• 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
• 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
• これ
  • ·this; this one
  • ·this person
  • ·now; this point (in time)
  • ·here
  • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
  • ·I; me
  N5
• いるAs it appears here: いない
  • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
  • ·to stay
  • ·to be ...-ing
  • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
  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
• 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
• 方かた
  • ·direction; way
  • ·person; lady; gentleman
  • ·method of; manner of; way of
  • ·care of ...
  • ·person in charge of ...
  • ·side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
  N5
• ふつう
  • ·normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average
  • ·normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly
  • ·local train; train that stops at every station
  N4
• たとえば
  • ·for example; for instance; e.g.
  N4
• 十分じゅうぶん
  • ·enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory
  • ·sufficiently; fully; thoroughly; well; perfectly
  • ·division into ten
  N4
• 正しいただしい
  • ·right; correct
  • ·proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful
  N4
• 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
• あるいは
  • ·or; either ... or
  • ·maybe; perhaps; possibly
  • ·some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
  N3
• 意思いし
  • ·intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
  N3
• 用いるもちいるAs it appears here: 用いられて
  • ·to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
  N3
• じっさい
  • ·reality; actuality; truth; fact; actual conditions
  • ·practice (as opposed to theory)
  • ·truly; really; indeed; actually
  • ·bhutakoti (limit of reality)
  N3
• 何もなにも
  • ·(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
  • ·and everything else; and all
  • ·(not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent
  N3
• 語るかたるAs it appears here: 語らない
  • ·to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
  • ·to recite; to chant
  • ·to indicate; to show
  N3
• 付き合いつきあい
  • ·association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
  N3
• 成立せいりつ
  • ·formation; establishment; materialization; coming into existence
  • ·conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); approval; completion; closing; enacting; arrangement
  • ·being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding; applying
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• あるいはN2

  Presents an alternative or a possibility — 'or; or perhaps; alternatively'.

  「コミュニケーション」という言葉はふつう、双方がメッセージを伝え合うこと、あるいは意思を疎通させること、といった意味合いで用いられているが、これはじっさいのコミュニケーションの全体像をとらえてはいない。

  The word “communication” is ordinarily used to mean that both sides exchange messages or reach a mutual understanding, but this does not capture the full picture of communication as it actually occurs.

• といったN2

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

  「コミュニケーション」という言葉はふつう、双方がメッセージを伝え合うこと、あるいは意思を疎通させること、といった意味合いで用いられているが、これはじっさいのコミュニケーションの全体像をとらえてはいない。

  The word “communication” is ordinarily used to mean that both sides exchange messages or reach a mutual understanding, but this does not capture the full picture of communication as it actually occurs.

• というN3

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

  「コミュニケーション」という言葉はふつう、双方がメッセージを伝え合うこと、あるいは意思を疎通させること、といった意味合いで用いられているが、これはじっさいのコミュニケーションの全体像をとらえてはいない。

  The word “communication” is ordinarily used to mean that both sides exchange messages or reach a mutual understanding, but this does not capture the full picture of communication as it actually occurs.

• 例えば（たとえば）N3

  Introduces an illustrative instance, 'for example / for instance'.

  たとえば、黙して何も語らないこともコミュニケーションの行為であり、また視線の動きやちょっとした仕草だけでも、十分にコミュニケーションは成立する。

  For example, remaining silent and saying nothing is itself an act of communication, and even the movement of one's gaze or a small gesture can be enough for communication to take place.

• 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'.

  （小竹裕一『アジア人との正しい付き合い方－異文化へのまなざし』による）

  (From Kotake Yuichi, “How to Interact Properly with Asians — A Perspective on Other Cultures”)

• させるN4

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

  「コミュニケーション」という言葉はふつう、双方がメッセージを伝え合うこと、あるいは意思を疎通させること、といった意味合いで用いられているが、これはじっさいのコミュニケーションの全体像をとらえてはいない。

  The word “communication” is ordinarily used to mean that both sides exchange messages or reach a mutual understanding, but this does not capture the full picture of communication as it actually occurs.

• 〜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”.

  「コミュニケーション」という言葉はふつう、双方がメッセージを伝え合うこと、あるいは意思を疎通させること、といった意味合いで用いられているが、これはじっさいのコミュニケーションの全体像をとらえてはいない。

  The word “communication” is ordinarily used to mean that both sides exchange messages or reach a mutual understanding, but this does not capture the full picture of communication as it actually occurs.

• だけN5

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

  たとえば、黙して何も語らないこともコミュニケーションの行為であり、また視線の動きやちょっとした仕草だけでも、十分にコミュニケーションは成立する。

  For example, remaining silent and saying nothing is itself an act of communication, and even the movement of one's gaze or a small gesture can be enough for communication to take place.