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N3 · IntermediateLong passagePassage #60
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現げん在ざい、日本にっぽんで農のう業ぎょうをしている人ひとは、約やく200万ばん人にん。40年ねん前まえに比くらべると、その数かずは3分ぶんの1以い上じょうに減へっている。そして、農のう業ぎょうをしている人ひとの60%以い上じょうは65歳さい以い上じょうのお年とし寄よりだ。①この状じょう態たいを変かえようと、最さい近きんいろいろな農のう業ぎょうのやり方かたが考かんがえられているそうだ。

そのーつは、これまでのように家か族ぞくで農のう業ぎょうをするのではなく、多おおくの人ひとが働はたらく「会かい社しゃ」の形かたちで農のう業ぎょうをするというものだ。このような会かい社しゃの一ひとつに「あおぞら」がある。「あおぞら」では今いままでにない②いくつかの工く夫ふうによって、若わか者ものも働はたらきやすい環かん境きょうを作つくっている。

第だい一いちの工く夫ふうは「決きまった給きゅう料りょうを払はらうこと」。農のう業ぎょうは自し然ぜんが相あい手てなので、どうしても収しゅう入にゅうが多おおい時ときと少すくない時ときが出でてしまう。しかし、一いち年ねん中じゅういろいろな種しゅ類るいの野や菜さいを作つくることで、一ひとつがだめでも他たの野や菜さいでカバーできるようにし、毎まい月つき同おなじ給きゅう料りょうが払はらえるようにする。

第だい二にの工く夫ふうは「休やすめるようにすること」。社しゃ員いんはみんな違ちがう日ひに体からだみを取とる。社しゃ員いんが大たい勢せいいるので、それぞれが順じゅん番ばんに休やすみを取とるようにすれば、それほど多おおくはないが、みんながきちんと休やすめるのだ。

第だい三さんの工く夫ふうは「農のう業ぎょうを教おしえること」。土どに触さわったことが全ぜん然ぜんないような人ひとには、経けい験けん者しゃが農のう業ぎょうをーからきちんと教おしえる。

このような工く夫ふうは若わか者ものにも伝つたわり、③「あおぞら」には毎まい年とし農のう業ぎょうにチャレンジしたいという若わか者ものが大たい勢せい入はいってきて、経けい営えいもうまくいっているそうだ。

そして、それは新あたらしい農のう業ぎょうの形かたちとして期き待たいされている。

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  1. 1①この状態とあるが、何か。
  2. 2②いくつかの工夫とあるが、例えばどんな工夫か。
  3. 3③「あおぞら」には毎年農業にチャレンジしたいという若者が大勢入ってきてとあるが、それはどうしてだと言っているか。
  4. 4この文章全体のテーマは、何か。

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Vocabulary22 words
  • 現在げんざい
    • ·the present; present time; now
    • ·as of
    • ·present tense
    • ·this world; this life
    • ·to actually exist; to exist right now; to exist right in front of one
    N3
  • 農業のうぎょう
    • ·agriculture; farming
    N3
  • 約やく
    • ·approximately; about
    • ·promise; appointment; engagement
    • ·shortening; reduction; simplification
    • ·contraction (in phonetics)
    N3
  • 数かず
    • ·number; amount
    N3
  • 減るへるAs it appears here: 減って
    • ·to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
    N3
  • お
    • ·honorific/polite/humble prefix
    N3
  • 状態じょうたい
    • ·state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 環境かんきょう
    • ·environment; surroundings; circumstances
    N3
  • 給料きゅうりょう
    • ·salary; wages; pay
    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
  • 自然しぜん
    • ·nature
    • ·natural; spontaneous; automatic
    • ·naturally; spontaneously; automatically
    N3
  • 相手あいて
    • ·companion; partner; company
    • ·other party; addressee; counterparty
    • ·opponent (sports, etc.)
    N3
  • どうしても
    • ·by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
    • ·whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
    • ·on no account; by no means
    • ·in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually
    N3
  • 収入しゅうにゅう
    • ·income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
    N3
  • 時とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 種類しゅるい
    • ·variety; kind; type; category
    • ·counter for kinds, species, etc.
    N3
  • 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
  • 全然ぜんぜん
    • ·(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
    • ·wholly; entirely; completely; totally
    • ·extremely; very
    N3
  • 経営けいえい
    • ·management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
    N3
  • うまいAs it appears here: うまく
    • ·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
  • 期待きたい
    • ·expectation; anticipation; hope
    • ·promising; rising; up-and-coming
    N3
Other levels58 words
  • 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
  • 前まえ
    • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
    • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
    • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
    • ·forward; ahead
    • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
    • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
    • ·portion; helping
    • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
    • ·privates; private parts
    • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • いろいろ
    • ·various; a variety of; all sorts of; many (different)
    • ·variously; in various ways; in many ways
    • ·various things; this and that
    N5
  • これ
    • ·this; this one
    • ·this person
    • ·now; this point (in time)
    • ·here
    • ·used to stress the subject of a sentence
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 家族かぞく
    • ·family
    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
  • 働くはたらく
    • ·to work; to labor; to labour
    • ·to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
    • ·to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
    • ·to be conjugated
    N5
  • 会社かいしゃ
    • ·company; corporation; firm
    • ·one's workplace
    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
  • 一つひとつ
    • ·one
    • ·for one thing
    • ·only
    • ·(not) even
    • ·just (e.g. "just try it")
    • ·some kind of; one type of
    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
  • いくつ
    • ·how many
    • ·how old
    N5
  • 働くはたらくAs it appears here: 働き
    • ·to work; to labor; to labour
    • ·to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
    • ·to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
    • ·to be conjugated
    N5
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作って
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • 少ないすくない
    • ·few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare
    N5
  • 出るでるAs it appears here: 出て
    • ·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
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • 野菜やさい
    • ·vegetable
    • ·marijuana; cannabis
    N5
  • できる
    • ·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
  • するAs it appears here: し
    • ·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
  • 同じおなじ
    • ·same; identical; equal; alike; equivalent
    • ·anyway; in any case; if one must ...; if one has to ...; as long as ...
    N5
  • 違うちがう
    • ·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
  • 体からだ
    • ·body
    • ·torso; trunk
    • ·build; physique; frame; figure
    • ·health; constitution
    N5
  • みるAs it appears here: み
    • ·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
  • 取るとる
    • ·to take; to pick up; to grab; to catch; to hold
    • ·to pass; to hand; to give
    • ·to get; to obtain; to acquire; to win; to receive; to earn; to take (e.g. a vacation)
    • ·to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, attitude, etc.); to choose
    • ·to remove; to get rid of; to take off
    • ·to take away; to steal; to rob
    • ·to eat; to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
    • ·to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather; to extract (e.g. juice); to catch (e.g. fish); to harvest (a crop)
    • ·to take up (time, space); to occupy; to spare; to set aside
    • ·to secure; to reserve; to save; to put aside; to keep
    • ·to take (e.g. a joke); to interpret; to understand; to make out; to grasp
    • ·to record; to take down
    • ·to subscribe to (e.g. a newspaper); to take; to buy; to get
    • ·to order; to have delivered
    • ·to charge; to fine; to take (tax)
    • ·to take (e.g. a wife); to take on (e.g. an apprentice); to adopt; to accept
    • ·to take control of; to take (the rudder)
    • ·to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play
    N5
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 休みやすみ
    • ·rest; recess; respite
    • ·vacation; holiday; absence; suspension
    • ·dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: すれば
    • ·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
  • 教えるおしえる
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したい
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 入るはいるAs it appears here: 入って
    • ·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
  • いくAs it appears here: いって
    • ·to go; to move (towards); to head (towards); to leave (for)
    • ·to move through; to travel across; to walk along (e.g. a road)
    • ·to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to turn out; to get along
    • ·to do (in a particular way); to go (with; a choice); to try
    • ·to pass (of time, seasons, etc.); to go by
    • ·to stream; to flow
    • ·to die; to pass away
    • ·to reach (a stage, extent, age, etc.); to get to; to go (so far as ...)
    • ·to reach (of information, instructions, wind, etc.); to arrive
    • ·to continue ...; to go on ...; to (progress) steadily; to gradually ...; to progressively ...
    • ·to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
    • ·to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 新しいあたらしい
    • ·new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: されて
    • ·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
  • 比べるくらべる
    • ·to compare; to make a comparison (between)
    • ·to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
    N4
  • 以上いじょう
    • ·not less than ...; ... and over; ... and above; ... and upwards; ... or more
    • ·beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; more than; further than
    • ·the above; the above-mentioned; the aforementioned; the foregoing
    • ·since ...; seeing that ...; now that ...; once ...
    • ·that's all; that is the end; the end
    N4
  • 変えるかえるAs it appears here: 変えよう
    • ·to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary
    • ·to reform; to revise; to amend
    N4
  • 最近さいきん
    • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
    • ·nearest; closest
    N4
  • 考えるかんがえるAs it appears here: 考えられて
    • ·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
  • 形かたち
    • ·(physical) form; shape; figure
    • ·visage; (facial) features; appearance (of a person); figure; looks
    • ·form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); style; (outward) appearance
    • ·(resultant) state; situation; condition; form
    • ·behaviour (towards others); attitude; demeanor; manners
    • ·shape (positional qualities of a group of stones)
    N4
  • 払うはらう
    • ·to pay (e.g. money, bill)
    • ·to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
    • ·to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
    • ·to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
    • ·to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
    • ·to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
    • ·to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
    • ·to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
    • ·to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
    • ·to reset (an abacus)
    N4
  • みんな
    • ·everyone; everybody; all
    • ·everything; all
    N4
  • 日ひ
    • ·day; days
    • ·sun; sunshine; sunlight
    • ·(the) day; daytime; daylight
    • ·date; deadline
    • ·(past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood)
    • ·case (esp. unfortunate); event
    N4
  • それほど
    • ·to that degree; to that extent; that much
    N4
  • 触るさわるAs it appears here: 触った
    • ·to touch; to feel; to handle
    • ·to get involved (with); to approach
    • ·to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
    N4
  • 工夫くふう
    • ·devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out
    • ·device; design; idea; plan; invention
    • ·dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
    N2
  • 第一だいいち
    • ·first; foremost; number one
    • ·most important
    • ·best; greatest; most
    • ·above all; besides; in any case; to begin with
    N2
  • 伝わるつたわるAs it appears here: 伝わり
    • ·to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to circulate; to go around; to be passed around; to become known
    • ·to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down
    • ·to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to come
    • ·to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to be felt; to come across
    • ·to travel (of sound, electricity, etc.); to propagate; to be conducted; to be transmitted
    • ·to go along; to move along
    N2
  • 年寄りとしより
    • ·old person; elderly person; senior citizen
    • ·trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; (expl.) retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay
    • ·senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
    • ·important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
    N1
  • やすい
    • ·easy
    • ·likely to ...; have a tendency to ...
    • ·easy to ...
    N1
  • 決まるきまるAs it appears here: 決まった
    • ·to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged
    • ·to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set
    • ·to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge
    • ·to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.); to go well; to succeed; to connect (of a punch)
    • ·to look good (of clothing); to look sharp; to be stylish; to suit one; to be held in place (of a hairdo)
    • ·to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
    • ·to get high (on drugs)
    N1
  • 休めるやすめる
    • ·to rest; to suspend; to give relief
    N1
Grammar3 patterns

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  • 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'.

    「あおぞら」では今までにない②いくつかの工夫によって、若者も働きやすい環境を作っている。

    At “Aozora,” ② several new ideas have been introduced to create a work environment where young people can work comfortably.

  • どうしてもN3

    Fixed adverb "no matter what / by all means"; with a negative predicate it means "(simply) cannot ... however hard one tries."

    農業は自然が相手なので、どうしても収入が多い時と少ない時が出てしまう。

    Because farming depends on nature, there are inevitably times when income is high and times when it is low.

  • としてN3

    Marks the role, capacity, or status in which someone or something acts — "as (a doctor / a rule / etc.)".

    そして、それは新しい農業の形として期待されている。

    It is also attracting attention as a new form of agriculture.

Other levels20 patterns
  • 以上に（いじょうに）N2

    Marks that something exceeds a stated or expected degree — 'more than ~; even more than'.

    40年前に比べると、その数は3分の1以上に減っている。

    Compared with 40 years ago, that number has fallen to less than one-third.

  • 以上は（いじょうは）N2

    Given that a fact holds, the stated consequence naturally follows — 'now that ~; since ~; given that ~'.

    そして、農業をしている人の60%以上は65歳以上のお年寄りだ。

    More than 60% of people working in agriculture are elderly people aged 65 or older.

  • というものだN2

    Emphatically asserts the true nature of something or states an emphatic conclusion — "that's just how it is, that's what … really is".

    そのーつは、これまでのように家族で農業をするのではなく、多くの人が働く「会社」の形で農業をするというものだ。

    One of these approaches is to farm in the form of a “company” employing many people, rather than having families farm on their own as before.

  • 方（かた）N4

    Attaches to a verb's masu-stem to name the manner or method of doing it, "way of / how to".

    ①この状態を変えようと、最近いろいろな農業のやり方が考えられているそうだ。

    ① Recently, various new ways of farming are apparently being considered in an effort to change this situation.

  • ように / ようなN4

    Likens or exemplifies one thing by another, "like / as / similar to (a)".

    そのーつは、これまでのように家族で農業をするのではなく、多くの人が働く「会社」の形で農業をするというものだ。

    One of these approaches is to farm in the form of a “company” employing many people, rather than having families farm on their own as before.

  • ようだN43 times in this passage

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

    このような会社の一つに「あおぞら」がある。

    One such company is “Aozora.”

  • までにN4

    Marks a deadline by which an action must be completed; 'by (a certain time).'

    「あおぞら」では今までにない②いくつかの工夫によって、若者も働きやすい環境を作っている。

    At “Aozora,” ② several new ideas have been introduced to create a work environment where young people can work comfortably.

  • やすいN4

    Attaches to a verb stem to mean the action is easy to do ('easy to ~').

    「あおぞら」では今までにない②いくつかの工夫によって、若者も働きやすい環境を作っている。

    At “Aozora,” ② several new ideas have been introduced to create a work environment where young people can work comfortably.

  • 〜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.

    農業は自然が相手なので、どうしても収入が多い時と少ない時が出てしまう。

    Because farming depends on nature, there are inevitably times when income is high and times when it is low.

  • ようにするN44 times in this passage

    Expresses making an ongoing effort or arranging things so that something does or doesn't happen — "make sure to / try to (do regularly)".

    しかし、一年中いろいろな種類の野菜を作ることで、一つがだめでも他の野菜でカバーできるようにし、毎月同じ給料が払えるようにする。

    However, by growing various kinds of vegetables throughout the year, losses from one crop can be covered by others, making it possible to pay the same salary every month.

  • 全然～ない（ぜんぜん～ない）N4

    全然 paired with a negative predicate for strong, total negation — "not at all / not in the least".

    土に触ったことが全然ないような人には、経験者が農業をーからきちんと教える。

    People who have never even touched soil are properly taught farming from the very basics by experienced workers.

  • 〜てくるN4

    Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

    このような工夫は若者にも伝わり、③「あおぞら」には毎年農業にチャレンジしたいという若者が大勢入ってきて、経営もうまくいっているそうだ。

    These ideas have also appealed to young people, and every year many young people who want to try farming join ③ “Aozora,” so the business is reportedly doing well.

  • 〜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”.

    現在、日本で農業をしている人は、約200万人。

    Currently, about two million people work in agriculture in Japan.

  • 前に（まえに）N5

    Marks that something happens before an action or in front of a place — "before (doing) / in front of."

    40年前に比べると、その数は3分の1以上に減っている。

    Compared with 40 years ago, that number has fallen to less than one-third.

  • そしてN52 times in this passage

    Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.

    そして、農業をしている人の60%以上は65歳以上のお年寄りだ。

    More than 60% of people working in agriculture are elderly people aged 65 or older.

  • までN5

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

    そのーつは、これまでのように家族で農業をするのではなく、多くの人が働く「会社」の形で農業をするというものだ。

    One of these approaches is to farm in the form of a “company” employing many people, rather than having families farm on their own as before.

  • のでN53 times in this passage

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

    そのーつは、これまでのように家族で農業をするのではなく、多くの人が働く「会社」の形で農業をするというものだ。

    One of these approaches is to farm in the form of a “company” employing many people, rather than having families farm on their own as before.

  • がありますN5

    States the existence or possession of an inanimate thing, "there is / to have".

    このような会社の一つに「あおぞら」がある。

    One such company is “Aozora.”

  • しかしN5

    Contrastive conjunction joining two sentences, 'however / but'.

    しかし、一年中いろいろな種類の野菜を作ることで、一つがだめでも他の野菜でカバーできるようにし、毎月同じ給料が払えるようにする。

    However, by growing various kinds of vegetables throughout the year, losses from one crop can be covered by others, making it possible to pay the same salary every month.

  • 〜たいN5

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

    このような工夫は若者にも伝わり、③「あおぞら」には毎年農業にチャレンジしたいという若者が大勢入ってきて、経営もうまくいっているそうだ。

    These ideas have also appealed to young people, and every year many young people who want to try farming join ③ “Aozora,” so the business is reportedly doing well.

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