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信仰の問題を考えると、30年代、および西欧の共産主義との恋愛ということに向かわざるをえない。

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信仰 問題 考える 年代 および 西欧 共産 主義 恋愛 という こと 向かわざる えない

English Translation

The problem of faith brings us to the Thirties and the Western love-affair with communism.

Furigana

信仰(しんこう)問題(もんだい)(かんが)えると、30年代(ねんだい)、および西欧(せいおう)共産(きょうさん)主義(しゅぎ)との恋愛(れんあい)ということに()かわざるをえない。

Romanji

Shinkō no mondai o kangaeru to, san zero nendai, oyobi Seiō no Kyōsan shugi to no ren'ai toiu koto ni mukawazaru o enai.

Words

信仰 (しんこう)
(religious) faith; belief; creed
()
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
問題 (もんだい)
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
考える (かんがえる)
to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
(さん、み)
three; tri-
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
年代 (ねんだい)
age; era; period; date
及び (および)
and; as well as
西欧 (せいおう)
Western Europe
共産 (きょうさん)
communism; Communist Party
主義 (しゅぎ)
doctrine; rule; principle
恋愛 (れんあい)
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(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
()
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
向かう (むかう)
to face; to go towards
選る (よる、える、すぐる)
to choose; to select

Kanji

Reading: シン
Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust
Readings: ギョウ、 コウ、 あお.ぐ、 おお.せ、 お.っしゃる、 おっしゃ.る
Meanings: face-up, look up, depend, seek, respect, rever, drink, take
Readings: モン、 と.う、 と.い、 とん
Meanings: question, ask, problem
Reading: ダイ
Meanings: topic, subject
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
西
Readings: セイ、 サイ、 ス、 にし
Meanings: west, Spain
Readings: オウ、 うた.う、 は.く
Meaning: Europe
Readings: キョウ、 とも、 とも.に、 -ども
Meanings: together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with
Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: レン、 こ.う、 こい、 こい.しい
Meanings: romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling
Readings: アイ、 いと.しい、 かな.しい、 め.でる、 お.しむ、 まな
Meanings: love, affection, favourite
Readings: コウ、 む.く、 む.い、 -む.き、 む.ける、 -む.け、 む.かう、 む.かい、 む.こう、 む.こう-、 むこ、 むか.い
Meanings: yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach