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At first only a few people protested, but now they're all coming out of the woodwork.
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Vocabulary list

tousho
noun, no adjective
  1. beginning; start; outset
noun, adverb
  1. at first; at the beginning; initially; originally
kougi
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. protest; objection
suru
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
hito
noun
  1. man; person
  2. human being; mankind; people
  3. human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
  4. character; personality
  5. man of talent; true man
  6. another person; other people; others
  7. adult
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
honnowazuka
expression, noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
honno
pre-noun adjectival
  1. mere; only; just; slight
wazuka
na adjective, no adjective
  1. (a) little; (a) few; slight; small (amount); trifling; meagre; meager
adverb
  1. only; just; merely
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)
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)
imaya
adverb
  1. now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
sokorajuu
sokorajuu
noun
  1. everywhere; all over the place
sokora
noun
  1. everywhere; somewhere; approximately; that area; around there
juu
suffix
  1. through; throughout; in the course of
  2. all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
wakiokoru

te-form

wakiokotte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to well up; to burst; to arise
waku

masu stem

waki
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
  2. to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
  3. to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.)
  4. to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
okoru

te-form

okotte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to occur; to happen
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
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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