理論をより詳しく吟味する前に、いくつかの指摘をしておきたい。

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English Translation

I would like to make a few remarks before turning to a close examination of the theory.

Furigana

理論(りろん)をより詳(くわ)しく吟味(ぎんみ)する前(まえ)に、いくつかの指摘(してき)をしておきたい。

Romanji

Riron o yori kuwashiku ginmisuru mae ni, ikutsu ka no shiteki o shiteokitai.

Words

理論 (りろん)

theory

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

詳しい (くわしい)

detailed; full; accurate; knowing very well; well-acquainted; well-informed

吟味 (ぎんみ)

testing; scrutiny; careful investigation

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

指摘 (してき)

pointing out; identification

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to