Lesson 30
Reading the news (1): sentence endings
- 1 〜模様だ ~moyō da it appears that ~ (news, not yet confirmed) The news version of 「ようだ」— from the reports coming in, this is how things look right now, but it isn't confirmed yet.
- 2 〜見通しだ ~mitōshi da is expected / projected to ~ The news forecast: looking at the data and the present situation, 'this is where things are heading'.
- 3 〜構えだ ~kamae da is poised / determined to ~ Nothing is formally decided yet, but one side has taken its stance and stands ready to do ~.
- 4 〜方針を固めた ~hōshin o katameta has decided on a plan to ~ (almost final) News that a government, company or city has all but finally decided on a plan to do ~.
- 5 〜意向を示した ~ikō o shimeshita indicated an intention to ~ News that a politician, mayor, company head or athlete has publicly said 'I intend to do ~'.
- 6 〜との見方を示した ~to no mikata o shimeshita expressed the view that ~ News that an official or expert has publicly given their judgement or forecast about a situation.
- 7 〜としている ~to shite iru (the source) says / maintains that ~ The last line of a news story: the police, company or office says ~ — the source's claim, not the reporter's.
Lesson check
All 7 forms of this lesson together — pick the right one from its look-alikes, the way the exam does. 6/8 completes the lesson.
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「2040年には、日本で働く外国人は七百万人に達する＿＿だ。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:A forecast of a figure many years ahead.
A projection about the future = 見通し (〜に達する見通し). 模様 is a guess about the present; 構え and 意向 need a person or organisation with a will — a number has none.
「現場からの情報では、乗客は全員無事＿＿です。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:The present, unconfirmed state reported from the scene.
N + の模様 = from the scene, this is how it looks now. 構え, 意向 and 方針 are about something someone will do, and don't fit a state like 'safe'.
「労働組合は、賃上げが認められなければ、ストライキも辞さない＿＿だ。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:The set partner of 「〜も辞さない」.
「〜も辞さない構え」= ready to go even as far as ~. 見通し and との見方 are forecasts or views, not the union's stance; 「辞さないの模様」is ungrammatical.
Inside the government it is all but decided; only the announcement is left. 「政府は、介護分野で外国人の受け入れを増やす＿＿。」
💡 Hint:An organisation's policy has set hard.
An organisation's almost-final decision = 方針を固めた. 「との見方」is for a view, not for something one will do oneself; 「模様を固めた」and 「見通しを固めた」are not real combinations.
The prime minister said 「来年の春に解散したい」. 「首相は、来年の春に解散する＿＿。」
💡 Hint:「〜たい」= his own wish.
Something he himself wants to do = 意向を示した. 「との見方」is a judgement about a situation, not one's own decision; 「模様を示した」doesn't exist; and one's own wish isn't called 「見通し」.
「警察は、男が事件に関わった可能性が高い＿＿。」— fill the blank.
💡 Hint:The claim of a named source (警察).
A source's claim = としている: 可能性が高いとしている = say the possibility is high. 'The possibility is high' can't take 見通し, 構え or 意向.
Which ending shows 'this is not the reporter's view but a named source's claim'?
💡 Hint:The ending that follows 「警察は〜」「同社は〜」.
としている = what the source says. 模様だ and 見通しだ read as the report's own estimate, and 構えだ describes someone's stance.
Which sentence gives a view about a situation rather than the person's own wish?
💡 Hint:「との」+ a view.
との見方を示した = a view about a situation (prices will keep rising). 意向, 構え and 方針 are all about something the subject itself will do.
Your score: /8