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Ethnic minorities struggle against prejudice, poverty and so on.
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shousuuminzoku
noun, no adjective
  1. minority peoples
shousuu
noun, adverb, no adjective
  1. small number; few; minority
minzoku
noun, no adjective
  1. people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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
ya
particle
  1. such things as ...; and ... and (used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place)
  2. the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as (after the dictionary form of a verb)
copula
  1. be; is
interjection
  1. o; oh (punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.)
  2. huh; what (interjection expressing surprise)
  3. hi
  4. yes; what?
particle
  1. yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? (indicates a question)
hinkon
noun, na adjective, no adjective
  1. poverty; penury; need; destitution
  2. shortage; lack; want
nado
particle
  1. et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
  2. or something (after an approximate quote or vague suggestion)
  3. the likes of (lessening the significance or value of the previous word)
  4. for example; for instance; for one
iroiro
na adjective, no adjective, adverb, adverb taking the to particle, noun
  1. various; all sorts of; variety of
noun
  1. various colors (colours)
na
particle
  1. don't (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb)
  2. do (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb)
interjection
  1. hey; listen; you
particle
  1. now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end)
  2. wow; ooh (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end)
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
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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