テレビは精神を受け身の状態にして置くという点で有害である。

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English Translation

TV is harmful in that it keeps your mind in a passive state.

Furigana

テレビは精神(せいしん)を受(う)け身(み)の状態(じょうたい)にして置(お)くという点(てん)で有害(ゆうがい)である。

Romanji

Terebi wa seishin o ukemi no jōtai ni shite oku toiu ten de yūgai de aru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

は (は)

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

精神 (せいしん)

mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention

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.

受身 (うけみ)

the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; passiveness; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)

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

状態 (じょうたい)

current status; condition; situation; circumstances; state

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

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

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

点 (てん)

spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

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.

有害 (ゆうがい)

harmfulness

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...