満員manin電車denshaにni揺られyurareながらnagaraもmo、乗客jiyoukyakuたちtachiはha各々onoonoのno小さなchiisana画面gamenのno中nakaにni閉じtojiこもっkomoてteいるiru。
Even as they sway in the packed train, the passengers remain shut inside their own small screens.
物理butsuri的tekiなna距離kiyoriがgaゼロzeroにni近づくchikazukuほどhodo、心理shinri的tekiなna隔たりhedatariはhaかえってkaette深まるfukamaruとtoいうiu逆説gyakusetsuがga、現代gendai都市toshiにniはha横たわっyokotawaてteいるiru。
The closer physical distance approaches zero, the deeper the psychological divide paradoxically grows — such is the paradox lying beneath the modern city.
かつてkatsute井戸ido端bata会議kaigiがga担っninaてteいiたta近隣kinrinとtoのno緩やかyuruyakaなna紐帯chuutaiはha、効率kouritsuとtoいうiu名naのnoもとmotoにni解体kaitaiさsaれreてteしまっshimaたta。
The loose neighborhood ties once sustained by well-side chats have been dismantled in the name of efficiency.
孤独kodokuがga病理biyouriとtoしshiてte語らkataraれるreru一方ippouでde、他者tashaとtoのno関わりkakawariをwo断つtatsuことkoto自体jitaiをwo積極sekkiyoku的tekiにni選びerabi取るtoru人々hitobitoもmo少なくsukunakuないnai。
While loneliness is discussed as a pathology, there are also many who actively choose to sever ties with others.
問題mondaiはha孤立koritsuそのsonoものmonoでdeはhaなくnaku、強いshiiられるrareru孤立koritsuとto自らmizukara選ぶerabu孤立koritsuとtoのno間aidaにniあるaru亀裂kiretsuなnaのnoかkaもmoしれshireないnai。
The problem may lie not in isolation itself, but in the rift between isolation imposed upon us and isolation we choose.
実際jissai、地域chiikiのno祭りmatsuriやya防災bousai訓練kunrenとtoいっiたta場baでdeはha、普段fudanはha顔kaoをwo合わせawaseないnai住民juumin同士doushiがgaにわかniwakaにni連帯rentaiをwo示すshimesuことkotoがgaあるaru。
In fact, at local festivals or disaster drills, residents who normally never meet sometimes suddenly show solidarity.
そうsouしshiたta一過ikka性seiのnoつながりtsunagariさえsae、都市toshi生活seikatsu者shaにniとっtoてteはha渇きkawakiをwo癒すiyasu一ichi滴tekiのno水mizuにniほかhokaならnaraないnai。
Even such fleeting connections are nothing less than a drop of water quenching the thirst of city dwellers.
行政giyouseiにniよるyoru見mi守りmamori施策shisakuもmo拡充kakujuuさsaれreつつtsutsuあるaruがga、制度seidoがga心kokoroのno隙間sukimaをwo完全kanzenにni埋めるumeruことkotoはhaありari得eないnai。
Government watch-over programs are expanding, but no system can ever completely fill the gaps in people's hearts.
求めmotomeられrareてteいるiruのnoはha、干渉kanshiyouでdeもmo放置houchiでdeもmoなくnaku、互いtagaiのno存在sonzaiをwoゆるやかyuruyakaにni認めmitome合うau距離kiyori感kanだろうdarou。
What is needed is neither interference nor neglect, but a sense of distance in which people gently acknowledge each other's existence.
帰宅kitaku途中tochuuのno商店shiyouten街gaiでde交わすkawasu何気nanigeないnai挨拶aisatsuこそkoso、孤独kodokuにni抗うaragau最もmottomoささやかsasayakaでde確かtashikaなna実践jissenなnaのnoかkaもmoしれshireないnai。
The casual greetings exchanged in the shopping street on the way home may be the humblest yet surest practice against loneliness.
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