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今いまの子こ供どもたちは、先せん生せいに問もん題だいを出だされ、先せん生せいから答こたえを教おしえてもらうことに慣なれてしまい、答こたえばかりか疑ぎ問もんさえも見みつけることをしなくなってしまったのではないか。知しっていることが重じゅう要ようだと勘かん違ちがいし、問もん題だいと答こたえを覚おぼえ、知ち識しきを得えたことで満まん足ぞくしてしまっている。それでは疑ぎ問もんを解とく過か程ていで味あじわう楽たのしみや、何なん日にちもかかって答こたえにたどり着ついた時ときの喜よろこびを味あじわうことができない。なんだか、かわいそうな気きがする。

（小こ菅すが正まさ夫お「文ぶん藝げい春しゅん秋じゅう」2006年ねん11月つき臨りん時じ増ぞう刊かん号ごうによる）

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  1. 1今の子供たちについて、筆者はどのように考えているか。

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Vocabulary3 words
  • 勘違いかんちがい
    • ·misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
    N2
  • 過程かてい
    • ·process; course; mechanism
    N2
  • 味わうあじわう
    • ·to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish
    • ·to appreciate; to enjoy; to relish; to digest
    • ·to experience; to go through; to taste (e.g. victory); to know (e.g. pain)
    N2
Other levels29 words
  • 今いま
    • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
    • ·another; more
    N5
  • 先生せんせい
    • ·teacher; instructor; master
    • ·sensei; (expl.) title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
    • ·(expl.) intimate or teasing form of address
    • ·one's elder
    N5
  • 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
  • 出すだすAs it appears here: 出され
    • ·to take out; to get out
    • ·to put out; to reveal; to show
    • ·to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in
    • ·to publish; to make public
    • ·to send (e.g. letter)
    • ·to produce (a sound); to start (fire)
    • ·to serve (food)
    • ·... out (e.g. to jump out, to carry out)
    • ·to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...
    N5
  • 教えるおしえるAs it appears here: 教えて
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しなく
    • ·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As it appears here: なって
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 覚えるおぼえるAs it appears here: 覚え
    • ·to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
    • ·to learn; to pick up; to acquire
    • ·to feel
    • ·to think; to regard
    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
  • かかるAs it appears here: かかって
    • ·to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
    • ·to hang
    • ·to come into view; to arrive
    • ·to come under (a contract, a tax)
    • ·to start (engines, motors)
    • ·to attend; to deal with; to handle
    • ·to have started to; to be on the verge of
    • ·to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover
    • ·to (come) at
    • ·to be fastened
    • ·to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.)
    • ·to be caught in
    • ·to get a call
    • ·to depend on
    • ·to begin (a task); to set about (doing); to get down to
    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
  • 慣れるなれるAs it appears here: 慣れて
    • ·to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with
    • ·to become skilled in; to become experienced at
    • ·to become tame; to become domesticated
    • ·to get used to doing
    N4
  • 見つけるみつける
    • ·to find; to discover; to come across; to spot; to catch (someone doing)
    • ·to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
    N4
  • 楽しみたのしみ
    • ·enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; delight; joy; fun; diversion; hobby
    • ·anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
    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
  • 疑問ぎもん
    • ·doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
    N3
  • 重要じゅうよう
    • ·important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
    N3
  • 知識ちしき
    • ·knowledge; information
    N3
  • 得るえるAs it appears here: 得た
    • ·to be able to ...; can ...
    • ·to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain
    N3
  • 満足まんぞく
    • ·satisfaction; contentment; gratification
    • ·sufficient; satisfactory; enough; adequate; proper; decent
    • ·satisfying (an equation)
    N3
  • 解くとく
    • ·to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
    • ·to unsew; to unstitch
    • ·to solve; to work out; to answer
    • ·to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
    • ·to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
    • ·to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
    • ·to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair)
    N3
  • 喜びよろこび
    • ·joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations
    N3
  • かわいそう
    • ·poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 答えこたえ
    • ·answer; reply; response
    • ·answer; solution; result
    N1
  • なんだか
    • ·(a) little; somewhat; somehow
    N1
  • 号ごう
    • ·number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
    • ·sobriquet; pen-name
    • ·size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.)
    • ·suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
    N1
Grammar2 patterns

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  • ばかりかN2

    Adds an unexpected, stronger further case beyond the first — 'not only… but also'.

    今の子供たちは、先生に問題を出され、先生から答えを教えてもらうことに慣れてしまい、答えばかりか疑問さえも見つけることをしなくなってしまったのではないか。

    Children today have become so accustomed to being given questions by their teachers and then being told the answers that perhaps they no longer try to find not only the answers but even the questions themselves.

  • ではないかN2

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

    今の子供たちは、先生に問題を出され、先生から答えを教えてもらうことに慣れてしまい、答えばかりか疑問さえも見つけることをしなくなってしまったのではないか。

    Children today have become so accustomed to being given questions by their teachers and then being told the answers that perhaps they no longer try to find not only the answers but even the questions themselves.

Other levels8 patterns
  • に慣れるN3

    Expresses becoming accustomed to or getting used to something, 'to get used to'.

    今の子供たちは、先生に問題を出され、先生から答えを教えてもらうことに慣れてしまい、答えばかりか疑問さえも見つけることをしなくなってしまったのではないか。

    Children today have become so accustomed to being given questions by their teachers and then being told the answers that perhaps they no longer try to find not only the answers but even the questions themselves.

  • さえN3

    Emphatic particle citing an extreme case to imply all lesser ones hold — 'even (X does)'.

    今の子供たちは、先生に問題を出され、先生から答えを教えてもらうことに慣れてしまい、答えばかりか疑問さえも見つけることをしなくなってしまったのではないか。

    Children today have become so accustomed to being given questions by their teachers and then being told the answers that perhaps they no longer try to find not only the answers but even the questions themselves.

  • 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'.

    （小菅正夫「文藝春秋」2006年11月臨時増刊号による）

    (Based on Kosuge Masao, “Bungeishunju,” November 2006 special issue)

  • 〜てもらうN4

    Benefactive construction: receive the favor of someone doing an action for you — 'have/get someone to ...'.

    今の子供たちは、先生に問題を出され、先生から答えを教えてもらうことに慣れてしまい、答えばかりか疑問さえも見つけることをしなくなってしまったのではないか。

    Children today have become so accustomed to being given questions by their teachers and then being told the answers that perhaps they no longer try to find not only the answers but even the questions themselves.

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN42 times in this passage

    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.

    今の子供たちは、先生に問題を出され、先生から答えを教えてもらうことに慣れてしまい、答えばかりか疑問さえも見つけることをしなくなってしまったのではないか。

    Children today have become so accustomed to being given questions by their teachers and then being told the answers that perhaps they no longer try to find not only the answers but even the questions themselves.

  • がするN4

    With a perception noun (sound, smell, taste, feeling), expresses that such a sensation occurs — 'there is a smell/sound', 'I sense that'.

    なんだか、かわいそうな気がする。

    Somehow, I cannot help feeling sorry for them.

  • 〜ているN52 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”.

    知っていることが重要だと勘違いし、問題と答えを覚え、知識を得たことで満足してしまっている。

    They mistakenly believe that what matters is knowing things, so they memorize questions and answers and feel satisfied simply because they have acquired knowledge.

  • 〜ことができるN5

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

    それでは疑問を解く過程で味わう楽しみや、何日もかかって答えにたどり着いた時の喜びを味わうことができない。

    As a result, they cannot experience the enjoyment of working through a question or the joy of finally arriving at an answer after spending days on it.

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