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The new law will deprive religious minorities of their right to vote.
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Vocabulary list

atarashii
i adjective
  1. new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
houritsu
noun, no adjective
  1. law
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shuukyouteki
na adjective
  1. religious; spiritual
shuukyou
noun
  1. religion; religious affiliation; belief; faith; creed
  2. religious activity
teki
suffix, na adjective
  1. -ical; -ive; -al; -ic; -y (used to form adjectives from nouns)
  2. -like; -ish; -sort of; -kind of
  3. (something) like; along the lines of (used similarly to a quoting particle, esp. as 的な or 的なこと)
  4. -wise; in terms of; for; from the viewpoint of; from a ... standpoint; as far as ... is concerned (after a noun or pronoun, esp. adverbially as ~に(は))
suffix
  1. Mr.; Ms.; Mrs. (used as a form of address with names, work titles, etc. to denote either light disdain or familiarity)
shousuuha
noun
  1. minority group (party); minority
shousuu
noun, adverb, no adjective
  1. small number; few; minority
ha
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. clique; group; coterie
  2. (political) faction; wing; party; camp
  3. school
  4. sect; denomination
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
juumin
noun
  1. inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
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
senkyoken
noun
  1. suffrage; the right to vote
senkyo
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. election
ken
noun, used as a suffix, noun
  1. right (to do something)
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. authority; power
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.
ubau
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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