教養のある、一般のアメリカ人はもはや理解しあえる素養を共有していないという事実が、彼らが効果的に意志疎通できない主な理由なのである。
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English Translation
The fact that educated Americans in general no longer share understandable background knowledge is a chief cause of their inability to communicate effectively.
Furigana
Romanji
Kyōyō no aru, ippan no Amerikajin wa mohaya rikaishi aeru soyō o kyōyūshiteinai toiu jijitsu ga, karera ga kōkateki ni ishi sotsū dekinai omona riyū na no de aru.
Words
教養
(きょうよう)
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
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
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
一般
(いっぱん)
general; universal; ordinary; average; common
アメリカ人
(アメリカじん)
American person
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
最早
(もはや)
already; now; no longer; not any more
理解
(りかい)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
韲える
(あえる)
to dress vegetables (salad)
素養
(そよう)
groundings in; accomplishments; training; elementary attainments
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.
共有
(きょうゆう)
share; joint ownership; co-ownership
と言う
(という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
事実
(じじつ)
fact; truth; reality
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
彼ら
(かれら)
they (usually male); them
効果的
(こうかてき)
effective; successful
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
意志
(いし)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
疎通
(そつう)
(mutual) understanding; communication; removal of blockage (esp. medical); drainage
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
主
(おも)
chief; main; principal; important; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
理由
(りゆう、わけ)
reason; pretext; motive
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
或
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
Kanji
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: ヨウ、 リョウ、 やしな.う
Meanings: foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Reading: ハン
Meanings: carrier, carry, all, general, sort, kind
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Readings: ソ、 ス、 もと
Meanings: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Readings: キョウ、 とも、 とも.に、 -ども
Meanings: together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 あ.る
Meanings: possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: コウ、 き.く、 ききめ、 なら.う
Meanings: merit, efficacy, efficiency, benefit
Readings: カ、 は.たす、 はた.す、 -は.たす、 は.てる、 -は.てる、 は.て
Meanings: fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Reading: イ
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: シ、 シリング、 こころざ.す、 こころざし
Meanings: intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling
Readings: ソ、 ショ、 うと.い、 うと.む、 まば.ら
Meanings: alienate, rough, neglect, shun, sparse, penetrate
Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う
Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る
Meanings: wherefore, a reason