• するAs it appears here: しない
  • ·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
• 道みち
  • ·road; path; street; lane; passage
  • ·route; way
  • ·distance; journey
  • ·road (e.g. to victory); course
  • ·way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
  • ·teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
  • ·field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
  • ·means; way; method
  N5
• 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
• するAs it appears here: されて
  • ·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
• 死ぬしぬ
  • ·to die; to pass away
  • ·to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
  • ·to cease; to stop
  N5
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  N5
• 前まえ
  • ·in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
  • ·before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
  • ·(the) front; frontal part; fore; head (e.g. of a line)
  • ·forward; ahead
  • ·(in the) presence (of); in front (of someone)
  • ·previous (e.g. page); prior (e.g. engagement); first (e.g. half); former (e.g. example)
  • ·portion; helping
  • ·front (of one's body or clothing); breast (of a coat, kimono, etc.)
  • ·privates; private parts
  • ·criminal record; previous conviction; (a) prior
  N5
• 使うつかう
  • ·to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
  • ·to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
  • ·to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
  • ·to use (language); to speak
  N5
• いるAs it appears here: いなく
  • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
  • ·to stay
  • ·to be ...-ing
  • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
  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
• 若いわかい
  • ·young; youthful
  • ·immature; green
  • ·low (number); small
  N5
• するAs it appears here: された
  • ·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
• もし
  • ·if; in case; supposing
  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
• 増えるふえるAs it appears here: 増えて
  • ·to increase; to multiply
  N4
• 最後さいご
  • ·end; conclusion
  • ·last; final; latest; most recent
  • ·no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences)
  • ·one's final moments
  N4
• 言語げんご
  • ·language
  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
• 世紀せいき
  • ·century
  • ·era
  • ·of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
  N3
• 失ううしなうAs it appears here: 失われる
  • ·to lose
  • ·to miss (a chance, opportunity)
  • ·to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of
  • ·to concede (goals, points, etc.)
  N3
• 予測よそく
  • ·prediction; estimation
  N3
• 絶滅ぜつめつ
  • ·extinction; extermination
  • ·eradication; stamping out; wiping out
  N3
• とき
  • ·time; hour; moment
  • ·occasion; case
  • ·chance; opportunity; season
  • ·the times; the age; the day
  • ·tense
  N3
• 手段しゅだん
  • ·means; way; measure
  N3
• 機能きのう
  • ·function; facility; faculty; feature
  N3
• 以前いぜん
  • ·before; prior to; ago
  • ·the past; before; previously; former times
  N3
• 歩むあゆむ
  • ·to walk; to go on foot
  • ·to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to lead (a life); to experience
  • ·to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.); to embark (on the road to ...)
  N1
• 終わるおわる
  • ·to end; to come to an end; to finish; to close; to be over
  • ·to finish; to complete; to conclude
  • ·to finish doing
  • ·to be past its (one's) prime
  • ·to be awful; to be terrible; to suck; to be hopeless
  N1

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• たことにする / たことになるN1

  Treats something as settled fact for convenience — with する 'to pretend/act as if ~ (did or didn't) happen', with なる 'it ends up counting as ~'.

  その以前に、若い話し手がいなくなったときに、絶滅が予造されたことになる。

  Even before that, once there are no young speakers left, the language's extinction can already be foreseen.

• としてN3

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

  その前に、使う話し相手がいなくなったときに、コミュニケーション手段としての機能は終わる。

  Before that point, once there is no one left to converse with in the language, its function as a means of communication has already ended.

• 〜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'.

  もし将来、日本語を習得しない日本人が増えてきたら、日本語は滅び行く言語、危機言語への道を歩むことになる。

  If, in the future, the number of Japanese people who do not acquire Japanese increases, Japanese will begin down the path toward becoming a dying, endangered language.

• たらN4

  Conditional/temporal ending on the plain-past stem meaning that once or if the first action happens, the second follows ('if / once / when ... then').

  もし将来、日本語を習得しない日本人が増えてきたら、日本語は滅び行く言語、危機言語への道を歩むことになる。

  If, in the future, the number of Japanese people who do not acquire Japanese increases, Japanese will begin down the path toward becoming a dying, endangered language.

• ことになるN4

  Expresses that something has been decided or comes about, often through external circumstances rather than the speaker's own will; 'it has been decided that / it turns out that.'

  もし将来、日本語を習得しない日本人が増えてきたら、日本語は滅び行く言語、危機言語への道を歩むことになる。

  If, in the future, the number of Japanese people who do not acquire Japanese increases, Japanese will begin down the path toward becoming a dying, endangered language.

• ときN42 times in this passage

  Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."

  その前に、使う話し相手がいなくなったときに、コミュニケーション手段としての機能は終わる。

  Before that point, once there is no one left to converse with in the language, its function as a means of communication has already ended.

• だろうN5

  Presumptive expressing conjecture — 'probably', 'I think', or seeking agreement 'right?'; plain だろう / polite でしょう.

  二十ー世紀には地球上のかなりの言語が失われるだろうと予測されている。

  It is predicted that a considerable number of the world's languages will disappear during the twenty-first century.

• 〜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”.

  二十ー世紀には地球上のかなりの言語が失われるだろうと予測されている。

  It is predicted that a considerable number of the world's languages will disappear during the twenty-first century.

• じゃない・ではないN5

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

  言語の絶滅は、最後の話し手が死ぬことではない。

  The extinction of a language does not occur when its last speaker dies.

• 前に（まえに）N5

  Marks that something happens before an action or in front of a place — "before (doing) / in front of."

  その前に、使う話し相手がいなくなったときに、コミュニケーション手段としての機能は終わる。

  Before that point, once there is no one left to converse with in the language, its function as a means of communication has already ended.