人生（じんせい）<strong>というのは</strong>儚（はかな）いものだな。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='502'>子供（こども）</span><strong>というのは</strong><span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='953' data-vocab-id='423'>かわいい</span>ものだな。

習慣（しゅうかん）<strong>というのは</strong>恐（おそ）ろしいものだ。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='459'>外国（がいこく）</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='961'>語（ご）</span><strong>というのは</strong>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='637'>日本語（にほんご）</span>以外（いがい）の言語（げんご）。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='62'>お金（かね）</span><strong>というのは</strong>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='913'>良（よ）く</span>も悪（わる）くも<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='396'>力（ちから）</span>がある。

自販機（じはんき）<strong>というのは</strong>、自動（じどう）販売（はんばい）機（き）のことだ。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='1048'>雪（ゆき）</span><strong>というのは</strong>、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='907'>自然（しぜん）</span>現象（げんしょう）です。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='348'>働（はたら）く</span><strong>というのは</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='474'>大変（たいへん）</span>なことだ。

<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='655'>時間（じかん）</span><strong>というのは</strong>あっと<span class='gp-popout vocab-popout' data-gp-id='26 data-vocab-id='952'>言（い）う</span>間（ま）に過（す）ぎてゆくものだ。

親（おや）<strong>というのは</strong><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='21'>いつ</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='166'>でも</span><span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='502'>子供（こども）</span>のことを<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='582'>思（おも）う</span>ものだ。

失敗（しっぱい）<strong>というのは</strong>、成功（せいこう）の始（はじ）まりだ。

頼（たの）み<strong>というのは</strong>結局（けっきょく）、<span class='vocab-popout' data-vocab-id='62'>お金（かね）</span>を貸（か）してほしいということなの？

Why is というのは used (both times) in this sentence?

<div class='writeup-body'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span> is a phrase that combines the <span class='info-highlight' data-term='格助詞・かくじょし'>case marking particle</span> と,  the う - Verb 言（い）う,  and the nominalizing particle combination のは. Together, they are usually translated as 'the ~ known as ~ is ~', or 'the ~ called ~ is ~'. Sometimes, it can even simply be '~ means ~'. In essence, <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span> is just a way to turn an entire phrase into a noun, before explaining that noun further. This explanation of (A) will either be to give a definition of it, or to give a reason for it.<br>To use <span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span>, attach it to the end of a phrase that you would like to indicate as being something that will be explained further '(A)', and then follow it with your definition/reason, '(B)'.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>筋肉（きんにく）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>と言（い）うのは</span>、鍛（きた）え<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='766'>ないと</span>すぐになくなる。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>(The thing <strong>known as</strong>) Muscles need to be trained, or you lose them quickly.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>警察（けいさつ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span>市民（しみん）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>犯罪（はんざい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='52'>から</span>守（まも）ら<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='169'>なければいけません</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>(Things <strong>known as</strong>) Police need to protect the citizens from crime.</div></li></ul><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span> is sometimes used at the beginning of a new sentence, when the speaker wants to add extra information about what has already been said. In these situations, the translation is similar to 'what I mean to say is ~', or 'because of that, ~'.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>差別（さべつ）になること<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>言（い）ってはいけません。<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span>、私達（わたしたち）はみんな同（おな）じ人間（にんげん）だから<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='2'>です</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>You shouldn't say anything that could be taken as discriminatory. <strong>What I mean to say is</strong>, we're all human.</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>あなた<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='44'>が</span>言（い）った事（こと）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='21'>を</span>否定（ひてい）する<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='80'>つもり</span>で言（い）って<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='888'>いません</span>。<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span>、私（わたし）は<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='11'>それ</span><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='10'>が</span>間違（まちが）っ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='764'>ている</span><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='94'>と思（おも）っ</span>た<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='45'>から</span>言（い）ったの<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='2'>です</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I don't mean to disprove what you just said. <strong>What I mean is</strong> that, I said what I said because I personally thought that it was wrong.</div></li></ul></div><div class='writeup-caution'><div class='caution-header'>Caution</div><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>というのは</span> is regularly abbreviated as とは, or って. This can be a little bit hard to identify in casual speech, but the '(B) explains (A)' concept will still almost always apply, so should be identified that way.<ul class='writeup-examples--holder'><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>おかず<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>とは</span>なん<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='2'>です</span>か。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>What are side dishes?</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'><span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='47'>あの</span>人（ひと）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='10'>が</span>70歳（さい）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='228'>とは</span>信（しん）じられ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='51'>ない</span>。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>I can't believe that person is 70. (70 years old, as I know it)</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>夢（ゆめ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='435'>って</span>簡単（かんたん）に諦（あきら）められ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='51'>ない</span>よ<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='71'>ね。</span></div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Dreams are so hard to give up. (Dreams as we know them)</div></li><li class='writeup-example'><div class='writeup-example--japanese'>法律（ほうりつ）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='435'>って</span>ほんとうに必要（ひつよう）<span class='gp-popout' data-gp-id='17'>なの</span>か。</div><div class='writeup-example--english'>Are laws actually necessary? (Laws as we know them)</div></li></ul></div></div>

Grammar Info

と言(い)うのは

~ Known as ~ is, ~ Called ~ is, ~ Means ~, Because