議論のため、母親と息子の近親相姦が黙認されている部族社会を仮定してみよう。

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English Translation

Imagine, for the sake of argument, a tribal group in which mother-son incest was countenanced.

Furigana

議論(ぎろん)のため、母親(ははおや)と息子(むすこ)の近親(きんしん)相姦(そうかん)が黙認(もくにん)されている部族(ぶぞく)社会(しゃかい)を仮定(かてい)してみよう。

Romanji

Giron no tame, hahaoya to musuko no kinshin sōkan ga mokuninsareteiru buzoku shakai o kateishitemiyou.

Words

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

母親 (ははおや)

mother

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

息子 (むすこ、そく)

son; penis

近親 (きんしん)

near relative

相姦 (そうかん)

adultery

が (が)

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

黙認 (もくにん)

connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence

部族 (ぶぞく)

tribe; clan; house

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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.

仮定 (かてい)

assumption; supposition; hypothesis