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言葉の力

The Power of Words

は、をのでは。つのが、をもば、も。

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Words are not merely tools for conveying information. A single word can encourage a person, and it can also wound them deeply.

は、のをにて。は、れるもて。、たが、のにが。

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Day after day, we utter countless words. Most of them vanish without ever being particularly noticed. Yet a casual single remark can go on lingering in another person's heart for a long time.

だからこそ、のにをたい。をとが、をてのではだろうか。

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That is precisely why I want to take responsibility for the words I speak. Is it not the wish to choose beautiful words that, in time, builds beautiful relationships between people?

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筆者ひっしゃによれば、たった一ひとつの言葉ことばにはどのような力ちからがあるか。

Key vocabulary

励ますはげます to encourage
責任せきにん responsibility
築くきずく to build, to construct

Original passage written for Japanese Compass.

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