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発言の一部だけがマスコミに取り上げられて独り歩きした。

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発言 一部 だけ マスコミ 取り上げられて 独り歩きした

English Translation

Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.

Furigana

発言(はつげん)一部(いちぶ)だけがマスコミに()()げられて(ひと)(ある)きした。

Romanji

Hatsugen no ichibu dake ga masukomi ni toriagerarete hitoriarukishita.

Words

発言 (はつげん)
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
()
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
一部 (いちぶ)
one part; one portion; one section; some; one copy (e.g. of a document)
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
マスコミ (マスコミ)
mass communication; the media
()
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
取り上げる (とりあげる)
to pick up; to take up; to adopt; to feature; to accept; to listen to; to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify; to deliver (a child)
独り歩き (ひとりあるき)
walking alone; walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own

Kanji

Readings: ハツ、 ホツ、 た.つ、 あば.く、 おこ.る、 つか.わす、 はな.つ
Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ブ、 -べ
Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り
Meanings: take, fetch, take up
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: ドク、 トク、 ひと.り
Meanings: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
Readings: ホ、 ブ、 フ、 ある.く、 あゆ.む
Meanings: walk, counter for steps