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Bamboo bends before the wind.
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Vocabulary list

take
noun
  1. bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
  2. middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kaze
noun
  1. wind; breeze; draught; draft
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. manner; behaviour; behavior
noun
  1. cold; influenza (irreg. kanji form)
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
tawamu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to bend; to warp
  2. to lose heart

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