当初抗議する人はほんのわずかだったが、今やそこらじゅうから湧き起こっている。

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English Translation

At first only a few people protested, but now they're all coming out of the woodwork.

Furigana

当初(とうしょ)抗議(こうぎ)する人(ひと)はほんのわずかだったが、今(いま)やそこらじゅうから湧(わ)き起(お)こっている。

Romanji

Tōsho kōgisuru hito wa honno wazuka datta ga, imaya sokorajū kara waki okotteiru.

Words

当初 (とうしょ)

at first

抗議 (こうぎ)

protest; objection

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

今や (いまや)

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

そこら中 (そこらじゅう)

everywhere; all over the place

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

湧く (わく)

to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge; to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)

起こる (おこる)

to occur; to happen