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This butter is domestic, but it is in no way inferior to foreign butter.
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Vocabulary list

kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
  3. you (as in "you liar") (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kokusanhin
noun
  1. domestic goods
kokusan
no adjective
  1. domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
hin
noun
  1. elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity
suffix
  1. article; item
suffix, counter
  1. counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant) (sometimes pronounced ぴん)
da
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)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
gaikokusan
no adjective
  1. foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
gaikoku
noun, no adjective
  1. foreign country
san
noun
  1. (giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. native of; product of
  2. assets; property; fortune
tokurabete
expression
  1. compared with
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
kuraberu

te-form

kurabete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to compare; to make a comparison
  2. to compete; to vie
sukoshimo
adverb
  1. (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest (with neg. sentence)
sukoshi
adverb, noun
  1. small quantity; little; few; something
  2. little while
  3. short distance
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
otoru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

otoranai
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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