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Former pop stars are just plain old women by the time they're 40.
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Vocabulary list

katsute
adverb, no adjective
  1. once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-
  2. never yet; never before; first time; still not happened (used with neg. verb)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
aidoru
noun
  1. entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol
  2. (cultural) icon; idol; star; celebrity; person who is greatly admired
  3. idol (object of worship); image
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
yonjuu
shijuu
numeric
  1. forty; 40
ka
prefix
  1. surplus-; excess-; over-
  2. per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

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