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I would say that Yamada is passive towards women.
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Vocabulary list

kun
noun
  1. native Japanese reading of a Chinese character
noun, suffix
  1. precept; lesson; one's teachings
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
dochirakatoieba
expression
  1. if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
dochiraka
noun
  1. either; one (of the two) (どっちか is more colloquial)
dochira
pronoun
  1. which way; which direction; where (どちら is polite)
  2. which one (esp. of two alternatives)
  3. who
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
toieba
expression
  1. speaking of ...
  2. when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
iu

Provisional Present Indicative Form

ieba
godan verb
  1. to say; to utter; to declare
  2. to name; to call
  3. to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
soushokukei
noun
  1. man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore
soushoku
no adjective, noun, suru verb
  1. herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
kei
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. system; lineage; group
noun
  1. corollary
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period)
  2. (taxonomical) series
da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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