11 How to Say “omit / leave out” in Japanese

The Japanese expression “かつあいする” means to intentionally omit, skip, or leave out certain parts of information, explanation, or process. It is often used when someone decides not to include details because they are unnecessary, too long, or not essential to the main point.

omit / leave out

Mowgli was still deeply interested in the pebbles, and he did not notice when the wolves came and looked at him one by one. 

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

モウグリは オオカミたちのうごきに きづかなかった。

  • predicate: 
  • 気づかない

At last they all went down the hill for the dead bull, and only Akela, Bagheera, Baloo, and Mowgli’s own wolves were left. 

オオカミたちは おうしを さがしにいった。

  • predicate: 
  • 探しに行く

Shere Khan roared still in the night, for he was very angry that Mowgli had not been handed over to him.

シア・カーンは とても おこっていた。

  • predicate: 
  • 怒っている

“Ay, roar well,” said Bagheera, under his whiskers, “for the time will come when this naked thing will make thee roar to another tune, or I know nothing of man.” 

「おまえは ちがうこえを あげることになる」

  • modifier: 
  • 違う声を

“It was well done,” said Akela. “Men and their cubs are very wise. He may be a help in time.” 

「かれは むれの やくにたつかもしれない」

  • predicate: 
  • 群れの役に立つ

“Truly, a help in time of need; for none can hope to lead the Pack forever,” said Bagheera. 

「きっと、やくにたつはずだ」

Akela said nothing. 

アキーラは なにも いわなかった。

He was thinking of the time that comes to every leader of every pack when his strength goes from him and he gets feebler and feebler, till at last he is killed by the wolves and a new leader comes up—to be killed in his turn.

リーダーは よわくなれば ころされる。
そして あたらしい リーダーが あらわれる。
それが くりかえされる。

“Take him away,” he said to Father Wolf, “and train him as befits one of the Free People.” 

「かれを つれていって、きょういくしろ」

  • predicate: 
  • 連れて行く
  • 教育する

And that is how Mowgli was entered into the Seeonee Wolf Pack for the price of a bull and on Baloo’s good word.

こうして、モウグリは シーオニーウルフのむれに くわえられた。

  • predicate: 
  • 加える

Now you must be content to skip ten or eleven whole years, and only guess at all the wonderful life that Mowgli led among the wolves, because if it were written out it would fill ever so many books. 

あなたは 10ねんほどの モウグリのせいかつを そうぞうするしかない。

  • predicate: 
  • 想像する
  • 割愛する(かつあいする, omit / leave out)

The Japanese expression “かつあいする” means to intentionally omit, skip, or leave out certain parts of information, explanation, or process. It is often used when someone decides not to include details because they are unnecessary, too long, or not essential to the main point.

He grew up with the cubs, though they, of course, were grown wolves almost before he was a child. 

モウグリは オオカミの こどもたちと せいちょうした。

  • predicate: 
  • 成長する

And Father Wolf taught him his business, and the meaning of things in the jungle, till every rustle in the grass, every breath of the warm night air, every note of the owls above his head, every scratch of a bat’s claws as it roosted for a while in a tree, and every splash of every little fish jumping in a pool meant just as much to him as the work of his office means to a business man. 

ちちオオカミは ジャングルにある あらゆることのいみを モウグリに おしえた。

When he was not learning he sat out in the sun and slept, and ate and went to sleep again. 

モウグリは まなんで、ねむり、たべて、またねむった。

When he felt dirty or hot he swam in the forest pools; and when he wanted honey (Baloo told him that honey and nuts were just as pleasant to eat as raw meat) he climbed up for it, and that Bagheera showed him how to do.

よごれたとき、あついとき、
モウグリは みずたまりで およいだ。
ハチミツが ほしいとき、
かれは きにのぼった。

Referenced from: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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