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日本語 · N1

記憶の継承

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As war survivors age, passing on their memories has become an issue that brooks no delay.
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We must seriously consider what will remain once the storytellers of lived experience are gone.
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Digitization of archives advances, but an unfillable gap lies between records and memory.
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The folds of feeling that numbers and timelines cannot convey are precisely what oral testimony has carried.
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Fiction and film play major roles too, but constant vigilance against distorting historical fact is required.
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Facing a history of aggression far from damages national pride — it is proof of maturity.
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Before lamenting young people's indifference, we should reexamine the very way we convey the past.
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Efforts continue across the country to create forums for dialogue where memories from different standpoints confront each other.
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Inheriting memory is nothing less than entrusting questions to the future — not preserving the past.
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It is no exaggeration to say that what we pass on will decide the contours of the next generation's society.

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