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古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、駑ど馬ばに鞭むち打うつは、能のう力りょく以い上じょうのことをさせる意い味みで使つかわれている。

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long-standing; time-honored; of the distant past

文ぶん献けん

literature; reference materials; documents

では、

contrastive で + は; then; well then

grammar

駑ど馬ばに鞭むち打うつ

work hard; keep one's nose to the grindstone; push someone beyond their ability

expression, verb

能のう力りょく

ability; capability; faculty

以い上じょう

beyond; more than; above

noun, noun suffix, no-adjective, conjunction, expression

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

thing; matter; the fact that; doing

noun, noun suffix

make someone do; let someone do; causative; allow to do; let do; permissive; honorific auxiliary; respectful expression for others' actions

-> せるauxiliary verb, auxiliary

meaning; significance; sense

noun, suru verb

location, means, cause, or scope marker

use; make use of; employ

-> 使うgodan verb

passive, potential, or respect auxiliary

-> れる/られるgrammar

ongoing or resultant state