私の議論はある意味では、『孤独な群集』でデビュド・リースマンが行った議論を変形したものである。

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English Translation

In a sense, I am turning around the argument made by David Riesman in The Lonely Crowd.

Furigana

私(わたし)の議論(ぎろん)はある意味(いみ)では、『孤独(こどく)な群集(ぐんしゅう)』でデビュド・リースマンが行(おこな)った議論(ぎろん)を変形(へんけい)したものである。

Romanji

Watashi no giron wa aru imi de wa, kodokuna gunshū de debyudori-suman ga okonatta giron o henkeishita mono de aru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

孤独 (こどく)

isolation; loneliness; solitude

群集 (ぐんしゅう)

group (of living things); crowd; community

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

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.

変形 (へんけい)

transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety; deformity; monster

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...