いやいや、結構結構。下の名前で呼び合うのは親近感がわいてよろしいことだ。

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English Translation

Not at all, that's perfectly fine. Calling each other by one's given name is a good thing; it produces a feeling of fellowship.

Furigana

いやいや、結構(けっこう)結構(けっこう)。下(した)の名前(なまえ)で呼(よ)び合(あ)うのは親近感(しんきんかん)がわいてよろしいことだ。

Romanji

Iyaiya, kekkō kekkō. shita no namae de yobiau no wa shinkinkan ga waite yoroshii koto da.

Words

嫌々 (いやいや)

unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly; shaking head in refusal (to children); no!; no no!; not at all

結構 (けっこう)

splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); (by implication) no thank you; well enough; OK; tolerable; reasonably; fairly; tolerably; construction; architecture

下 (した)

below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter); bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after; inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior); trade-in; preliminary; preparatory

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

名前 (なまえ)

name; full name; given name; first name

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.

呼ぶ (よぶ)

to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife

は (は)

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

親近感 (しんきんかん)

affinity

が (が)

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

沸く (わく)

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to be in a state of excitement; to get excited; to take place energetically; to erupt (e.g. in applause, cheers)

宜しい (よろしい)

good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do; may; can

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

だ (だ)

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