君たちの意見はそれぞれ一長一短があるようだし、どちらが良いのかこの場では判断できないよ。

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English Translation

There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.

Furigana

君(きみ)たちの意見(いけん)はそれぞれ一長一短(いっちょういったん)があるようだし、どちらが良(よ)いのかこの場(ば)では判断(はんだん)できないよ。

Romanji

Kimitachi no iken wa sorezore itchōittan ga aru yō da shi, dochira ga yoi no ka kono ba de wa handan dekinai yo.

Words

君達 (きみたち)

(used colloquially by young females) you (plural); all of you; you all

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

意見 (いけん)

opinion; view; comment

は (は)

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

夫れ夫れ (それぞれ)

each; respectively

一長一短 (いっちょういったん)

(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)

which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

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

此の (この)

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

場 (ば)

place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)

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.

判断 (はんだん)

judgment; judgement; decision; conclusion; adjudication; divination; judgement

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!