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Through wrapping, Japanese people convey the love and thought contained in the giving of a gift
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動名詞は動詞を名詞的に用いるためのもので、 古くは普通の名詞のように the ～ing of ～という形で用いられていました。 そのうち、動名詞句として、 Speaking English is difficult. のような言い方が生まれました。 このような動名詞句としてのかたまりという考え方が理解できない人もある程度いるわけですが、 多くの人が理解でき、逆に名詞となった ing が理解できにくいのだと思います。 完全に名詞化した単語では at the beginnin of ～のようになるのはおわかりだと思います。 古くはこちらの用法しかなかったのです。 今では動名詞句として使われ、一部に完全に名詞化した ing がある。 giving の場合、そういう完全に名詞化ということはないと思います。 ハイスペックな電子辞書で一括検索しても giving で独立した項目にはなっていません。 だから、普通にはおっしゃるような動名詞句として、 giving a gift とするのが普通です。 the giving of a gift は古風な感じ。 ただ、ここでは contained in ～「～の中に含まれた」という意味で、 in ～ing で「～する際に」のような表現でなく、普通の物理的な「～の中に」の意味が強い用法です。 こういう in は動詞としての性質が残った動名詞句よりも、 名詞として the A of B という形をとった方が意味を感じやすくなります。 in giving ～とすると、「贈り物を与える際に」となって、contained とのつながりがあいまいになります。
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