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とうしょ
当初
こうぎ
抗議
する
ひと
人
はほんの
わず
僅
か
だったが、
いま
今
や
そこら
じゅう
中
から
あらわ
現
れている
。
At first only a few people protested, but now they’re all coming out of the woodwork.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
と う し ょ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
at first; at the beginning; initially; originally
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こ う ぎ 1
protest; objection
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ひ と 0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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Most common form: ほんのわずか
expression, noun, 'na' adjective, 'no' adjective
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit  (often written with kana only)
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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い ま や 1
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
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noun
everywhere; all over the place
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あ ら わ れ る 4
Most common form: 表われる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to come out; to embody; to materialize; to materialise
2. to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
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Kanji
当
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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⺌
small
ヨ
yo = to yell / say hi
初
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじめ beginning   -ぞめ first doing of   
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衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
抗
コウ    resist; anti-   
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亢
コウ    high spirits   
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几
キ    table   
亠
lid
扌
hand
議
ギ    deliberation   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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義
ギ    honour   
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我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
僅
キン   わずか very little   
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堇
キン   すみれ violet   
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主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
艹
grass   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
今
コン   キン   いま now   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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㇇
katakana fu   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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丨
stick   
現
ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわす to show   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
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