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交こう際さい、付つき合あい、コミュニケーション、愛あい、会かい話わ――どのような呼よび方かたをしてもいいけれども、人ひとが動どう物ぶつとふれ合あっていて、最もっとも重じゅう要ようでありながら忘わすれがちなのは、可か愛わいいという気き持もちにつき動うごかされるあまり、こちらの方ほうが積極的せっきょくてきになり過すぎ、相あい手てに表ひょう現げんさせるのを忘わすれることだ。

猫ねこだって犬いぬだって甘あまえたい。

“好すき”という気き持もちを伝つたえたい。

ゴマンと（注）付つき合あい、やっとそれがわかったのだから、私わたしは相そう当とうに鈍にぶい。

（畑はた正まさ憲のり「ムツゴロウの動どう物ぶつ交こう際さい術じゅつ」による）

（注ちゅう）ゴマンと：非ひ常じょうにたくさん

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  1. 1動物との付き合いを通じて、筆者が何がわかったか。

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Vocabulary2 words
  • つくAs it appears here: つき
    • ·to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.); to catch fire; to ignite; to start burning
    • ·to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.); to come on
    N2
  • 鈍いにぶい
    • ·dull (e.g. a knife); blunt
    • ·thickheaded; obtuse; stupid
    • ·dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
    • ·slow; sluggish; inert; lethargic
    • ·insensitive; dull (e.g. reflexes); unperceptive; unfeeling
    N2
Other levels36 words
  • どの
    • ·which; what (way)
    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
  • 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
  • 動物どうぶつ
    • ·animal
    N5
  • 可愛いかわいい
    • ·cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
    • ·dear; precious; darling; pet
    • ·innocent; childlike; childish; lovable
    • ·dainty; little; tiny
    • ·precious to oneself; dear (to one)
    N5
  • あまり
    • ·remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers
    • ·(not) very; (not) much
    • ·too much; excessively; overly
    • ·extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible
    • ·not very good; so-so; mediocre
    • ·more than; over
    N5
  • こちら
    • ·this way; this direction
    • ·here
    • ·this (one)
    • ·I; me; we; us
    • ·this person
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なり
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 忘れるわすれる
    • ·to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
    N5
  • 猫ねこ
    • ·cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); feline
    • ·shamisen
    • ·geisha
    • ·wheelbarrow
    • ·clay bed-warmer
    • ·bottom (submissive partner of a homosexual relationship)
    N5
  • 犬いぬ
    • ·dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); canine
    • ·squealer; rat; snitch; informer; informant; spy
    • ·loser; asshole
    • ·counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
    N5
  • 好きすき
    • ·liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
    • ·liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved
    • ·faddism; eccentricity
    • ·as one likes; as it suits one
    • ·lecherous; lustful; salacious
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • わかるAs it appears here: わかった
    • ·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
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • たくさん
    • ·a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
    • ·enough; sufficient
    • ·enough; too many; too much
    N5
  • 会話かいわ
    • ·conversation; talk; chat
    N4
  • 気持ちきもち
    • ·feeling; sensation; mood; state of mind
    • ·preparedness; readiness; attitude
    • ·thought; sentiment; consideration; solicitude; gratitude
    • ·slightly; a bit; a little
    N4
  • 伝えるつたえるAs it appears here: 伝えたい
    • ·to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
    N4
  • 非常にひじょうに
    • ·very; extremely; exceedingly
    N4
  • 交際こうさい
    • ·company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
    • ·(romantic) involvement; dating
    N3
  • 付き合いつきあい
    • ·association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
    N3
  • 愛あい
    • ·love; affection; care
    • ·attachment; craving; desire
    • ·agape
    • ·Ireland
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 最ももっとも
    • ·most; extremely
    N3
  • 重要じゅうよう
    • ·important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
    N3
  • 動かすうごかすAs it appears here: 動かされる
    • ·to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position
    • ·to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence
    • ·to change; to alter; to deny
    • ·to operate; to set in motion; to get going
    • ·to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy
    • ·to manage (e.g. funds)
    N3
  • 方ほう
    • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
    • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
    • ·type; category
    • ·field (of study, etc.)
    • ·indicates one side of a comparison
    • ·way; method; manner; means
    • ·length (of each side of a square)
    N3
  • 積極的せっきょくてき
    • ·positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
    N3
  • 相手あいて
    • ·companion; partner; company
    • ·other party; addressee; counterparty
    • ·opponent (sports, etc.)
    N3
  • 表現ひょうげん
    • ·expression; representation; description
    • ·representation (of a group)
    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
  • 相当そうとう
    • ·corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to
    • ·appropriate; suitable; befitting; proportionate
    • ·to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with; to be deserving of; to be worthy of
    • ·considerable; substantial
    • ·considerably; rather; quite; fairly; pretty
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 甘えるあまえるAs it appears here: 甘えたい
    • ·to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on
    • ·to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

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  • だってN22 times in this passage

    Colloquial particle adding 'even/too', giving a reason 'but/because', or reporting hearsay 'they say ~'.

    猫だって犬だって甘えたい。

    Cats want affection too, and so do dogs.

Other levels15 patterns
  • だの～だのN1

    Reduplicated listing particle citing examples with a tone of complaint or exasperation ("what with X and Y and all that").

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • がちN3

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

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • 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'.

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • あまり〜ないN3

    The degree adverb あまり, typically with a following negative, expresses a limited degree, "not very / not much."

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • 的（てき）N3

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

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • 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'.

    （畑正憲「ムツゴロウの動物交際術」による）

    (Based on Hata Masanori, Mutsugorou’s Art of Interacting with Animals)

  • ようだN4

    Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • てもN4

    Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • ながらN4

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

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • させるN4

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

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • やっとN4

    Adverb marking that something long-awaited or hard-won has finally happened, "finally / at last".

    ゴマンと付き合い、やっとそれがわかったのだから、私は相当に鈍い。

    Considering that it took me interacting with countless animals before I finally understood this, I must be remarkably slow.

  • けれどもN5

    More formal contrastive conjunction linking two clauses — "but / however / although."

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • 〜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”.

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • より〜ほうがN5

    Expresses comparison or preference — 'B is more ... than A / would rather B' (A より B のほうが).

    交際、付き合い、コミュニケーション、愛、会話――どのような呼び方をしてもいいけれども、人が動物とふれ合っていて、最も重要でありながら忘れがちなのは、可愛いという気持ちにつき動かされるあまり、こちらの方が積極的になり過ぎ、相手に表現させるのを忘れることだ。

    Interaction, companionship, communication, love, conversation—whatever we call it, the most important thing people tend to forget when interacting with animals is that, driven too strongly by the feeling that they are adorable, we become overly active ourselves and forget to let the other side express itself.

  • 〜たいN52 times in this passage

    Expresses the speaker's own desire to do something — “want to do”.

    猫だって犬だって甘えたい。

    Cats want affection too, and so do dogs.

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