ぎろん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
I am just discussing the possibilities.
Pitch accent
ぎ
ろん
Composed of
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
room for argument
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
to have a discussion
Examples (80 in total)
Let's carry on the discussion.
The discussion was endless.
I am just discussing the possibilities.
Discussions are ongoing.
The argument is full of holes.
It is hardly worth discussing.
They entered into a heated discussion.
It was an argument of little substance.
I'm afraid that I don't want to discuss this matter.
Let's put a stop to this discussion.
He didn't participate in the discussion.
Let's not discuss the matter today.
After we had tea, we began the discussion.
The argument ended in a fight.
I was involved in a petty argument.
What is the basis for the argument?
He didn't give an inch in the argument.
It is no use arguing with him about it.
Since we have the opportunity, let's have a discussion including the person themselves.
A lively discussion took place at the meeting.
They went on arguing for hours.
The argument will not hold.
His argument was aside from the point.
She rebutted his argument.
I find no logic in his argument.
The committee is discussing social welfare.
The bell went off right in the middle of our discussion.
I don't like arguing.
I took his side in the argument.
All the arguments pointed in the same direction.
Well, it was fortunate that it didn't develop into a troublesome argument.
His argument was most convincing.
The Japanese are said to have always been poor at debate.
The debate over the new law continues.
We carried on the discussion till late at night.
He wins his arguments by logical reasoning.
She argues just for the sake of arguing.
Her argument was not based on facts.
There was much argument against the bill.
I grasped the entire structure of his argument.
A long discussion boiled down to a realistic conclusion.
I argued with them about the matter.
We still have enough time to discuss it.
I will discuss the question with you in detail.
They seemed to be discussing a matter of great importance.
I argued with him about the new plan.
We discussed the plan yesterday.
We discussed the matter with each other.
This question must be discussed separately from that one.
We discussed the new plan yesterday.
The data to be discussed below was collected in the following way.
After they argued, they didn't speak to each other for a week.
We will discuss this point later.
It was not a place where one could discuss proper policies.
This political problem gave rise to hot discussions.
Tom decided not to discuss religion.
There was much argument for and against the bill.
His argument is more radical than yours.
There's no need for us to argue about this.
Well, if we start arguing about that too, it'll turn into a war.
They liked to argue about political issues.
Your suggestion seems irrelevant to our discussion here.
This problem is too simple, so it is hardly worth discussing.
They came up with a plan after a long discussion.
Though his argument was convincing, we did not side with him.
They spent hours in argument about the future of Japan.
There was a heated argument as to who should be appointed chairman.
We discussed the problem far into the night.
We had a long discussion about what to do about it.
We discussed the matter from an educational point of view.
The debate over which consultant to use went on for hours.
The second argument deals with the naturalization of foreign workers in Japan.
The interpretation of this data, however, is very much in dispute.
And before we go through that procedure, we need to discuss it.
When I visited their apartment, the couple was right in the middle of an argument.
After much debate, we decided to spend our holidays in Spain.
The policeman did not believe my story, and I thought it was no good arguing with him.
The drivers began arguing about who was to blame for the accident.
Here, I'll confine this discussion to why many foreigners enjoy sumo.
She had a look that asked whether it was okay to let the discussion proceed as if drifting along.