それでも、苦痛というものがどのような脳のプロセスで引き起こされるのかということについての科学的な説明がやはり必要である。

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English Translation

All the same, we still need a scientific account of how exactly pains are caused by brain processes.

Furigana

それでも、苦痛(くつう)というものがどのような脳(のう)のプロセスで引(ひ)き起(お)こされるのかということについての科学的(かがくてき)な説明(せつめい)がやはり必要(ひつよう)である。

Romanji

Soredemo, kutsū toiu mono ga dono yōna nō no purosesu de hikiokosareru no ka toiu koto nitsuite no kagakuteki na setsumei ga yahari hitsuyō de aru.

Words

其れでも (それでも)

but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding

苦痛 (くつう)

pain; agony; bitterness

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

脳 (のう)

brain; brains; mind

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

プロセス (プロセス)

process

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.

引き起こす (ひきおこす)

to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

科学的 (かがくてき)

scientific

だ (だ)

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

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

矢張り (やはり)

too; also; likewise; either; still; as before; even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same; as expected

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement