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The minister refused to give an interview to the reporters.
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Vocabulary list

daijin
noun
  1. cabinet minister
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kishadan
noun
  1. press group; press corps; group of reporters; press organization; press organisation
kisha
noun
  1. reporter; journalist
dan
noun
  1. body; group; party; company; troupe
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)
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
kaiken
noun, suru verb
  1. interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
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.
kobamu

Plain Past Indicative Form

kobanda
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to refuse; to reject; to decline
  2. to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

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