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もし、何なにかの作さく品ひんを見みて、最さい初しょは「どうかな？」と感かんじたとしても、ふと「もしかしたら面おも白しろいかも」と思おもうことを私わたしは「肯こう定ていの（注1）カケラ」と呼よんでいます。「肯こう定ていのカケラ」を感かんじた時とき、その自じ分ぶんの変へん化かを「見み方かたが（注2）ブレたのでは？」と思おもってしまう場ば合あいがありますが、（注3）気きの迷まよいとしてすませてしまっては、とてももったいないことです。それまで自じ分ぶんが認みとめられなかったことを認みとめるのは、自じ分ぶんの可か能のう性せいが広ひろがることです。決けっしてブレではありません。自じ分ぶんの変へん化かに柔じゅう軟なんであることが大だい事じです。

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  1. 1美術作品の見方について、筆者はどのように考えているか。

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Vocabulary1 words
  • 肯定こうてい
    • ·affirmation
    • ·affirmative
    N2
Other levels32 words
  • 見るみるAs it appears here: 見て
    • ·to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
    • ·to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
    • ·to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
    • ·to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
    • ·to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try
    • ·to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...
    N5
  • どう
    • ·how; in what way; how about
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: したら
    • ·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
  • 面白いおもしろい
    • ·interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
    • ·amusing; funny; comical
    • ·enjoyable; fun; entertaining; pleasant; agreeable
    • ·good; satisfactory; favourable; desirable; encouraging
    N5
  • 私わたし
    • ·I; me
    N5
  • 呼ぶよぶAs it appears here: 呼んで
    • ·to call out (to); to call; to invoke
    • ·to summon (a doctor, etc.)
    • ·to invite
    • ·to designate; to name; to brand
    • ·to garner (support, etc.); to gather
    • ·to take as one's wife
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: あります
    • ·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
  • とても
    • ·very; awfully; exceedingly
    • ·(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • あるAs it appears here: ありません
    • ·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
  • もし
    • ·if; in case; supposing
    N4
  • 最初さいしょ
    • ·beginning; outset; first; onset
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 思うおもうAs it appears here: 思って
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 場合ばあい
    • ·case; occasion; situation; circumstances
    N4
  • 決してけっして
    • ·(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
    N4
  • 大事だいじ
    • ·important; serious; crucial
    • ·valuable; precious
    • ·serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
    • ·great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
    • ·safe; OK
    N4
  • 何かなにか
    • ·something; some; any
    • ·somehow; for some reason
    • ·(so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
    N3
  • 作品さくひん
    • ·work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
    N3
  • 感じるかんじるAs it appears here: 感じた
    • ·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
  • ふと
    • ·suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
    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
  • 時とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    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
  • すませるAs it appears here: すませて
    • ·to finish; to make an end of; to get through with; to let end
    • ·to make do (with); to manage (with)
    • ·to resolve; to settle; to bring to a conclusion
    N3
  • 認めるみとめるAs it appears here: 認められなかった
    • ·to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice
    • ·to deem; to judge; to assess
    • ·to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow
    • ·to admit; to accept; to confess (to a charge)
    • ·to watch steadily; to observe carefully
    • ·to renown; to give renown to; to appreciate; to acknowledge
    N3
  • 認めるみとめる
    • ·to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice
    • ·to deem; to judge; to assess
    • ·to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow
    • ·to admit; to accept; to confess (to a charge)
    • ·to watch steadily; to observe carefully
    • ·to renown; to give renown to; to appreciate; to acknowledge
    N3
  • 広がるひろがる
    • ·to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
    N3
  • 見方みかた
    • ·viewpoint; point of view; way of looking (at something); view; angle
    • ·way of appreciating (e.g. opera); way of understanding; how to read (a map, train timetable, etc.)
    N1
  • 柔軟じゅうなん
    • ·flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
    • ·calisthenics
    N1
Grammar1 patterns

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  • としてもN2

    Concessive hypothetical attached to a plain form; 'even if / even supposing (that)'.

    もし、何かの作品を見て、最初は「どうかな？」と感じたとしても、ふと「もしかしたら面白いかも」と思うことを私は「肯定のカケラ」と呼んでいます。

    When you look at a work and initially think, “I'm not sure about this,” but then suddenly find yourself thinking, “Maybe it could be interesting,” I call that a “fragment of affirmation.”

Other levels12 patterns
  • ふとN3

    Adverb "suddenly / by chance / on a whim" — an action or thought occurs spontaneously, without intent.

    もし、何かの作品を見て、最初は「どうかな？」と感じたとしても、ふと「もしかしたら面白いかも」と思うことを私は「肯定のカケラ」と呼んでいます。

    When you look at a work and initially think, “I'm not sure about this,” but then suddenly find yourself thinking, “Maybe it could be interesting,” I call that a “fragment of affirmation.”

  • もしかしたらN3

    Raises a tentative possibility, typically resolved with かもしれない, 'perhaps / maybe / by any chance'.

    もし、何かの作品を見て、最初は「どうかな？」と感じたとしても、ふと「もしかしたら面白いかも」と思うことを私は「肯定のカケラ」と呼んでいます。

    When you look at a work and initially think, “I'm not sure about this,” but then suddenly find yourself thinking, “Maybe it could be interesting,” I call that a “fragment of affirmation.”

  • としてN3

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

    「肯定のカケラ」を感じた時、その自分の変化を「見方がブレたのでは？」と思ってしまう場合がありますが、気の迷いとしてすませてしまっては、とてももったいないことです。

    When you feel a “fragment of affirmation,” you may wonder whether this change in yourself means that your perspective has wavered, but it would be a great waste to dismiss it as nothing more than a passing whim.

  • 決して～ないN3

    Adverb pairing with a following negative to stress absolute denial, 'never / by no means / not at all'.

    決してブレではありません。

    It is by no means a sign of wavering.

  • かなN4

    Casual sentence-final particle musing to oneself — 'I wonder...' (and 'I hope...' with a negative).

    もし、何かの作品を見て、最初は「どうかな？」と感じたとしても、ふと「もしかしたら面白いかも」と思うことを私は「肯定のカケラ」と呼んでいます。

    When you look at a work and initially think, “I'm not sure about this,” but then suddenly find yourself thinking, “Maybe it could be interesting,” I call that a “fragment of affirmation.”

  • と思う（とおもう）N42 times in this passage

    Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.

    もし、何かの作品を見て、最初は「どうかな？」と感じたとしても、ふと「もしかしたら面白いかも」と思うことを私は「肯定のカケラ」と呼んでいます。

    When you look at a work and initially think, “I'm not sure about this,” but then suddenly find yourself thinking, “Maybe it could be interesting,” I call that a “fragment of affirmation.”

  • 〜てしまう / 〜ちゃうN42 times in this passage

    Verb te-form plus しまう, marking an action as fully completed or done regrettably/by accident — 'end up ...ing' / 'finish ...ing'; ちゃう/じゃう is the casual contraction.

    「肯定のカケラ」を感じた時、その自分の変化を「見方がブレたのでは？」と思ってしまう場合がありますが、気の迷いとしてすませてしまっては、とてももったいないことです。

    When you feel a “fragment of affirmation,” you may wonder whether this change in yourself means that your perspective has wavered, but it would be a great waste to dismiss it as nothing more than a passing whim.

  • がありますN5

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

    「肯定のカケラ」を感じた時、その自分の変化を「見方がブレたのでは？」と思ってしまう場合がありますが、気の迷いとしてすませてしまっては、とてももったいないことです。

    When you feel a “fragment of affirmation,” you may wonder whether this change in yourself means that your perspective has wavered, but it would be a great waste to dismiss it as nothing more than a passing whim.

  • とてもN5

    Degree adverb intensifying an adjective or adverb — "very / extremely."

    「肯定のカケラ」を感じた時、その自分の変化を「見方がブレたのでは？」と思ってしまう場合がありますが、気の迷いとしてすませてしまっては、とてももったいないことです。

    When you feel a “fragment of affirmation,” you may wonder whether this change in yourself means that your perspective has wavered, but it would be a great waste to dismiss it as nothing more than a passing whim.

  • だ / ですN53 times in this passage

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

    「肯定のカケラ」を感じた時、その自分の変化を「見方がブレたのでは？」と思ってしまう場合がありますが、気の迷いとしてすませてしまっては、とてももったいないことです。

    When you feel a “fragment of affirmation,” you may wonder whether this change in yourself means that your perspective has wavered, but it would be a great waste to dismiss it as nothing more than a passing whim.

  • までN5

    Particle marking the spatial, temporal, or extent limit of an action — "until / up to / as far as."

    それまで自分が認められなかったことを認めるのは、自分の可能性が広がることです。

    Accepting something you had previously been unable to accept means expanding your own possibilities.

  • じゃない・ではないN5

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

    決してブレではありません。

    It is by no means a sign of wavering.

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