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専せん門もん家か・研けん究きゅう者しゃやマスコミには、ごみ問もん題だいや斜しゃ面めん林りんや里さと山やま（注）などの破は壊かいといった身み近ぢかな環かん境きょう問もん題だいを重じゅう視しせず、いくつかの代だい表ひょう的てきな環かん境きょう問もん題だいばかりを取とり扱あつかう傾けい向こうが強つよい。マスコミなどが注ちゅう目もくする環かん境きょう問もん題だいに取とり組くんでいることが、専せん門もん家かの専せん門もん性せいを誇こ示じし、専せん門もん家かとしてのステータスを維い持じさせることにつながっているかのように見みえる。環かん境きょう問もん題だいが話わ題だい性せいの高たかいものに特化とっかされることは、日にち常じょう的てきな環かん境きょう問もん題だいが大だい部ぶ分ぶんの専せん門もん家か・研けん究きゅう者しゃから無む視しされ、放ほう置ちされることになる。

（御み代だい川がわ貴とうと久ひさ夫お・関せき啓けい子こ『環かん境きょう教きょう育いくを学まなぶ人ひとのために』による）

（注ちゅう）里さと山やま：人じん家かの近ちかくにあって、人ひとの生せい活かつと関かん係けいが深ふかい森しん林りんや山やま

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  1. 1筆者は、専門家・研究者の環境問題への取り組みをどのようにとらえているか。

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Vocabulary6 words
  • 斜面しゃめん
    • ·slope; slanting surface; bevel
    N1
  • 破壊はかい
    • ·destruction; disruption
    • ·(application) crash
    N1
  • 身近みぢか
    • ·near oneself; close to one; familiar
    N1
  • 取り扱うとりあつかう
    • ·to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
    • ·to deal with (an issue); to manage
    • ·to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
    • ·to deal in; to carry; to sell
    N1
  • 取り組むとりくむAs it appears here: 取り組んで
    • ·to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to be matched against
    • ·to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
    N1
  • 放置ほうち
    • ·leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
    N1
Other levels35 words
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: せ
    • ·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
  • いくつ
    • ·how many
    • ·how old
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • するAs it appears here: させる
    • ·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
  • 高いたかい
    • ·high; tall
    • ·expensive; high-priced
    • ·high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
    • ·loud
    • ·high-pitched; shrill
    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
  • するAs it appears here: される
    • ·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
  • するAs it appears here: され
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 川がわ
    • ·river; stream
    • ·River; the ... river
    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
  • 近くちかく
    • ·near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
    • ·nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to
    • ·shortly; soon
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あって
    • ·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
  • 山やま
    • ·mountain; hill
    • ·mine
    • ·(mountain) forest
    • ·heap; pile; stack; mountain
    • ·protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
    • ·climax; peak; critical point
    • ·guess; speculation; gamble
    • ·(criminal) case; crime
    • ·mountain climbing; mountaineering
    • ·festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
    • ·deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stock
    • ·wall; wall tile
    • ·wild
    N5
  • 林りん
    • ·wood; woods; forest; grove; copse; thicket
    • ·bunch (of something); cluster; line; collection
    N4
  • 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
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 生活せいかつ
    • ·life; living
    • ·livelihood; (one's) living
    N4
  • 関係かんけい
    • ·relation; relationship; connection
    • ·participation; involvement; concern
    • ·influence; effect
    • ·sexual relations; sexual relationship
    • ·related to; connected to
    N4
  • 深いふかい
    • ·deep
    • ·profound
    • ·dense; thick
    • ·close (relationship)
    • ·intense; strong
    • ·late
    N4
  • 重視じゅうし
    • ·regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
    N3
  • 傾向けいこう
    • ·tendency; trend; inclination
    N3
  • 注目ちゅうもく
    • ·notice; attention; observation
    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
  • 維持いじ
    • ·maintenance; preservation; improvement
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 大部分だいぶぶん
    • ·most part; greater part; majority
    N3
  • 無視むし
    • ·disregarding; ignoring
    N3
  • 学ぶまなぶ
    • ·to learn; to study; to take lessons in
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • つながるAs it appears here: つながって
    • ·to be connected (to); to be joined together; to be linked; to be tied together; to lead (to)
    • ·to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through
    • ·to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result)
    • ·to be lined up (e.g. of cars); to extend; to stretch out
    • ·to be related (e.g. to a matter); to be connected (to); to have something to do (with)
    • ·to be related (by blood)
    N2
  • 森林しんりん
    • ·forest; woods
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

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  • にあってN1

    Frames a special time, place, or circumstance one is in — "in ~, being in (such) circumstances".

    （注）里山：人家の近くにあって、人の生活と関係が深い森林や山

    (Note) Satoyama: forests or mountains near human settlements that are closely connected with people’s lives

Other levels11 patterns
  • といったN2

    Introduces representative examples before a summarizing noun — "(things) such as ~", "~ and the like".

    専門家・研究者やマスコミには、ごみ問題や斜面林や里山などの破壊といった身近な環境問題を重視せず、いくつかの代表的な環境問題ばかりを取り扱う傾向が強い。

    Experts, researchers, and the mass media have a strong tendency not to emphasize familiar environmental problems such as waste and the destruction of hillside forests and satoyama, but instead to deal only with a few representative environmental issues.

  • かのようにN2

    Likens a situation to something known to be contrary to fact — 'as if / as though'.

    マスコミなどが注目する環境問題に取り組んでいることが、専門家の専門性を誇示し、専門家としてのステータスを維持させることにつながっているかのように見える。

    Working on environmental issues that attract media attention seems to help experts demonstrate their expertise and maintain their status as specialists.

  • 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).

    専門家・研究者やマスコミには、ごみ問題や斜面林や里山などの破壊といった身近な環境問題を重視せず、いくつかの代表的な環境問題ばかりを取り扱う傾向が強い。

    Experts, researchers, and the mass media have a strong tendency not to emphasize familiar environmental problems such as waste and the destruction of hillside forests and satoyama, but instead to deal only with a few representative environmental issues.

  • としてN3

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

    マスコミなどが注目する環境問題に取り組んでいることが、専門家の専門性を誇示し、専門家としてのステータスを維持させることにつながっているかのように見える。

    Working on environmental issues that attract media attention seems to help experts demonstrate their expertise and maintain their status as specialists.

  • ためにN3

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

    （御代川貴久夫・関啓子『環境教育を学ぶ人のために』による）

    (From Miyokawa Kikuo and Seki Keiko, “For Students of Environmental Education”)

  • 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'.

    （御代川貴久夫・関啓子『環境教育を学ぶ人のために』による）

    (From Miyokawa Kikuo and Seki Keiko, “For Students of Environmental Education”)

  • などN42 times in this passage

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

    専門家・研究者やマスコミには、ごみ問題や斜面林や里山などの破壊といった身近な環境問題を重視せず、いくつかの代表的な環境問題ばかりを取り扱う傾向が強い。

    Experts, researchers, and the mass media have a strong tendency not to emphasize familiar environmental problems such as waste and the destruction of hillside forests and satoyama, but instead to deal only with a few representative environmental issues.

  • ばかりN4

    Limits or emphasizes a thing — 'only / nothing but' — or after a past-tense verb means 'just (finished) doing.'

    専門家・研究者やマスコミには、ごみ問題や斜面林や里山などの破壊といった身近な環境問題を重視せず、いくつかの代表的な環境問題ばかりを取り扱う傾向が強い。

    Experts, researchers, and the mass media have a strong tendency not to emphasize familiar environmental problems such as waste and the destruction of hillside forests and satoyama, but instead to deal only with a few representative environmental issues.

  • させるN4

    Causative construction — make or let someone do an action ('make/let ~ do').

    マスコミなどが注目する環境問題に取り組んでいることが、専門家の専門性を誇示し、専門家としてのステータスを維持させることにつながっているかのように見える。

    Working on environmental issues that attract media attention seems to help experts demonstrate their expertise and maintain their status as specialists.

  • 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.'

    環境問題が話題性の高いものに特化されることは、日常的な環境問題が大部分の専門家・研究者から無視され、放置されることになる。

    When environmental issues become confined to highly newsworthy topics, everyday environmental problems end up being ignored and neglected by most experts and researchers.

  • 〜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”.

    マスコミなどが注目する環境問題に取り組んでいることが、専門家の専門性を誇示し、専門家としてのステータスを維持させることにつながっているかのように見える。

    Working on environmental issues that attract media attention seems to help experts demonstrate their expertise and maintain their status as specialists.

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