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#1. 人間の心の底の__こそが、やさしさと呼ぶにふさわしい。
通いあい – 「心の底の通いあい」という表現が使われています。
from the bottom of one’s heart
JLPT Vocabularies:
- 人間 (にんげん) – Human
- 心 (こころ) – Heart
- 底 (そこ) – Bottom
- こそ – Emphasizing particle, meaning “precisely” or “exactly”
- やさしさ (やさしさ) – Kindness
- 呼ぶ (よぶ) – To call
- ふさわしい (ふさわしい) – Suitable, appropriate
- 競争心 (きょうそうしん) – Competitive spirit
- 対立 (たいりつ) – Confrontation
- 無関心 (むかんしん) – Indifference
- 通いあい (かよいあい) – Mutual understanding, connection
Explanation:
- 通いあい (かよいあい) – Mutual understanding, connection. The sentence “心の底の通いあいこそが、やさしさと呼ぶにふさわしい” uses the expression “心の底の通いあい,” meaning “the mutual understanding from the bottom of one’s heart.”
Grammar Points:
- の – Possessive particle, indicating “of the heart.”
- こそ – Emphasizing particle, used to stress that the mutual understanding from the bottom of the heart is true kindness.
- が – Subject marker, indicating what is being called kindness.
- と – Quotation particle, used to indicate what something is called.
- 呼ぶにふさわしい – A phrase meaning “suitable to be called.”
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