枝葉末節の議論はもうそろそろ止めにして、本筋の話に移りませんか。

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English Translation

Why don't we stop arguing over these piddling matters and get to the issues at hand?

Furigana

枝葉(えだは)末節(まっせつ)の議論(ぎろん)はもうそろそろ止(と)めにして、本筋(ほんすじ)の話(はなし)に移(うつ)りませんか。

Romanji

Edaha massetsu no giron wa mō sorosoro tome ni shite, honsuji no hanashi ni utsurimasen ka.

Words

枝葉 (しよう、えだは)

leaves and branches; foliage; unimportant details; inessentials; side issues

末節 (まっせつ)

minor details; nonessentials

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

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

そろそろ (そろそろ、そろっと)

slowly; quietly; steadily; gradually; gingerly; soon; momentarily; before long; any time now

留め (とめ)

(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

本筋 (ほんすじ)

main thread (of a story)

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

移る (うつる)

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)

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