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論旨

ろんし

point of an argument

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Examples

  1. 論旨が明快な論文だ。

    ろんしがめいかいなろんぶんだ。

    It is a paper with a clear line of argument.

  2. 論旨がはっきりしない。

    ろんしがはっきりしない。

    The thread of the argument is unclear.

  3. 論旨の展開に無理がある。

    ろんしのてんかいにむりがある。

    The argument does not develop convincingly.

  4. 彼の論旨には賫成できない。

    かれのろんしにはさんせいできない。

    I cannot agree with the thrust of his argument.

Common patterns

論旨が明快だ
the argument is clear
論旨が通る
the argument holds together
論旨の展開
the development of the argument

Memory tip

論旨 is the thread and thrust of an argument, while 論点 is the issue being argued about. A debate has several 論点; each speaker has one 論旨.

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