Did I interprete 過ごす correctly here?


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it is taken from line 7-8:
また、建物の向きは、風や太陽の向きを考えて決められている。風の抵抗を少なくし、夏は涼しく、冬は暖かく過ごすためである。

=> "Then, concerning the buildings inclination, it was decided considering the
inclination of wind and the sun. Because it takes care of that the wind
resistance is low and that it is warm in the summer and that it is cool in the
winter."

"to take care" is classified as an archaism on jisho
<http://jisho.org/search/sugosu> so I wanted to ask wether this archaic
interpretation is justified here or if I just understood it all wrong..^^




> また、建物の向きは、風や太陽の向きを考えて決められている。風の抵抗を少なくし、夏は涼しく、冬は暖かく過ごすためである。

The 過ごす means "to spend (time)". From 明鏡国語辞典:

> すごす【過ごす】他動詞  
>  ❶ 時間の中に身をおいて生活する。一定の時間を送る。「幼年期を外国で過ごした」「休日は家族と一緒に過ごす」「郷里で余生を過ごす」

And in your example:  
「夏を（～に/～くetc.）過ごす」"spend the summer (in the manner of...)"  
「冬を（～に/～くetc.）過ごす」"spend the winter (in the manner of...)"  
(The contrastive は's have replaced を's in your example)

The ～ため means "so that (they) can..." "for the purpose of..."

So 「夏は涼しく、冬は暖かく過ごすためである」 literally means "It is for the purpose of spending
the summer cool, and the winter warm".

breakdown:  
また、 and; also; besides  
建物の向きは、 as for what direction the building faces,  
風や太陽の向きを考えて considering the directions of the wind and the sun  
決められている。 ...has been decided.  
風の抵抗を少なくし、 make wind resistance smaller; decrease wind resistance  
夏は涼しく、冬は暖かく過ごす spend the summer cool and the winter warm  
ためである so that (they) can... / it is for the purpose of...

Put together:

And, as for what direction the building faces, it has been decided considering
the directions of the wind and the sun. It is for the purpose of decreasing
wind resistance, and spending the summer cool and the winter warm.




> また、建物の向きは、風や太陽の向きを考えて決められている。風の抵抗を少なくし、夏は涼しく、冬は暖かく過ごすためである。

The 過ごす means "to spend (time)". From 明鏡国語辞典:

> すごす【過ごす】他動詞  
>  ❶ 時間の中に身をおいて生活する。一定の時間を送る。「幼年期を外国で過ごした」「休日は家族と一緒に過ごす」「郷里で余生を過ごす」

And in your example:  
「夏を（～に/～くetc.）過ごす」"spend the summer (in the manner of...)"  
「冬を（～に/～くetc.）過ごす」"spend the winter (in the manner of...)"  
(The contrastive は's have replaced を's in your example)

The ～ため means "so that (they) can..." "for the purpose of..."

So 「夏は涼しく、冬は暖かく過ごすためである」 literally means "It is for the purpose of spending
the summer cool, and the winter warm".

breakdown:  
また、 and; also; besides  
建物の向きは、 as for what direction the building faces,  
風や太陽の向きを考えて considering the directions of the wind and the sun  
決められている。 ...has been decided.  
風の抵抗を少なくし、 make wind resistance smaller; decrease wind resistance  
夏は涼しく、冬は暖かく過ごす spend the summer cool and the winter warm  
ためである so that (they) can... / it is for the purpose of...

Put together:

And, as for what direction the building faces, it has been decided considering
the directions of the wind and the sun. It is for the purpose of decreasing
wind resistance, and spending the summer cool and the winter warm.

