侃侃諤諤の議論が飛び交うような会議、といったことは最近はやらないのかね。

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English Translation

I wonder if they don't have meetings anymore where strong words fly and everyone goes at each other tooth and nail.

Furigana

侃侃諤諤(かんかんがくがく)の議論(ぎろん)が飛(と)び交(か)うような会議(かいぎ)、といったことは最近(さいきん)はやらないのかね。

Romanji

Kankangakugaku no giron ga tobikau yōna kaigi, to itta koto wa saikin wa yaranai no ka ne.

Words

侃侃諤諤 (かんかんがくがく)

outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint

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

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

が (が)

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

飛び交う (とびかう)

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

会議 (かいぎ)

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress

と (と)

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

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

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

は (は)

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

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

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

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not