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「電でん車しゃが好すきだ。」と言いっていた孫まごの誕生日たんじょうびに、デパートで一いち番ばん人にん気きがある電でん車しゃのおもちゃをプレゼントした。しかし、そのプレゼントはあまり喜よろこんでもらえなかった。孫まごには好すきな電でん車しゃがいくつかあるが、私わたしの贈おくった電でん車しゃはそれではなかったのだそうだ。「電でん車しゃが好すき」と言いっても、ある決きまった電でん車しゃだけが好すきだという子こや、走はしっている電でん車しゃを見みるのが好すきだという子こもいる。もちろん、電でん車しゃなら何なんでもいい子こもいる。「電でん車しゃが好すき」にも、いろいろある。ことばが表あらわす意い味みは一ひとつではないのだ。

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  1. 1ことばが表す意味は一つではないとあるが、どういう意味か。

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Vocabulary5 words
  • 孫まご
    • ·grandchild
    N3
  • 贈るおくるAs it appears here: 贈った
    • ·to give (as a gift); to present
    • ·to confer; to bestow; to award
    N3
  • もちろん
    • ·of course; certainly; naturally
    N3
  • 何でもなんでも
    • ·any; anything; whatever; whatever one likes; everything; all
    • ·I am told; I hear; I understand; they say
    N3
  • 表すあらわす
    • ·to represent; to signify; to stand for
    • ·to reveal; to show; to display
    • ·to express
    • ·to make widely known
    N3
Other levels24 words
  • 電車でんしゃ
    • ·train; electric train
    N5
  • 好きすき
    • ·liking; being fond of; to one's liking; to one's taste; preferred; favourite
    • ·liking (romantically); being in love with; beloved
    • ·faddism; eccentricity
    • ·as one likes; as it suits one
    • ·lecherous; lustful; salacious
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言って
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 誕生日たんじょうび
    • ·birthday
    N5
  • 一番いちばん
    • ·number one; first; first place
    • ·best; most
    • ·game; round; bout
    • ·as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
    • ·song (e.g. in noh); piece
    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
  • しかし
    • ·however; but
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • あまり
    • ·remainder; remnant; rest; balance; surplus; remains (of a meal); leftovers
    • ·(not) very; (not) much
    • ·too much; excessively; overly
    • ·extreme; great; severe; tremendous; terrible
    • ·not very good; so-so; mediocre
    • ·more than; over
    N5
  • いくつ
    • ·how many
    • ·how old
    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
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • 走るはしるAs it appears here: 走って
    • ·to run
    • ·to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to travel; to move; to sail
    • ·to rush (to); to dash; to race
    • ·to retreat; to flee; to defect (to)
    • ·to run away; to abscond; to elope
    • ·to flash (of lightning); to streak; to shoot (through; e.g. of pain); to run (through); to flare; to flit (e.g. across one's face); to spread quickly (of news, shock, etc.)
    • ·to go (e.g. bad, to extremes); to become; to turn; to take to (e.g. crime); to get carried away by (e.g. one's emotions); to get involved in; to get wrapped up in
    • ·to run (through; of a road, street, etc.); to extend (e.g. of a mountain range); to stretch; to lie
    N5
  • 見るみる
    • ·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
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    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
  • ことば
    • ·language; dialect
    • ·word; phrase; expression; term
    • ·speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
    • ·words; remark; statement; comment
    • ·learning to speak; language acquisition
    N5
  • 意味いみ
    • ·meaning; significance; sense
    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
  • おもちゃ
    • ·toy
    • ·(person or thing treated as a) plaything
    N4
  • 喜ぶよろこぶAs it appears here: 喜んで
    • ·to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased; to rejoice
    • ·to congratulate
    • ·to welcome (a proposal, advice, etc.); to take kindly to
    • ·to do with pleasure; to do gladly; to be happy (to do)
    N4
  • 子こ
    • ·child; kid; teenager; youngster; young (non-adult) person
    • ·(one's) child; offspring
    • ·young woman
    • ·young (animal)
    • ·offshoot
    • ·interest
    • ·new share
    • ·player who is not a dealer
    • ·young geisha; young prostitute
    • ·bird egg
    • ·-er (often of young women)
    N4
  • 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
Grammar3 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • というN33 times in this passage

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

    「電車が好きだ。」と言っていた孫の誕生日に、デパートで一番人気がある電車のおもちゃをプレゼントした。

    For the birthday of my grandchild, who had said, “I like trains,” I gave them the most popular toy train at the department store.

  • あまり〜ないN3

    The degree adverb あまり, typically with a following negative, expresses a limited degree, "not very / not much."

    しかし、そのプレゼントはあまり喜んでもらえなかった。

    However, my grandchild was not very pleased with the present.

  • といってもN3

    Concedes that a preceding statement overstates the case — "although I say", "even though ~, (not really)".

    「電車が好き」と言っても、ある決まった電車だけが好きだという子や、走っている電車を見るのが好きだという子もいる。

    Even among children who say they “like trains,” some like only certain specific trains, while others like watching trains as they run.

Other levels9 patterns
  • 〜ていたN4

    The past progressive/continuous — an action that was ongoing or a state that held in the past — 'was (do)ing'.

    「電車が好きだ。」と言っていた孫の誕生日に、デパートで一番人気がある電車のおもちゃをプレゼントした。

    For the birthday of my grandchild, who had said, “I like trains,” I gave them the most popular toy train at the department store.

  • そうだN4

    Reports information the speaker heard from another source, attached to a plain form — "I hear that…, they say…, apparently."

    孫には好きな電車がいくつかあるが、私の贈った電車はそれではなかったのだそうだ。

    Apparently, my grandchild has several favorite trains, but the one I gave was not one of them.

  • 一番（いちばん）N5

    Marks the superlative, singling out the top item in a group — "the most / the best / number one".

    「電車が好きだ。」と言っていた孫の誕生日に、デパートで一番人気がある電車のおもちゃをプレゼントした。

    For the birthday of my grandchild, who had said, “I like trains,” I gave them the most popular toy train at the department store.

  • がありますN5

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

    「電車が好きだ。」と言っていた孫の誕生日に、デパートで一番人気がある電車のおもちゃをプレゼントした。

    For the birthday of my grandchild, who had said, “I like trains,” I gave them the most popular toy train at the department store.

  • しかしN5

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

    しかし、そのプレゼントはあまり喜んでもらえなかった。

    However, my grandchild was not very pleased with the present.

  • じゃない・ではないN52 times in this passage

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

    孫には好きな電車がいくつかあるが、私の贈った電車はそれではなかったのだそうだ。

    Apparently, my grandchild has several favorite trains, but the one I gave was not one of them.

  • だけN5

    Limiting particle marking 'only / just' — restricts to the stated amount, degree, or item.

    「電車が好き」と言っても、ある決まった電車だけが好きだという子や、走っている電車を見るのが好きだという子もいる。

    Even among children who say they “like trains,” some like only certain specific trains, while others like watching trains as they run.

  • 〜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”.

    「電車が好き」と言っても、ある決まった電車だけが好きだという子や、走っている電車を見るのが好きだという子もいる。

    Even among children who say they “like trains,” some like only certain specific trains, while others like watching trains as they run.

  • のが好き（のがすき）N5

    Nominalizes an action with の and states liking it — 'likes (doing something)'.

    「電車が好き」と言っても、ある決まった電車だけが好きだという子や、走っている電車を見るのが好きだという子もいる。

    Even among children who say they “like trains,” some like only certain specific trains, while others like watching trains as they run.

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