若者wakamono言葉kotobaをwo嘆くnageku声koeはha、いつitsuのno時代jidaiにniもmo繰りkuri返さkaesaれreてteきkiたta慨嘆gaitanにniすぎsugiないnai。
Laments over youth slang are nothing more than the same old complaint repeated in every era.
言葉kotobaはha生き物ikimonoでdeありari、変化henkaしshiないnai言語gengoなどnado、死んshinだda言語gengoをwo除いnozoiてte存在sonzaiしshiないnai。
Language is a living thing; no unchanging language exists except dead ones.
SNSesuenuesuのno普及fukyuuはha、言葉kotobaのno流行ryuukouとto廃れsutareのno周期shuukiをwoかつてkatsuteないnaiほどhodo加速kasokuさsaせseたta。
The spread of social media has accelerated the cycle of linguistic fashion and decay beyond anything seen before.
かつてkatsuteはha反抗hankouのno記号kigouだっdaたta表現hiyougenがga、瞬くshibatataku間aidaにni商業shiyougiyouにni回収kaishuuさsaれるreruことkotoもmo珍しくmezurashikuないnai。
Expressions that were once symbols of rebellion are now routinely absorbed by commerce in the blink of an eye.
敬語keigoのno乱れmidareをwo指摘shitekiするsuru向きmukiもmoあるaruがga、丁寧teineiさsaのno形katachiがga変容henyouしshiてteいるiruだけdakeだdaとtoのno見方mikataもmo有力yuuriyokuだda。
Some point to the decay of honorifics, but the view that only the form of politeness is transforming carries weight.
方言hougenがga見mi直さnaosaれre、地域chiikiのnoアイデンティティaidentitiとtoしshiてte再sai評価hiyoukaさsaれるreru動きugokiもmo広がっhirogaてteいるiru。
Movements to reappraise dialects as regional identity are also spreading.
外来gairai語goのno氾濫hanranをwo憂うureu声koeがgaあるaru一方ippouでde、日本nihon語goのno外来gairai語go受容juyou力riyokuこそkosoがga生命seimei力riyokuのno証akashiだdaとtoいうiu指摘shitekiもmoあるaru。
While some deplore the flood of loanwords, others argue that Japanese power to absorb them is itself proof of vitality.
言葉kotobaのno正しtadashiさsaをwo誰dareがga決めるkimeruのnoかkaとtoいうiu問いtoiはha、権力kenriyokuとto言語gengoのno関係kankeiをwo暴きabaki出すdasu。
The question of who decides linguistic correctness exposes the relationship between power and language.
辞書jishiyoがga追いoiつかtsukaないnaiほどhodoのno速度sokudoでde生まれるumareru新語shingoはha、社会shakaiのno変化henkaをwo映すutsusu鏡kagamiにniほかhokaならnaraないnai。
Neologisms born faster than dictionaries can track are nothing less than mirrors reflecting social change.
大切taisetsuなnaのnoはha、変化henkaをwo嘆くnagekuことkotoでdeはhaなくnaku、言葉kotobaとtoともtomoにni思考shikouをwo鍛えkitae続けるtsuzukeruことkotoだろうdarou。
What matters is surely not lamenting change, but continuing to train our thinking along with our words.
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