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Real change for most black people, however, was very slow in coming.
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shikashinagara
adverb, conjunction
  1. however; nevertheless
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daibubun
noun
  1. most part; greater part; majority
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dai
prefix, na adjective, noun
  1. large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
prefix
  1. great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
suffix
  1. -sized; as big as; the size of
suffix, prefix
  1. university
noun
  1. large (e.g. serving size); large option
  2. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
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bubun
noun
  1. portion; section; part
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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
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kokujin
noun
  1. black person
  2. woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
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nitotte
expression
  1. to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
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hontou
noun, no adjective, na adjective
  1. truth; reality; actuality; fact
no adjective, na adjective
  1. proper; right; correct; official
  2. genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable
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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
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henka
noun, suru verb
  1. change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis
noun
  1. variety; diversity
noun, suru verb
  1. inflection; declension; conjugation
  2. sidestepping
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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yattekuru
expression, kuru verb
  1. to come along; to come around; to turn up
  2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
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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
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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)
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kiwamete
adverb
  1. exceedingly; extremely; decisively
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osoi

Plain Past Indicative Form

osokatta
i adjective
  1. slow; time-consuming; sluggish
  2. late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night
  3. later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual
  4. too late; having missed the boat
  5. dull; stupid
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