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The peacock has fair feathers but foul feet.
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kujaku
noun
  1. peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hane
noun
  1. feather; plume; down
  2. wing
  3. blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.)
  4. shuttlecock (in badminton)
  5. shuttlecock (in hanetsuki) (also written as 羽子)
  6. arrow feathers
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
utsukushii
i adjective
  1. beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
ashi
noun
  1. foot; paw; arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.) (esp. 足)
  2. leg (esp. 脚,肢)
  3. gait
  4. pace
  5. bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji (usu. 脚)
  6. means of transportation
  7. money; coin
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kitanai
i adjective
  1. dirty; filthy; foul; unclean
  2. disordered; messy; untidy; poor (e.g. handwriting)
  3. indecent (language, etc.); dirty; vulgar; coarse
  4. dastardly; mean; base; underhanded
  5. stingy; greedy

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