恩恵: benefits from nature and communication technology
Read 恩恵 through benefits from nature and the ability to talk with distant family. Identify what provides the benefit and what it enables, without treating every benefit as a financial debt.
Benefits that nature brings to daily life
「私たちの暮らしは自然から多くの恩恵を受けています。」 (Our lives receive many benefits from nature.)
The sentence describes many benefits our lives receive from nature. 恩恵 is not limited here to kindness from an individual, nor does the sentence say every difficulty in life is solved.
Technology that enables a conversation
「通信技術の恩恵で、遠くの家族とも顔を見て話せます。」 (Communication technology allows us to see and speak with family far away.)
Communication technology makes seeing and speaking with distant family possible. That ability is different from a report that a particular call has already taken place.
What provides the benefit and what it enables
Nature benefits daily life, while communication technology enables conversations across distance. Follow the source of the benefit and the activity made possible in each example.
Receiving a benefit does not itself specify a debt to an individual or a required financial repayment. These scenes give no amount of money or guarantee that everyone has equal access.
Does receiving 恩恵 from communication technology mean the speaker has repaid money to a particular person?
Show the answer and why
No. The example concerns being able to see and speak with family far away. The benefit and the ability it enables are different from completed financial repayment.