発言の一部だけがマスコミに取り上げられて独り歩きした。

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English Translation

Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.

Furigana

発言(はつげん)の一部(いちぶ)だけがマスコミに取(と)り上(あ)げられて独(ひと)り歩(ある)きした。

Romanji

Hatsugen no ichibu dake ga masukomi ni toriagerarete hitoriarukishita.

Words

発言 (はつげん)

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

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

一部 (いちぶ)

one part; one portion; one section; some; one copy (e.g. of a document)

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

が (が)

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

マスコミ (マスコミ)

mass communication; the media

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

取り上げる (とりあげる)

to pick up; to take up; to adopt; to feature; to accept; to listen to; to take away; to confiscate; to deprive; to disqualify; to deliver (a child)

独り歩き (ひとりあるき)

walking alone; walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own