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Critics are just crying wolf about protectionism.
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Vocabulary list

hyouronka
noun
  1. critic; reviewer; commentator
hyouron
noun, suru verb
  1. criticism; critique
ka
suffix
  1. -ist; -er (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.)
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hogobouekishugi
noun
  1. protectionism
hogoboueki
noun
  1. protective trade
hogo
noun, suru verb
  1. protection; safeguard; guardianship; custody; patronage
  2. preservation; conservation
boueki
noun, suru verb
  1. trade (foreign)
shugi
noun
  1. doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
hitosawagase
na adjective, noun
  1. person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
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
uso
noun
  1. otter (Lutra lutra)
  2. Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)
uso
noun
  1. Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
iu

te-form

itte
godan verb
  1. to say; to utter; to declare
  2. to name; to call
  3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Polite Present Indicative Form

imasu
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)

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