Components

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あの
おとこ
せよう
とするオオカミ
どうり
道理
ようなもの
You might as well reason with a wolf as try to persuade that man.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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3
noun, noun (prefix)
1. man; male  (see also: )
noun
2. fellow; guy; chap; bloke
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4
Most common form: 説伏せる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
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1. to try to ...; to be about to do ...  (after the volitional form of verb)
2. to decide to ...  (after the dictionary form of verb)
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. wolf (Canis lupus)  (often written with kana only)
2. wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
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3
noun
reason; truth
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1
Most common form: とく
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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3 2 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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Kanji
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
デン   た rice field   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
フク   ふ to prostrate onself   ふせる lay (face) down   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
リ    logic   
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リ   さと village   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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