しかしながら、大部分の黒人にとって、本当の変化はやってくるのがきわめて遅かった。

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English Translation

Real change for most black people, however, was very slow in coming.

Furigana

しかしながら、大(だい)部分(ぶぶん)の黒人(こくじん)にとって、本当(ほんとう)の変化(へんか)はやってくるのがきわめて遅(おそ)かった。

Romanji

Shikashinagara, dai bubun no kokujin nitotte, hontō no henka wa yattekuru no ga kiwamete osokatta.

Words

然しながら (しかしながら)

however; nevertheless

大 (おお)

big; large

部分 (ぶぶん)

portion; section; part

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

黒人 (こくじん)

black person; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

変化 (へんか)

change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis; variety; diversity; inflection; declension; conjugation; sidestepping

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

極めて (きわめて)

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

遅い (おそい)

slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid