国家の文化とアイデンティティという枢要な問題から切り離された時点で、比較文化はその方向性を失う。

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English Translation

Once divorced from key questions of national culture and identity, comparative literature loses its way.

Furigana

国家(こっか)の文化(ぶんか)とアイデンティティという枢要(すうよう)な問題(もんだい)から切(き)り離(はな)された時点(じてん)で、比較(ひかく)文化(ぶんか)はその方向性(ほうこうせい)を失(うしな)う。

Romanji

Kokka no bunka to aidenthithi toiu sūyōna mondai kara kirihanasareta jiten de, hikaku bunka wa sono hōkōsei o ushinau.

Words

国家 (こっか)

state; country; nation

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

文化 (ぶんか)

culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

アイデンティティ (アイデンティティ、アイデンティティー、アイデンテティ)

identity

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

枢要 (すうよう)

importance

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

切り離す (きりはなす)

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

時点 (じてん)

point in time; occasion

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

比較 (ひかく)

comparison

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

方向性 (ほうこうせい)

trend; course of action; direction; directionality; directivity; orientation; directional; vectorial

を (を)

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.

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with