国会は、盗聴法案を巡ってまさに侃々諤々の体であった。

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English Translation

Parliament members had a raucous argument over the Wiretapping Law.

Furigana

国会(こっかい)は、盗聴(とうちょう)法案(ほうあん)を巡(めぐ)ってまさに侃々諤々(かんかんがくがく)の体(からだ)であった。

Romanji

Kokkai wa, tōchō hōan o megutte masani kankangakugaku no karada de atta.

Words

国会 (こっかい)

National Diet; parliament; congress

は (は)

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

盗聴 (とうちょう)

interception (email); wiretap; bug

法案 (ほうあん)

bill (law); measure

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.

巡る (めぐる)

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

正に (まさに)

exactly; surely; certainly; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening); duly; naturally

侃侃諤諤 (かんかんがくがく)

outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint

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

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...