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あの
おとこ
男
を
と
説
き
ふ
伏
せよう
とするのは、オオカミに
どうり
道理
を
と
説
く
ようなものだ。
You might as well reason with a wolf as try to persuade that man.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
あ の 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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お と こ 3
noun, noun (prefix)
1. man; male  (see also: 女)
noun
2. fellow; guy; chap; bloke
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と き ふ せ る 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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お お か み 1
Most common form: 狼
noun
1. wolf (Canis lupus)  (often written with kana only)
2. wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
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ど う り 3
noun
reason; truth
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と く 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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も の 3 も の 2 も の 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
男
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
田
デン   た rice field   
説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
伏
フク   ふす to prostrate onself   ふせる lay (face) down   
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犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
道
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
䒑
grass   
⻌
move
理
リ    logic   
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里
リ   さと village   
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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