- こくろん
- [国論] national opinion【U】public opinion【U】世論.* * *こくろん【国論】national opinion〖U〗public opinion〖U〗世論.* * *こくろん【国論】public opinion.
●その問題では国論が二分している. Public opinion is divided on the matter.
●国論をまとめる unify public opinion
・国論を増税やむなしの方向に誘導する guide public opinion towards accepting the inevitability of a tax increase; try to persuade the public that tax increases cannot be avoided
・条約改正をめぐって国論を二分する激しい論争が展開された. The issue of treaty revision aroused a fierce debate that split public opinion in the country into two camps.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.