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Zach

階層問題に対する、消費社会論の著である。

Sentence Analyzer

階層 問題 に対する 消費 社会論 ある

English Translation

It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.

Furigana

階層(かいそう)問題(もんだい)(たい)する、消費(しょうひ)社会論(しゃかいろん)(ちょ)である。

Romanji

Kaisō mondai nitaisuru, shōhi shakairon no cho de aru.

Words

階層 (かいそう)
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
に対する (にたいする)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
消費 (しょうひ)
consumption; expenditure
()
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
(ちょ)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: カイ、 きざはし
Meanings: storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
Reading: ソウ
Meanings: stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: タイ、 ツイ、 あいて、 こた.える、 そろ.い、 つれあ.い、 なら.ぶ、 むか.う
Meanings: vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す
Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
Readings: シャ、 やしろ
Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine
Readings: カイ、 エ、 あ.う、 あ.わせる、 あつ.まる
Meanings: meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Reading: ロン
Meanings: argument, discourse
Readings: チョ、 チャク、 あらわ.す、 いちじる.しい
Meanings: renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race), counter for suits of clothing, literary work