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A fox is not caught twice in the same snare.
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Vocabulary list

itsumo
adverb
  1. always; all the time; at all times
  2. never (with neg. verb)
no adjective, noun
  1. usual; regular; habitual; customary
yanagi
noun
  1. willow (any tree of genus Salix)
  2. weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
shita
noun
  1. below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
  2. bottom
  3. beneath; underneath
  4. just after; right after (as 下から, 下より, etc.)
noun, no adjective
  1. inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)
noun
  1. trade-in
noun, used as a prefix
  1. preliminary; preparatory
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
dojou
noun
  1. loach (any fish of family Cobitidae)
  2. weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
oru

Classical (nu) Present Indicative Negative Form

oranu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be (animate); to be; to exist
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ..ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
  2. to (have the audacity to) do (after -masu base of verb; indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions)

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