり、勘がいいとか、察しがいいというのは、目で見たこと、聞いたことだけでものごとを判断しているわけではなく、想像力が発達しているということになる。

    In other words, having good intuition or being perceptive does not mean judging things solely from what one has seen and heard; it means having a well-developed imagination.

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