常に取り壊される危険にさらされているのは、それほど重要かどうか決定しがたい場合である。つまり、実際、芸術的価値や歴史的価値はないかもしれないが、心情的に人々が愛着を持ち、愛するようになった堂々とした昔の建物の場合である。

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English Translation

It is the border-line cases that are always in danger: the dignified buildings of the past which may possess no real artistic or historic value, but which people have become sentimentally attached to and have grown to love.

Furigana

常(つね)に取(と)り壊(こわ)される危険(きけん)にさらされているのは、それほど重要(じゅうよう)かどうか決定(けってい)しがたい場合(ばあい)である。つまり、実際(じっさい)、芸術的(げいじゅつてき)価値(かち)や歴史的(れきしてき)価値(かち)はないかもしれないが、心情的(しんじょうてき)に人々(ひとびと)が愛着(あいちゃく)を持(も)ち、愛(あい)するようになった堂々(どうどう)とした昔(むかし)の建物(たてもの)の場合(ばあい)である。

Romanji

Tsuneni torikowasareru kiken ni sarasareteiru no wa, sorehodo jūyō ka dō ka ketteishi gatai baai de aru. tsumari, jissai, geijutsuteki kachi ya rekishiteki kachi wa nai kamo shirenai ga, shinjōteki ni hitobito ga aichaku o mochi, aisuru yō ni natta dōdō to shita mukashi no tatemono no baai de aru.

Words

常に (つねに)

always; constantly

取り壊す (とりこわす)

to demolish; to tear or pull down

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

晒す (さらす)

to expose (to the air, to the public, to danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

それ程 (それほど)

to that degree; extent

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

決定 (けってい)

decision; determination

難い (にくい、がたい)

difficult to ...; hard to ...

場合 (ばあい)

case; situation

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

詰まり (つまり)

that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; 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

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

芸術的 (げいじゅつてき)

artistic

価値 (かち)

value; worth; merit

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

歴史的 (れきしてき)

historic; historical; traditional

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

心情的 (しんじょうてき)

sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

愛着 (あいちゃく、あいじゃく)

attachment; love; covetous affection

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

愛 (あい)

love; affection; care; attachment; craving; desire

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

堂々 (どうどう)

magnificent; grand; impressive; dignified; majestic; imposing; stately; fair; square; open; unashamed; brazen; grandly; boldly; confidently; fairly; squarely; unreservedly; brazenly

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; 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; 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

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

建物 (たてもの)

building

Kanji

常

Readings: ジョウ、つね、とこ-

Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular

取

Readings: シュ、と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

壊

Readings: カイ、エ、こわ.す、こわ.れる、やぶ.る

Meanings: demolition, break, destroy

危

Readings: キ、あぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ

Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

険

Readings: ケン、けわ.しい

Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

重

Readings: ジュウ、チョウ、え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おも

Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

要

Readings: ヨウ、い.る、かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

決

Readings: ケツ、き.める、 -ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く

Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

定

Readings: テイ、ジョウ、さだ.める、さだ.まる、さだ.か

Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide

場

Readings: ジョウ、チョウ、ば

Meanings: location, place

合

Readings: ゴウ、ガッ、カッ、あ.う、 -あ.う、あ.い、あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、あ.わす、あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる

Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1

実

Readings: ジツ、シツ、み、みの.る、まこと、みの、みち.る

Meanings: reality, truth

際

Readings: サイ、きわ、 -ぎわ

Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when

芸

Readings: ゲイ、ウン、う.える、のり、わざ

Meanings: technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt

術

Readings: ジュツ、すべ

Meanings: art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic

的

Readings: テキ、まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

価

Readings: カ、ケ、あたい

Meanings: value, price

値

Readings: チ、ね、あたい

Meanings: price, cost, value

歴

Readings: レキ、レッキ

Meanings: curriculum, continuation, passage of time

史

Reading: シ

Meanings: history, chronicle

心

Readings: シン、こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

情

Readings: ジョウ、セイ、なさ.け

Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

人

Readings: ジン、ニン、ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

愛

Readings: アイ、いと.しい、かな.しい、め.でる、お.しむ、まな

Meanings: love, affection, favourite

着

Readings: チャク、ジャク、き.る、 -ぎ、き.せる、 -き.せ、つ.く、つ.ける

Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing

持

Readings: ジ、も.つ、 -も.ち、も.てる

Meanings: hold, have

堂

Reading: ドウ

Meanings: public chamber, hall

昔

Readings: セキ、シャク、むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

建

Readings: ケン、コン、た.てる、た.て、 -だ.て、た.つ

Meaning: build

物

Readings: ブツ、モツ、もの、もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter