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Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty, and oppression.
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minzokuteki
na adjective
  1. ethnic; racial; national
minzoku
noun, no adjective
  1. people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
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
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
henken
noun
  1. prejudice; bias; distorted view
hinkon
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. poverty; penury; need; destitution
  2. shortage; lack; want
yokuatsu
noun, suru verb
  1. check; restraint; oppression; suppression
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)
tatakau

te-form

tatakatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against) (esp. 戦う)
  2. to compete (against) (esp. 戦う)
  3. to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist (esp. 闘う)
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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