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N1 · AdvancedLong passagePassage #482
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しょうがいのぞうることは、かいじゅうりょこうしようと、なにしようと、ちいあきれるくらいちいのだが、このちいさにいかなければがくもんただ大風呂敷おおぶろしき(注1)なることしきいくらでもひろからそうやっているうちぶんかいてきかんがいるそのなかかいすべてつつ、①そんな錯覚さっかくいいいえだいとかべいさい立派りっぱそだのうとかは、そういうことにはならないかいてきけずかいひょうじゅんいねそだできないからかれみなぶんごとにおいてけんめいあるひとつのうりょくできることいるがくもんすることしょもつまなことは、ほんとうは②これすこないなぜならそうしたことみなひとつてんしっかりことからだ。

ひとかいてきものかんがことなどできないそれ錯覚さっかくありくうそうありおろおもあるただしてんひらいることならできるひとつものかんがものつくいるほどにんげんならそれどういうことかは、もちろんいるひとだれぶんしつがくもんするひとにとってこのしつは、のうあたじょうようものあるじょうてんひらいなければひからびて(注2)もうなる

あたこのたがやみずなえなえみずからそだのを、まいにちたすなえとともにぶんなかなにそだのをかんながらがくもんそうまたひとしつなえようそだしかないのではないか。どもは、べんきょうしてぶんしつというたがやみずもらったなえを、しょもつことのであるそれは、どもしんなんやってみるほかなくそうやってこそどもまなしょもつとともにそだことできるどもべんきょうするのは、ぶんしつというじょうからやがてみのせいしんさくもつそだためある。「きょうよう」とは、がんらいこのさくもつのであって、もの(注3)たち大風呂敷おおぶろしきのではない

まえ英樹ひできどくがくせいしんによる

ちゅう1)大風呂敷おおぶろしき実際じっさいよりおおすること

ちゅう2)ひからびてかわきって

ちゅう3)ものものごとよくいるひと

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  1. 1そんな錯覚に捕らえられるとはどういう意味か。
  2. 2これとは何を指すか。
  3. 3この文章では、学問をするということをどのような例を使って説明しているか。
  4. 4筆者は「教養」をどのようなものだと考えているか。

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Vocabulary9 words
  • 耐えるたえるAs it appears here: 耐えて
    • ·to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
    • ·to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave
    • ·to be fit for; to be equal to
    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
  • 錯覚さっかく
    • ·illusion; hallucination
    • ·misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding; illusion; delusion; mistake
    N1
  • 捕らえるとらえるAs it appears here: 捕らえられる
    • ·to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
    • ·to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
    • ·to captivate; to move (one's heart)
    N1
  • 賢明けんめい
    • ·wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
    N1
  • 天地てんち
    • ·heaven and earth; the universe; the world; nature
    • ·land; world; realm; sphere
    • ·top and bottom
    • ·gods of heaven and earth
    N1
  • 愚かおろか
    • ·foolish; stupid; silly
    N1
  • なえ
    • ·seedling; young plant
    • ·rice seedling
    N1
  • 元来がんらい
    • ·originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually
    • ·in the first place; to begin with
    N1
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  • 知るしるAs it appears here: 知り
    • ·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
  • 旅行りょこう
    • ·travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しよう
    • ·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
  • 小さいちいさい
    • ·small; little; tiny
    • ·slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
    • ·low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
    • ·unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
    • ·young; juvenile
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 小さいちいさいAs it appears here: 小さ
    • ·small; little; tiny
    • ·slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); minor; small
    • ·low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
    • ·unimportant; petty; insignificant; trifling; trivial
    • ·young; juvenile
    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
  • 言葉ことば
    • ·language; dialect
    • ·word; phrase; expression; term
    • ·speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
    • ·words; remark; statement; comment
    • ·learning to speak; language acquisition
    N5
  • いくら
    • ·how much
    • ·something over; and something; -odd
    • ·however (much); no matter how
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 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
    • ·tree; shrub; bush
    • ·wood; timber
    • ·wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
    N5
  • 野菜やさい
    • ·vegetable
    • ·marijuana; cannabis
    N5
  • 立派りっぱ
    • ·splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; impressive
    • ·praiseworthy; creditable; worthy
    • ·legal; legitimate; lawful
    • ·undeniable (e.g. crime); indisputable; solid
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できない
    • ·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
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • ひとつ
    • ·one
    • ·for one thing
    • ·only
    • ·(not) even
    • ·just (e.g. "just try it")
    • ·some kind of; one type of
    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
  • 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
  • ほんとう
    • ·truth; reality; actuality; fact
    • ·proper; right; correct; official
    • ·genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 開くひらくAs it appears here: 開いて
    • ·to open (e.g. doors)
    • ·to open (e.g. business, etc.)
    • ·to be empty
    • ·to be vacant; to be available; to be free
    • ·to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
    • ·to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
    • ·to come to an end
    • ·to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
    • ·to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
    N5
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作って
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    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
  • 生まれるうまれる
    • ·to be born
    N5
  • 開くひらくAs it appears here: 開かれて
    • ·to open (e.g. doors)
    • ·to open (e.g. business, etc.)
    • ·to be empty
    • ·to be vacant; to be available; to be free
    • ·to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.)
    • ·to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
    • ·to come to an end
    • ·to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
    • ·to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
    N5
  • みず
    • ·water (esp. cool or cold)
    • ·fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
    • ·flood; floodwaters
    • ·water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
    • ·break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout
    N5
  • 引くひくAs it appears here: 引き
    • ·to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
    • ·to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
    • ·to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
    • ·to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
    • ·to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
    • ·to catch (a cold)
    • ·to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
    • ·to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to check
    • ·to haul; to pull (vehicles)
    • ·to subtract; to deduct
    • ·to recede; to ebb; to fade
    • ·to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
    • ·to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
    • ·to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
    • ·to hold (e.g. a note)
    • ·to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)
    • ·to move back; to draw back; to recede; to fall back; to retreat
    • ·to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
    • ·to resign; to retire; to quit
    • ·to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour); to be turned off; to recoil (in disgust, etc.); to cringe
    • ·to draw back; to pull back; to retreat
    N5
  • 毎日まいにち
    • ·every day; daily
    N5
  • また
    • ·again; once more; once again; another time; some other time
    • ·also; too; as well; likewise
    • ·on the other hand; while
    • ·and; in addition; besides; moreover; furthermore
    • ·or; otherwise
    • ·really; how; (what, why) on earth
    • ·some time (in the future)
    • ·indirect
    N5
  • 子供こども
    • ·child; children
    N5
  • 勉強べんきょう
    • ·study
    • ·diligence; working hard
    • ·experience; knowledge; lesson (for the future)
    • ·discount; price reduction
    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
  • ほか
    • ·another place; some other place; somewhere else; outside
    • ·another (person or thing); other; different; something else; someone else; the rest; et al.
    • ·beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
    • ·except; but; other than; apart from
    • ·besides; in addition to; as well as; on top of
    N5
  • 言ういう
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 大きいおおきいAs it appears here: 大きく
    • ·big; large; great
    • ·loud
    • ·extensive; spacious
    • ·important; decisive; valuable
    • ·older; grown-up
    N5
  • 見せるみせるAs it appears here: 見せたり
    • ·to show; to display
    • ·to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...
    • ·to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining
    • ·to have (something) looked at (by a specialist); to have (an antique, etc.) appraised
    • ·to have (an injury, person, etc.) looked at (by a doctor); to take (someone) to a doctor
    • ·to make a show of (doing); to do in a conspicuous manner; to do in view of others
    • ·to resolve to do; to do at any cost; to show others that one will ...
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言ったり
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • よく
    • ·nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
    • ·frequently; often
    • ·I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
    • ·(you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
    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
  • 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考えて
    • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
    • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
    • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
    • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
    • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
    • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
    • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
    N4
  • 世界せかい
    • ·the world; society; the universe
    • ·sphere; circle; world
    • ·world-renowned; world-famous
    • ·realm governed by one Buddha; space
    N4
  • 育てるそだてる
    • ·to raise; to rear; to bring up
    • ·to train; to teach; to educate
    • ·to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop
    N4
  • 育てるそだてるAs it appears here: 育てたり
    • ·to raise; to rear; to bring up
    • ·to train; to teach; to educate
    • ·to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop
    N4
  • みな
    • ·everyone; everybody; all
    • ·everything; all
    N4
  • 変わるかわるAs it appears here: 変わり
    • ·to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
    • ·to move to
    • ·to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
    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
  • 生きるいきる
    • ·to live; to exist
    • ·to make a living; to subsist
    • ·to be in effect; to be in use; to function
    • ·to come to life; to be enlivened
    • ·to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
    N4
  • 考えるかんがえる
    • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
    • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
    • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
    • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
    • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
    • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
    • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
    N4
  • 向かうむかうAs it appears here: 向かって
    • ·to face
    • ·to go towards; to head towards
    N4
  • 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考え
    • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
    • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
    • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
    • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
    • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
    • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
    • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
    N4
  • 植えるうえる
    • ·to plant; to grow; to raise
    • ·to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type)
    • ·to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent)
    • ·to instill (idea, value, etc.); to inculcate
    N4
  • 植えるうえるAs it appears here: 植えられた
    • ·to plant; to grow; to raise
    • ·to insert; to transplant; to implant; to set (type)
    • ·to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent)
    • ·to instill (idea, value, etc.); to inculcate
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 乾くかわくAs it appears here: 乾き
    • ·to get dry
    N4
  • 望むのぞむAs it appears here: 望み
    • ·to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for
    • ·to expect (of someone); to hope for; to look forward to
    • ·to see; to command (a view of); to overlook
    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
  • 学問がくもん
    • ·study; scholarship; learning; education; knowledge
    • ·discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
    N3
  • ただ
    • ·ordinary; common; usual
    • ·free of charge
    • ·unaffected; as is; safe
    • ·only; merely; just; simply
    • ·but; however; nevertheless
    N3
  • すべて
    • ·everything; all; the whole
    • ·entirely; completely; wholly; all
    N3
  • いね
    • ·rice plant (Oryza sativa)
    N3
  • 能力のうりょく
    • ·ability; faculty
    N3
  • 書物しょもつ
    • ·book; volume
    N3
  • 学ぶまなぶ
    • ·to learn; to study; to take lessons in
    N3
  • 少しもすこしも
    • ·(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
    N3
  • なぜなら
    • ·because; the reason is; if you want to know why
    N3
    • ·time; pause
    • ·space
    • ·room
    N3
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • もちろん
    • ·of course; certainly; naturally
    N3
  • 与えるあたえるAs it appears here: 与えられる
    • ·to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
    • ·to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
    • ·to assign
    • ·to cause
    • ·to pass (a variable to a function)
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 与えるあたえるAs it appears here: 与えられた
    • ·to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
    • ·to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
    • ·to assign
    • ·to cause
    • ·to pass (a variable to a function)
    N3
  • 育つそだつ
    • ·to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
    N3
  • 助けるたすける
    • ·to save; to rescue; to spare
    • ·to help; to assist
    • ·to support (financially); to contribute (to); to provide aid
    • ·to facilitate; to stimulate; to promote; to contribute to
    N3
  • 何かなにか
    • ·something; some; any
    • ·somehow; for some reason
    • ·(so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
    N3
  • 感じるかんじるAs it appears here: 感じ
    • ·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
  • 思想しそう
    • ·thought; idea; ideology
    N3
  • もらうAs it appears here: もらった
    • ·to receive; to take; to accept
    • ·to get someone to do something
    • ·to have in one's pocket (a fight, match)
    • ·to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected
    N3
  • 自身じしん
    • ·(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
    N3
  • 何とかなんとか
    • ·something; something or other; so-and-so
    • ·somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
    N3
  • 学ぶまなぶAs it appears here: 学ばれる
    • ·to learn; to study; to take lessons in
    N3
  • やがて
    • ·before long; soon; shortly
    • ·almost; nearly
    • ·finally; in the end; eventually
    N3
  • 精神せいしん
    • ·mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos
    • ·attitude; mentality; will; intention
    • ·spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance
    N3
  • 作物さくもつ
    • ·crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
    N3
  • 指すさすAs it appears here: 指して
    • ·to point
    • ·to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
    • ·to identify; to indicate; to point out
    • ·to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece)
    • ·to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
    N3
  • ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 実際じっさい
    • ·reality; actuality; truth; fact; actual conditions
    • ·practice (as opposed to theory)
    • ·truly; really; indeed; actually
    • ·bhutakoti (limit of reality)
    N3
  • 物事ものごと
    • ·things; everything
    N3
  • あきれる
    • ·to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated; to be fed up
    N2
  • 風呂敷ふろしき
    • ·furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
    N2
  • 広げるひろげるAs it appears here: 広げられる
    • ·to spread; to extend; to expand; to enlarge; to widen; to broaden
    • ·to unfold; to open; to unroll; to unwrap
    • ·to scatter about; to spread around
    • ·to make flourish; to cause to prosper
    N2
  • 大工だいく
    • ·carpenter
    N2
  • 削るけずるAs it appears here: 削ったり
    • ·to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
    • ·to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
    • ·to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
    N2
  • 空想くうそう
    • ·daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
    N2
  • ただし
    • ·but; however; provided that
    N2
  • 背負うせおうAs it appears here: 背負って
    • ·to carry on one's back
    • ·to be burdened with; to take responsibility for
    • ·to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something)
    • ·to be conceited; to think highly of oneself
    N2
  • 耕すたがやすAs it appears here: 耕し
    • ·to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
    N2
  • 実るみのる
    • ·to bear fruit; to ripen
    • ·to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
    N2
  • 教養きょうよう
    • ·(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
    N2
Grammar1 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • に耐える / に耐えないN1

    States that something is (not) worth doing or is (un)bearable to do — 'worth ~ing / not worth ~ing; can/cannot bear to.'

    あきれるくらい小さいのだが、この小ささに耐えていかなければ、学問はただの大風呂敷になる。

    It is astonishingly small, but unless we can endure that smallness, scholarship becomes nothing more than grandiose talk.

Other levels29 patterns
  • ことにはならないN2

    'It doesn't mean / doesn't follow that ~' — denies that something amounts to a given conclusion.

    木でいい家を建てる大工とか、米や野菜を立派に育てる農夫とかは、そういうことにはならない

    A carpenter who builds good wooden houses or a farmer who grows excellent rice and vegetables does not fall into such a trap.

  • 少しも~ないN2

    Paired with a negative predicate to give an emphatic total denial — 'not … in the least', 'not at all'.

    学問をすること、書物に学ぶことは、ほんとうは②これと少しも変わりはない。

    Engaging in scholarship and learning from books are, in truth, ②no different from this at all.

  • に向かってN2

    Indicates the direction, goal, or target that motion or an action is aimed at; 'toward / facing'.

    ただし、天地に向かって我が身を開いていることならできる。

    What we can do, however, is open ourselves toward heaven and earth.

  • ではないかN2

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

    学問や思想もまた、人の気質に植えられた苗のように育つしかないのではないか

    Perhaps scholarship and thought, too, can only grow like seedlings planted in a person's temperament.

  • 〜てこそN2

    Emphasizes that only by actually doing X does the result become true — 'it is only by/precisely by doing X that...'.

    それは、子供自身が何とかやってみるほかはなく、そうやってこそ、子供は学ばれる書物とともに育つことができる。

    The child has no choice but to work at this personally, and only by doing so can the child grow together with the books from which they learn.

  • やがてN2

    Adverb signalling that something will come to pass after some time — "before long," "eventually," "in time."

    子供が勉強をするのは、自分の気質という土壌から、やがて実る精神の作物を育てるためである。

    Children study in order to cultivate the spiritual crop that will one day bear fruit from the soil of their own temperament.

  • うちにN3

    Do something within a window, before the current state changes — 'while / before (it becomes otherwise)'.

    言葉の風呂敷はいくらでも広げられるから、そうやっているうちに自分は世界的に考えている、そのなかに世界のすべてを包める、①そんな錯覚に捕らえられる。

    Because the cloth of language can be spread as widely as one likes, one can eventually fall prey to ①the illusion that one is thinking on a global scale and can wrap the whole world inside it.

  • 的(てき)N33 times in this passage

    A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).

    言葉の風呂敷はいくらでも広げられるから、そうやっているうちに自分は世界的に考えている、そのなかに世界のすべてを包める、①そんな錯覚に捕らえられる。

    Because the cloth of language can be spread as widely as one likes, one can eventually fall prey to ①the illusion that one is thinking on a global scale and can wrap the whole world inside it.

  • において/におけるN3

    Formally marks the place, time, or domain in which something holds, 'in / at / regarding'.

    世界的に木を削ったり、世界標準の稲を育てたりはできないから、彼らはみな、自分の仕事において賢明である。

    Because one cannot plane wood “globally” or grow “world-standard” rice, they are all sensible in their own work.

  • なぜならN3

    A sentence-initial conjunction that introduces the reason for what was just said — "because / the reason is that".

    なぜなら、そうしたことはみな、我が身ひとつが天地の間でしっかりと生きることだからだ。

    For all of these things amount to one individual living firmly between heaven and earth.

  • にとってN3

    Marks the person or thing from whose standpoint something is judged or matters; 'for', 'to'.

    学問する人にとって、この気質は、農夫に与えられる土壌のようなものである。

    For a scholar, this temperament is like the soil given to a farmer.

  • と共に(とともに)N32 times in this passage

    Links two things that happen together or change at the same time — "together with; along with; as ~ does".

    とともに、自分のなかで何かが育つのを感じながら。

    And along with the seedlings, we feel something within ourselves growing as well.

  • しかないN3

    There is no option but to do it — 'have no choice but to', 'can only'.

    学問や思想もまた、人の気質に植えられた苗のように育つしかないのではないか。

    Perhaps scholarship and thought, too, can only grow like seedlings planted in a person's temperament.

  • というN32 times in this passage

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

    子供は、勉強して自分の気質という土を耕し、水を引き、もらった苗を、書物の言葉を植えるのである。

    Children study in order to till the soil of their own temperament, bring in water, and plant the seedlings they have been given—the words found in books.

  • ためにN3

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

    子供が勉強をするのは、自分の気質という土壌から、やがて実る精神の作物を育てるためである。

    Children study in order to cultivate the spiritual crop that will one day bear fruit from the soil of their own temperament.

  • 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'.

    (前田英樹『独学の精神』による

    (From Maeda Hideki, “The Spirit of Self-Education”)

  • 〜ていくN4

    Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.

    あきれるくらい小さいのだが、この小ささに耐えていかなければ、学問はただの大風呂敷になる。

    It is astonishingly small, but unless we can endure that smallness, scholarship becomes nothing more than grandiose talk.

  • 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'.

    木でいい家を建てる大工とか、米や野菜を立派に育てる農夫とかは、そういうことにはならない。

    A carpenter who builds good wooden houses or a farmer who grows excellent rice and vegetables does not fall into such a trap.

  • 間(あいだ)N4

    Marks a span of time or space throughout which, or between whose endpoints, something else continuously holds — 'while; during; between'.

    なぜなら、そうしたことはみな、我が身ひとつが天地の間でしっかりと生きることだからだ。

    For all of these things amount to one individual living firmly between heaven and earth.

  • などN4

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

    人は世界的にものを考えることなどはできない。

    Human beings cannot truly think about things on a global scale.

  • ように / ようなN42 times in this passage

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

    学問する人にとって、この気質は、農夫に与えられる土壌のようなものである。

    For a scholar, this temperament is like the soil given to a farmer.

  • ながらN4

    Attaches to a verb stem to show two actions by the same subject happening at once — 'while (doing) / as'.

    苗とともに、自分のなかで何かが育つのを感じながら

    And along with the seedlings, we feel something within ourselves growing as well.

  • 〜てみるN4

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

    それは、子供自身が何とかやってみるほかはなく、そうやってこそ、子供は学ばれる書物とともに育つことができる。

    The child has no choice but to work at this personally, and only by doing so can the child grow together with the books from which they learn.

  • よりN4

    Particle marking the standard in a comparison (also a starting point), "than / (more) than; from".

    (注1)大風呂敷:実際より大きく見せたり言ったりすること

    (Note 1) Grandiose talk: making or describing something as larger than it really is

  • 〜ているN57 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”.

    言葉の風呂敷はいくらでも広げられるから、そうやっているうちに自分は世界的に考えている、そのなかに世界のすべてを包める、①そんな錯覚に捕らえられる。

    Because the cloth of language can be spread as widely as one likes, one can eventually fall prey to ①the illusion that one is thinking on a global scale and can wrap the whole world inside it.

  • 〜たり〜たりN54 times in this passage

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

    世界的に木を削ったり、世界標準の稲を育てたりはできないから、彼らはみな、自分の仕事において賢明である。

    Because one cannot plane wood “globally” or grow “world-standard” rice, they are all sensible in their own work.

  • のでN52 times in this passage

    Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.

    子供は、勉強して自分の気質という土を耕し、水を引き、もらった苗を、書物の言葉を植えるのである。

    Children study in order to till the soil of their own temperament, bring in water, and plant the seedlings they have been given—the words found in books.

  • 〜ことができるN5

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

    それは、子供自身が何とかやってみるほかはなく、そうやってこそ、子供は学ばれる書物とともに育つことができる

    The child has no choice but to work at this personally, and only by doing so can the child grow together with the books from which they learn.

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    「教養」とは、元来この作物を指して言うのであって、物識りたちの大風呂敷を指して言うのではない

    “Culture” or “education” originally referred to this crop, not to the grandiose displays of the well-informed.

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