誰が議長に任命されるかについて、激しい議論がかわされた。

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English Translation

There was a heated argument as to who should be appointed chairman.

Furigana

誰(だれ)が議長(ぎちょう)に任命(にんめい)されるかについて、激(はげ)しい議論(ぎろん)がかわされた。

Romanji

Dare ga gichō ni ninmeisareru ka nitsuite, hageshii giron ga kawasareta.

Words

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

が (が)

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

議長 (ぎちょう)

chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)

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

任命 (にんめい)

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

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

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

激しい (はげしい)

violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

躱す (かわす)

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep