• うえ
  • ·above; over; up
  • ·top; summit; upper part; head (e.g. of a staircase)
  • ·surface; on (top of)
  • ·the above (in a piece of writing); earlier part
  • ·superior; better; higher (position, rank, etc.); upper (class)
  • ·elder; older; senior
  • ·with respect to ...; in terms of; as far as ... is concerned; when (e.g. drunk)
  • ·besides ...; in addition to ...; on top of ...; as well as ...
  • ·after ...; upon ...; on ...; with (e.g. full awareness); as a result of ...
  • ·since ...; now that ...; because ...
  • ·honorable; venerable; dear
  • ·emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo
  N5
• その
  • ·that; the
  • ·part (as in "part two")
  • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
  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
• いくら
  • ·how much
  • ·something over; and something; -odd
  • ·however (much); no matter how
  N5
• 始まるはじまるAs it appears here: 始まらない
  • ·to begin; to start; to commence
  • ·to happen (again); to begin (anew)
  • ·to date (from); to originate (in)
  N5
• 頭あたま
  • ·head
  • ·hair (on one's head)
  • ·mind; brains; intellect
  • ·leader; chief; boss; captain
  • ·top; tip
  • ·beginning; start
  • ·head; person
  • ·down payment; deposit
  • ·top structural component of a kanji
  • ·pair
  N5
• 中なか
  • ·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
• 生まれるうまれる
  • ·to be born
  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
• 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
• 良いよい
  • ·good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
  • ·sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  • ·profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  • ·OK; all right; fine; no problem
  • ·easy to ...
  N5
• 道具どうぐ
  • ·tool; implement; instrument; utensil; apparatus; device
  • ·means
  • ·furniture
  N4
• しっかり
  • ·tightly (holding on); firmly; securely
  • ·strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily
  • ·properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely
  • ·reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely; cleverly
  N4
• わけ
  • ·reason; cause; grounds
  • ·meaning; sense
  • ·(good) sense; reason
  • ·circumstances; case
  • ·(romantic) relationship; love affair
  N4
• 物事ものごと
  • ·things; everything
  N3
• 知識ちしき
  • ·knowledge; information
  N3
• 材料ざいりょう
  • ·materials; ingredients
  • ·material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter
  • ·grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis; evidence; data
  • ·(market) factor
  N3
• 情報じょうほう
  • ·information; news; report; intelligence
  • ·information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.)
  • ·informatics (as a subject)
  N3
• 何もなにも
  • ·(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing
  • ·and everything else; and all
  • ·(not) at all; (not) in the least; (not) especially; (not) to that extent
  N3
• 記憶きおく
  • ·memory; recollection; remembrance
  • ·memory; storage
  N3
• つまり
  • ·that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
  • ·in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
  • ·clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
  • ·shrinkage
  • ·end; conclusion
  • ·dead end; corner
  • ·distress; being at the end of one's rope
  N3
• 土台どだい
  • ·foundation; base; basis
  • ·from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
  N1
• 体験たいけん
  • ·(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
  N1
• 源みなもと
  • ·source (of a river); fountainhead
  • ·source; origin; root
  N1
• 組み合わせくみあわせ
  • ·combination; assortment; set
  • ·matching (in a contest); pairing
  • ·combination
  N1

Example sentences are translated by AI.

• 上でN3

  Completes one action as the basis for the next, or does something in the course of an activity — 'after ~ing / in the process of'.

  物事を推し進めていくうえで、その土台となるのは創造力でも企画力でもない。

  When moving something forward, the foundation is neither creativity nor planning ability.

• ようとするN3

  Describes attempting to do something or being on the verge of doing it — 'try to…', 'be about to…'.

  いくら創造力や企画力を働かせようとしても、道具となる知識や材料となる情報がなければ何も始まらないのだ。

  No matter how much you try to exercise your creativity or planning ability, nothing can begin without knowledge to serve as tools and information to serve as materials.

• つまりN3

  Restates or sums up the preceding statement more plainly — 'in other words / that is to say'.

  つまり、創造力やアイデアの源は、頭の中の記憶の組み合わせから生まれるもので、その土台がしっかりしていなければ、良いアイデアが閃くわけがないのだ。

  In other words, creativity and ideas arise from combinations of memories in the mind, and unless that foundation is solid, a good idea is unlikely to suddenly occur to you.

• わけがないN3

  Asserts something is impossible or unthinkable — 'there's no way that ~', 'it can't be that ~'.

  つまり、創造力やアイデアの源は、頭の中の記憶の組み合わせから生まれるもので、その土台がしっかりしていなければ、良いアイデアが閃くわけがないのだ。

  In other words, creativity and ideas arise from combinations of memories in the mind, and unless that foundation is solid, a good idea is unlikely to suddenly occur to you.

• 〜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”.

  つまり、創造力やアイデアの源は、頭の中の記憶の組み合わせから生まれるもので、その土台がしっかりしていなければ、良いアイデアが閃くわけがないのだ。

  In other words, creativity and ideas arise from combinations of memories in the mind, and unless that foundation is solid, a good idea is unlikely to suddenly occur to you.