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English Sentence:

Only a few colleagues attended the meeting.

Japanese Translation:

ほんの数人の同僚だけが会議に出席しました。

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ほんの
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ホンノ

hon'no

just, only, mere

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数|人|の
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すう|にん|の

スウ|ニン|ノ

sūnin no

a few (followed by numerical classifier for people)

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同|僚
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どう|りょう

ドウ|リョウ

dōryō

co-worker, colleague

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だけ
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ダケ

dake

only, merely

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が
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ガ

ga

(nominative case particle), but (conjunction)

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会|議
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かい|ぎ

カイ|ギ

kaigi

meeting, conference

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に
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ニ

ni

(particle for dative, time, location, direction)

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出|席|しました
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しゅっ|せき|しました

シュッ|セキ|シマシタ

shusseki shimashita

to have attended (polite)

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