最初に議論すべき点は、この地域に差別が存在したかどうかということである。

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English Translation

The first point to be discussed is whether segregation existed in this district.

Furigana

最初(さいしょ)に議論(ぎろん)すべき点(てん)は、この地域(ちいき)に差別(さべつ)が存在(そんざい)したかどうかということである。

Romanji

Saisho ni gironsu beki ten wa, kono chiiki ni sabetsu ga sonzaishita ka dō ka toiu koto de aru.

Words

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

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

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

点 (てん)

spot; mark; point; dot; mark (e.g. in exam); score; points; comma; aspect; matter; respect; counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

差別 (さべつ、しゃべつ、しゃべち)

discrimination; distinction; differentiation

が (が)

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

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...