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Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (December 31, 2024)

  • December 31, 2024

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  1. From Kokoro chapter 29

    > 「さきほど先生のいわれた、人間は誰でもいざという間際に悪人になるんだという意味ですね。あれはどういう意味ですか」
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    >「意味といって、深い意味もありません。――つまり事実なんですよ。理屈じゃないんだ」
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    >「事実で差支えありませんが、私の伺いたいのは、いざという間際という意味なんです。一体どんな場合を指すのですか」

    What does 意味 mean in 人間は誰でもいざという間際に悪人になるんだという意味ですね and いざという間際という意味なんです? It seems to be used in different sense than the one in あれはどういう意味ですか. Perhaps, it is just 内容 while the one in あれはどういう意味ですか is just その内容の内容.

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