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With a big man it's hard for the blood to get up to the brain.
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Vocabulary list

oootokosouminichiegamawarikane
expression
  1. big heads have little wit
oootoko
noun
  1. big man; large man; tall man; giant
soumi
noun
  1. one's whole body
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
chie
noun
  1. wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence
  2. prajna (insight leading to enlightenment) (usu. 智慧)
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)
mawaru

masu stem

mawari
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to turn; to revolve
  2. to visit several places
  3. to function well
  4. to pass a certain time
kaneru

masu stem

kane
suffix, ichidan verb
  1. to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
  2. to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
  3. to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
  4. to think of the future (as well as the present)

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