concerning; over (a dispute)

をめぐって marks the central issue that people argue, discuss, or compete over. Attach it to a noun; the modifying form is をめぐる. It usually involves multiple parties with differing views on that issue.

Examples

• その問題もんだいをめぐって、激はげしい議論ぎろんがあった。

  Sono mondai o megutte, hageshii giron ga atta.

  There was a heated debate over that problem.

• 遺産いさんをめぐる争あらそいが続つづいている。

  Isan o meguru arasoi ga tsuzuite iru.

  The dispute over the inheritance continues.

Vocabulary in these examples

• その that (+ noun)
• 問題 problem; question
• 激しい intense, violent
• 議論 argument, discussion
• ある to exist (inanimate); to have
• 遺産 inheritance, estate

Related patterns · Means and scope

• 〜を通じて through; throughout
• 〜をはじめ starting with; including (notably)
• 〜において in; at; on (formal)
• 〜のみならず not only... but also