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05-05-2011, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by chryuop View Post
Ok, this is not actually my question, but a question I found in another forum. It got me rather curious. Someone asked for the meaning of the phrase 闘う意味はそれでいい. Now, I have seen and used before Xという意味, but never a verb right before 意味. I looked online and I noticed it not an uncommon thing...so now I keep wondering about the meaning. At first sight I would just translate it as "fighting is OK" seeing as 意味 not the grammatical meaning of 闘う, but more a concept/moral meaning...am I far?
Context would be needed if it were available. The phrase is so short and it could mean different things.

The structure of the phrase itself, as you said, is pretty normal.


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