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Even the best fish smell when they are three days old.
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Vocabulary list

ikura
noun, adverb
  1. how much
noun, used as a suffix
  1. something over; and something; -odd (after a rounded number, esp. a sum of money)
adverb
  1. however (much); no matter how (as いくら...〜ても, いくら...〜でも, etc.)
yoi
i adjective
  1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (also いい (all senses))
  2. sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. OK; all right; fine; no problem (as て(も)良い, と(も)良い, etc.; indicates permission or compromise)
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.)
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
mikka
noun
  1. third day of the month
  2. three days
san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
nichi
noun
  1. Sunday
suffix
  1. day (of the month) (also んち or ち)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for days (also んち or ち)
noun, noun, used as a suffix, noun, used as a prefix
  1. Japan
tatsu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to pass (of time); to elapse
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)
kusaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to rot; to go bad; to decay; to spoil; to fester; to decompose; to turn sour (e.g. milk)
  2. to corrode; to weather; to crumble
  3. to become useless; to blunt; to weaken (from lack of practice)
  4. to become depraved; to be degenerate; to be morally bankrupt; to be corrupt
  5. to be depressed; to be dispirited; to feel discouraged; to feel down
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to have the audacity to; to be bastard enough to (after the -masu stem of a verb; indicates scorn or disdain for another's action)
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to lose a bet
  2. to be drenched; to become sopping wet

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