• 作文さくぶん
  • ·writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition
  • ·formal writing with little real meaning
  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
• あるAs it appears here: あります
  • ·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
• 私わたし
  • ·I; me
  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
• 文章ぶんしょう
  • ·writing; composition; essay; article; passage; prose; (writing) style
  • ·sentence
  N5
• この
  • ·this
  • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
  • ·you (as in "you liar")
  N5
• 書くかく
  • ·to write; to compose; to pen
  • ·to draw; to paint
  N5
• 書くかくAs it appears here: 書けば
  • ·to write; to compose; to pen
  • ·to draw; to paint
  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
• あなた
  • ·you
  • ·dear; honey
  N5
• 書けるかけるAs it appears here: 書けない
  • ·to write; to compose; to pen
  • ·to draw; to paint
  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
• 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
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  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
• 違うちがうAs it appears here: 違って
  • ·to differ (from); to be different; to be distinct; to be unlike; to vary; to disagree (with)
  • ·to be wrong; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
  • ·to become abnormal; to go wrong
  • ·isn't it?; wasn't it?
  N5
• それ
  • ·that; it
  • ·then; that point (in time); that time
  • ·there
  • ·you
  N5
• 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思います
  • ·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
• 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
• しばしば
  • ·often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
  N3
• よう
  • ·appearing ...; looking ...
  • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
  • ·form; style; design
  • ·like; similar to
  • ·thing (thought or spoken)
  N3
• 示すしめすAs it appears here: 示される
  • ·to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to tell; to exemplify; to make apparent
  • ·to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)
  • ·to indicate; to show; to represent; to signify; to display
  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
• 内容ないよう
  • ·contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
  N3
• 触れるふれるAs it appears here: 触れて
  • ·to touch; to feel
  • ·to touch (with)
  • ·to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive
  • ·to touch on (a subject); to allude to; to refer to; to mention; to bring up
  • ·to be in conflict with; to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to infringe
  • ·to proclaim; to make known; to spread (e.g. a rumour)
  N3
• 評価ひょうか
  • ·valuation; appraisal; evaluation; assessment; estimation; rating; judging
  • ·appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement; rating highly; praising
  N3
• なぜなら
  • ·because; the reason is; if you want to know why
  N3
• すべて
  • ·everything; all; the whole
  • ·entirely; completely; wholly; all
  N3
• 否定ひてい
  • ·denial; negation; repudiation; disavowal
  • ·negation
  • ·NOT operation
  N3
• 注ちゅう
  • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
  N3
• こだわるAs it appears here: こだわりましょう
  • ·to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to fuss (over); to worry too much (about); to be picky (about); to be hung up (on); to stick to
  • ·to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to be fastidious (about); to insist (on); to be uncompromising
  • ·to get stuck; to be obstructed
  N1

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• 可能性があるN1

  States that something is possible or could happen — 'there is a possibility that ~, ~ could ~'.

  なぜなら、マニュアルには、あなたにしか書けないことをすべて否定してしまうことにつながる可能性があるからです。

  This is because such manuals may lead you to reject everything that only you can write.

• ことがあるN3

  After a plain verb, 'there are times when...'; after a past-tense verb (〜たことがある), 'have (ever) done, have the experience of'.

  しばしば作文にはお手本のようなものが示されることがありますが、私は、これはナンセンスだと思います。

  Model compositions are often presented as examples to follow, but I think this is nonsense.

• 的（てき）N3

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

  文章の形式的なことならばともかく、内容にまで触れて、このように「書くべき」とか、このように書けば評価されるというマニュアルは大敵です。

  Guidance on formal aspects of writing may be acceptable, but manuals that go so far as to dictate the content—saying that you “should write” in a certain way or that writing in a certain way will earn a good evaluation—are a great enemy.

• というN3

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

  文章の形式的なことならばともかく、内容にまで触れて、このように「書くべき」とか、このように書けば評価されるというマニュアルは大敵です。

  Guidance on formal aspects of writing may be acceptable, but manuals that go so far as to dictate the content—saying that you “should write” in a certain way or that writing in a certain way will earn a good evaluation—are a great enemy.

• 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、マニュアルには、あなたにしか書けないことをすべて否定してしまうことにつながる可能性があるからです。

  This is because such manuals may lead you to reject everything that only you can write.

• ように / ようなN4

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

  しばしば作文にはお手本のようなものが示されることがありますが、私は、これはナンセンスだと思います。

  Model compositions are often presented as examples to follow, but I think this is nonsense.

• と思う（とおもう）N4

  Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.

  しばしば作文にはお手本のようなものが示されることがありますが、私は、これはナンセンスだと思います。

  Model compositions are often presented as examples to follow, but I think this is nonsense.

• とか～とかN4

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

  文章の形式的なことならばともかく、内容にまで触れて、このように「書くべき」とか、このように書けば評価されるというマニュアルは大敵です。

  Guidance on formal aspects of writing may be acceptable, but manuals that go so far as to dictate the content—saying that you “should write” in a certain way or that writing in a certain way will earn a good evaluation—are a great enemy.

• 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN4

  Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

  なぜなら、マニュアルには、あなたにしか書けないことをすべて否定してしまうことにつながる可能性があるからです。

  This is because such manuals may lead you to reject everything that only you can write.

• に見える（にみえる）N4

  Expresses how something appears or seems to an observer, 'to look ~ / to seem ~.'

  自分に見えるもの、少しでも人とは違って見えるもの、それにこだわりましょう。

  Hold on to what you yourself can see, especially anything that looks even slightly different to you from how it appears to others.

• までN5

  Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."

  文章の形式的なことならばともかく、内容にまで触れて、このように「書くべき」とか、このように書けば評価されるというマニュアルは大敵です。

  Guidance on formal aspects of writing may be acceptable, but manuals that go so far as to dictate the content—saying that you “should write” in a certain way or that writing in a certain way will earn a good evaluation—are a great enemy.

• だ / ですN52 times in this passage

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

  文章の形式的なことならばともかく、内容にまで触れて、このように「書くべき」とか、このように書けば評価されるというマニュアルは大敵です。

  Guidance on formal aspects of writing may be acceptable, but manuals that go so far as to dictate the content—saying that you “should write” in a certain way or that writing in a certain way will earn a good evaluation—are a great enemy.

• 〜ましょうN5

  A polite invitation or suggestion to do something together — “let's do”.

  自分に見えるもの、少しでも人とは違って見えるもの、それにこだわりましょう。

  Hold on to what you yourself can see, especially anything that looks even slightly different to you from how it appears to others.