そいつは衰退のレトリックというものだ。

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そいつ 衰退 レトリック という もの

English Translation

But it's the rhetoric of failure.

Furigana

そいつは衰退(すいたい)のレトリックというものだ。

Romanji

Soitsu wa suitai no retorikku toiu mono da.

Words

其奴 (そいつ、そやつ)
that person (guy, fellow); that (one)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
衰退 (すいたい)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
()
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
レトリック (レトリック)
rhetoric
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: スイ、 おとろ.える
Meanings: decline, wane, weaken
退
Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く
Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject