アメリカの尻馬に乗るなというセリフに正面から反論するのが、どれほどしんどいことだったことか。

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アメリカ 尻馬 乗る という セリフ 正面 から 反論する どれほど しんどい こと だった こと

English Translation

Just how tiresome was it to argue straight against the phrase "Don't blindly follow America's lead!"

Furigana

アメリカの尻馬(しりうま)()るなというセリフに正面(しょうめん)から反論(はんろん)するのが、どれほどしんどいことだったことか。

Romanji

Amerika no shiriuma ni noru na toiu serifu ni shōmen kara hanronsuru no ga, dorehodo shindoi koto datta koto ka.

Words

亜米利加 (アメリカ)
America; United States of America
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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
尻馬 (しりうま)
buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed; blind imitation
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at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
乗る (のる)
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on
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(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
セリフ (セリフ)
serif
正面 (しょうめん)
front; frontage; facade; main
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
反論 (はんろん)
objection; refutation; rebuttal
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
どれ程 (どれほど、なにほど)
how much (long, far)
しんどい (しんどい)
tired; frazzled; tiresome; worrisome; bothersome
(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
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be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
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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

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 しり
Meanings: buttocks, hips, butt, rear
Readings: バ、 うま、 うま-、 ま
Meaning: horse
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 の.る、 -の.り、 の.せる
Meanings: ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 ただ.しい、 ただ.す、 まさ、 まさ.に
Meanings: correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: ハン、 ホン、 タン、 ホ、 そ.る、 そ.らす、 かえ.す、 かえ.る、 -かえ.る
Meaning: anti-
Reading: ロン
Meanings: argument, discourse