定着しきってはいない

English translation: not fully established

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Japanese term or phrase:定着しきってはいない
English translation:not fully established
Entered by: Jonathan Lawson

18:40 Mar 5, 2007
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Linguistics
Japanese term or phrase: 定着しきってはいない
From the phrase:
このように外来語として定着しきってはいないが、社会的に通用している言葉は、ただ忌避(嫌って避ける)しているだけでは、生きる力として生かすことができない。
I'm lost with the first section (up to the ga) on this sentence, and how it relates to the rest of it. Any help?
Jonathan Lawson
Local time: 23:08
not fully established
Explanation:
shikiru means to do something completely.
This seems to be the topic of the sentence: Words commonly used in society but not fully established as loanwords...
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Local time: 23:08
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not fully established


Explanation:
shikiru means to do something completely.
This seems to be the topic of the sentence: Words commonly used in society but not fully established as loanwords...

Steven Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 15
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