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人じん生せいやビジネスに目もく標ひょうを持もつべきだ、というようなことが最さい近きんよく言いわれるが、わたしはそういう言いい方かたに違い和わ感かんを覚おぼえる。目もく標ひょうというものは、「持もつべきだ」とか「持もったほうがいい」ものではなく、「持もたなければいけない』とわざわざ啓けい蒙もうするものでもない。人じん生せいのあらゆる局きょく面めんにおける「前ぜん提てい」なので、そのことがコンセンサス(注ちゅう)になっている社しゃ会かいでは、目もく標ひょうを持もつことについて語かたられることはないからだ。

（注ちゅう）コンセンサス：ここでは、共きょう通つうの理り解かい

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  1. 1目標について、筆者の考えに合うのはどれか。

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Vocabulary2 words
  • わざわざ
    • ·expressly; especially; specially; taking the trouble (to do); going to the trouble of (doing); going out of one's way (to do)
    • ·intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
    N1
  • 前提ぜんてい
    • ·condition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis
    • ·intention; intent; aim; goal
    • ·premise
    N1
Other levels23 words
  • 持つもつ
    • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
    • ·to possess; to have; to own
    • ·to maintain; to keep
    • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
    • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
    • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
    • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
    N5
  • よく
    • ·nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
    • ·frequently; often
    • ·I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
    • ·(you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
    N5
  • 言ういうAs it appears here: 言われる
    • ·to say; to utter; to declare
    • ·to name; to call
    • ·to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
    N5
  • わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 覚えるおぼえる
    • ·to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
    • ·to learn; to pick up; to acquire
    • ·to feel
    • ·to think; to regard
    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
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持った
    • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
    • ·to possess; to have; to own
    • ·to maintain; to keep
    • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
    • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
    • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
    • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
    N5
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持たなければ
    • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
    • ·to possess; to have; to own
    • ·to maintain; to keep
    • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
    • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
    • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
    • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
    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
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • なるAs it appears here: なって
    • ·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
  • ここ
    • ·here; this place
    • ·this point; here; now
    • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
    • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
    N5
  • 最近さいきん
    • ·recently; lately; these days; nowadays; right now
    • ·nearest; closest
    N4
  • 社会しゃかい
    • ·society; public; community; the world
    • ·social studies
    N4
  • 人生じんせい
    • ·(one's) life
    N3
  • 目標もくひょう
    • ·goal; target; aim; objective
    • ·mark; sign; landmark
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    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
  • ほう
    • ·direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
    • ·side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
    • ·type; category
    • ·field (of study, etc.)
    • ·indicates one side of a comparison
    • ·way; method; manner; means
    • ·length (of each side of a square)
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 語るかたるAs it appears here: 語られる
    • ·to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate
    • ·to recite; to chant
    • ·to indicate; to show
    N3
  • 共通きょうつう
    • ·common; shared; mutual
    • ·to be common (to); to be shared (by)
    • ·-wide
    N3
  • 理解りかい
    • ·understanding; comprehension; appreciation
    • ·sympathy
    N3
Grammar1 patterns

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  • というものN1

    Emphasizes the entire stretch of a stated time period, or foregrounds the essential nature of a thing — "for the whole (time)...", "the very idea of...".

    目標というものは、「持つべきだ」とか「持ったほうがいい」ものではなく、「持たなければいけない』とわざわざ啓蒙するものでもない。

    A goal is not something one “should have” or “would be better off having,” nor is it something that needs to be deliberately preached as something one “must have.”

Other levels12 patterns
  • べきだN32 times in this passage

    States what one ought to do as the right or expected course of action — 'should / ought to'.

    人生やビジネスに目標を持つべきだ、というようなことが最近よく言われるが、わたしはそういう言い方に違和感を覚える。

    Recently, people often say that one should have goals in life and in business, but I feel uncomfortable with that way of putting it.

  • というN3

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

    人生やビジネスに目標を持つべきだ、というようなことが最近よく言われるが、わたしはそういう言い方に違和感を覚える。

    Recently, people often say that one should have goals in life and in business, but I feel uncomfortable with that way of putting it.

  • わざわざN3

    Adverb marking that someone went out of their way or took special trouble to do something — 'expressly, specially, all the way'.

    目標というものは、「持つべきだ」とか「持ったほうがいい」ものではなく、「持たなければいけない』とわざわざ啓蒙するものでもない。

    A goal is not something one “should have” or “would be better off having,” nor is it something that needs to be deliberately preached as something one “must have.”

  • において/におけるN3

    Formally marks the place, time, or domain in which something holds, 'in / at / regarding'.

    人生のあらゆる局面における「前提」なので、そのことがコンセンサス(注)になっている社会では、目標を持つことについて語られることはないからだ。

    A goal is a “premise” underlying every phase of life, so in a society where that has become a shared understanding, people do not talk about having goals.

  • についてN3

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

    人生のあらゆる局面における「前提」なので、そのことがコンセンサス(注)になっている社会では、目標を持つことについて語られることはないからだ。

    A goal is a “premise” underlying every phase of life, so in a society where that has become a shared understanding, people do not talk about having goals.

  • ことはないN3

    Tells someone there is no need to do something — 'there's no need to / you don't have to.'

    人生のあらゆる局面における「前提」なので、そのことがコンセンサス(注)になっている社会では、目標を持つことについて語られることはないからだ。

    A goal is a “premise” underlying every phase of life, so in a society where that has become a shared understanding, people do not talk about having goals.

  • ようだN4

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

    人生やビジネスに目標を持つべきだ、というようなことが最近よく言われるが、わたしはそういう言い方に違和感を覚える。

    Recently, people often say that one should have goals in life and in business, but I feel uncomfortable with that way of putting it.

  • とか～とかN4

    Lists a few representative, non-exhaustive examples — 'things like X and Y', 'X, Y, and so on'.

    目標というものは、「持つべきだ」とか「持ったほうがいい」ものではなく、「持たなければいけない』とわざわざ啓蒙するものでもない。

    A goal is not something one “should have” or “would be better off having,” nor is it something that needs to be deliberately preached as something one “must have.”

  • なければいけないN4

    Expresses obligation, typically tied to a specific situation — 'must / have to'.

    目標というものは、「持つべきだ」とか「持ったほうがいい」ものではなく、「持たなければいけない』とわざわざ啓蒙するものでもない。

    A goal is not something one “should have” or “would be better off having,” nor is it something that needs to be deliberately preached as something one “must have.”

  • ほうがいいN5

    Advises that one course of action is preferable — "had better / it's better to".

    目標というものは、「持つべきだ」とか「持ったほうがいい」ものではなく、「持たなければいけない』とわざわざ啓蒙するものでもない。

    A goal is not something one “should have” or “would be better off having,” nor is it something that needs to be deliberately preached as something one “must have.”

  • のでN5

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

    人生のあらゆる局面における「前提」なので、そのことがコンセンサス(注)になっている社会では、目標を持つことについて語られることはないからだ。

    A goal is a “premise” underlying every phase of life, so in a society where that has become a shared understanding, people do not talk about having goals.

  • 〜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”.

    人生のあらゆる局面における「前提」なので、そのことがコンセンサス(注)になっている社会では、目標を持つことについて語られることはないからだ。

    A goal is a “premise” underlying every phase of life, so in a society where that has become a shared understanding, people do not talk about having goals.

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