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(What I've just told you is nothing more than my hope, so please don't
take it too seriously.)
L*ii:*i t?Li: 6L
(d) %Lo4X Aii7'1b1W b %h~.-c &%33 ~~bk:%$Xab>,,
(My income is only $20,000 even if I include my side job (income).)
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(el $LQ%LT < tt~X~ih%g~tt~&~i- A+ZEK~SG~~,
(There are no more than about 50 people who support me (lit. The peo-
ple who support me are no more than about fifty), even if I include my
relatives.)

(g) W(~~E)A~~&&V~ v LW~ (w)
(He is doing nothing more than echoing other people's opinions.)

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(i) %~k tt~~~iia~mok!, !@a%$$%& L?: (EL?)
(Mr. Yamano and I did nothing more than exchange simple greetings
when we first met each other.)
1. Ni suginai is not commonly used with adjectives although the patterns in
(1) are possible.
To express the idea that someone or something is X and that's all (where
X is an adjective), dake da is usually used, as in (2).
(2) zo%iix3b~f:~ff:,
(This house is big and that's all.)
(* dake (DBJG: 93-97))
2. In Formation (ii), the quantifier can be either a number with or without