• 誰だれ
  • ·who
  N5
• いつ
  • ·when; at what time; how soon
  • ·normal times; ordinary days
  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
• しかし
  • ·however; but
  N5
• それ
  • ·that; it
  • ·then; that point (in time); that time
  • ·there
  • ·you
  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
• 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
• 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
• するAs it appears here: しない
  • ·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
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  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
• ある
  • ·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
• わかるAs it appears here: わかり
  • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
  • ·to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized (realised); to be found out; to make sense
  • ·I know!; I think so too!
  N5
• 教えるおしえるAs it appears here: 教え
  • ·to teach; to instruct
  • ·to tell; to inform; to show
  • ·to preach
  N5
• 上手じょうず
  • ·skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever
  • ·flattery
  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
• 変わるかわるAs it appears here: 変わら
  • ·to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary
  • ·to move to
  • ·to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
  N4
• 雲くも
  • ·cloud
  N4
• 形かたち
  • ·(physical) form; shape; figure
  • ·visage; (facial) features; appearance (of a person); figure; looks
  • ·form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); style; (outward) appearance
  • ·(resultant) state; situation; condition; form
  • ·behaviour (towards others); attitude; demeanor; manners
  • ·shape (positional qualities of a group of stones)
  N4
• 見えるみえるAs it appears here: 見えて
  • ·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
• 正しいただしい
  • ·right; correct
  • ·proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
  N4
• 技術ぎじゅつ
  • ·technology; engineering
  • ·technique; skill
  • ·art; craft
  N4
• 常識じょうしき
  • ·common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice; social etiquette
  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
• よう
  • ·appearing ...; looking ...
  • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
  • ·form; style; design
  • ·like; similar to
  • ·thing (thought or spoken)
  N3
• じつは
  • ·as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
  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
• 信じるしんじるAs it appears here: 信じて
  • ·to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
  N3
• たまたま
  • ·by chance; by accident; accidentally; happen to (be, do); unexpectedly; casually
  • ·occasionally; once in a while; now and then
  N3
• 姿すがた
  • ·figure; form; shape
  • ·appearance; dress; guise
  • ·state; condition; picture; image
  • ·form (of a waka)
  • ·dressed in ...; wearing ...
  N3
• 起こるおこる
  • ·to occur; to happen
  N3
• 思い込むおもいこむAs it appears here: 思い込みます
  • ·to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to feel sure (that); to assume (that)
  • ·to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be determined (to do); to be bent on
  • ·to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
  N2
• こうして
  • ·thus; in this way
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• にとってN3

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

  価値観や科学的常識は、誰にとってもいつの世でも、変わらぬものだと感じがちです。

  We tend to feel that values and scientific common sense are unchanging, regardless of who we are or what era we live in.

• がちN3

  Suffix on a noun or verb stem meaning "tend to / be prone to / apt to" — something happens often, usually undesirably.

  価値観や科学的常識は、誰にとってもいつの世でも、変わらぬものだと感じがちです。

  We tend to feel that values and scientific common sense are unchanging, regardless of who we are or what era we live in.

• ように見えるN3

  States that something looks or appears a certain way to the observer — 'looks like…', 'appears to be…'.

  しかしそれは雲の形のように、一見、静止しているように見えて、じつはゆっくりと変化しています。

  However, like the shape of clouds, although they may appear motionless at first glance, they are actually changing slowly.

• あまりにもN3

  Emphasizes an excessive degree that leads to some result, "so ... that / far too ~."

  あまりにもゆっくり変化するため、多くの人が、雲は静止画のように変化しないものだと信じているのです。

  Because they change so slowly, many people believe that clouds, like a still photograph, do not change at all.

• ためにN32 times in this passage

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

  あまりにもゆっくり変化するため、多くの人が、雲は静止画のように変化しないものだと信じているのです。

  Because they change so slowly, many people believe that clouds, like a still photograph, do not change at all.

• こそN3

  Emphatic particle singling out the preceding word as precisely the right or decisive one — 'precisely, exactly, ...for sure.'

  誰もが、たまたま自分の成長期に見ていた雲こそが「正しい雲の形」だと思い込みます。

  Everyone comes to assume that the clouds they happened to see during their formative years represent the “correct shape of clouds.”

• 〜ずつN3

  Attaches to a quantity to mark equal distribution or repetition, "each / apiece / at a time".

  こうしてそれぞれの世代の人の脳裏にある雲の姿は、お互いに少しずつズレてきて、すれ違いが起こるのです。

  In this way, the image of clouds held in the minds of different generations gradually shifts apart, giving rise to misunderstandings.

• 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'.

  （藤沢晃治『「わかりやすい教え方」の技術―「教え上手」になるための13のポイント』による）

  (From Fujisawa Koji, “Techniques for ‘Easy-to-Understand Teaching’ — 13 Points for Becoming a ‘Good Teacher’”)

• ように / ようなN42 times in this passage

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

  しかしそれは雲の形のように、一見、静止しているように見えて、じつはゆっくりと変化しています。

  However, like the shape of clouds, although they may appear motionless at first glance, they are actually changing slowly.

• 〜ていたN4

  The past progressive/continuous — an action that was ongoing or a state that held in the past — 'was (do)ing'.

  誰もが、たまたま自分の成長期に見ていた雲こそが「正しい雲の形」だと思い込みます。

  Everyone comes to assume that the clouds they happened to see during their formative years represent the “correct shape of clouds.”

• 〜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'.

  こうしてそれぞれの世代の人の脳裏にある雲の姿は、お互いに少しずつズレてきて、すれ違いが起こるのです。

  In this way, the image of clouds held in the minds of different generations gradually shifts apart, giving rise to misunderstandings.

• やすいN4

  Attaches to a verb stem to mean the action is easy to do ('easy to ~').

  （藤沢晃治『「わかりやすい教え方」の技術―「教え上手」になるための13のポイント』による）

  (From Fujisawa Koji, “Techniques for ‘Easy-to-Understand Teaching’ — 13 Points for Becoming a ‘Good Teacher’”)

• だ / ですN53 times in this passage

  The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.

  価値観や科学的常識は、誰にとってもいつの世でも、変わらぬものだと感じがちです。

  We tend to feel that values and scientific common sense are unchanging, regardless of who we are or what era we live in.

• しかしN5

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

  しかしそれは雲の形のように、一見、静止しているように見えて、じつはゆっくりと変化しています。

  However, like the shape of clouds, although they may appear motionless at first glance, they are actually changing slowly.

• 〜ているN53 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”.

  しかしそれは雲の形のように、一見、静止しているように見えて、じつはゆっくりと変化しています。

  However, like the shape of clouds, although they may appear motionless at first glance, they are actually changing slowly.