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彼｛かれ｝はオフィスで働いています｛はたらいています｝。
In this sentence, the bolded part splits into two pieces:
「働いて｛はたらいて｝」(て-form of the verb 働く｛はたらく｝)
「います」(ます-form of the verb いる)
The て-form of a verb has many uses, and in this case can be thought of as applying a progressive aspect to the verb 働く (similar to "-ing" in English).
The grammar construction of 「て-form」＋「いる・います」...
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For the nuance of ともすると, please see this. This is a very old fixed phrase, and basically you should remember it without analyzing it too much. But according to the link, this と means "like this/that", and も is "even", so it literally means something like "if things go even like this".
かとも is, yes, か ("may", "can it be") + と (quotative) + も ("even"). So ～...
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The answer in the linked question basically applies here as well except that what comes before ほど does not have to be a noun for the sentence to mean "No C is as B as A." It can also be the attributive form (連体形) of a verb. But you can make your sentence structurally the same as the ones in that answer by nominalizing the verb with こと:
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「すらさえも」 is only a highly emphatic form of:
・「すら（も）」 or
・「さえ（も）」
Combining the two does not produce a "new" meaning of its own.
You should, therefore, just think of it as an emphatic way of saying "even" in English.
"Even the lolicon bastard who (had) kidnapped a kid kept making fun of me, too."
The original sentence is in the passive-voice form while ...
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Regarding this ～とては, I initially thought this was a typo, but this seems to be a valid construction taken from an archaic grammar pattern, meaning "Speaking of ～" or something. See @goldbrick's comment. Usually ～としては ("As for ～", "As ～", "From ～'s standpoint", "As far as ～ is concerned") is used in modern standard Japanese.
～があるばかりだ is "there is only ～" or "...
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In Okinawan, what is the ン in ウチナーンチュ?
User ithisa conjectured that this ン is from ぬ, from の. Let's explore.
Standard Japanese 日本人【にほんじん】 doesn't seem to have an equivalent [to Okinawan ン].
You're correct, but note that the Japanese on'yomi term 日本人【にほんじん】 follows Chinese grammar, where "a person from XYZ place" can be expressed as [PLACE] + person. ...
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Unlike English "also", the particle も can be used when there is no explicit "similar" thing specified in the context. In such cases, も is closer to "even". Either way, the basic rule is も replaces を (and が, は).
笑っている人もいた。 There are even laughing people.
天才もミスをする。 Even a genius makes mistakes.
時が経つのを忘れた。 I forgot about the (passage of) time.
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This まで (no. 4) is what is being used here.
In English, this would be translated in most cases as "even". と just is quoting what is 言われる. Without context, therefore, I would translate your phrase roughly as:
The story of the gamer(s) (ゲーマーの話) (against whom)
people even go so far as (まで)
to say (言われる)
that winning is impossible (勝つことは不可能と)"
As far ...
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However I initially understood it as: "Most of them are experts in using magic"
I don't think you are wrong. Actually you got the gist except the actual sentence technically doesn't say so. 大抵 is basically a quantifier today whose core meaning is "most times/cases (of)" instead of "most part" or "most people". But when you catch any random guy and ask them ...
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To the people who are also interested in this "disambiguation"...
While I am still not a 100% sure I think I can now explain why in:
「大抵は魔法使いの エキスパートで―…」「大抵」was translated as "In general..."
If we consider the defnition:
たい‐てい【大抵】 の解説
［名］
１ 事柄の主要な部分。「事の大抵を知る」
２ 事柄のあらまし。だいたいのようす。また、全体のうちの大部分。おおよそ。おおかた
(https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E3%81%9F%E3%81%...
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Simply, it is な used as part of a na-adjective. Without a comma, do the following sentences make sense to you?
あなたは寿司が嫌いなようだ。 You seem to hate sushi.
試験は簡単なようですね。 Looks like the exam is easy.
If yes, the な in question is exactly the same. Of course, normally, no comma is placed before な, but since this 嫌い is modified by a relatively long adverbial ...
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The が here is kind of a softener/bridge/segue to the actual relevant clause which follows the first. Oftentimes this is conflated with が meaning 'but', however it is not always appropriate to translate it thus. You will see this use of が quite often in sentences such as すみませんが、トイレはありますか？ 'Excuse me, is there a restroom (here)?'. This site describes it as an '...
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