講演者はアメリカ文学一般について、そしてとりわけ、フォークナーについて話をした。

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English Translation

The lecturer spoke generally about American literature and specifically about Faulkner.

Furigana

講演者(こうえんしゃ)はアメリカ文学(ぶんがく)一般(いっぱん)について、そしてとりわけ、フォークナーについて話(はなし)をした。

Romanji

Kōensha wa Amerika bungaku ippan nitsuite, soshite toriwake, fuxo-kuna- nitsuite hanashi o shita.

Words

講演者 (こうえんしゃ)

lecturer; speaker

は (は)

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

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

文学 (ぶんがく)

literature

一般 (いっぱん)

general; universal; ordinary; average; common

に就いて (について)

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

然して (そして、しかして)

and; and then; thus; and now

取り分け (とりわけ)

especially; above all; inter alia; among others

話 (はなし)

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

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.

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