• じょうず
  • ·skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever
  • ·flattery
  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
• 飛行機ひこうき
  • ·airplane; aeroplane; plane; aircraft
  N5
• 飛ぶとぶ
  • ·to fly; to soar
  • ·to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop
  • ·to spatter; to scatter; to splash; to fly (e.g. of sparks)
  • ·to hurry; to rush
  • ·to flee; to run off; to escape
  • ·to disappear; to vanish; to fade; to thin out
  • ·to break off; to come off; to fall off; to blow (of a fuse)
  • ·to be sent out (of an order); to fly (of false rumours, catcalls, etc.)
  • ·to come flying (of a punch, kick, etc.)
  • ·to be missing (of a page, stitch, etc.); to skip; to jump (e.g. of a conversation)
  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
• それ
  • ·that; it
  • ·then; that point (in time); that time
  • ·there
  • ·you
  N5
• 知るしるAs it appears here: 知らなければ
  • ·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
• 聞くきく
  • ·to hear
  • ·to listen (e.g. to music)
  • ·to ask; to enquire; to query
  • ·to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
  • ·to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
  • ·to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
  • ·to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
  • ·to taste (alcohol); to try
  N5
• するAs it appears here: しない
  • ·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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• はじめて
  • ·for the first time
  • ·only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; not until ... do you ...
  • ·first time; (one's) first
  N5
• 言ういう
  • ·to say; to utter; to declare
  • ·to name; to call
  • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
  N5
• 出るでる
  • ·to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
  • ·to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
  • ·to move forward
  • ·to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
  • ·to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display
  • ·to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out
  • ·to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform
  • ·to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised
  • ·to sell
  • ·to exceed; to go over
  • ·to stick out; to protrude
  • ·to break out; to occur; to start; to originate
  • ·to be produced
  • ·to come from; to be derived from
  • ·to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid
  • ·to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get
  • ·to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave
  • ·to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain
  • ·to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed
  • ·to graduate
  • ·to ejaculate; to cum
  N5
• 出すだす
  • ·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
• 小鳥ことり
  • ·small bird; little bird
  N4
• 音おと
  • ·sound; noise
  • ·(musical) note
  • ·fame
  N4
• もし
  • ·if; in case; supposing
  N4
• 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思って
  • ·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
• 特別とくべつ
  • ·special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
  N4
• 比べるくらべるAs it appears here: 比べて
  • ·to compare; to make a comparison (between)
  • ·to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
  N4
• 似るにるAs it appears here: 似て
  • ·to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
  N4
• 遊びあそび
  • ·play; playing; game
  • ·pleasure; amusement; pastime; recreation; diversion
  • ·play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel)
  • ·flexibility (in a performance, art, etc.); freedom
  • ·flyleaf
  N4
• 文化ぶんか
  • ·culture; civilization; civilisation
  • ·Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
  N4
• 港みなと
  • ·harbour; harbor; port
  N4
• 感心かんしん
  • ·admiration; being impressed
  • ·admirable; praiseworthy
  • ·astonishment; being appalled
  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
• 本物ほんもの
  • ·genuine article; real thing; real deal
  N3
• 確認かくにん
  • ·confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation; identification
  N3
• 意識いしき
  • ·consciousness
  • ·becoming aware (of); awareness; sense
  • ·mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
  N3
• 時とき
  • ·time; hour; moment
  • ·occasion; case
  • ·chance; opportunity; season
  • ·the times; the age; the day
  • ·tense
  N3
• うまい
  • ·skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriate
  • ·delicious; tasty; good; nice
  • ·good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendid
  N3
• 学がく
  • ·learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
  • ·study of ...; -ology; -ics
  N3
• 注ちゅう
  • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
  N3
• 船ふね
  • ·ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; seaplane
  • ·tank; tub; vat; trough
  • ·counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
  N3
• 合図あいず
  • ·sign; signal; cue
  N3

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• てみせるN1

  Expresses firm determination to accomplish something and prove it, 'I'll definitely do it (you'll see)'.

  物まねのじょうずな人が小鳥の鳴き声や汽笛や飛行機の飛ぶ音などをまねてみせると、人は感心する。

  When someone skilled at imitation reproduces the chirping of a small bird, a ship’s whistle, the sound of an airplane flying, and so on, people are impressed.

• というN3

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

  似ているが本物ではなく「物まね」であることを意識した時はじめて「うまい」「そっくりだ」と言う。

  Only when people consciously recognize that it resembles the real thing but is not the real thing—that it is an “imitation”—do they say, “That’s good,” or “It’s exactly like the real thing.”

• 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'.

  （山川学而『遊びと文化』による）

  (From Yamakawa Gakuji, “Play and Culture”)

• などN42 times in this passage

  Lists one or more representative items and implies others of the same kind exist — 'and so on / etc. / such as'.

  物まねのじょうずな人が小鳥の鳴き声や汽笛や飛行機の飛ぶ音などをまねてみせると、人は感心する。

  When someone skilled at imitation reproduces the chirping of a small bird, a ship’s whistle, the sound of an airplane flying, and so on, people are impressed.

• と思う（とおもう）N4

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

  もしそれが「物まね」であることを知らなければ、本物だと思って聞くので特別感心もしない。

  If people did not know it was an “imitation,” they would hear it as the real thing and would not be particularly impressed.

• 〜てみるN4

  Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.

  人はそれが本物でないことを知っていて、心の中にある本物のイメージと比べてみて、似ていることを確認する。

  People know that it is not the real thing, compare it with the image of the real thing in their minds, and confirm that the two are similar.

• のでN5

  Gives a reason or cause with a soft, objective/polite nuance — 'because / since'.

  もしそれが「物まね」であることを知らなければ、本物だと思って聞くので特別感心もしない。

  If people did not know it was an “imitation,” they would hear it as the real thing and would not be particularly impressed.

• 〜ているN53 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”.

  人はそれが本物でないことを知っていて、心の中にある本物のイメージと比べてみて、似ていることを確認する。

  People know that it is not the real thing, compare it with the image of the real thing in their minds, and confirm that the two are similar.

• じゃない・ではないN5

  Negates a noun or na-adjective with the copula, "is not / am not".

  似ているが本物ではなく「物まね」であることを意識した時はじめて「うまい」「そっくりだ」と言う。

  Only when people consciously recognize that it resembles the real thing but is not the real thing—that it is an “imitation”—do they say, “That’s good,” or “It’s exactly like the real thing.”