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N2 · Upper intermediateMedium passagePassage #579
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①面めん接せつの準じゅん備びをする作さ業ぎょうは自じ分ぶん自じ身しんを見みつめ直なおすいいきっかけになると私わたしは思おもいます。自じ分ぶんって要ようするになんなんだろう？何なにが人ひとと違ちがって、どこが優すぐれているんだろう？普ふ段だんは自じ分ぶん自じ身しんのことをそこまで考かんがえないでしょうが、面めん接せつに臨のぞむ（注1）ためには、自じ分ぶんで自じ分ぶんを的てき確かくに語かたれるようになっていなくてはダメです。それも短みじかい的てき確かくな言こと葉ばに絞しぼり込こまなければなりません。

新しん聞ぶん記き事じをよく見みてください。太ふとい大おお見み出だしというのは10文字もじ以い下かです。あれがニュースです。世せ界かい中じゅうに起おきていること、国会こっかいで起おきていること、大おおきな事じ件けん、それらをたった10文字もじ以い下かで表ひょう現げんしているのです。

一いち日にちの国会こっかいでどれだけたくさんの論ろん戦せんが戦たたかわされていることでしょう。その事じ実じつだけを列挙れっきょ（注2）しても新しん聞ぶんにはなりません。すべてを書かかれても、読よみ手てはそのすべてを受うけ取とることもできません。そこで記き者しゃが膨ぼう大だいな事じ実じつの中なかからニュースと判はん断だんされるものを探さがし出だし、たった一ひと言ことでまとめてしまう、それがニュースであり、大おお見み出だしなのです。

（中ちゅう略りゃく）

面めん接せつで自じ分ぶんを語かたるということは②自じ分ぶん自じ身しんを見み出だしにするということです。自じ分ぶんの人じん生せいという長ながく膨ぼう大だいな時ときの流ながれと経けい験けんの数かず々かず、その都つ度ど（注3）、心こころに去きょ来らいした（注4）ありとあらゆる（注5）思おもい、それをたったヒトコト（注6）で表ひょう現げんするのです。ヒトコトなんかじゃ語かたれないことは分わかっています。でも、ヒトコトで語かたらなければならないのです。

（黒くろ石いし祐ゆう治じ「メッセージを高たかめる黒くろ石いしの法ほう則そく」による）

（注ちゅう1）面めん接せつに臨のぞむ：面めん接せつを受うける

（注ちゅう2）列挙れっきょする：並ならべる

（注ちゅう3）その都つ度ど：そのたびに

（注ちゅう4）心こころに去きょ来らいする：ここでは、心こころに浮うかぶ

（注ちゅう5）ありとあらゆる：すべての

（注ちゅう6）ヒトコト：普ふ通つう「一ひと言こと」と書かく

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  1. 1①面接の準備をする作業について、筆者はどのように考えているか。
  2. 2面接と新聞の共通点は何か。
  3. 3②自分自身を見出しにするとあるが、どういうことか。

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Vocabulary8 words
  • 面接めんせつ
    • ·interview (e.g. for a job)
    N2
  • きっかけ
    • ·chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus; occasion
    N2
  • 的確てきかく
    • ·accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
    N2
  • 膨大ぼうだい
    • ·huge; vast; enormous; colossal; extensive; large
    • ·swelling; expansion
    N2
  • まとめるAs it appears here: まとめて
    • ·to collect; to put (it all) together; to integrate; to consolidate; to unify
    • ·to summarize; to aggregate
    • ·to bring to a conclusion; to finalize; to settle; to put in order
    • ·to establish; to decide
    N2
  • 見出しみだし
    • ·heading; headline; title; caption
    • ·index
    • ·headword
    N2
  • 高めるたかめる
    • ·to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
    N2
  • 法則ほうそく
    • ·law; rule
    N2
Other levels77 words
  • 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
  • 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
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • なん
    • ·what
    • ·how many
    • ·many; a lot of
    • ·several; a few; some
    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
  • どこ
    • ·where; what place
    • ·how much (long, far); what extent
    N5
  • そこ
    • ·there (place relatively near listener)
    • ·there (place just mentioned); that place
    • ·then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
    • ·you
    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
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 短いみじかい
    • ·short
    • ·brief
    N5
  • 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
  • よく
    • ·nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
    • ·frequently; often
    • ·I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
    • ·(you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
    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
  • 太いふとい
    • ·fat; thick
    • ·deep (of a voice); thick; sonorous
    • ·daring; shameless; brazen; audacious
    N5
  • あれ
    • ·that; that thing
    • ·that person
    • ·then; that time
    • ·that place (over there)
    • ·down there (i.e. one's genitals)
    • ·period; menses
    N5
  • 起きるおきるAs it appears here: 起きて
    • ·to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire)
    • ·to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
    • ·to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
    N5
  • 大きなおおきな
    • ·big; large; great
    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
  • 一日いちにち
    • ·one day
    • ·all day (long); the whole day; from morning till night
    • ·first day of the month
    N5
  • どれ
    • ·which (of three or more)
    • ·well; now; c'mon
    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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 新聞しんぶん
    • ·newspaper
    N5
  • 書くかくAs it appears here: 書かれて
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できません
    • ·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
  • 中なか
    • ·inside; interior
    • ·among; within
    • ·middle; center; centre
    • ·during; while; middle; midst; amid
    • ·interval; gap
    • ·mean; average
    • ·second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
    • ·medium grade; medium quality
    • ·red-light district
    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
  • 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
  • 長いながいAs it appears here: 長く
    • ·long (distance, length)
    • ·long (time); protracted; prolonged
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: した
    • ·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
  • ヒトひと
    • ·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
  • 分かるわかるAs it appears here: 分かって
    • ·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
  • 並べるならべる
    • ·to line up; to set up; to arrange in a line
    • ·to enumerate; to itemize
    • ·to be equal (to); to compare well (with); to be as good (as)
    N5
  • ここ
    • ·here; this place
    • ·this point; here; now
    • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
    • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
    N5
  • 書くかく
    • ·to write; to compose; to pen
    • ·to draw; to paint
    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
  • 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考えない
    • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
    • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
    • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
    • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
    • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
    • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
    • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 以下いか
    • ·not exceeding ...; not more than ...; ... and under; ... and below; ... or fewer
    • ·below (a standard, level, etc.); under; beneath; less than
    • ·the following; the below-mentioned; the rest; followed by ...
    • ·including ...; ... and other (employees, officials, etc.)
    N4
  • 心こころ
    • ·mind; heart; spirit
    • ·the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
    N4
  • 受けるうける
    • ·to receive; to get
    • ·to catch (e.g. a ball)
    • ·to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
    • ·to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
    • ·to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
    • ·to be given (e.g. life, talent)
    • ·to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by)
    • ·to follow; to succeed; to be descended from
    • ·to face (south, etc.)
    • ·to be modified by
    • ·to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee
    • ·to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well
    N4
  • 普通ふつう
    • ·normal; ordinary; regular; usual; common; average
    • ·normally; ordinarily; usually; generally; commonly
    • ·local train; train that stops at every station
    N4
  • 準備じゅんび
    • ·preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
    N3
  • 作業さぎょう
    • ·work; operation; task
    N3
  • 要するにようするに
    • ·in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
    N3
  • 何なに
    • ·what
    • ·you-know-what; that thing
    • ·whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
    • ·penis; (one's) thing; dick
    • ·(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
    • ·what?; huh?
    • ·hey!; come on!
    • ·oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)
    N3
  • 優れるすぐれるAs it appears here: 優れて
    • ·to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
    N3
  • 普段ふだん
    • ·usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary
    • ·usually; normally; generally; habitually; always
    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
  • 語れるかたれる
    • ·to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
    • ·to recite; to chant
    • ·to indicate; to show
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • ダメだめ
    • ·no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken
    • ·hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless
    • ·cannot; must not; not allowed
    • ·neutral point; intersection owned by neither player at the end of a game
    • ·no!; stop!
    N3
  • 文字もじ
    • ·letter (of an alphabet); character
    • ·writing
    N3
  • 国会こっかい
    • ·National Diet; (expl.) legislative assembly of Japan (1947-)
    • ·Imperial Diet; (expl.) legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947)
    • ·legislative assembly; parliament; congress
    N3
  • 事件じけん
    • ·event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal
    N3
  • 表現ひょうげん
    • ·expression; representation; description
    • ·representation (of a group)
    N3
  • 戦うたたかうAs it appears here: 戦わされて
    • ·to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against)
    • ·to compete (against)
    • ·to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist
    N3
  • 事実じじつ
    • ·fact; truth; reality
    N3
  • すべて
    • ·everything; all; the whole
    • ·entirely; completely; wholly; all
    N3
  • 受け取るうけとる
    • ·to receive; to get; to accept
    • ·to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
    N3
  • そこで
    • ·so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
    N3
  • 記者きしゃ
    • ·reporter; journalist
    N3
  • 判断はんだん
    • ·judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication
    • ·divination
    • ·judgement
    N3
  • 一言ひとこと
    • ·single word; a few words; brief comment
    N3
  • 語るかたる
    • ·to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
    • ·to recite; to chant
    • ·to indicate; to show
    N3
  • 人生じんせい
    • ·(one's) life
    N3
  • 流れながれ
    • ·flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current
    • ·flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency
    • ·course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process
    • ·group of people who remain together after the end of an event
    • ·descent; ancestry; school
    • ·forfeiture; foreclosure
    • ·cancellation
    • ·drifting; wandering; roaming
    N3
  • 経験けいけん
    • ·experience
    N3
  • コトこと
    • ·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
  • ヒトコトひとこと
    • ·single word; a few words; brief comment
    N3
  • 語れるかたれるAs it appears here: 語れない
    • ·to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
    • ·to recite; to chant
    • ·to indicate; to show
    N3
  • 語るかたるAs it appears here: 語らなければ
    • ·to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
    • ·to recite; to chant
    • ·to indicate; to show
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • たび
    • ·time (three times, each time, etc.); times
    N3
  • 臨むのぞむ
    • ·to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
    • ·to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by
    • ·to deal with (an issue)
    • ·to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to go to (e.g. a place); to take part in; to participate; to join
    N1
Grammar2 patterns

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  • 要するにN2

    restates the preceding point concisely as a summary, 'in short / to sum up / in a word'

    自分って要するになんなんだろう？

    What, after all, am I?

  • ということはN2

    Draws a logical conclusion or restatement from a preceding fact — "which means…, in other words…, that is to say…".

    面接で自分を語るということは②自分自身を見出しにするということです。

    Talking about yourself in an interview means turning yourself into a headline.

Other levels19 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").

    そこで記者が膨大な事実の中からニュースと判断されるものを探し出し、たった一言でまとめてしまう、それがニュースであり、大見出しなのです。

    So reporters search through a vast mass of facts for what they judge to be news and sum it up in a single phrase; that is what news is, and that is what a major headline is.

  • ためにN3

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

    普段は自分自身のことをそこまで考えないでしょうが、面接に臨むためには、自分で自分を的確に語れるようになっていなくてはダメです。

    Normally, you probably do not think that deeply about yourself, but to face an interview, you must be able to describe yourself accurately.

  • というのはN3

    Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.

    太い大見出しというのは10文字以下です。

    The large bold headlines are fewer than ten characters long.

  • ということだN3

    Reports hearsay or states a conclusion drawn from what precedes — 'I hear that…' / 'that is to say / it amounts to…'.

    面接で自分を語るということは②自分自身を見出しにするということです。

    Talking about yourself in an interview means turning yourself into a headline.

  • というN3

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

    自分の人生という長く膨大な時の流れと経験の数々、その都度、心に去来したありとあらゆる思い、それをたったヒトコトで表現するのです。

    The long, immense flow of your life, your countless experiences, and every thought that has passed through your mind at each moment—all of it must be expressed in just a few words.

  • 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'.

    （黒石祐治「メッセージを高める黒石の法則」による）

    (From Kuroishi Yuji, “Kuroishi’s Rules for Strengthening a Message”)

  • たびにN3

    every time the preceding action happens, the main clause also happens, 'each time / whenever ~'.

    （注3）その都度：そのたびに

    (Note 3) その都度: each time

  • ようになるN4

    Expresses a gradual change reaching a new state or acquired ability, "come to / become able to".

    普段は自分自身のことをそこまで考えないでしょうが、面接に臨むためには、自分で自分を的確に語れるようになっていなくてはダメです。

    Normally, you probably do not think that deeply about yourself, but to face an interview, you must be able to describe yourself accurately.

  • なければならないN42 times in this passage

    Expresses a general, unavoidable obligation or necessity — 'must / have to'.

    それも短い的確な言葉に絞り込まなければなりません。

    What is more, you must narrow it down to brief, precise words.

  • てもN42 times in this passage

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

    その事実だけを列挙しても新聞にはなりません。

    Simply listing all those facts would not make a newspaper.

  • 〜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.

    そこで記者が膨大な事実の中からニュースと判断されるものを探し出し、たった一言でまとめてしまう、それがニュースであり、大見出しなのです。

    So reporters search through a vast mass of facts for what they judge to be news and sum it up in a single phrase; that is what news is, and that is what a major headline is.

  • んですN52 times in this passage

    Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.

    自分って要するになんなんだろう？

    What, after all, am I?

  • 〜ているN57 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”.

    何が人と違って、どこが優れているんだろう？

    What makes me different from others, and where are my strengths?

  • までN5

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

    普段は自分自身のことをそこまで考えないでしょうが、面接に臨むためには、自分で自分を的確に語れるようになっていなくてはダメです。

    Normally, you probably do not think that deeply about yourself, but to face an interview, you must be able to describe yourself accurately.

  • だろうN52 times in this passage

    Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.

    普段は自分自身のことをそこまで考えないでしょうが、面接に臨むためには、自分で自分を的確に語れるようになっていなくてはダメです。

    Normally, you probably do not think that deeply about yourself, but to face an interview, you must be able to describe yourself accurately.

  • だ / ですN57 times in this passage

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

    普段は自分自身のことをそこまで考えないでしょうが、面接に臨むためには、自分で自分を的確に語れるようになっていなくてはダメです。

    Normally, you probably do not think that deeply about yourself, but to face an interview, you must be able to describe yourself accurately.

  • 〜てくださいN5

    A polite request asking someone to do something — “please do”.

    新聞記事をよく見てください。

    Take a close look at newspaper articles.

  • だけN52 times in this passage

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

    一日の国会でどれだけたくさんの論戦が戦わされていることでしょう。

    Just how many debates are fought out in the Diet in a single day?

  • にするN5

    To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'

    面接で自分を語るということは②自分自身を見出しにするということです。

    Talking about yourself in an interview means turning yourself into a headline.

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