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次つぎの文ぶん章しょうは、20年ねん以い上じょう寿す司しをにぎっている林はやしさんについてのものである。

「三みっ日か、三さん月がつ、三さん年ねん」と言いう言こと葉ばがある。何なに事ごと（注）も三みっ日か我が慢まんできれば三さん力りょく月つき、三さん力りょく月つき我が慢まんできれば三さん年ねん、そして三さん年ねん我が慢まんできればずっと続つづけられという意い味みだ。林はやしさんも三さん年ねんを過すぎた頃ころ「（　　　）」と思おもえるようになった。

（エディト編へん『学校がっこうで教おしえない職しょく人にんの仕し事ごと』による）

（注ちゅう）何なに事ごとも：どんなことでも

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  1. 1「（　　　）」に入る言葉はどれか。

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Vocabulary7 words
  • にぎるAs it appears here: にぎって
    • ·to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch
    • ·to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to be the key; to be the reason
    • ·to seize (power); to hold (the reins); to dominate; to control
    • ·to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form (with one's hands); to press into shape; to mold; to mould
    N3
  • 我慢がまん
    • ·endurance; patience; perseverance; bearing (with something)
    • ·self-control; self-restraint
    N3
  • 月つき
    • ·Moon
    • ·month
    • ·moonlight
    • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
    N3
  • 頃ころ
    • ·(approximate) time; around; about; toward
    • ·suitable time (or condition)
    • ·time of year; season
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    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
Other levels19 words
  • 次つぎ
    • ·next; following; subsequent
    • ·stage; station
    N5
  • 文章ぶんしょう
    • ·writing; composition; essay; article; passage; prose; (writing) style
    • ·sentence
    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
  • 三日みっか
    • ·3rd day of the month
    • ·three days
    N5
  • 言ういう
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • 言葉ことば
    • ·language; dialect
    • ·word; phrase; expression; term
    • ·speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
    • ·words; remark; statement; comment
    • ·learning to speak; language acquisition
    N5
  • 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
  • できるAs it appears here: できれば
    • ·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
  • 三さん
    • ·three; 3
    N5
  • 意味いみ
    • ·meaning; significance; sense
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なった
    • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
    • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
    • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
    • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
    • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
    • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
    • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
    • ·to play (the part of); to act as
    • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
    • ·to be promoted
    • ·to do ...
    N5
  • 学校がっこう
    • ·school
    N5
  • 教えるおしえるAs it appears here: 教えない
    • ·to teach; to instruct
    • ·to tell; to inform; to show
    • ·to preach
    N5
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • 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
  • 続けるつづけるAs it appears here: 続けられ
    • ·to continue; to keep up; to keep on
    • ·to continue ...; to keep on ...
    N4
  • 過ぎるすぎるAs it appears here: 過ぎた
    • ·to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to have expired; to have ended; to be over
    • ·to exceed; to surpass; to be above
    • ·to be no more than ...
    • ·to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...
    N4
  • 職人しょくにん
    • ·craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
    N2
  • 編へん
    • ·compilation (of a text); editing
    • ·volume (of a text)
    • ·completed literary work
    N1
Grammar3 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • についてN3

    Marks the topic an action or statement is directed at; 'about', 'concerning', 'regarding'.

    次の文章は、20年以上寿司をにぎっている林さんについてのものである。

    The following passage is about Hayashi-san, who has been making sushi for more than 20 years.

  • 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'.

    「三日、三月、三年」と言う言葉がある。

    There is a saying, “Three days, three months, three years.”

  • 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'.

    （エディト編『学校で教えない職人の仕事』による）

    (Based on Edito, ed., “The Work of Craftspeople Not Taught in School”)

Other levels7 patterns
  • 続ける（つづける）N4

    Attaches to a verb stem to mean keep doing / continue doing the action ('keep ~ing').

    何事も三日我慢できれば三力月、三力月我慢できれば三年、そして三年我慢できればずっと続けられという意味だ。

    It means that with anything, if you can persevere for three days, you can persevere for three months; if you can persevere for three months, you can persevere for three years; and if you can persevere for three years, you can keep going indefinitely.

  • 頃（ころ / ごろ）N4

    Suffix/noun marking an approximate point in time; 'around (the time of), about when, back when'.

    林さんも三年を過ぎた頃「（　　　）」と思えるようになった。

    After about three years had passed, Hayashi-san, too, became able to think, “（　　　）.”

  • ようになるN4

    Expresses a gradual change reaching a new state or acquired ability, "come to / become able to".

    林さんも三年を過ぎた頃「（　　　）」と思えるようになった。

    After about three years had passed, Hayashi-san, too, became able to think, “（　　　）.”

  • 〜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”.

    次の文章は、20年以上寿司をにぎっている林さんについてのものである。

    The following passage is about Hayashi-san, who has been making sushi for more than 20 years.

  • がありますN5

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

    「三日、三月、三年」と言う言葉がある。

    There is a saying, “Three days, three months, three years.”

  • そしてN5

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

    何事も三日我慢できれば三力月、三力月我慢できれば三年、そして三年我慢できればずっと続けられという意味だ。

    It means that with anything, if you can persevere for three days, you can persevere for three months; if you can persevere for three months, you can persevere for three years; and if you can persevere for three years, you can keep going indefinitely.

  • どんなN5

    Asks or specifies what kind or sort of thing something is, "what kind of".

    （注）何事も：どんなことでも

    (Note) Anything: no matter what it is

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