選挙の結果 / それ / 気持ちの上で / で / も

[eeky]

Hiya,


1. 選挙の結果その党は政権の一角を占めた。

Translation given: "The election gave the party a role in the government."

How does 選挙の結果 connect grammatically to the rest of the sentence? Is there a particle missing?


2. This is a note on the use of ～わけにはいかない:

それをしてもいいのが、気持ちの上でそれはできないというニュアンスが強い。

I don't understand this at all.

Do the two instances of それ refer to the subject of ～わけにはいかない? Then it would seem to mean "You can do ～, but there is a strong nuance that it is impossible." But this makes no sense.

Also, what does 気持ちの上で mean?


3. 警官による暴行事件はあやうく暴動に火をつけるところでした。

Translation given: "The police brutality incidents nearly set off a riot."

I thought this meant "According to the police, violent incidents nearly set off a riot." Is my translation possible? Or would that have to be によると?


4. 一時にJRの秋葉原駅で待ち合わせでいいですか。

My translation: "How about we meet at Akihabara JR station at one o'clock?"

I'm not very sure what the で is doing in 待ち合わせでいいですか. No doubt I should know this, but it somehow looked odd.


5. Students have been told to practise a conversation where one invites the other to a party, and that they should make up a date for the party (日時は自由). Then:

どのようなパーティーかも、自分で決めなさい。

I understand this is telling the students that they should decide what kind of party it is, but I'm unsure about も. Does it mean they should *also* decide the type of party (in addition to deciding the date), or does it go with どの to mean more like "you decide on *whatever* kind of party (you like)"? I'm thinking now that it's the former?

 

[lemonworld]

2. This is a note on the use of ～わけにはいかない:
それをしてもいいのが、気持ちの上でそれはできないというニュアンスが強い。
I don't understand this at all.
Do the two instances of それ refer to the subject of ～わけにはいかない? Then it would seem to mean "You can do ～, but there is a strong nuance that it is impossible." But this makes no sense.
Also, what does 気持ちの上で mean?

A loose translation would be "While you can do it, there's a strong nuance of it being wrong (according to feelings/morals/etc)".

3. 警官による暴行事件はあやうく暴動に火をつけるところでした。
Translation given: "The police brutality incidents nearly set off a riot."
I thought this meant "According to the police, violent incidents nearly set off a riot." Is my translation possible? Or would that have to be によると?

You are right in that it would be "によると" if it were "according to the police". "による" means "caused by".

4. 一時にJRの秋葉原駅で待ち合わせでいいですか。
My translation: "How about we meet at Akihabara JR station at one o'clock?"
I'm not very sure what the で is doing in 待ち合わせでいいですか. No doubt I should know this, but it somehow looked odd.

"でいいですか" is kind of like "are you okay with this (idea, whatever)?". So the person is suggesting that they meet at Akihabara JR station and one o'clock, and then asks if the listener is okay with that. I can't even think of any other particle to use in that particular sentence structure.
Here's a simple example of that way of using で:

ご飯は、お寿司でいいです。 "I'm fine with eating sushi for dinner." (for example when someone says there's sushi but they could make something else too, and you say that sushi is fine)
ご飯は、お寿司がいいです。 "I want dinner to be sushi." (when you're given many choices, and you decide sushi is the one you want and nothing else)

5. Students have been told to practise a conversation where one invites the other to a party, and that they should make up a date for the party (日時は自由). Then:
どのようなパーティーかも、自分で決めなさい。
I understand this is telling the students that they should decide what kind of party it is, but I'm unsure about も. Does it mean they should *also* decide the type of party (in addition to deciding the date), or does it go with どの to mean more like "you decide on *whatever* kind of party (you like)"? I'm thinking now that it's the former?

It means indeed that they should also decide what kind of a party it will be. Think of it like this: 「どのようなパーティーか」も、自分で決めなさい。

 

[Toritoribe]

1)
結果 can be used adverbially, meaning 選挙の結果として "as a result of~".

３ 副詞的に用いて、ある事態の生じるもととなる結末状態を表す。「猛勉強をした―、合格した」

結果 - goo辞書

2)
Isn't it それをしてもいいのだが?

それをする refers to "to do", i.e., "～" in ～わけにはいかない.

3)
～による is the conclusive or adnominal form, so it can't be used adverbially.

5)
どのようなパーティーも(without か) is "any kind of party".

 

[eeky]

Thank you both!

Isn't it それをしてもいいのだが?

Yes, sorry, my mistake.