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The new company rule was unfair to older workers.
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Vocabulary list

atarashii
i adjective
  1. new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
shasoku
noun
  1. company regulations
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nenpai
noun, no adjective
  1. elderly; age; years
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
roudousha
noun
  1. employee; worker
  2. laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
roudou
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. manual labor; manual labour; toil; work
  2. Labour Party
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
niha
expression, particle
  1. to; for; on; in; at (emphasises word marked by に)
  2. in order to; for
  3. as for; regarding (indicates respect for subject of sentence)
  4. while it is (was) the case that ...; indeed ... (but); certainly ... (but) (as AにはAが...; emphasizes the repeated word, followed by a contrasting statement)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
fukouhei
noun, na adjective
  1. unfairness; injustice; partiality
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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