Article: AERA｜April 10, 2023
Timestamps
[0:00] Intro 1
[4:40] Intro 2
[6:21] Article – Paragraph 1
[7:07] Article – Paragraph 2
[9:09] Article – Paragraph 3
[10:40] Article – Paragraph 4
[12:22] Article – Paragraph 5
[13:50] Ending – My thoughts
Vocabulary
[6:21] Paragraph 1
- 〜するものです：You are supposed to do ~, It’s expected that you do ~, We all do ~, etc. [Something generalized]
- 好み：preference
- 〜を形づくる：to form ~
- 価値観につながる：to be connected to your sense of values
- 〜するにつれ（て）：as you do ~
- できる限り＝できるだけ：as much/many as possible
- 〜と（も）意識せずに：you don’t see things as ~
- つき進む：to keep on going
[7:07] Paragraph 2 – 分析していかないと本当の「好き」は分からない
- とはいえ：even then, but, although I said that, etc.
- 本質的に：essentially
- 〜かというと、そうではないような気がする：If I think about ~, I feel like maybe not.
- 〜したとしても：even if you do/did ~
- 〜(S+V)といったふうに＝〜(S+V)といったように＝〜(S+V)という感じで：like ~ (S+V)
- 〜し(ていか)ないと：unless you do ~
- Aは〜だけど、Bも…じゃない：Although I ~ (am/do) A, I also … (am/do) B.
- 〜した結果：as a result of doing ~, after doing ~
- Aだけでなく、Bなのか、Cなのか、Dなのか（考えてみる）：Not only A, but also (think about) if it’s B, C, or D.
[9:09] Paragraph 3 – 「好き」が結果的に「仕事」になっていく
- すべて（全て）＝全部：all *すべて sounds more formal
- 社会との関係性：social relationships
- 〜で成り立っている：to be built on ~
- その代わり：instead,
- 価値の交換：an exchange of value
- 〜が成立すれば：if ~ is established
- 〜ていた中から：from/among the things (they) were doing
- 〜として定着する：to be established as ~
- 〜として分類される：to be classified as ~
- 〜していくはずです：a process of doing ~ should be continuously happening, it should continue to do ~
- 次第に：gradually
- 周りの他者：others around you
- 見せてくれよ＝見せてよ＝見せてくれませんか？: show me (that)
- 結果的に：as a result
- 共通項：a common denominator
- どんなことをやっても：no matter what you do
- 〜できる気がする：I feel like I/you could do ~
- 究める：to pursue
- 方法論：methodology
- 根本的なところで＝根本的に：fundamentally
- ありとあらゆるところから：from all possible sources
- 継続する＝続ける：to continue
[10:40] Paragraph 4 – 他者の評価との向き合い方
- 楽しくてしょうがない：It’s just so much fun.
- それでも、：still, even then, even though I am in that situation, etc.
- 他者の評価：what others think of me/us
- 別の言い方をすれば＝言い換えると, etc.：in other words, put another way
- 〜し合う：to do ~ for/to each other
- 〜を気にする：to care about ~, to be concerned about ~
- 他者に迎合する：to pander to others, to accommodate them
- 〜することにもなる：you would also end up doing ~
- 〜でききれていない：not completely able to do ~
- 〜するところがある：there are things that are/you do ~
- 〜なのに：even though ~
- 〜する・できるはずがない：there is no way you do/can do ~
[12:22] Paragraph 5 – 自分にしかない「好き」にする
- 目指しているN：N that you are aiming for.
- 〜とは限らない：it doesn’t necessarily mean ~
- となると：if that’s the case, in that case
- 必要なのは〜：what you need is ~
- AではなくB：It’s not A, but B.
- そうすれば：If you do that, if that happens
- Aすると、Bしてしまう：If you do A, B would happen (inevitably)
- 〜した/できたとしても：even if you did ~/you were able to do ~
- Aは、Bものです：A is generally considered as B.
- Aは、〜できるものではありません：A is not something you can do ~
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