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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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)に乗(の)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

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

尻馬 (しりうま)

buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed; blind imitation

に (に)

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

な (な)

(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

が (が)

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

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

か (か)

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