How to say only a few students understood the matter. in Japanese
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ほんのほんの(honno) (adj-pn) mere/only/just数人数人(suunin) (n,adj-no) several peopleのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question生徒生徒(seito) (n,adj-no) pupilだけだけ(dake) (n,suf) just/only/peak/mountainがそがそ(gaso) (n) picture element/image pixel/pelのの(no) (prt) indicates possessive/nominalizes verbs and adjectives/substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases/indicates a confident conclusion/ indicates emotional emphasis/indicates question問題問題(mondai) (n) problem/questionをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,理解理解(rikai) (n,vs) understanding/comprehension/appreciation/sympathyしたした(shita) (n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talon。。(。) Japanese period "."
