• 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
• お母さんおかあさん
  • ·mother; mom; mum; ma
  • ·wife
  • ·you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she; her
  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
• ところ
  • ·place; spot; scene; site
  • ·address
  • ·district; area; locality
  • ·one's house
  • ·point; aspect; side; facet
  • ·passage (in text); part
  • ·space; room
  • ·thing; matter
  • ·whereupon; as a result
  • ·about to; on the verge of
  • ·was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing
  • ·approximately; around; about
  N5
• 風邪かぜ
  • ·(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
  N5
• いる
  • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
  • ·to stay
  • ·to be ...-ing
  • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
  N5
• わかるAs it appears here: わかった
  • ·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
• 今いま
  • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
  • ·another; more
  N5
• あなた
  • ·you
  • ·dear; honey
  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
• 答えるこたえるAs it appears here: 答え
  • ·to answer; to reply
  N5
• 外そと
  • ·outside; exterior
  • ·the open (air)
  • ·other place; somewhere else; outside one's group (family, company, etc.)
  N5
• 遊ぶあそぶAs it appears here: 遊ばなく
  • ·to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time
  • ·to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)
  • ·to be idle; to do nothing; to be unused
  • ·to meet up (with friends); to hang out
  • ·to give oneself up (to gambling, drinking, etc.)
  • ·to go to (for pleasure or for study)
  • ·to tease (someone); to play (with)
  • ·to intentionally throw a ball to lower the batter's concentration
  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
• ほしい
  • ·wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for
  • ·I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
  N5
• 早いはやいAs it appears here: 早く
  • ·fast; quick; rapid; swift; speedy; brisk; prompt
  • ·early; soon; earlier than usual
  • ·premature; too soon; too early
  • ·easy; simple; quick; fast
  • ·as soon as ...; the moment ...; the instant ...
  N5
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  N5
• 多いおおいAs it appears here: 多く
  • ·many; numerous; a lot
  • ·large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
  • ·frequent; common
  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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 比べるくらべるAs it appears here: 比べて
  • ·to compare; to make a comparison (between)
  • ·to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
  N4
• 原因げんいん
  • ·cause; origin; source
  N4
• 夫おっと
  • ·husband
  N4
• 対象たいしょう
  • ·target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
  N3
• 回かい
  • ·counter for occurrences
  • ·a time; an instance
  • ·inning (baseball); round; game
  • ·episode; chapter; instalment
  • ·Hui (people)
  • ·Islam
  N3
• ひくAs it appears here: ひき
  • ·to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
  N3
• ひく
  • ·to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
  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
• 感じるかんじる
  • ·to feel; to sense; to experience
  • ·to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to be impressed (by); to respond (to)
  • ·to become infected with (an illness); to catch
  N3
• 問いとい
  • ·question; query
  N3
• 方ほう
  • ·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
• 変化へんか
  • ·change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation
  • ·variety; diversity
  • ·inflection; declension; conjugation
  • ·henka; (expl.) evasive sidestep at the beginning of a bout
  N3
• ひくAs it appears here: ひいた
  • ·to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
  N3
• 協力きょうりょく
  • ·cooperation; collaboration; help; support
  N3
• 帰宅きたく
  • ·returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
  N3
• 世話せわ
  • ·care; looking after; help; assistance; aid
  • ·trouble; bother
  • ·good offices; recommendation; introduction
  • ·everyday life; everyday affairs; everyday language
  • ·sewamono (Edo-period drama about contemporary life)
  N3
• 父親ちちおや
  • ·father
  N3
• 能力のうりょく
  • ·ability; faculty
  N3
• 期待きたい
  • ·expectation; anticipation; hope
  • ·promising; rising; up-and-coming
  N3
• よう
  • ·appearing ...; looking ...
  • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
  • ·form; style; design
  • ·like; similar to
  • ·thing (thought or spoken)
  N3
• 月つき
  • ·Moon
  • ·month
  • ·moonlight
  • ·(a) moon; natural satellite
  N3
• やすいAs it appears here: やすく
  • ·easy
  • ·likely to ...; have a tendency to ...
  • ·easy to ...
  N1
• やすい
  • ·easy
  • ·likely to ...; have a tendency to ...
  • ·easy to ...
  N1
• 体力たいりょく
  • ·physical strength; power; stamina; endurance; vigor; resistance to disease
  • ·strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
  N1
• 対応たいおう
  • ·correspondence (to); equivalence
  • ·suitability; coordination; matching; being appropriate (for)
  • ·dealing with; coping with; handling; response; reception; reaction
  • ·compatibility (with technology, software, etc.); capability; support (for)
  N1
• 号ごう
  • ·number; edition; make; model; issue; part of that group
  • ·sobriquet; pen-name
  • ·size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.)
  • ·suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
  N1

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• 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'.

  「今の子どもは、あなたの子どものころと比べて、風邪をひきやすくなったと感じるか」という問いに対して半数以上が「今の子どもの方がひきやすい」と答え、原因として「外で遊ばなくなったから」「食生活の変化」「体力の減退」などを挙げた。

  Asked, “Do you feel that children today catch colds more easily than when you were a child?” more than half answered, “Children today catch colds more easily,” citing reasons such as “they no longer play outside,” “changes in diet,” and “declining physical strength.”

• に対してN3

  Marks the target or object an action is directed at, or sets up a contrast between two things, 'toward / with regard to / in contrast to'.

  「今の子どもは、あなたの子どものころと比べて、風邪をひきやすくなったと感じるか」という問いに対して半数以上が「今の子どもの方がひきやすい」と答え、原因として「外で遊ばなくなったから」「食生活の変化」「体力の減退」などを挙げた。

  Asked, “Do you feel that children today catch colds more easily than when you were a child?” more than half answered, “Children today catch colds more easily,” citing reasons such as “they no longer play outside,” “changes in diet,” and “declining physical strength.”

• としてN32 times in this passage

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

  「今の子どもは、あなたの子どものころと比べて、風邪をひきやすくなったと感じるか」という問いに対して半数以上が「今の子どもの方がひきやすい」と答え、原因として「外で遊ばなくなったから」「食生活の変化」「体力の減退」などを挙げた。

  Asked, “Do you feel that children today catch colds more easily than when you were a child?” more than half answered, “Children today catch colds more easily,” citing reasons such as “they no longer play outside,” “changes in diet,” and “declining physical strength.”

• 的（てき）N3

  A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).

  子どもが風邪をひいた時の夫の対応は、「協力的だ」が6割を超えた。

  Regarding husbands’ responses when a child catches a cold, more than 60 percent of respondents said their husbands were “cooperative.”

• というのはN3

  Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.

  夫に協力してほしいこととしては「早く帰宅して」「他の子どもの世話をして」「自分の身の回りのことは自分でして」という回答が多く、「看病してほしい」というのは1割ほど。

  The most common things they wanted their husbands to do were “come home early,” “take care of the other children,” and “take care of their own personal needs,” while only about 10 percent said they wanted their husbands to “nurse the sick child.”

• 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."

  父親には、看病する能力をあまり期待していないようだ。

  It appears that they do not expect much from fathers’ ability to care for a sick child.

• 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'.

  （『サイアス』2000年3月号による）

  (From “Saiasu,” March 2000 issue)

• ところN4

  Marks the temporal stage of an action — 'about to,' 'in the middle of,' or 'just did' — depending on the preceding verb form.

  首都圏在住で4～9歳の子を持つお母さん500人を対象に実態調査をしたところ、子どもだちは年平均4.6回風邪をひき、10回以上をひく子が1割以上いることがわかった。

  A survey of 500 mothers living in the Tokyo metropolitan area with children aged four to nine found that children catch colds an average of 4.6 times a year, and that more than 10 percent catch colds ten or more times.

• 頃（ころ / ごろ）N4

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

  「今の子どもは、あなたの子どものころと比べて、風邪をひきやすくなったと感じるか」という問いに対して半数以上が「今の子どもの方がひきやすい」と答え、原因として「外で遊ばなくなったから」「食生活の変化」「体力の減退」などを挙げた。

  Asked, “Do you feel that children today catch colds more easily than when you were a child?” more than half answered, “Children today catch colds more easily,” citing reasons such as “they no longer play outside,” “changes in diet,” and “declining physical strength.”

• やすいN42 times in this passage

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

  「今の子どもは、あなたの子どものころと比べて、風邪をひきやすくなったと感じるか」という問いに対して半数以上が「今の子どもの方がひきやすい」と答え、原因として「外で遊ばなくなったから」「食生活の変化」「体力の減退」などを挙げた。

  Asked, “Do you feel that children today catch colds more easily than when you were a child?” more than half answered, “Children today catch colds more easily,” citing reasons such as “they no longer play outside,” “changes in diet,” and “declining physical strength.”

• などN4

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

  「今の子どもは、あなたの子どものころと比べて、風邪をひきやすくなったと感じるか」という問いに対して半数以上が「今の子どもの方がひきやすい」と答え、原因として「外で遊ばなくなったから」「食生活の変化」「体力の減退」などを挙げた。

  Asked, “Do you feel that children today catch colds more easily than when you were a child?” more than half answered, “Children today catch colds more easily,” citing reasons such as “they no longer play outside,” “changes in diet,” and “declining physical strength.”

• 〜てほしいN42 times in this passage

  Expresses that the speaker wants someone else to perform the action — 'to want (someone) to (do)'.

  夫に協力してほしいこととしては「早く帰宅して」「他の子どもの世話をして」「自分の身の回りのことは自分でして」という回答が多く、「看病してほしい」というのは1割ほど。

  The most common things they wanted their husbands to do were “come home early,” “take care of the other children,” and “take care of their own personal needs,” while only about 10 percent said they wanted their husbands to “nurse the sick child.”

• ようだN4

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

  父親には、看病する能力をあまり期待していないようだ。

  It appears that they do not expect much from fathers’ ability to care for a sick child.

• より〜ほうがN5

  Expresses comparison or preference — 'B is more ... than A / would rather B' (A より B のほうが).

  「今の子どもは、あなたの子どものころと比べて、風邪をひきやすくなったと感じるか」という問いに対して半数以上が「今の子どもの方がひきやすい」と答え、原因として「外で遊ばなくなったから」「食生活の変化」「体力の減退」などを挙げた。

  Asked, “Do you feel that children today catch colds more easily than when you were a child?” more than half answered, “Children today catch colds more easily,” citing reasons such as “they no longer play outside,” “changes in diet,” and “declining physical strength.”

• だ / ですN5

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

  夫に協力してほしいこととしては「早く帰宅して」「他の子どもの世話をして」「自分の身の回りのことは自分でして」という回答が多く、「看病してほしい」というのは1割ほど。

  The most common things they wanted their husbands to do were “come home early,” “take care of the other children,” and “take care of their own personal needs,” while only about 10 percent said they wanted their husbands to “nurse the sick child.”

• 〜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”.

  父親には、看病する能力をあまり期待していないようだ。

  It appears that they do not expect much from fathers’ ability to care for a sick child.