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私わたしの知しり合あいに警けい察さつ官かんがいる。彼かれは交こう番ばんで働はたらいていて、いろいろな人ひとに道みちを聞きかれるので、上じょう手ずな道みちの教おしえ方かたを工く夫ふうしているそうだ。例たとえば、道みちが全まったくわかっていない人ひとには、細こまかい道みち順じゅんの説せつ明めいから始はじめても、うまく伝つたわらないことが多おおい。だから、まず「5分ふんぐらいで行いけますが、ちょっと道みち順じゅんが複ふく雑ざつです。」など、全ぜん体たいのイメージが伝つたわる説せつ明めいをし、詳くわしい説せつ明めいの前まえに心こころの準じゅん備びをしてもらうようにしているそうだ。道みちを教おしえるのにも伝つたえ方かたの工く夫ふうがあるのだなと感かん心しんした。

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  1. 1知り合いの警察官が、道が全くわかっていない人に道を教えるときに工夫していることは何か。

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Vocabulary8 words
  • 全くまったく
    • ·really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
    • ·indeed
    • ·good grief
    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
  • 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
  • まず
    • ·first (of all); firstly; to begin with; before anything else
    • ·probably; most likely; almost certainly; virtually
    • ·more or less (satisfactory); on the whole; reasonably
    • ·anyway; at any rate; for now (at least); for the time being
    N3
  • 全体ぜんたい
    • ·whole; entirety
    • ·to begin with; in the first place
    • ·... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
    N3
  • 詳しいくわしい
    • ·detailed; full; minute
    • ·knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with); well-informed (about); familiar (with)
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 感心かんしん
    • ·admiration; being impressed
    • ·admirable; praiseworthy
    • ·astonishment; being appalled
    N3
Other levels33 words
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • 交番こうばん
    • ·police box; koban; (expl.) small neighborhood police station
    • ·alternation
    • ·alternating (current, stress, etc.)
    N5
  • 働くはたらくAs it appears here: 働いて
    • ·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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 道みち
    • ·road; path; street; lane; passage
    • ·route; way
    • ·distance; journey
    • ·road (e.g. to victory); course
    • ·way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
    • ·teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
    • ·field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
    • ·means; way; method
    N5
  • 聞くきくAs it appears here: 聞かれる
    • ·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
  • 上手じょうず
    • ·skillful; skilled; proficient; good (at); adept; clever
    • ·flattery
    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
  • わかるAs it appears here: わかって
    • ·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
  • 多いおおい
    • ·many; numerous; a lot
    • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
    • ·frequent; common
    N5
  • ちょっと
    • ·a little; a bit; slightly
    • ·just a minute; for a moment; briefly
    • ·somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
    • ·(not) easily; (not) readily
    • ·hey!; come on; excuse me
    • ·thanks, but no; not feasible; not possible
    • ·a little more than (a week, month, etc.); slightly more than
    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
  • 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
  • 教えるおしえる
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • 方かた
    • ·direction; way
    • ·person; lady; gentleman
    • ·method of; manner of; way of
    • ·care of ...
    • ·person in charge of ...
    • ·side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
    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
  • 彼かれ
    • ·he; him
    • ·boyfriend
    N4
  • 例えばたとえば
    • ·for example; for instance; e.g.
    N4
  • 細かいこまかい
    • ·small
    • ·fine; minute
    • ·minor; trivial
    • ·sensitive; attentive
    • ·careful; frugal; stingy
    N4
  • 説明せつめい
    • ·explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
    N4
  • 始めるはじめるAs it appears here: 始めて
    • ·to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
    • ·to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
    • ·to start ...; to begin to ...
    N4
  • 複雑ふくざつ
    • ·complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
    N4
  • 伝えるつたえるAs it appears here: 伝え
    • ·to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
    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
  • 道順みちじゅん
    • ·route; way; course; directions
    N2
  • 伝わるつたわるAs it appears here: 伝わらない
    • ·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
  • 伝わるつたわる
    • ·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
  • 知り合いしりあい
    • ·acquaintance
    N1
  • 分ふん
    • ·minute (unit of time)
    • ·fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
    N1
  • 行けるいけるAs it appears here: 行けます
    • ·deed; act; action
    • ·conduct; behavior; behaviour
    • ·asceticism
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

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  • 例えば（たとえば）N3

    Introduces an illustrative instance, 'for example / for instance'.

    例えば、道が全くわかっていない人には、細かい道順の説明から始めても、うまく伝わらないことが多い。

    For example, if someone has no idea where to go, starting with detailed turn-by-turn directions often does not get the message across well.

Other levels10 patterns
  • てもN4

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

    例えば、道が全くわかっていない人には、細かい道順の説明から始めても、うまく伝わらないことが多い。

    For example, if someone has no idea where to go, starting with detailed turn-by-turn directions often does not get the message across well.

  • などN4

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

    など、全体のイメージが伝わる説明をし、詳しい説明の前に心の準備をしてもらうようにしているそうだ。

    In this way, he first gives them an overall idea of the route and lets them mentally prepare before giving the detailed directions.

  • 〜てもらうN4

    Benefactive construction: receive the favor of someone doing an action for you — 'have/get someone to ...'.

    など、全体のイメージが伝わる説明をし、詳しい説明の前に心の準備をしてもらうようにしているそうだ。

    In this way, he first gives them an overall idea of the route and lets them mentally prepare before giving the detailed directions.

  • ようにするN4

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

    など、全体のイメージが伝わる説明をし、詳しい説明の前に心の準備をしてもらうようにしているそうだ。

    In this way, he first gives them an overall idea of the route and lets them mentally prepare before giving the detailed directions.

  • 〜のにN4

    Links two clauses so the result contradicts what the first clause leads you to expect — "even though ~ / although ~".

    道を教えるのにも伝え方の工夫があるのだなと感心した。

    I was impressed to realize that even giving directions involves finding effective ways to communicate.

  • 〜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”.

    彼は交番で働いていて、いろいろな人に道を聞かれるので、上手な道の教え方を工夫しているそうだ。

    He works at a police box and is often asked for directions by various people, so he apparently thinks carefully about how best to explain the way.

  • のでN5

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

    彼は交番で働いていて、いろいろな人に道を聞かれるので、上手な道の教え方を工夫しているそうだ。

    He works at a police box and is often asked for directions by various people, so he apparently thinks carefully about how best to explain the way.

  • だ / ですN5

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

    だから、まず「5分ぐらいで行けますが、ちょっと道順が複雑です。」

    So first he says things like, “It takes about five minutes, but the route is a little complicated.”

  • 前に（まえに）N5

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

    など、全体のイメージが伝わる説明をし、詳しい説明の前に心の準備をしてもらうようにしているそうだ。

    In this way, he first gives them an overall idea of the route and lets them mentally prepare before giving the detailed directions.

  • がありますN5

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

    道を教えるのにも伝え方の工夫があるのだなと感心した。

    I was impressed to realize that even giving directions involves finding effective ways to communicate.

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