本書の欠点は、既婚者である著者が非婚をすすめても、説得力を欠く事である。

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English Translation

The weak point of this book is that it's less than persuasive when the married author recommends not being married.

Furigana

本書(ほんしょ)の欠点(けってん)は、既婚者(きこんしゃ)である著者(ちょしゃ)が非(ひ)婚(こん)をすすめても、説得力(せっとくりょく)を欠(か)く事(こと)である。

Romanji

Honsho no ketten wa, kikonsha de aru chosha ga hi kon o susumete mo, settokuryoku o kaku koto de aru.

Words

本書 (ほんしょ)

text; script; this book

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

欠点 (けってん)

fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback; failure (in an examination); failing grade

は (は)

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

既婚者 (きこんしゃ)

married person

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

著者 (ちょしゃ)

author (usu. of a particular book); writer

が (が)

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

非 (ひ)

fault; error; mistake; going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable; un-; non-; an-

婚 (くながい)

sexual intercourse

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.

勧める (すすめる)

to recommend; to advise; to encourage; to offer (wine)

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

説得力 (せっとくりょく)

persuasiveness; persuasive power

欠く (かく)

to chip; to nick; to break; to crack; to lack

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