• なる
  • ·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
• 自分じぶん
  • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  • ·I; me
  • ·you
  N5
• なか
  • ·inside; interior
  • ·among; within
  • ·middle; center; centre
  • ·during; while; middle; midst; amid
  • ·interval; gap
  • ·mean; average
  • ·second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
  • ·medium grade; medium quality
  • ·red-light district
  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
• 知るしるAs it appears here: 知り
  • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
  • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
  • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
  • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
  • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
  • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
  • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
  N5
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  N5
• 知るしる
  • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
  • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
  • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
  • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
  • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
  • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
  • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
  N5
• 今いま
  • ·now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately
  • ·another; more
  N5
• 会社かいしゃ
  • ·company; corporation; firm
  • ·one's workplace
  N5
• 知るしるAs it appears here: 知らなくて
  • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
  • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
  • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
  • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
  • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
  • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
  • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
  N5
• 知るしるAs it appears here: 知ら
  • ·to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
  • ·to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
  • ·to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to appreciate
  • ·to remember; to be familiar with; to be acquainted with
  • ·to experience; to go through; to know (e.g. hardship)
  • ·to get acquainted with (a person); to get to know
  • ·to have to do with; to be concerned with; to be one's concern; to be one's responsibility
  N5
• 働くはたらく
  • ·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
• するAs it appears here: され
  • ·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
• できる
  • ·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
• ため
  • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
  • ·consequence; result; effect
  • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
  N4
• 生きるいきるAs it appears here: 生きて
  • ·to live; to exist
  • ·to make a living; to subsist
  • ·to be in effect; to be in use; to function
  • ·to come to life; to be enlivened
  • ·to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
  N4
• 済むすむAs it appears here: 済んだ
  • ·to finish; to end; to be completed; to be resolved
  • ·to have a result less severe than expected
  • ·to feel at ease
  • ·to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
  N4
• 生活せいかつ
  • ·life; living
  • ·livelihood; (one's) living
  N4
• 将来しょうらい
  • ·future; (future) prospects
  • ·bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.)
  • ·bringing about; giving rise to; causing; incurring
  N4
• 時代じだい
  • ·period; epoch; era; age
  • ·the times; those days
  • ·oldness; ancientness; antiquity
  • ·antique; period piece
  N4
• 社会しゃかい
  • ·society; public; community; the world
  • ·social studies
  N4
• 変えるかえる
  • ·to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary
  • ·to reform; to revise; to amend
  N4
• 手段しゅだん
  • ·means; way; measure
  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
• 守るまもるAs it appears here: 守られて
  • ·to protect; to guard; to defend
  • ·to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
  N3
• 守るまもるAs it appears here: 守らなければ
  • ·to protect; to guard; to defend
  • ·to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
  N3
• 得るえるAs it appears here: 得ない
  • ·to be able to ...; can ...
  • ·to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain
  N3
• 出版しゅっぱん
  • ·publication
  N3
• 第一だいいち
  • ·first; foremost; number one
  • ·most important
  • ·best; greatest; most
  • ·above all; besides; in any case; to begin with
  N2

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• ざるを得ないN2

  expresses being compelled by circumstances with no alternative, 'have no choice but to ~ / cannot help but ~'

  今の50代、60代は会社に守られて生きてきた「知らなくて済んだ世代」ですが、今の若者たちは自分たちで生活を守らなければならない「①知らざるを得ない世代」。

  People now in their fifties and sixties are the “generation that could get by without knowing,” having lived under the protection of their companies, whereas today’s young people are the “① generation that has no choice but to know,” because they must protect their own livelihoods.

• ということはN2

  Draws a logical conclusion or restatement from a preceding fact — "which means…, in other words…, that is to say…".

  働くことで生活が成り立ち、将来が保障され、人生設計ができるということは、前提にはならない時代を生きています。

  They live in an age in which it can no longer be taken for granted that working will provide a stable livelihood, guarantee the future, and make it possible to plan one’s life.

• ためにN3

  marks a purpose ('in order to') or a cause ('because of / owing to').

  「NO!」と言える労働者になるためには、まずは自分たちの働き方のなかに「法律違反」があるかを知り、その救済手段を知ることが第一です。

  To become a worker who can say “NO!”, the first thing is to know whether there are any “violations of the law” in the way you work and to know what remedies are available.

• て済む（てすむ）N3

  Says a situation is settled by just the stated action, or (negative) without having to do it — "it's enough to just X / manage without X."

  今の50代、60代は会社に守られて生きてきた「知らなくて済んだ世代」ですが、今の若者たちは自分たちで生活を守らなければならない「①知らざるを得ない世代」。

  People now in their fifties and sixties are the “generation that could get by without knowing,” having lived under the protection of their companies, whereas today’s young people are the “① generation that has no choice but to know,” because they must protect their own livelihoods.

• 〜てくるN4

  Verb te-form plus 来る, marking motion toward the speaker or the gradual onset of a state — 'come to do' / 'start to / become'.

  今の50代、60代は会社に守られて生きてきた「知らなくて済んだ世代」ですが、今の若者たちは自分たちで生活を守らなければならない「①知らざるを得ない世代」。

  People now in their fifties and sixties are the “generation that could get by without knowing,” having lived under the protection of their companies, whereas today’s young people are the “① generation that has no choice but to know,” because they must protect their own livelihoods.

• なければならないN4

  Expresses a general, unavoidable obligation or necessity — 'must / have to'.

  今の50代、60代は会社に守られて生きてきた「知らなくて済んだ世代」ですが、今の若者たちは自分たちで生活を守らなければならない「①知らざるを得ない世代」。

  People now in their fifties and sixties are the “generation that could get by without knowing,” having lived under the protection of their companies, whereas today’s young people are the “① generation that has no choice but to know,” because they must protect their own livelihoods.

• がありますN5

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

  「NO!」と言える労働者になるためには、まずは自分たちの働き方のなかに「法律違反」があるかを知り、その救済手段を知ることが第一です。

  To become a worker who can say “NO!”, the first thing is to know whether there are any “violations of the law” in the way you work and to know what remedies are available.

• だ / ですN52 times in this passage

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

  「NO!」と言える労働者になるためには、まずは自分たちの働き方のなかに「法律違反」があるかを知り、その救済手段を知ることが第一です。

  To become a worker who can say “NO!”, the first thing is to know whether there are any “violations of the law” in the way you work and to know what remedies are available.

• 〜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”.

  働くことで生活が成り立ち、将来が保障され、人生設計ができるということは、前提にはならない時代を生きています。

  They live in an age in which it can no longer be taken for granted that working will provide a stable livelihood, guarantee the future, and make it possible to plan one’s life.