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Pronunciation
人類 (じんるい) (n) mankind; humanity; (P) [EDICT] (rén lèi, ㄖㄣˊ ㄌㄟˋ ) humanity; human race; mankind [CE-DICT]
にとって (に取って) (exp) (uk) (See 取る・1) to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding [EDICT]
初 (はつ(P);うい) (adj-no,n-pref,n) first; new; (P) [EDICT] (うぶ) (adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) (esp. 初, 初心) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears; (n-pref) (2) (産, 生) birth- [EDICT] (ぞめ) (suf) (after the -masu stem of a verb) first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) [EDICT] (chū, ㄔㄨ ) at first; (at the) beginning; first; junior; basic [CE-DICT]
の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT]