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とうしょ
当初
こうぎ
抗議
する
ひと
ほんの
わず
だった
いま
そこら
じゅう
から
あらわ
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
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
at first; at the beginning; initially; originally
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1
protest; objection
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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: ; past tense of plain copula)
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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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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
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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small
yo = to yell / say hi
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
コウ    resist; anti-   
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コウ    high spirits   
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キ    table   
lid
hand
ギ    deliberation   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ギ    honour   
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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
キン   わず very little   
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キン   すみれ violet   
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シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
grass   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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katakana fu   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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stick   
ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわ to show   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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