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のから、くのでかれているにいめた。をつのはしぶりで、れないうちは、をくだけでもがえていた。に「をきなさい」ともわれながらも、うようにがかず、なかなかできなかった。それでもをね、、ようやく「」のをでせられるまでになった。のをるたびに、しずつまでちいてきたようながする。
文法
- 「〜うちは」は、ある状態が続いている間だけ、ある事柄が成り立つことを表す表現で、その状態が変われば、状況も変わることを暗示する。
- 「〜までになる」は、努力や時間の積み重ねによって、ある高いレベルや状態に達したことを表す表現。
- 「〜ような気がする」は、はっきりした根拠はないが、話し手が主観的にそう感じられることを表す表現。
English
Days at Calligraphy Class
Since this spring, I've been attending a calligraphy class held at the nearby community center. It had been a long time since I'd held a brush, and at first, just drawing a single line made my hand shake. My teacher kept telling me to relax, but no matter how many times I tried, the brush wouldn't move the way I wanted, and I made little progress. Still, after half a year of practice, I finally reached the point last week where I could show the single character "無" (nothingness) in front of others. Every time I look at my own handwriting, I feel as if my heart, too, has gradually grown calmer.
- ~うちは means 'while still ~' or 'as long as ~ remains the case', indicating that something holds true only during a particular ongoing state, implying that the situation will change once that state ends.
- ~までになる means 'reach the point of ~', expressing that through accumulated effort or time, one has arrived at a certain level or state that wasn't possible before.
- ~ような気がする means 'I have a feeling that ~' or 'it seems like ~', expressing a subjective impression without clear evidence.