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住すまいは「生せい活かつの器うつわ」であると言いわれている。器うつわと言いえばよく引ひき合あいに出だされる（注1）のが食器しょっきである。うどんにはどんぶり、味み噌そ汁しるには汁しる椀わん、ステーキには皿さらというように食たべ物ものに合あった器うつわが必ひつ要ようであり、汁しる椀わんに入はいったステーキがナイフで切きれないように器うつわによって中なか身みが制せい約やくされる（注2）。この点てんでは住すまいも同どう様ようである。住すみ手て毎ごとにその生せい活かつは異ことなっているから、住すみ手てに合あった住すまいが必ひつ要ようであり、逆ぎゃくに、住すまいによっては住すみ手ての生せい活かつが歪ゆがめられる（注3）こともある。

（多た田だ道みち太た郎ろう編へん『環かん境きょう文ぶん化かを学まなぶ人ひとのために』による）

（注ちゅう1）引ひき合あいに出だす：例れいにする

（注ちゅう2）制せい約やくする：制せい限げんする

（注ちゅう3）歪ゆがめられる：ここでは、変かえられてしまう

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  1. 1筆者によると、住まいと食器の共通点は何か。

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Vocabulary5 words
  • 住まいすまい
    • ·dwelling; house; residence; address
    • ·living; life
    N2
  • 食器しょっき
    • ·tableware
    N2
  • うどん
    • ·udon; (expl.) thick Japanese wheat noodles
    N2
  • どんぶり
    • ·porcelain bowl
    • ·donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
    • ·front pocket in a haragake
    N2
  • 中身なかみ
    • ·contents; interior; filling
    • ·substance; content
    • ·(sword) blade
    N2
Other levels34 words
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言われて
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言えば
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    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
  • 出すだすAs it appears here: 出される
    • ·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
  • 食べ物たべもの
    • ·food
    N5
  • 入るはいるAs it appears here: 入った
    • ·to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive
    • ·to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to enroll (in); to go into (e.g. politics); to get into
    • ·to be contained (in); to be included (in); to be inside (e.g. a box); to come under (a heading); to belong (in a category)
    • ·to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.); to be (able to be) held; to be (able to be) accommodated
    • ·to be introduced; to be brought in; to be installed
    • ·to be received; to be obtained
    • ·to be scored (of points); to be won (of votes)
    • ·to turn on; to start functioning; to start working
    • ·to enter (a month, season, etc.); to reach (e.g. a climax); to get to (e.g. the main topic); to enter into (e.g. negotiations); to start (doing); to begin
    • ·to form (of a crack, fissure, etc.); to develop
    • ·to be put in (of effort, spirit, feeling, etc.); to be applied (e.g. of strength)
    • ·to be ready (of tea, coffee, etc.); to be made
    • ·to enter the body (of alcohol); to become drunk
    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
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 生活せいかつ
    • ·life; living
    • ·livelihood; (one's) living
    N4
  • 合うあうAs it appears here: 合った
    • ·to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet
    • ·to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct
    • ·to be profitable; to be equitable
    • ·to do ... to each other; to do ... together
    N4
  • 必要ひつよう
    • ·necessary; needed; essential; indispensable
    • ·necessity; need; requirement
    N4
  • 点てん
    • ·dot; spot; point; speck; mark
    • ·mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; score; points
    • ·point (in a game); score; goal; run
    • ·point
    • ·point; aspect; matter; detail; part; respect; way; viewpoint
    • ·(punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point); dot
    • ·"dot" stroke (in a Chinese character)
    • ·counter for points, marks, goals, etc.
    • ·counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
    N4
  • 文化ぶんか
    • ·culture; civilization; civilisation
    • ·Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 変えるかえるAs it appears here: 変えられて
    • ·to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary
    • ·to reform; to revise; to amend
    N4
  • 皿さら
    • ·plate; dish; platter; disc
    • ·serving; helping; course
    • ·kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 切れるきれるAs it appears here: 切れない
    • ·to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
    • ·to be injured
    • ·to wear out; to be worn out
    • ·to break; to burst; to collapse
    • ·to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
    • ·to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
    • ·to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
    • ·to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
    • ·to cut well; to be sharp
    • ·to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
    • ·to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
    • ·to dry off
    • ·to curve; to veer
    • ·to shuffle (cards)
    • ·to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
    • ·to be able to do completely
    N3
  • 同様どうよう
    • ·same; similar; (just) like; equal
    N3
  • 異なることなるAs it appears here: 異なって
    • ·to differ; to be different; to disagree; to vary; to diverge
    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
  • 環境かんきょう
    • ·environment; surroundings; circumstances
    N3
  • 学ぶまなぶ
    • ·to learn; to study; to take lessons in
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 例れい
    • ·example; instance; illustration; case
    • ·precedent
    • ·custom; habit; practice; usage
    N3
  • 制限せいげん
    • ·restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
    N3
  • 器うつわ
    • ·bowl; vessel; container
    • ·ability; capacity; calibre; caliber
    N1
  • 制約せいやく
    • ·limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
    N1
  • 編へん
    • ·compilation (of a text); editing
    • ·volume (of a text)
    • ·completed literary work
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

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  • 逆に（ぎゃくに）N2

    Signals that what follows runs opposite to what was just said or expected — 'on the contrary', 'conversely', 'the other way around'.

    住み手毎にその生活は異なっているから、住み手に合った住まいが必要であり、逆に、住まいによっては住み手の生活が歪められることもある。

    Since every resident has a different way of life, each needs a home suited to them; conversely, a person's way of life can also be distorted by the home they live in.

Other levels9 patterns
  • と言えば（といえば）N3

    Raises a topic prompted by what was just mentioned — "speaking of", "when it comes to".

    器と言えばよく引き合いに出されるのが食器である。

    When talking about vessels, tableware is often used as an example.

  • というN3

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

    うどんにはどんぶり、味噌汁には汁椀、ステーキには皿というように食べ物に合った器が必要であり、汁椀に入ったステーキがナイフで切れないように器によって中身が制約される。

    Just as udon needs a large bowl, miso soup a soup bowl, and steak a plate, food needs a vessel suited to it; at the same time, the vessel constrains its contents, just as a steak placed in a soup bowl cannot be cut with a knife.

  • によって/によるN33 times in this passage

    Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.

    うどんにはどんぶり、味噌汁には汁椀、ステーキには皿というように食べ物に合った器が必要であり、汁椀に入ったステーキがナイフで切れないように器によって中身が制約される。

    Just as udon needs a large bowl, miso soup a soup bowl, and steak a plate, food needs a vessel suited to it; at the same time, the vessel constrains its contents, just as a steak placed in a soup bowl cannot be cut with a knife.

  • ためにN3

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

    （多田道太郎編『環境文化を学ぶ人のために』による）

    (Based on Tada Michitaro, ed., “For Those Studying Environmental Culture”)

  • と言われている（といわれている）N4

    Passive 'say' plus progressive to state general hearsay or common belief — 'it is said that', 'people say that'.

    住まいは「生活の器」であると言われている。

    A home is said to be “a vessel for life.”

  • が必要（がひつよう）N42 times in this passage

    Marks something as necessary or required — 'need X / X is necessary'.

    うどんにはどんぶり、味噌汁には汁椀、ステーキには皿というように食べ物に合った器が必要であり、汁椀に入ったステーキがナイフで切れないように器によって中身が制約される。

    Just as udon needs a large bowl, miso soup a soup bowl, and steak a plate, food needs a vessel suited to it; at the same time, the vessel constrains its contents, just as a steak placed in a soup bowl cannot be cut with a knife.

  • 〜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.

    （注3）歪められる：ここでは、変えられてしまう

    (Note 3) 歪められる: here, to be changed

  • 〜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”.

    住み手毎にその生活は異なっているから、住み手に合った住まいが必要であり、逆に、住まいによっては住み手の生活が歪められることもある。

    Since every resident has a different way of life, each needs a home suited to them; conversely, a person's way of life can also be distorted by the home they live in.

  • にするN5

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

    （注1）引き合いに出す：例にする

    (Note 1) 引き合いに出す: to use as an example

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