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論ずる

ろんずる

to argue, to discuss, to debate

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Examples

  1. その問題は後で論ずることにしよう。

    そのもんだいはあとでろんずることにしよう。

    Let's discuss that issue later.

  2. 彼は環境問題について熱心に論ずる人だ。

    かれはかんきょうもんだいについてねっしんにろんずるひとだ。

    He is someone who argues passionately about environmental problems.

  3. 結果も見ないで成功か失敗かを論ずるのは早すぎる。

    けっかもみないでせいこうかしっぱいかをろんずるのははやすぎる。

    It is far too early to debate success or failure before we have even seen the results.

Common patterns

～について論ずる
to discuss / argue about ~
是非を論ずる
to debate the rights and wrongs
論ずるに足りない
not worth discussing

Memory tip

A stiff, written-style twin of 論じる, and the two share the same inflections (論じた, 論じて, 論じない) — only the dictionary form differs. Save 論ずる for essays and speeches.

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