ゆえにN12 times in this passage
Formal/literary connective drawing a logical conclusion from a stated reason — 'therefore, consequently, and so.'
ゆえに、自分自身の不遇な職場生活や充実感の乏しい仕事内容の原因が、能力や適性の不足でなく意欲や行動力の不足であることが明らかになれば、「どうせ自分には無理だ」といった後ろ向きの姿勢から、「やるだけやってみるか」といった前向きの姿勢に転じることもできるはずです。
Therefore, if it becomes clear that the cause of one’s unrewarding work life or lack of fulfillment in one’s job is not a lack of ability or aptitude but a lack of motivation and initiative, one should be able to shift from the negative attitude of “I can’t do it anyway” to the positive attitude of “I might as well give it my best shot.”
というのはN33 times in this passage
Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.
自分の能力や適性と、実際に就いている職業や希望する職業、あるいは生き方が必要とする能力や適性との間のギャップに悩むというのは、①よくあることです。
It is very common to be troubled by a gap between one’s own abilities and aptitudes and those required by one’s actual job, desired occupation, or chosen way of life.
むしろN3
Adverb overturning an expectation to present the following as the more fitting statement; "rather / if anything".
むしろピッタリ一致しているとか、能力・適性が十分あるとかいうケースのほうが稀でしょう。
Rather, cases in which they match perfectly, or in which a person has fully sufficient abilities and aptitudes, are probably the rare ones.
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'.
もともと能力とか適性というのは、とてもつかみどころのないものであり、また経験によりたえず引き出されたり磨かれたりしていくものです。
Abilities and aptitudes are inherently difficult things to pin down, and they are also continually brought out and refined through experience.
なかなかN3
An adverb meaning "quite / considerably", or with a following negative verb "not easily / just won't".
運動面の能力や適性は比較的はっきり表面にあらわれるし、素質の影響が強いと思われますが、知的側面や社会的側面の能力や適性は自分自身でもなかなかわからないし、また経験によって伸びていく可能性も十分あります。
Physical abilities and aptitudes tend to manifest themselves relatively clearly and seem to be strongly influenced by natural talent, but intellectual and social abilities and aptitudes are difficult even for oneself to recognize and have considerable potential to develop through experience.
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'.
実は、能力や適性がないという自分観も、努力する一歩を踏み出すことのできない②自分に対する言い訳として用いられている面があります。
In fact, the view that one lacks ability or aptitude is also sometimes used as an excuse for being unable to take the first step toward making an effort.
に対してN33 times in this passage
Marks the target or object an action is directed at, or sets up a contrast between two things, 'toward / with regard to / in contrast to'.
実は、能力や適性がないという自分観も、努力する一歩を踏み出すことのできない②自分に対する言い訳として用いられている面があります。
In fact, the view that one lacks ability or aptitude is also sometimes used as an excuse for being unable to take the first step toward making an effort.
としてN3
Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".
実は、能力や適性がないという自分観も、努力する一歩を踏み出すことのできない②自分に対する言い訳として用いられている面があります。
In fact, the view that one lacks ability or aptitude is also sometimes used as an excuse for being unable to take the first step toward making an effort.
切れないN3
Suffix on a verb stem meaning the action can't be finished or the amount is too great to handle, 'can't ~ completely / too many to ~'.
このような言い方も、今ひとつ頑張りきれない自分や、思いきって仕事を替えてみる勇気のない自分に対する弁解だったりするのです。
Such statements can also be excuses for one’s inability to push oneself that final bit harder or for lacking the courage to take the plunge and try changing jobs.
ためにN3
marks a purpose ('in order to') or a cause ('because of / owing to').
（榎本博明『社会人のための「本当の自分」づくり』による）
(From Enomoto Hiroaki, “Creating Your ‘True Self’ for Working Adults”)
的（てき）N3
A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).
（注3）萎縮している：自信をなくして消極的になっている
(Note 3) 萎縮している: to lose confidence and become passive
が必要（がひつよう）N4
Marks something as necessary or required — 'need X / X is necessary'.
自分の能力や適性と、実際に就いている職業や希望する職業、あるいは生き方が必要とする能力や適性との間のギャップに悩むというのは、①よくあることです。
It is very common to be troubled by a gap between one’s own abilities and aptitudes and those required by one’s actual job, desired occupation, or chosen way of life.
間（あいだ）N4
Marks a span of time or space throughout which, or between whose endpoints, something else continuously holds — 'while; during; between'.
自分の能力や適性と、実際に就いている職業や希望する職業、あるいは生き方が必要とする能力や適性との間のギャップに悩むというのは、①よくあることです。
It is very common to be troubled by a gap between one’s own abilities and aptitudes and those required by one’s actual job, desired occupation, or chosen way of life.
とか～とかN42 times in this passage
Lists a few representative, non-exhaustive examples — 'things like X and Y', 'X, Y, and so on'.
むしろピッタリ一致しているとか、能力・適性が十分あるとかいうケースのほうが稀でしょう。
Rather, cases in which they match perfectly, or in which a person has fully sufficient abilities and aptitudes, are probably the rare ones.
〜ていくN42 times in this passage
Marks an action that continues/progresses onward from the present, or is done before moving away — 'to go on doing', 'to do and go'.
もともと能力とか適性というのは、とてもつかみどころのないものであり、また経験によりたえず引き出されたり磨かれたりしていくものです。
Abilities and aptitudes are inherently difficult things to pin down, and they are also continually brought out and refined through experience.
と思う（とおもう）N42 times in this passage
Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.
運動面の能力や適性は比較的はっきり表面にあらわれるし、素質の影響が強いと思われますが、知的側面や社会的側面の能力や適性は自分自身でもなかなかわからないし、また経験によって伸びていく可能性も十分あります。
Physical abilities and aptitudes tend to manifest themselves relatively clearly and seem to be strongly influenced by natural talent, but intellectual and social abilities and aptitudes are difficult even for oneself to recognize and have considerable potential to develop through experience.
てもN4
Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.
仕事がうまくいかない人が自分にはどうもこの仕事の適性がないと嘆いたり、今の仕事が向いてないと言いつつ転職への覚悟ができない人が、自分には能力がないからどんな仕事に替わってもどうせダメなんだと自嘲気味に言ったりするのをよく耳にします。
I often hear people whose work is not going well lament that they must not be suited to the job, or people who say their present job does not suit them but cannot bring themselves to change jobs remark self-mockingly that, since they lack ability, they would be no good no matter what job they switched to.
ようだN4
Expresses conjecture or resemblance drawn from evidence, "it seems / looks like".
このような言い方も、今ひとつ頑張りきれない自分や、思いきって仕事を替えてみる勇気のない自分に対する弁解だったりするのです。
Such statements can also be excuses for one’s inability to push oneself that final bit harder or for lacking the courage to take the plunge and try changing jobs.
〜てみるN43 times in this passage
Verb te-form plus 見る, doing something on a trial basis to see what happens — 'try ...ing'.
このような言い方も、今ひとつ頑張りきれない自分や、思いきって仕事を替えてみる勇気のない自分に対する弁解だったりするのです。
Such statements can also be excuses for one’s inability to push oneself that final bit harder or for lacking the courage to take the plunge and try changing jobs.
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'.
自分は能力がない、適性がない、自分には無理だなどと萎縮している人は、それは勝手な思い込みにすぎないのではないか、意欲や行動力の乏しさに対する弁解にすぎないのではないか、と自らに問いかけてみるべきでしょう。
People who shrink back because they think they lack ability or aptitude, or that something is beyond them, should ask themselves whether this is merely an arbitrary assumption and merely an excuse for their lack of motivation and initiative.
〜のにN4
Links two clauses so the result contradicts what the first clause leads you to expect — "even though ~ / although ~".
能力や適性というのは、昨日までなかったのに、気持ちを入れ替えたからといって突然高まるなどということは考えにくいものです。
It is difficult to imagine that abilities or aptitudes that were absent until yesterday would suddenly increase simply because one changed one’s mindset.
にくいN4
Attaches to a verb stem to say an action is hard to perform, 'difficult to ~ / hard to ~.'
能力や適性というのは、昨日までなかったのに、気持ちを入れ替えたからといって突然高まるなどということは考えにくいものです。
It is difficult to imagine that abilities or aptitudes that were absent until yesterday would suddenly increase simply because one changed one’s mindset.
はずだN4
Expresses the speaker's reasoned confidence that something is or should be the case — 'should, ought to, is supposed to'.
ゆえに、自分自身の不遇な職場生活や充実感の乏しい仕事内容の原因が、能力や適性の不足でなく意欲や行動力の不足であることが明らかになれば、「どうせ自分には無理だ」といった後ろ向きの姿勢から、「やるだけやってみるか」といった前向きの姿勢に転じることもできるはずです。
Therefore, if it becomes clear that the cause of one’s unrewarding work life or lack of fulfillment in one’s job is not a lack of ability or aptitude but a lack of motivation and initiative, one should be able to shift from the negative attitude of “I can’t do it anyway” to the positive attitude of “I might as well give it my best shot.”
〜ているN56 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”.
自分の能力や適性と、実際に就いている職業や希望する職業、あるいは生き方が必要とする能力や適性との間のギャップに悩むというのは、①よくあることです。
It is very common to be troubled by a gap between one’s own abilities and aptitudes and those required by one’s actual job, desired occupation, or chosen way of life.
だ / ですN55 times in this passage
The copula linking a noun or na-adjective to the subject — plain だ / polite です, 'is/am/are'.
自分の能力や適性と、実際に就いている職業や希望する職業、あるいは生き方が必要とする能力や適性との間のギャップに悩むというのは、①よくあることです。
It is very common to be troubled by a gap between one’s own abilities and aptitudes and those required by one’s actual job, desired occupation, or chosen way of life.
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).
むしろピッタリ一致しているとか、能力・適性が十分あるとかいうケースのほうが稀でしょう。
Rather, cases in which they match perfectly, or in which a person has fully sufficient abilities and aptitudes, are probably the rare ones.
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.
むしろピッタリ一致しているとか、能力・適性が十分あるとかいうケースのほうが稀でしょう。
Rather, cases in which they match perfectly, or in which a person has fully sufficient abilities and aptitudes, are probably the rare ones.
とてもN5
Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."
もともと能力とか適性というのは、とてもつかみどころのないものであり、また経験によりたえず引き出されたり磨かれたりしていくものです。
Abilities and aptitudes are inherently difficult things to pin down, and they are also continually brought out and refined through experience.
〜たり〜たりN55 times in this passage
Lists a few representative actions among others done at various times, 'do things like X and Y'.
もともと能力とか適性というのは、とてもつかみどころのないものであり、また経験によりたえず引き出されたり磨かれたりしていくものです。
Abilities and aptitudes are inherently difficult things to pin down, and they are also continually brought out and refined through experience.
がありますN5
States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".
実は、能力や適性がないという自分観も、努力する一歩を踏み出すことのできない②自分に対する言い訳として用いられている面があります。
In fact, the view that one lacks ability or aptitude is also sometimes used as an excuse for being unable to take the first step toward making an effort.
どんなN5
Asks or specifies what kind or sort of thing something is, "what kind of".
仕事がうまくいかない人が自分にはどうもこの仕事の適性がないと嘆いたり、今の仕事が向いてないと言いつつ転職への覚悟ができない人が、自分には能力がないからどんな仕事に替わってもどうせダメなんだと自嘲気味に言ったりするのをよく耳にします。
I often hear people whose work is not going well lament that they must not be suited to the job, or people who say their present job does not suit them but cannot bring themselves to change jobs remark self-mockingly that, since they lack ability, they would be no good no matter what job they switched to.
んですN5
Explanatory ending that supplies a reason, context, or emphasis — 'the thing is…', 'it's that…'.
仕事がうまくいかない人が自分にはどうもこの仕事の適性がないと嘆いたり、今の仕事が向いてないと言いつつ転職への覚悟ができない人が、自分には能力がないからどんな仕事に替わってもどうせダメなんだと自嘲気味に言ったりするのをよく耳にします。
I often hear people whose work is not going well lament that they must not be suited to the job, or people who say their present job does not suit them but cannot bring themselves to change jobs remark self-mockingly that, since they lack ability, they would be no good no matter what job they switched to.
にするN5
To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'
仕事がうまくいかない人が自分にはどうもこの仕事の適性がないと嘆いたり、今の仕事が向いてないと言いつつ転職への覚悟ができない人が、自分には能力がないからどんな仕事に替わってもどうせダメなんだと自嘲気味に言ったりするのをよく耳にします。
I often hear people whose work is not going well lament that they must not be suited to the job, or people who say their present job does not suit them but cannot bring themselves to change jobs remark self-mockingly that, since they lack ability, they would be no good no matter what job they switched to.
すぎるN52 times in this passage
Attaches to a verb or adjective stem to mean the action or quality is excessive, 'too much / overly ~'.
自分は能力がない、適性がない、自分には無理だなどと萎縮している人は、それは勝手な思い込みにすぎないのではないか、意欲や行動力の乏しさに対する弁解にすぎないのではないか、と自らに問いかけてみるべきでしょう。
People who shrink back because they think they lack ability or aptitude, or that something is beyond them, should ask themselves whether this is merely an arbitrary assumption and merely an excuse for their lack of motivation and initiative.
までN5
Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."
能力や適性というのは、昨日までなかったのに、気持ちを入れ替えたからといって突然高まるなどということは考えにくいものです。
It is difficult to imagine that abilities or aptitudes that were absent until yesterday would suddenly increase simply because one changed one’s mindset.
しかしN5
Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.
しかし、意欲や行動力なら、気持ちを入れ替えることで突然高まるということは十分ありえることです。
However, when it comes to motivation and initiative, it is entirely possible for them to increase suddenly as a result of a change in mindset.
だけN5
Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.
ゆえに、自分自身の不遇な職場生活や充実感の乏しい仕事内容の原因が、能力や適性の不足でなく意欲や行動力の不足であることが明らかになれば、「どうせ自分には無理だ」といった後ろ向きの姿勢から、「やるだけやってみるか」といった前向きの姿勢に転じることもできるはずです。
Therefore, if it becomes clear that the cause of one’s unrewarding work life or lack of fulfillment in one’s job is not a lack of ability or aptitude but a lack of motivation and initiative, one should be able to shift from the negative attitude of “I can’t do it anyway” to the positive attitude of “I might as well give it my best shot.”
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