机上論

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
じょう
Grade: 1
ろん
Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

()(じょう)(ろん) (kijōron

  1. armchair theory; speculative argument; an idea with no practical importance
    Synonyms: 空論 (kūron), 机上の空論 (kijō no kūron), 理想論 (risōron), 空理空論 (kūri kūron), 畳の上の水練 (tatami no ue no suiren)
    • 1937, Ishizaka Kitsuju, Nōseigaku yōron [Theory of agricultural management], page 255:
      リービッヒの(さい)(しょう)(よう)(ぶん)(りつ)(がい)(ねん)(てき)(しょ)(さん)であり()(じょう)(ろん)である。(これ)(はっ)(てん)させて、()()()(じゅん)によるそれ()(しん)(よう)()せしめねばならない?
      Rībihhi no saishō yōbun ritsu wa gainenteki shosan de ari kijōron de aru. Kore wa hatten sasete, jiko mujun ni yoru sore jishin o yō nose shime nebanaranai?
      Liebig's law of the minimum as a general conception is mere speculation. Must we attempt to advance a theory filled with such self-contradiction?
    • 1989, Tahara Sōichirō, Yawaraka na kigyō e no henkaku [Toward the transformation of ineffective enterprises], page 69:
      いわゆる()(じょう)(ろん)ですよ。いつまでも()てしない。そこで(わたし)は“そんな()(じょう)(ろん)はもうやめにしよう”と(てい)(あん)にしたのです。
      Iwayuru kijōron desu yo. Itsu made mo hateshinai. Soko de watashi wa “sonna kijōron wa mō yamenishiyō” to teian ni shita no desu.
      That is what is called an academic argument. It will never reach a conclusion. To that I have suggested, “Let’s stop such idle speculation.”

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